SATURDAY
Street Feast Newcastle 4pm to 8pm, Foreshore Park, Newcastle East.
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Motown & Soul Night 8pm onwards, Queens Wharf Hotel Skiff Bar. DJs Dan Phelan, Phil Dando and Mark Evans. Free entry.
Claire’s Cupcakes 100% Vegan Open Day 9.30am, 8 Jeffro Place, Elermore Vale. Final day for The Stray Cats Project fundraising raffle.
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Newcastle Antique & Collectables Fair Saturday, 10am to 5pm, and Sunday, 10am to 4pm, Newcastle Showground, Broadmeadow. Tickets: $12 adults; $10 pensioner/concession; accompanied children under 16 admitted free.
SHINE Presents Christmas in July 11am to 3pm, PCYC Newcastle, corner Melbourne and Young roads, Broadmeadow. Seven NDIS providers present dancing, sports, arts and crafts, drumming and percussion circle, Santa and more.
Toy Run Xmas in July Launch 3pm onwards, Wickham Park Hotel, Islington. Live music, raffles, superhero theme.
Newcastle Cross Country Hunter Wetlands Centre, Shortland. This is a graded event and the course distances are 2.9km, 5.3km and 7.8km. New runners register 10am; race starts 2pm.
Essential Oil Expo 10am onwards, Merewether Surf Lifesaving Club. Education; exhibits; pop-up shop; demonstrations.
Chromotherapy by Liana Art Exhibition 6pm to 8pm, Glazed Bar, Newcastle West. A unique, one-night-only art affair by Newcastle’s Liana Goninon. BYO, $5 corkage.
Bicycle Workshop 9am, Bike Library, University of Newcastle Callaghan campus. Buy, borrow or trade bikes from us. Parts, fixing help and workshops. Students and non-students welcome.
Harry Potter Day Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 2pm, Heroes and More, 89 Nelson Street, Wallsend.
Community Drumming Circle 7.30pm, Gregson Park, Hamilton. All welcome, free event.
Hanging Tree Wines Annual Burning of the Canes 5pm to 10pm, Hanging Tree Wines, 294 O’Connors Road, Pokolbin. Bubbles on arrival, live music, sip a cup of soup around the fire then to the cellar door for a wine-matched, sit-down meal. Tickets $120 per person.
Newcastle Foreshore Clean Up 10am, Hessian bags supplied, bring gloves.
The Levee Art Gallery Official Opening Noon to 3pm, 282 High Street, Maitland. RSVP on Facebook event page or by emailing info@leveeartgallery.com.au.
SUNDAY
Fernleigh 30 Meet at the Fernleigh Track car park entrance behind Liles Oval at 8am. Run, walk or ride the entire track or keep it simple and do 5km, 10km or 20km. Fundraiser for Hands Across The Water. Registration costs $40.
Brass by The Lake 2pm to 4pm, Westlakes Music Centre, 3 Stilling Street, Rathmines. A variety concert hosted by Toronto Brass with ensembles, solos and popular music from different genres. Tickets $10; children 16 and under admitted free. Phone 0402 003 214 to book or purchase at the door.
Instameet Newcastle 2.30pm to 5.30pm, Dixon Park Beach. Create art with plastic debris; sunset photo shoot. All welcome.
Abseiling at Glenrock 9am to noon, Glenrock Conservation Area. All gear provided. Ages eight or older.
Sithmas in July 10am, The Empire Coffee Company, Honeysuckle. Get your Christmas photos early. Supply your own camera and take your own photo or staff can take it for you. Fundraiser for The Black Dog Institute.
National Tree Day Community Planting 9am to 1pm, Wanderers Oval, Broadmeadow. To register and for more information visit treeday.planetark.org/site/10018906 or phone 4974 2622.
Figure Skating 11am to 7pm, Hunter Ice Skating Stadium, Warners Bay. The Margaret Joynton-Smith Trophy competition.
