SATURDAY
Belmont Beers, Blues & BBQ Festival 5pm to 11pm, Belmont South Foreshore Reserve. A celebration of craft beer, live music and barbecues. Tickets are $50 per person, which includes two beer and two food tastings and a reusable souvenir cup.
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Spiegeltent Newcastle 2019 Deluxe Deluxe, an 18+ cabaret at Civic Park, Newcastle. Saturday at 8.30pm; Sunday at 3pm.
Write Here! Festival 8.30am onwards, Toronto Library, corner Brighton Avenue and Pemell Street, Toronto. Join a variety of local and national authors for the first annual Write Here! Festival. Hear first-hand how writers create and publish work, get writing tips or make a Zine. Be the first to see exciting new books from Wendy James, Candice Fox, Amanda Hampson and Jess Black. Cost: gold coin per session or $8 for day, paid on arrival (workshops extra).
Branxton Rodeo Noon to 11pm, Branxton Showground, McMullins Road, Branxton. Rodeo action including saddle bronc, bareback, bull ride, barrel racing and steer riding as well as food and market stalls, a bar and jumping castles.
Ignite The Fight Charity Ball 6pm to 11pm, Singleton Civic Centre. Charity fundraising event for the Mark Hughes Foundation.
Port to Port Saturday and Sunday. A mountain bike stage race taking place over four days across the Hunter Valley, Lake Macquarie and Newcastle regions.
Smocking Arts Guild Newcastle Branch 25th Anniversary 10.30am to 1pm, Silveridge Community Hall, Iranda Grove, Wallsend. Smocking demonstrations and sales, a destash table, morning tea and more. All welcome.
Rock Auction 11.30am to 4pm, 10 Ourimbah Creek Road, Ourimbah. Central Coast Lapidary Club are auctioning fossils, crystals, specimen stones, polished and unpolished stones. Refreshments available. Entry is free. All welcome.
Hunter Valley Caravan Camping 4WD Fish & Boat Show Saturday, 9am to 5pm, and Sunday, 9am to 4pm, Maitland Showgrounds, Blomfield Street, Mayfield. Cost: adults $15; aged pensioners $11; children up to 16 years admitted free when accompanied by an adult.
Variety Family Fun Day 11am to 3pm, Newcastle's Foreshore Park. Welcome the Variety Bash cars home, plus jumping castles, face painting, rides, a giant maze, Zorb balls, a petting zoo and more. A $5 charge per child will allow them access to unlimited rides, face painting, airbrush tattoos, fairy floss and popcorn.
PCYC Trivia Night 5.45pm to 9pm, PCYC Lake Macquarie, Lake Street, Windale. A fundraiser for at-risk youth programs. Tickets $15, or a table of 10 for $100. Phone 4948 6622 to book.
Hunter Valley Wine & Food Festival 2019 Daily throughout May and June. Various venues, details at winecountry.com.au.
Newcastle Comedy Festival 2019 Saturday and Sunday, across five venues: Civic Theatre, 5 Sawyers, Happy Wombat, Clarendon Hotel and The Family Hotel. A-List talent along with grassroots acts. Details at newycomedyfest.com.
SUNDAY
Raid My Wardrobe 10am to 1pm, Newcastle Basketball Stadium, corner Curley and Young roads, Broadmeadow. Fifty stalls selling hundreds of high end women's clothing, shoes, handbags, jewellery and accessories. Cash sales only; ATM on site. Fitting rooms available. Entry fee $5.
Sandgate Cemetery Tours Tours start at 9.30am; last tour at 1.30pm. 116 Maitland Road, Sandgate. Each tour lasts about an hour. Register online at nfhs.org.au.
Kids Science Show Noon to 2pm, Mattara Hotel, Charlestown. Free hands-on fun, take-home slime, balloon twisting and more.
Book Launch 3pm to 4pm, Wallsend Library. Join author Jess Black and illustrator Sara Acton for the launch of two new books Mr Walker and the Dessert Delight and Mr Walker Gets the Inside Scoop. Ages 6 to 12. Entry is free. All welcome to drop in.
SAVE THE DATE
Float Your Boat is an open challenge for boat owners to dress up their boats with lights and take part in a flotilla parade held over two nights on Lake Macquarie: June 28 and 29, 6pm to 9pm. By participating in Float Your Boat you can win one of three cash prizes. Applications are now open and registration is free at lakemac.com.au/float-your-boat.
