SATURDAY
Barrelled Wine, Beer & Food Festival Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 2pm, Westfield Kotara, Level 1 outside David Jones. Eight premium wineries, cheesemakers and craft breweries will be present, including Moorebank, Mount Pleasant, Peter Drayton Wines, Ironbark Hill Brewhouse, Leogate, Briar Ridge, Glandore, Hunter Valley Cheese and Wine Selectors.
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Dungog Antiques & Collectables Fair Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 3pm, Dungog RSL Club and St Mary's Parish Hall.
Hunter Valley Wine & Food Festival 2019 Daily throughout May and June. Various venues, details at winecountry.com.au.
Lake Macquarie City Council Chemical Clean Out 9am to 3.30pm, Rathmines Park, Rathmines. Residents can drop off household quantities of chemicals, paints, oils and other hazardous materials, including gas bottles, smoke detectors, fire extinguishers and poisons.
Lass Bash 2pm onwards, Lass O'Gowrie Hotel, 14 Railway Street, Wickham. DJs, live art, games and market stalls.
Greta Migrant Camp 70th Anniversary Photo Exhibition 1pm to 3pm, Hunter Multicultural Communities (opposite the Waratah station). Learn how early migrant settlers helped shaped the region.
Newcastle Roller Derby League Doors open 6pm, first whistle at 6.30pm. Harbour Hellcats vs Fort Smashleys. Also, Maitland Roller Derby take on The Northern Beaches at 6pm, Maitland Federation Basketball Centre.
Grapest 5K Run 1pm to 5.30pm, Hope Estate, Pokolbin.
SUNDAY
Lizotte's 10th Anniversary Open Day Extravaganza 11am to 4pm, 31 Morehead Street, Lambton. Entertainment from Piper Butcher, Rehab Brass Band, Dexter Moore, Avalon Circus, Chloe Parker, James Bennett, Lachlan Edwards, Lambton High School and Ty Penshorn, plus food from the new winter menu. All welcome; entry is free.
Secret Book Stuff Grand Opening Open at 10am, celebrations 4pm to 7pm, at The Station Newcastle. Live music, drinks and 10 per cent off everything in store. Proceeds will go towards supporting Books 4 Outback, a local non-profit that regularly visits children in remote and disadvantaged communities, providing books for them to take home and resources for the schools.
Interclub Challenge Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club.
Street Eats Noon to 3pm, Victor Warby Reserve (Wallis Creek Park), Gillieston Heights.
Miles for Millie - Fundraising Walk Meet at King Edward Park at 9am for a 5km round trip along Memorial Drive and Bathers Way, to Dixon Park Surf Club and back. There is a shorter route for smaller children, with the turnaround point at Cooks Hill Surf Club. A fundraiser for Millicent Campbell who contracted the Influenza B virus which left her with organ damage. Tickets at humanitix.com.au.
Maitland River Run Half Marathon 7am, The Levee, Maitland. Open to novice and elite competitors.
Ozfish Hunter Fishing Comp A fun and friendly fishing competition to encourage sustainable fishing in the Hunter while offering a forum to discuss habitat restoration and future projects for the Ozfish Hunter chapter. An all-day comp, 7am to 4pm, with prize giving from 5pm at the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club. Entry is free: submit photos or videos on the day.
Four Choirs Concert 2pm to 5pm, Adamstown Uniting Church. Newcastle City Choir, Waratah Male Voice Choir, Under Construction, Waratah Ensemble unite in memory of the late Shirley Moxey.
Eat Street Cooranbong Noon to 5pm, Cooranbong Park, 515 Freemans Drive, Cooranbong. Food, music, market stalls and children's entertainment.
Hunter Biker Events 2019 Tinned Food and Blanket Run Meet at 10am, 1 Rural Drive, Sandgate.
SAVE THE DATE
The IGN Art Fair 2019 comes to Newcastle Art Gallery on Saturday, July 27, 10am to 3pm. The fair brings together Newcastle's independent galleries and features workshops, talks with artists and collectors and artworks for sale. Admission is free.
MARKETS
The Olive Tree Market Saturday, 9am to 3pm, Civic Park, Newcastle.
Pelican Foreshore Markets Saturday, 9am to 1pm, Lakeview Parade, Pelican.
Artisan Markets Saturday, 8am to noon, Anglican Parish Hall of Telarah/Rutherford, corner Capp and South streets, Telarah.
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.
Aussie Night Markets Saturday and Sunday, 4pm to 10pm, Speers Point Park, Creek Reserve Road, Speers Point. Food, market stalls, rides.