Street Eats Noon to 4pm, Queens Wharf, Morpeth. Food trucks.
Hunter Breast Cancer Public Forum 8.30am to 4pm, Wests Leagues Club, New Lambton. A day of information, access to support services and some fun. Admission is free and includes morning tea and lunch. Registration essential through Sticky Tickets.
Mums’ Cottage Variety Concert 2pm, Holmesville Community Hall, George Street, Holmesville. Live music, entertainment and dancing. Entry is $10 and includes afternoon tea.
SAVE THE DATE
The Hunter Record Fair returns to Kotara High School on Saturday, August 18. A huge range of new and second-hand vinyl records and CDs. Entry via Lexington Parade, Adamstown. Entry costs $3.
MARKETS
** Subject to cancellation at late notice due to weather conditions
Lake Macquarie City Farmers Market Saturday, 7.30am to 1pm, Speers Point Park.
Handmade in the Hunter Christmas in July Markets Saturday, 9am to 3pm, Kevin Sobels Wines, 5 Halls Road, Pokolbin.
Hunter Wine Country Markets Saturday, 9am to 3pm, De Bortoli Wines, 532 Wine Country Drive, Pokolbin.
The Bumble Flea Market Saturday, 10am onwards. Located in Hamilton, just off Beaumont Street. Go to the event’s Facebook page for further details.
Newcastle Flower Markets Saturday, 9.30am to noon, 1 Rural Drive, Sandgate.
Hunter Street Markets Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 3pm, Hunter Street Mall, Newcastle.
Adamstown Lions Markets Sunday, 8am to 12.30pm, corner Brunker and Glebe roads, Adamstown.
Newcastle & Hunter Vietnam Veterans Market Sunday, 7am to 1pm, Wickham Park, Islington.
Whale Watching Market Sunday, 10am, Fly Point Park, Nelson Bay.
Newcastle City Farmers Market Sunday, 7am to 1pm, Newcastle Showground, Broadmeadow.
ARTS & CULTURE
Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery Yes Yes Yes Yes: graphics from the 1960s and 1970s; Moving Histories // Future Directions. Until September 23. Officially opening at 2pm on Sunday with guest speakers, live music and refreshments.
Maitland Regional Art Gallery Luminous Maitland, until August 12; Stuart Scott – Faces of Maitland from the Mrag Collection, until August 12; Wendy Sharpe – Secrets, until August 19; All That Glitters, until September 2.
The Lock Up The Ghosts of Nothing: In Memory of Johnny B. Goode. Until August 19.
Lovett Gallery The Children’s Library. Until August 25.
The University Gallery Painting the Song, from the Sims Dickson Collection. Until August 26.
Watt Space Gallery High Performing Students Program; The Language of Paint, by Karen Bolden; Gateway: White Mushrooms & Painted Gods, by Maggie Hall; Naturalist, Students of Natural History Illustration. Until August 5.
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Newcastle Art Gallery Stain Me With The Intensity of Black, by Patricia Wilson-Adams. Until August 26.
Wollombi Cultural Centre Home in the Hunter, by Nancy Gray and Anthony Downes. Until August 12.
Cessnock Regional Art Gallery Gathering Stories. Until August 12.
Gallery 139 Abstracted, by Andrew Shillam, Judy Hill, Belinda Street, Frank Murri, Justin Lees, Ainslie Ivin-Smith.
Science @ The Museum 10am to 3pm, Maitland Regional Museum, Church Street, Maitland. Lego, science oddities, fossils and more.
Newcastle Museum Voyage to the Deep, about undersea exploration and adventure. Until October 21. Shadows of Sacrifice, Newcastle’s Great War 1914 to 1918. Until December 16.
Art Systems Wickham Between. Ends Sunday.
Timeless Textiles Subterranean: Australian response with Charlotte Sehmisch. Until August 5.
Newcastle Potters & Back to Back Gallery FLOW, by Helen Jackson, Jenny Bickley, Peter Masters. Until August 5.