MARKETS
Swansea Quinn Park Markets Saturday, 6.30am to 1.30pm, Quinn Park, Swansea.
Lake Macquarie City Farmers Markets Saturday, 7.30am to 1pm, Speers Point Park, Speers Point.
Waratah and Mayfield Men's Shed Market Day Saturday, 8.30am to 2.30pm, Hunter Multicultural Communities (old Waratah Bowling Club).
Hunter Wine Country Markets Saturday, 9am to 3pm, De Bortoli Wines, 532 Wine Country Drive, Pokolbin.
Newcastle Food & Flower Markets Saturday, 8am to 2pm, 1 Rural Drive, Sandgate.
Handmade in the Hunter Markets Saturday, 9am to 3pm, Kevin Sobels Wines, 5 Halls Road, Pokolbin.
Mini Indoor Markets Saturday, 9am to 5pm, Stockland Jesmond.
Port Stephens Markets Saturday, 9am to 1pm, Port Stephens Church of Christ, Nelson Bay Road, Salt Ash.
Newcastle & Hunter Vietnam Veterans Inc Market Sunday, 7am to 1pm, Wickham Park, Islington.
Adamstown Lions Club Market Sunday, 7am to 1pm, cnr Brunker and Glebe roads, Adamstown.
Newcastle City Farmers Market Sunday, 7am to 1pm, Newcastle Showground, Broadmeadow.
Autumn Fair Sunday, 9am to 2pm, Hunter Region Botanic Gardens, 2100 Pacific Highway, Heatherbrae.
Tomaree Markets Sunday, 8am to 2pm, Tomaree Sports Complex, Nelson Bay Road, Nelson Bay.
Lions Club of Morisset Market Sunday, 8am to 2pm, PCYC, 5 Kahibah Street, Morisset.
Hope Estate Markets Sunday, 9.30am to 2.30pm, Hope Estate, Pokolbin.
ARTS
Watt Space Gallery Beyond The Binary and Under Twenty-Seven, by Dr Ella Dreyfus, ends Sunday. Meet the artist this weekend: Dr Ella Dreyfus Her solo exhibition presents a series of poignant portraits which provide an opportunity for audiences to reflect on the representation of masculinity in contemporary culture.
Maitland Regional Art Gallery Perception and Place: My North, by Cutler Footway; Casual Forces, by Lucas Davidson; Between Nature & Sin, by David Griggs; Cubby House, by Alysha Fewster. Charles Blackman: from the MRAG Collection, until August 11. Maitland International Salon of Photography, ends Sunday. Cubby House, by Alysha Fewster; Between Nature & Sin, by David Griggs, until July 21.
Blackstone Gallery A Collection of Works by Patricia Van Lubeck, until June 24.
Lovett Gallery Streets of Our Town: Local Subdivision Plans 1880s-1950s, until July 20.
Local History Lounge - Newcastle Library Ten Years of Newcastle Productions: The art of Trevor Dickinson, until July 20.
The Laurel, Hamilton Matilda Walsh, until June 10.
SEEN@Swansea Cats and Dogs, All at Sea, until June 2.
Newcastle Art Gallery The nature of abstraction, by Virginia Cuppaidge, until July 21. Art Cart: Saturday, 10.30am to 12.30pm.
Port Stephens Community Arts Centre Spinners & Weavers; Rustic Country Life, by Gay Stehr, until June 18.
Art Systems Wickham Landscape Metaphors, by Vlase & Judi Nikoleski, until June 9.
The Lock Up Known | Unknown, by Bleck, Toby Cedar, Rakini Devi Performance, John A Douglas, Amala Groom, Amrita Hepi, ends Sunday. Plus, The Body & Identity Forum Saturday, 1pm to 4.30pm. Explore the body as a site of personal, cultural and social identity and hear from artists from a range of disciplines, cultural knowledge holders and academics as they discuss performance practice, language, culture and the politicised body. Free but register online.
The Old Fireshed Gallery, Wollombi Cultural Centre A Thread of Colour, by 4 Directions, ends Sunday.
Newcastle Studio Potters & Back to Back Galleries Landscapes of Memory, by Melanie Pegg, Kara Wood and Holly Marlin, ends Sunday.
Cessnock Regional Art Gallery Starkers - Exhibition of Nudes, until June 2.
CStudios Solomon Island Dreaming, by Rose McAllister, until June 1.
Newcastle Museum Underworld: Mugshots from the Roaring Twenties, until June 30. The Flora of the Hunter Region, until June 9.
