1st June, 2026
All ready to chill: Your June gig guide
The live music scene is heating up this winter, with venues across the Illawarra giving plenty of reasons to get out of the house. Whether you want to catch international talent touring…
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Mayor and MP step out to support women’s history tours
Tania Brown, the first woman Lord Mayor of Wollongong, and Alison Byrnes, the federal Member for Cunningham, may well make future history books. But here and now the politicians are backing the…
Industry chiefs unite for 20th year of Vinnies sleepout
While homelessness in the Illawarra has reached unprecedented highs this year, the number of company leaders spending a night in the cold to combat the problem has risen from eight to 20.…
Finding the real world
We live in societies and in the process create our own worlds, using language and folklore to impose arbitrary order on the complexity of the cosmos. This ordering of reality helps us…
Nannas rock Gong with protest songs
The Illawarra Knitting Nannas Against Greed (IKNAG) swapped their needles for song sheets to deliver an anthemic protest outside the office of Wollongong MP Paul Scully on Crown Street on Saturday. “We don’t…
City march commemorates Nakba in Wollongong
Wollongong was among cities around the world that hosted Nakba commemorations on Friday. Nakba means “catastrophe” in Arabic. It refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli…
Rock and bank-roll: Yours and Owls picks up $100,000 sponsorship
It’s the biggest musical event in town and Wollongong City Council has joined the moshpit with a big contribution in support of the Yours and Owls festival in October. A fortnight ago,…
Make it for Mum: CWA shares best recipes for homemade gifts
This Sunday, May 10 is Mother's Day. Want to impress the family with something homemade? Thanks to Marion Cook, the publicity officer at Keiraville Country Women's Association (CWA), we have three great…
Revealed: the Illawarra’s best gigs in May
While there’s an autumn chill in the air this month, our music scene is heating up. Following a successful March 2025 festival weekend at Flagstaff Hill, Gong Christmas has been moved back…
Pair’s resonance brings sound and breathing together
Woodcarving, breathwork and a beautiful, live guitar – such as the pleasures awaiting attendees of an immersive exhibition in the northern Illawarra this weekend. From May 1-3, the Clifton School of Arts…