Hunter Galleries at Dalwood Estate Modern and traditional, with a common theme of country landscapes and native fauna. Until August 31.
The Swansea Centre Newcastle Art Society Exhibition. Until August 5.
Port Stephens Community Art Centre Marine & Industrial Art. Until August 14.
Live Art – A Genetic Mash Up With Carla Edwards Saturday, 10am to noon, Belmont Library. Until August 11.
THEATRE
The Girl With The Golden Locks Amusing family show by American playwright Brian D. Taylor, with fairy tale characters as secret service agents and the suspicious characters they are investigating. Maitland Repertory Theatre, at its theatre. Saturday at 7pm (final show).
Pinocchio Musical adaptation by Novocastrians William Ford and Glenda Price of Carlo Collodi’s novel about a wooden puppet. Young People’s Theatre, at its Hamilton theatre. 2pm Saturday.
Peepshow The lives of seven people living in an apartment building, including two pairs of lovers, two female friends seeking relationships, and a lone man, become intertwined in Isabel Wright’s comedy. Newcastle Theatre Company, at the NTC Theatre, Lambton. Saturday at 8pm (final show).
Sarah Gaul – Homecoming Newcastle comedienne Sarah Gaul returns home after a year in New York with an original musical-comedy show; fundraiser for local women’s refuge Jenny’s Place. Royal Exchange, Newcastle. Saturday at 7.30pm.
Work in Development – Gurri Thurr-aye Public reading of a new play by the Hunter’s Ray Kelly looking at an Indigenous grandfather’s memories of life in the bush; audience members invited to comment. Ngarrama Productions, at the Civic Playhouse, Newcastle. Saturday, at 2pm.
Annie A Newcastle Grammar School production at Griffin Duncan Theatre, Newcastle, on Saturday at 7pm.
MUSIC
5 Sawyers Saturday, DJ Alessandro. Sunday, Prestige Inc.
Anna Bay Tavern Saturday, Jackson Broadway. Sunday, Darren Rolling Keys.
Australia Hotel Cessnock Saturday, Sami Cooke.
Bar Petite Saturday, Arley Black.
Battlesticks Bar Sunday, Little Cents.
Bay Hotel Bonnells Bay Saturday, Loose Bazooka.
Belmont 16s Saturday, Anthology, Daniel Arvidson. Sunday, Rich & Famous.
Belmont Hotel Saturday, Purple Hearts. Sunday, Tim Pringle.
Belmore Hotel Saturday, Felix Quinn Band.
Beresfield Bowling Club Saturday, Amigos. Sunday, Rave On.
Blackbutt Hotel Saturday, Shivoo.
The Bradford Saturday, Viagro.
Cambridge Hotel Sunday, Sweater Curse, Skivvy Season, Paper Thin, Sam Hollins.
Catho Pub Saturday, Angie. Sunday, Overload.
Caves Beachside Hotel Saturday, Paparazzi.
Central Charlestown Leagues Club Saturday, Bobby C.
Central Hotel Stroud Saturday, James Naldo.
Cessnock Leagues Club Saturday, Solid Gold Party Night with Dave Cochrane.
Club Kotara Saturday, Morning Glory.
Club Lemon Tree Saturday, Anthony Lee.
Club Redhead Saturday, Melbourne Street.
Colliery Inn Sunday, Brien McVernon.
Commercial Hotel Morpeth Saturday, Bob Allan.
Criterion Hotel Carrington Sunday, Ashley Knight.
Criterion Hotel Weston Saturday, Triple Zero.
Croatian Wickham Sports Club Sunday, Phoenix.
Crown & Anchor Hotel Saturday, DJ Timmy Coffey, Katie & Dave.
Customs House Saturday, Jethro Thorpe. Sunday, Roxy.
Cypress Lakes Saturday, Hayden Johns.
D’Albora Marina Sunday, Joel Procter.
Denman Hotel Sunday, Hendo.