Wil & Sons These Seven Seas, by Warrick Eady Photography.
Hudson Street Hum Flesh, by Cat Long, until June 7.
Newcastle ArtSpace Other Places, by Varelle Hardy & Margaret McBride.
Studio 1 Maryville Miss Unicorn Launch, Emersion, until June 7.
THEATRE
2019 Micro Theatre Festival Twelve new short comedies and dramas, put together by Newcastle staging teams, with four at each venue. The Press Bookhouse Cafe, Newcastle; Bolton Street Pantry, Newcastle; Birdy's Refreshments Espresso, Tighes Hill. Saturday at 7pm. Go to microtheatre.com.au for more details and bookings.
Madagascar: A Musical Adventure Jr Alex the Lion leads other animals in escaping from a zoo, and they are shipped to a madcap world in Madagascar; adaptation for young performers of a lively rock-style musical. Young People's Theatre, at Young People's Theatre, Hamilton. Saturday at 2pm and 7pm (final shows). ypt.org.au/bookings; 4961 4895 Saturday, 9am to 1pm.
Newcastle Comedy Festival 2019 18 comedy shows by Newcastle, national and overseas performers. Civic Theatre; 5 Sawyers; The Clarendon Hotel; The Happy Wombat; and the Family Hotel. Go to newycomedyfest.com for show details and bookings.
The Spiegeltent Newcastle Twelve circus, cabaret, musical and comedy events, headed by daily performances of adult circus cabaret Deluxe Deluxe and performed in an elegant and large travelling tent-style venue in Newcastle's Civic Park from Thursday, until June 16. Presented by Strut and Fret Production House. Go to spiegeltentnewcastle.com for show details and bookings.
Suddenly Last Summer A mother tries to keep her murdered son's behaviour secret in Tennessee Williams' gripping drama. Young People's Theatre and Lindsay Street Players, at Young People's Theatre, Hamilton. Sunday at 2pm. ypt.org.au; or ring 4961 4895, on Saturday from 9am to 1pm.
MUSIC
5 Sawyers Sunday, Howard Shearman Duo.
Anna Bay Tavern Saturday, Wicked. Sunday, James Naldo.
Argenton Hotel Sunday, Sundays Record Duo.
Australia Hotel Cessnock Saturday, Siren.
Battlesticks Bar Saturday, Madelyn. Sunday, Guy Richards.
Beach Hotel Saturday, Jump. Sunday, V-Dubs.
Belmont 16s Saturday, David Hobson & Marina Prior, The Gaudrys, Kazzie. Sunday, The Blue Water Cowboys.
Belmont South Foreshore Saturday, Belmont Beers, Blues and BBQ ft Kevin Borich, Bondi Cigars, Greg Bryce Blues Band, Catfish Soup.
Belmore Hotel Saturday, Gen-X.
Beresfield Bowling Club Saturday, State FX. Sunday, The Rattlesnakes.
Blueys Nelson Bay Saturday, James Naldo.
The Bradford Saturday, Shivoo.
Burwood Inn Saturday, Daniel Arvidson.
Cambridge Hotel Saturday, Craze ft. Dj Wuki (USA) & DJ NXSTY (CAN). Sunday, Linear, Ricky Owen, Glovers Lane.
Cardiff RSL Club Saturday, Sundays Record.
Carrington Bowling Club Sunday, Kids Disco.
Catho Pub Saturday, John Larder. Sunday, No Exit - The Angels Show.
Central Leagues Club Saturday, Matt Semmens.
Cessnock Leagues Club Saturday, Solid Gold Party Night with Dave Cochrane.
Club Kotara Saturday, Xyz.
Club Maitland City Saturday, Tyler John.
Colliery Inn Sunday, ROX.
Commercial Hotel Morpeth Saturday, Crawford Brothers.
Customs House Sunday, Kaylah Anne, Felix Quinn Band.
Cypress Lakes Saturday, Tim Harding.
D'Albora Marina Sunday, Max Jackson.
Duke Of Wellington Saturday, Komiti Levai Duo.
East Cessnock Bowling Club Saturday, Paul Watters.
East Maitland Bowling Club Saturday, Snape Trilogy. Sunday, Andrew G.
Easts Golf & Leisure Club Sunday, Karen O'Shea.
Edgeworth Bowling Club Sunday, TK Vibez.
Edgeworth Tavern Saturday, The Way.
Finnegans Saturday, Kidd Kaos & Courtney Mills.
Gallipoli Legion Club Sunday, Leadbellies.