Nelson Bay Legacy Markets Saturday, 9am to 3pm, Neil Carroll Park, Shoal Bay Road, Nelson Bay.
Handmade in the Hunter Markets Saturday, 9am to 3pm, Kevin Sobels Wines, 5 Halls Road, Pokolbin.
Mini Indoor Markets Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 5pm, Stockland Jesmond.
Adamstown Lions Club Market Sunday, 7am to 1pm, cnr Brunker and Glebe roads, Adamstown.
Perfect Sunday Markets Sunday, 1pm to 5pm, Lass O'Gowrie Hotel, Newcastle.
Broke Village Markets Sunday, 8am to 1pm, McNamara Park, Broke.
Maitland Markets Sunday, 8am to 2pm, Maitland Showground, Blomfield Street, Maitland.
Newcastle City Farmers Market Sunday, 7am to 1pm, Newcastle Showground, Broadmeadow.
ARTS
Cooks Hill Galleries Featured artist: Andrew Bennett. Also, The Figure Meets The Landscape, by Ben Kenning, Susan Sheridan.
The Lock-Up I Love You Melissa, by Caitlin Dempsey, Lucas Grogan, Jumaadi, Marikit Santiago, Jodie Whalen.
Newcastle Art Gallery The sea calls me by name, by James Drinkwater, until August 11.
Gallery 139 @ Newcastle ArtSpace From The Land, by Helen Leane, Linda Greedy, Lydia Miller, John Earle, Paul Maher, Malcolm Sands, Patrick Mavety, Kara Wood, Michelle Teear, Sharon Taylor.
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, ends Sunday.
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.
Newcastle Studio Potters & Back to Back Galleries Tabula Rasa, by Sharon Taylor, Sandra Burgess, Painters Inc, until June 16.
Cessnock Regional Art Gallery Starkers - Exhibition of Nudes, ends Sunday.
Newcastle Museum Underworld: Mugshots from the Roaring Twenties, until June 30. The Flora of the Hunter Region, until June 9.
Hudson Street Hum Flesh, by Cat Long, until June 7.
Studio 1 Maryville Miss Unicorn: Emersion, until June 7.
Belmont Library Natural World, by Sharon Thomas, until August 11.
THEATRE
2019 Micro Theatre Festival Short comedies and dramas, put together by Newcastle staging teams, with four at each venue. Saturday at 7pm (final shows). Go to microtheatre.com.au for more details and bookings.
Beyond the Neck Four strangers, bound by a shared moment - the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania - find themselves still affected by the aftershocks 10 years later; drama by Tom Holloway. Atwea College Creative Arts and Music, at The Creative Arts Space (CAS Theatre), Hamilton. Saturday at 7.30pm. trybooking.com; 4925 4200.
Goori Dooki With the help of a childhood companion in the form of the Goori Dooki bird Pops and his grandson rediscover lost memories, songs and language; premiere of new play by the Hunter's Ray Kelly and Brian Joyce. Ngarrama Productions, at the Civic Playhouse, Newcastle. Saturday at 2pm and 7pm. 4929 1977.
Hairspray JR A teenage girl's dreams of using dance to change the world leads to her appearing on a popular television show; bright musical, with music by Mark Shaiman. Bling Productions, at Lake Macquarie Performing Arts Centre, Warners Bay. Saturday and Sunday, at 2pm and 6.30pm. trybooking.com; 4961 0490.
Postcards from Kafka Dark comedy by Newcastle's Carl Caulfield which has an academic studying writer Franz Kafka facing police corruption and extortion, while Kafka has an enjoyable time in a parallel universe. Newcastle Theatre Company, at the NTC Theatre, Lambton. Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 2pm. 4952 4958.
Puttin' On the Ritz Song and dance from the golden age of Hollywood musicals, performed by an American touring company. Mellen Events, at the Civic Theatre, Newcastle. Sunday at 7.30pm. 4929 1977.
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. Presented by Strut and Fret Production House. Deluxe DeLuxe: nightly from Saturday at 8.30pm, Sunday at 3pm and 6pm. Show details and bookings at spiegeltentnewcastle.com.
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. Saturday at 2pm and 7pm (final shows). ypt.org.au.
The Wireless Chronicles 3 - Armed and Languorous This show by Newcastle's Maureen O'Brien looks with 1940s songs and laughter at inept comic-style criminals from that era trying to escape police. Royal Exchange, Newcastle: Sunday at 5pm; trybooking.com. The Dungeon, Adamstown Uniting Church: Saturday, at 2pm; 0421 072 444.
MUSIC
5 Sawyers Saturday, DJ Alessandro. Sunday, Jerome Duo.
48 Watt Street Saturday, Blush 80s Prom.
Adamstown Uniting Church Sunday, Four Choirs Concert.