Duke Of Wellington Saturday, Jamie Martens.
East Cessnock Bowling Club Saturday, Dave Alone.
East Maitland Bowling Club Saturday, 24 Hours. Sunday, Kevin O'Hara.
Edgeworth Bowling Club Sunday, Matt McLaren.
Edgeworth Tavern Saturday, Darren Rolling Keys Duo.
Exchange Hotel Saturday, The Search Party. Sunday, Anthology.
Finnegans Saturday, Luke La Beat.
Gallipoli Legion Club Sunday Pam, Les & John Bond.
Gateshead Tavern Sunday, Paparazzi.
George Tavern Saturday, Mardmax.
Grain Store Sunday, JJ King.
Grand Junction Hotel Saturday, Dan Runchel Band. Sunday, Magpie Diaries.
Gunyah Hotel Saturday, Sunhill Drive.
Hamilton Station Hotel Sunday, Boots Porter, Lachlan X. Morris, Demi Mitchell.
Harrigan’s Pokolbin Saturday, Kellie Cain, Dos Eager. Sunday, Pistol Pete.
Hexham Bowling Club Saturday, The Blue Water Cowboys.
Honeysuckle Hotel Saturday, Tre Soul. Sunday, The Years.
Hotel Cessnock Saturday, Georgina Grimshaw.
Imperial Hotel Singleton Saturday, Outlaw Avenue.
Iron Horse Inn Saturday, Shadowboxer - The Angels show.
Jewells Tavern Saturday, Iguana.
King Street Hotel Saturday, Anthems.
Lake Macquarie Yacht Club Sunday, Michael Peter.
Lambton Park Hotel Saturday, Brien McVernon Band.
Lass O’Gowrie Saturday, One Day Apart, Bin Lids. Sunday, Tristan Bird.
Lemon Grove Hotel Saturday, Murray Byfield.
Lizotte’s Saturday, Ray Beadle. Sunday, Wendy Matthews, Broke House.
Lochinvar Hotel Saturday, Scully.
Lucky Hotel Saturday, Kylie Jane. Sunday, Brown Bear & Hooves.
Mary Ellen Hotel Saturday, Mojo Bandits. Sunday, Pete McCredie.
Maryland Tavern Saturday, Steve Edmonds Band.
Mavericks On The Bay Saturday, Brendan Murphy. Sunday, Matty G.
Mavericks On Darby Saturday, Dean Kyrwood Duo.
Mayfield Ex-Services Saturday, Mark Wells.
Metropolitan Hotel Maitland Saturday, Full Throttle.
Mezz Bar at Wallsend Diggers Saturday, DV8. Sunday, Chad Shuttleworth.
Morisset Country Club Sunday, Murray Byfield.
Murray’s Brewery Saturday, Amy Fredes. Sunday, Greg McKew.
Nag’s Head Hotel Saturday, Pap & That.
Neath Hotel Saturday, Reg Sinclair.
Nelson Bay Bowling Club Saturday, All Access 80s.
Nelson Bay Diggers Saturday, Josh & Liv. Sunday, Matt Semmens.
Nelson Bay Golf Club Saturday, James Osborn.
Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club Sunday, Daniel Arvidson.
Northern Star Hotel Saturday, John Larder, TK.
Pedens Cessnock Saturday, Ash Mountain.
Pelican RSL Saturday, Catfish Soup.
Pippis At The Point Saturday, Pistol Pete. Sunday, Greg Bryce.
Premier Hotel Sunday, Loose Bazooka.
Queens Wharf Hotel Saturday, Hot Fox, Dave Carter. Sunday, Phonic.
Raymond Terrace Bowling Club Sunday, Karen O'Shea.
Royal Federal Hotel Branxton Saturday, Anyerin. Sunday, Gareth Jay.
Royal Hotel Singleton Sunday, Happening Thang.
Rutherford Hotel Saturday, Joel Oakhill.