Gateshead Tavern Sunday, Paparazzi.
General Roberts Hotel Saturday, Kelly Hope.
George Tavern Saturday, Sari, Jade & Spike. Sunday, Pete McCredie.
Grand Junction Hotel Sunday, Andy Abra & The Big River Band.
Great Northern Hotel Newcastle Saturday, Joel Oakhill Duo.
Great Northern Hotel Teralba Saturday, The Smarts.
Gunyah Hotel Saturday, Mojo Bandits.
Hamilton Station Hotel Saturday, Disparo!, Head First, Sobaka, Fight Milk, Povarotti, Peer Dissonance, Numbskull, Dog, Body Melt. Sunday, Tori Forsyth, Suz Dorahy, Carl The Bartender.
Harrigan's Pokolbin Saturday, Brendan Murphy, The Core. Sunday, James Martens.
Hexham Bowling Club Saturday, Rich & Famous.
Honeysuckle Hotel Saturday, Felix Quinn Band. Sunday, CrocQ.
Hotel Delany Saturday, Dos Eager.
Imperial Hotel Maitland Saturday, Arcane Duo.
Imperial Hotel Singleton Saturday, Bliss Bomb.
Iron Horse Inn Saturday, The Search Party.
Jewells Tavern Saturday, The Big Bang Band.
Kent Hotel Saturday, Loose Bazooka.
King Street Hotel Saturday, Joel Fletcher.
Lake Macquarie Yacht Club Sunday, Bob Allan.
Lambton Park Hotel Saturday, Scott Day-Vee.
Lass O'Gowrie Saturday, Big Riles & MC Sabby D, The Watts, Nesting.
Lizotte's Saturday, Rick Price. Sunday, Chris Cain (USA), Simon Kinny-Lewis.
Lucky Hotel Saturday, Dean Kyrwood. Sunday, Matt McLaren.
Mary Ellen Hotel Saturday, Brien McVernon & The Rockets.
Maryland Tavern Saturday, Doc & The Delegates.
Mattara Hotel Saturday, Megan Core.
Mavericks On The Bay Saturday, Todd Schmoo. Sunday, Greg Bryce.
Mavericks On Darby Saturday, Matty G.
Mayfield Ex-Services Saturday, Early Daze.
Mezz Bar at Wallsend Diggers Saturday, Viper Creek, DJ Angelo. Sunday, Bernie.
Morisset Country Club Sunday, Lee Rolfe.
Murray's Brewery Sunday, Craig Thomson.
Nag's Head Hotel Saturday, Pap & That.
Neath Hotel Saturday, Mick Jones.
Nelson Bay Diggers Saturday, Spank N The Monkey. Sunday, Anyerin.
Nelson Bay Golf Club Saturday, Bobby C.
Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club Sunday, Tim Harding.
Newcastle Diggers Saturday, Romney Watts.
Newcastle Hotel Saturday, Babe Rainbow, The Pinheads, Made In Paris.
Northern Star Hotel Saturday, John Larder, Paula & Owen.
Oriental Hotel Saturday, Joe Terror & Daniel Tuite. Sunday, Yev Kassem.
Paxton Bowling Club Saturday, The Andy Show.
Pedens Cessnock Saturday, Troy Kemp.
Pippis At The Point Saturday, Mardmax. Sunday, Tyler John.
Prince of Wales Hotel Saturday, Matt Bowles.
Queens Wharf Hotel Saturday, 2GoodReasons. Sunday, Love That Hat, Wharf Life.
Railway Hotel Cessnock Sunday, Project X.
Redhead Surf Lifesavers Club Sunday, Oran Vir.
Royal Federal Hotel Branxton Saturday, The After Party.
Royal Hotel Singleton Sunday, Darren Rolling Keys Duo.
Royal Motor Yacht Club Toronto Sunday, Murray Byfield.
Rutherford Hotel Saturday, Simon King.
Seabreeze Hotel Saturday, MAK. Sunday, Pistol Pete.
Shoal Bay Country Club Saturday, Guy Richards, New Black Shades. Sunday, Madelyn, Dean Kyrwood.
Shortland Hotel Saturday, Jon Matthews.
Singleton Diggers Saturday, Elton - The Young Years.
Soldiers Point Bowling Club Saturday, Jumpin Jukebox Trio.
Stag and Hunter Hotel Saturday, The Blues Bombers. Sunday, Helen Townsend.
Stockton RSL Club Saturday, Summerland Kings.