Anna Bay Tavern Saturday, Loose Bazooka.
Argenton Hotel Sunday, Felix Quinn Music Duo.
Australia Hotel Cessnock Saturday, The Leadbellies.
Avon Valley Inn Saturday, Steel City.
Bar Petite Saturday, Matt McLaren.
Battlesticks Bar Saturday, John Larder. Sunday, Tim Rossington.
Bay Hotel Bonnells Bay Saturday, The V Dubs.
Beach Hotel Saturday, Club Esky. Sunday, The Col Tegg Experience.
Belmont 16s Saturday, John Williamson, Anthology, Ryan Daley. Sunday, John Noble.
Belmore Hotel Saturday, TripleZero.
Beresfield Bowling Club Saturday, DV8.
Blackbutt Hotel Saturday, Under Scrutiny.
Blueys Nelson Bay Saturday, David McCredie.
The Bradford Saturday, Outerphase.
Burwood Inn Saturday, Mark Wells.
Cambridge Hotel Saturday, Godlands (main room), Winston Surfshirt, Milan Ring, Stevan (warehouse). Sunday, Lola Scott, Memoiirs, Impatiens.
Cardiff RSL Club Saturday, Felix Quinn Music.
Carrington Bowling Club Saturday, Sarah Gaul. Sunday, Mark Wood.
Catho Pub Sunday, Under Scrutiny.
Caves Beachside Hotel Sunday, Lachlan Edwards.
Central Leagues Club Saturday, Adrianna Mac Duo.
Cessnock Leagues Club Saturday, Paparazzi.
Civic Theatre Sunday, Puttin' On The Ritz.
Club Kotara Saturday, Loko.
Colliery Inn Sunday, Jayde Corner.
Commercial Hotel Morpeth Saturday, Andrew G.
Customs House Sunday, Tyler John.
Cypress Lakes Saturday, Tom Christie.
Denman Hotel Sunday, Layth Gunn.
Duke Of Wellington Saturday, Jamie Martens.
East Cessnock Bowling Club Saturday, Norm Bakker.
East Maitland Bowling Club Saturday, Cruzers. Sunday, Anthony Lee.
Easts Golf & Leisure Club Sunday, Kaylah Anne
Edgeworth Tavern Saturday, Zac and Ben.
Exchange Hotel Saturday, The Tamagotchi Party - 90s vs 00s.
Flying Tiger Sunday, Bryen Sawell.
Gallipoli Legion Club Sunday, The After Party.
Gateshead Tavern Sunday, Outerphase.
General Roberts Hotel Saturday, Ryan Hemsworth.
George Tavern Saturday, Spank N The Monkey.
Grain Store Saturday, Tim Rossington. Sunday, JJ King.
Grand Hotel Saturday, The Hamilton Alpine Club, Kyoshi.
Grand Junction Hotel Sunday, Lincoln MacKinnon & The Wrecking Train, Magpie Diaries.
Great Northern Hotel Newcastle Saturday, Bobby C. Sunday, Iguana.
Gunyah Hotel Saturday, Sundays Record. Sunday, Pete McCredie.
Hamilton Station Hotel Saturday, Hack The Mainframe, Trashed Again, No Quarter, Haunt Us, Them's Fightin' Words, Brothers Nude, Dal Failure, Ess-Em, Billy Demos, Jamie Hay, Landon Elliot River. Sunday, Natalie Henry, Helena Kitley, Hunter Beasley.
Harrigan's Pokolbin Sunday, ROX.
Hexham Bowling Club Saturday, Joel Oakhill.
Honeysuckle Hotel Saturday, Misbehave. Sunday, Reggie Sinclair.
Imperial Hotel Maitland Saturday, The Levymen.
Imperial Hotel Singleton Saturday, Anfinity.
Jewells Tavern Saturday, Songs Of Pink.
Kahibah Sports Club Saturday, Pearl Jam & Powderfinger tribute.
Lake Macquarie Yacht Club Sunday, Andrew G.
Lakeside Village Tavern Saturday, The 3.
Lambton Park Hotel Saturday, Adz & Soph.
Lass O'Gowrie Saturday, Will Freeth, Lisa May, Sol C, Jakesy, Hustle, Tikabox, Droplets, Courtnxxy, Creepy Dylan.
Lizotte's Saturday, The Eagles Show. Sunday, 10th Birthday Open Day ft. Piper Butcher, Rehab Brass Band, Ty Penshorn Band, Dexter Moore, Avalon Circus , James Bennett, Lachlan Edwards (lunch), Glenn Shorrock & Doug Parkinson, Ty Penshorn (dinner).