Seabreeze Hotel Sunday, Tim Broadway.
Shenanigans at the Imperial Saturday, Kazzie.
Shoal Bay Country Club Saturday, Crawford Brothers. Sunday, Kylie Jane.
Shortland Hotel Saturday, Pete Hibbert.
Small Ballroom Saturday, Kim Moyes, Forbes & Whiteside, Lance & Cadel, Matt Shepherd.
Soldiers Point Bowling Club Saturday, The Big Band Trio.
Stag and Hunter Hotel Saturday, Dane Overton & The Joy Williams Band.
Stockton RSL Club Saturday, Red Runners.
Swansea Hotel Saturday, Redline.
Swansea RSL Club Saturday, Cover 2 Cover.
Swansea Workers Club Saturday, Kelly Hope. Sunday, Peter Stefanson.
Tea Gardens Hotel Saturday, Robbie T.
Tilligerry RSL Saturday, Allan Freihaut.
Toronto Hotel Sunday, Brendan Murphy.
Toronto Workers Saturday, Chad Shuttleworth Duo.
Victoria Hotel Hinton Saturday, Mick Jones. Sunday, Todd Schmoo.
Warners At The Bay Saturday, The Years.
Weston Workers Saturday, The Flattrakkers.
Wests Cardiff Saturday, Cruzers.
Wests New Lambton Saturday, Gen-R-8.
Wests NEX Saturday, Uptown Duo.
Wickham Park Hotel Saturday, Papa Pilko & The Bin Rats. Sunday, Helena, GW Freebird Blues Band.
Windsor Castle Hotel Saturday, Marissa.
MOVIES
2001: A Space Odyssey – 4K Remastered (G) Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer HAL 9000, sets off on a quest. (Event, Glendale)
Adrift (M) A young woman sails into the eye of a hurricane to save the man she loves.
André Rieu’s 2018 Maastricht Concert: Amore - My Tribute to Love (E) An annual summer concert series in his beautiful Netherlands hometown of Maastricht. (Tower)
Ant-Man and The Wasp (PG) As Scott Lang balances being both a Super Hero and a father, Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym present an urgent new mission.
The Breaker Upperers (M) Two women cynical in love set up an agency to break couples up as a way to avoid letting go and moving on with their lives.
Early Man (PG) Dug, along with sidekick Hognob, unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home. (Event, Glendale)
Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation (G) Mavis surprises Dracula with a family voyage on a luxury monster cruise ship so he can take a vacation from providing everyone else's vacation at the hotel.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (M) It’s been four years since Jurassic World was destroyed by dinosaurs. Isla Nublar now sits abandoned by humans while the surviving dinosaurs fend for themselves.
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (PG) In this sequel to Mamma Mia! Sophie learns about her mother’s past while pregnant.
Maya the Bee: The Honey Games (G) When an overenthusiastic Maya accidentally embarrasses the Empress of Buzztropolis, she is forced to unite with a team of misfit bugs and compete in the Honey Games for a chance to save her hive.
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Mission: Impossible – Fallout (M) Ethan Hunt and his IMF team are in a race against time after a mission gone wrong.
Ocean’s 8 (M) Debbie Ocean gathers a crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's yearly Met Gala. (Lake Cinema)
Show Dogs (PG) A macho, solitary Rottweiler police dog is ordered to go undercover as a primped show dog in a prestigious Dog Show, along with his human partner, to avert a disaster from happening.
Skyscraper (M) On assignment in China, US war veteran Will Ford, finds the tallest, safest building in the world suddenly ablaze.
Tag (M) A small group of former classmates organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires some to travel all over the country.
The Equalizer 2 (MA) A sequel to the the 2014 film which is based on the TV series about a retired agent who's a hired gun for vengeance.
The Incredibles 2 (PG) Bob Parr is left to care for Jack-Jack while Helen is out saving the world.
The Leisure Seeker (M) A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call The Leisure Seeker. (Lake Cinema)