Swansea Hotel Saturday, Kristy James Duo. Sunday, State FX.
Swansea RSL Club Saturday, Whiskey Business Duo.
Swansea Workers Club Sunday, Chris Unicomb.
Sydney Junction Hotel Saturday, Uptown.
Taer Angwidd Wollombi Saturday, Paddock Sessions ft. James Morrison & 10 piece Motown Band, This Way North, Imogen Clark, Tori Forsyth, Mark Lang, Lilly Among Clouds, Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes, Ben Leece & The Left Of The Dial, Weeping Willows, Piper Butcher, Darcy Fox, Elyssa Faith.
Tea Gardens Hotel Saturday, Robbie T.
Tilligerry RSL Saturday, Sami Cooke.
Toronto Hotel Sunday, Troy Kemp.
Toronto Workers Saturday, Sounds Of Sunday.
Victoria Hotel Hinton Saturday, Anyerin. Sunday, Mick Jones.
Vincent St Kitchen & Bar Cessnock Saturday, Dream Catchers.
Warners At The Bay Saturday, The DuoTones.
Weston Workers Saturday, The Years.
Wests Cardiff Saturday, Cruzers.
Wests New Lambton Sunday, Canned Heat (UK).
Wests NEX Saturday, The Levymen.
Wickham Park Hotel Saturday, Pat Eyre Trio, Morning Glory. Sunday, Witchlock, Z Star Trinity.
MOVIES
Aladdin (PG) A kindhearted street urchin and a power-hungry Grand Vizier vie for a magic lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.
Avengers: Endgame (M) After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos has wiped out half the life in the universe. With the help of the remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble to do what is necessary to undo the Mad Titan's deed.
Brightburn (MA) What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?
Dilili in Paris (PG) Dilili, a young indigenous Kanak girl from New Caledonia, arrives in Belle Époque Paris and decides to investigate the mysterious disappearances of young girls across the city.
Gloria Bell (M) Gloria is a free-spirited divorcée who spends her days at a straight-laced office job and her nights on the dance floor, joyfully letting loose at clubs around Los Angeles.
In Safe Hands (M) Baby Theo is abandoned at birth. Jean, no stranger to the foster system, is temporarily looking after Theo, while the members of the Adoption Agency have the difficult task of finding him a home. (Event, Kotara)
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (MA) Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail.
Long Shot (M) Charlotte Field is one of the most influential women in the world. Smart, sophisticated, and accomplished, she's a powerhouse diplomat with a talent for everything. Fred Flarsky is a gifted and free-spirited journalist with a self-destructive streak. The two have nothing in common, except that she was his baby sitter and first crush. (Lake Cinema)
Missing Link (PG) Mr. Link recruits explorer Sir Lionel Frost to help find his long-lost relatives in the fabled valley of Shangri-La.
Pokemon: Detective Pikachu (PG) Tim Goodman is a former Pokémon Trainer who is looking for his father when he mysteriously disappears in a car crash. Tim travels to Ryme where he partners up with Pikachu to find and uncover the mystery disappearance of Tim's father.
Poms (PG) Martha moves into a retirement community and starts a cheerleading squad with her fellow residents.
Sink Or Swim (M) A group of 40-something men come together to be in their local pool's inaugural, males-only synchronised swimming team. (Event, Kotara)
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (G) Whoever thinks that the countryside is calm and peaceful is mistaken. In it we find especially agitated animals, a Fox that thinks it's a chicken, a Rabbit that acts like a stork, and a Duck who wants to replace Father Christmas.
The Chaperone (PG) In the early 1920s, a Kansas woman finds her life forever changed when she accompanies a young dancer on her fame-seeking journey to New York City. (Lake Cinema)
The Hustle (M) A remake of the 1988 comedy, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, in which two down-and-out con artists engage in a "loser leaves town" contest.
The Least of These: The Graham Staines Story (PG) As the social fabric of life in rural India disintegrates in the late 1990s, journalist Manav Banerjee moves with his pregnant wife to the State of Orissa in hope of a better life and the promise of a lucrative career.
The World Is Yours (M) To escape his life of crime, Franois, a petty drug dealer wants to settle down and set up an ice lolly franchise in Morocco. His ambition falls apart when he discovers that his mother, Dany, a serial gambler and scammer, has spent all his savings. (Event, Kotara)
Top End Wedding (M) Lauren and Ned are engaged, they are in love, and they have just ten days to find Lauren's mother who has gone AWOL somewhere in the remote far north of Australia.