Lochinvar Hotel Saturday, Mike Vee.
Mary Ellen Hotel Saturday, Mojo Bandits.
Maryland Tavern Saturday, Phonic Duo.
Mattara Hotel Saturday, Matt Semmens.
Mavericks On The Bay Saturday, Boney Rivers. Sunday, Jackson Halliday.
Mavericks On Darby Saturday, Hi-Fi Days.
Mayfield Ex-Services Saturday, Busta Thong.
Mezz Bar at Wallsend Diggers Saturday, DJ Smashup, Overload. Sunday, Brendan Murphy.
Nag's Head Hotel Saturday, Kevin O'Hara.
Nelson Bay Diggers Saturday, Counterpart. Sunday, Daniel Arvidson.
Nelson Bay Golf Club Saturday, Hayden Johns.
Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club Sunday, Ryan Daley.
Newcastle Diggers Saturday, Russell Hull.
Newcastle Hotel Saturday, Purple Sneakers.
Northern Star Hotel Saturday, Allon, Dean Kyrwood.
Pippis At The Point Saturday, Dos Eager. Sunday, Matty G.
Queens Wharf Hotel Saturday, Hornet. Sunday, Mark Wells Trio, Wharf Life.
Raymond Terrace Bowling Club Sunday, Mardy Leith.
Royal Federal Hotel Branxton Saturday, Shivoo.
Royal Hotel Singleton Sunday, Whiskey Business.
Royal Motor Yacht Club Toronto Sunday, Simon King.
Rutherford Hotel Saturday, Darren Gould.
Shoal Bay Country Club Saturday, The Tantrums, TK Vibez. Sunday, Matt McLaren.
Shortland Hotel Saturday, ROX.
Stockton RSL Club Saturday, David McMaster.
Swansea Hotel Saturday, The DuoTones. Sunday, Phonic.
Swansea RSL Club Saturday, Bliss Bomb.
Swansea Workers Club Sunday, Ben Woodham.
Tea Gardens Hotel Saturday, Phil McKnight.
Tilligerry RSL Saturday, Chad Shuttleworth.
Toronto Hotel Sunday, Jamie Martens.
Toronto Workers Saturday, Kaylens Rain Trio.
Victoria Hotel Hinton Saturday, Zane Penn. Sunday, Kazzie.
Vincent St Kitchen & Bar Cessnock Saturday, Jackson Broadway.
Wangi District Workers Club Sunday, James Naldo.
Wangi Wangi RSL Club Sunday, Paul Watters.
Warners Bay Hotel Saturday, The Core.
Wests Cardiff Saturday, The Snape Trilogy.
Wests New Lambton Saturday, 2GoodReasons. Tuesday, Angamus. Wednesday, The Celtic Tenors (IRE).
Wests NEX Saturday, The Big Bang.
Wickham Park Hotel Saturday, Riff Raff, Dai Pritchard. Sunday, Blues Exile, John Larder.
Windsor Castle Hotel Saturday, Jason Bone.
MOVIES
2040 (G) Award-winning director Damon Gameau embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream.
A Dog's Way Home (PG) A female dog travels four hundred miles in search of her owner throughout a Colorado wilderness. (Regal)
About Time (M) At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think. (Regal)
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.
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (PG) Following a fall during mistletoe picking, Druid Panoramix decides that it is time to secure the future of the village. Accompanied by Asterix and Obelix, he undertakes to travel the Gallic world in search of a talented young druid to transmit the secret of the magic potion.
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.
Back Of The Net (G) A new student at a soccer academy is determined to beat her rival's team in the national tournament.
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?
Colette (M) Colette is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name. Upon their success, she fights to make her talents known, challenging gender norms. (Regal)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (M) The crypto-zoological agency Monarch faces off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah.
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. (Lake Cinema)
NGK (CTC) After certain circumstances at his village Nandha Gopalan Kumaran stands for MLA election for the party Kakkum Munnetra Kazhagam.
On The Basis Of Sex (M) The true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights, and the early cases of a historic career that lead to her nomination and confirmation as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice. (Regal)
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 cheer leading squad with her fellow residents.
Red Joan (M) The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest-serving British spy.
Rocketman (M) The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John.
Stan & Ollie (PG) Laurel and Hardy, the world's most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song - a grueling theatre tour of post-war Britain. (Regal)
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.
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.
Warren Miller's Face of Winter (E) Watch as the world's best skiers and riders cover ground in some of the most legendary destinations to honour a face that launched a thousand quips and got us all started on this long, crazy ride. (Event, Kotara)