5 SAWYERS COOKS HILL Friday DJ Matt Meler; Saturday Sean Andrews; Sunday DJ Jonathan.

BEAUFORD HOTEL MAYFIELD Saturday Mick Boogaard.

BAR PETITE Friday Dean Kyrwood; Saturday Crocq; Sunday Jason Bone.

BELMONT 16s Friday Roadhouse Rockers; Saturday Love That Hat; Sunday Frank & Johnny.

CHARLESTOWN BOWLING CLUB Friday Iguana.

DUKE OF WELLINGTON Saturday Daley Holliday; Sunday Guitar Masters with Steve Cowley.

EXCHANGE HOTEL Thursday Hornet; Saturday Incognito.

GRAND HOTEL Saturday Horenco.

HOTEL JESMOND Saturday Dr Zoom Duo.

JEWELLS TAVERN Sunday The Nick Raschke Duo.

NORTHERN STAR HOTEL Friday Josh Callaway.

SEVEN SEAS Saturday Garth Prengtgtice Band; Sunday Jam Jar.

THE MARK HOTEL Saturday The Andy Show; Sunday Funkapedia.

WARNERS AT THE BAY Saturday Iguana.

WICKHAM PARK HOTEL Saturday AJ Clayfoot, Milestones; Sunday Mick n Josh; Freebird with Grant Walmsley.

MUSIC

CIVIC THEATRE Melinda Schneider, May 31; The Glenn Miller Orchestra, June 15.

LIZOTTE'S NEWCASTLE Tamara Stewart, April 30.

NEWCASTLE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE Justice Crew, April 24; Jason Derulo, May 1; Lorde May 4; Celtic Thunder, May 27, ticketek.com.au or 132 849.

NEWCASTLE PANTHERS Boy and Bear, May 17.

ART

BACK-TO-BACK GALLERIES Inked Earth, by Newcastle Printmakers Workshop, opens April 19, until May 4.

COOKS HILL GALLERIES Master & Apprentices, works by Bruce Rowlands, Amber Carbury, John Moroney, Christine Harvison, Ellen Howell and Richard Kearney, until April 28.

FINITE GALLERY, CAVES BEACH Boats & Bushes, paintings by Rhonda Parcel, until April 27.

NANA GALLERY NEWCASTLE Ameer Zomorroda by Prince Emeral Aydin, until May 3.

NANSHE Undone, paintings and mixed media by Jill Orr, until May 3.

WATT SPACE GALLERY The Earth That We Live On, by Jeni Prickett; Order and Chaos, by Vicki Pearce and Judith Wilson; 3rd Year Photography; Body Forms, by Flynn Doran, until May 4.

THEATRE

CIVIC THEATRE The Deep, April 22 to 24; Don Quixote, April 26-27; Lake, May 7; It's Dark Outside, May 24; Djuki Mala (Chooky Dancers), May 27; Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow, June 6 to 8; The Magic Hour, June 24; An Evening with Groucho with Frank Ferrante, July 19; Wombat Stew - The Musical, July 30 and 31.

FORT SCRATCHLEY The Kangaroo in the Rock, until April 24; Through These Lines, July 24 to 29 and July 31 to August 5.

LAKE MACQUARIE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE The Disney's The Aristocats Kids, April 22-26.

LIZOTTE'S NEWCASTLE ON/OFF, May 22.

NEWCASTLE CITY HALL Australian Chamber Orchestra's Hayden & Italian Cello, April 28, 7.30pm.

REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF PERFORMING ARTS The Conscription Debate (who sends us to war?), April 24- 26.

TANTRUM THEATRE The Little Match Girl Passion, April 17, 7pm, for tickets go to songcompany.com.au/concerts.

THE STORE Spent, April 23 to May 3, tickets through stickytickets.com.au/16133.

WESLEY HALL, HAMILTON The Disney's The Aristocats Kids, April 27.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE Snow White, until May 31, 4961 4895.

FESTIVAL

SALA'S FUNCTION CENTRE, WARNERS BAY JD's World of Magic, April 24.

INNER CITY WINEMAKERS Wine and Oysters Seductive Sundays, 28 Church Street, Wickham, noon-4.30pm, 4962 3545.