SATURDAY
Smoke in Broke Saturday, 10am to 8pm, and Sunday, 10am to 7pm, McNamara Park, Broke. A weekend of BBQ food, beer, wine and music plus BBQ demonstrations and competitions. Tickets cost $7 for the weekend online, and $15 at the gate on the day. Children 12 and under admitted free.
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Hunter Valley Wine & Food Festival 2019 Daily throughout June. Various venues, details at winecountry.com.au.
Annual Barrel Hall Sale Saturday to Monday, 10am to 5pm, Margan Family Wines, 1238 Milbrodale Road, Broke.
De Iuliis Annual Wine Sale Saturday to Monday, 10am to 5pm, 1616 Broke Road, Pokolbin.
Sen Ball: Festival of Desires 7pm, 48 Watt Street, Newcastle. A masquerade Traffic Light Party.
Super Street Sale 11am to 5pm: 11, 13 and 20 Alice Street, Cardiff. 10am to 2pm: 2, 5, 6 and 7 Tudor Street, Belmont.
Music in the Woods 11am to 5pm, Stonehurst Cedar Creek Wines, 1840 Wollombi Road, Cedar Creek. Live music, food and wine among the poplar trees.
Free Pet Microchipping 10am to 2pm, 126-138 Main Road, Speers Point.
Doggy Day 2pm to 5pm, Family Hotel, Maitland. Stalls, a raffle, Barking Mad Pawtisserie: a fundraiser for Tiki Animal Rescue.
Fingal Forage - A World Oceans Day Amazing Race Register online or between 9am and 10am next to the surf club and Fingal Park, Marine Drive, Fingal Bay.
Dive In Movie Night 5pm to 9pm, Lakeside Leisure Centre, 3 Leisure Way, Raymond Terrace. Film: Happy Feet 2. A fundraising event to raise funds for a 200kg water wheelchair and hoist. Tickets are $10 each or $25 for a family.
Port Stephens Toyota Bluewater Country Music Festival 2019 Saturday to Monday, various venues.
GABS Showcase Saturday to Monday, The Grain Store, Newcastle.
2019 NSW Pole Sport Championships 3pm, Lake Macquarie Performing Arts Centre, Warners Bay.
UN Youth Listening Tour 10am to 11am, Maitland PCYC. Young people aged 15 to 30 can speak to a representative from UN Youth Australia.
SUNDAY
United Nations Young Ambassador Consultation Tour 1pm to 2.30pm, Room 2.05 (Level 2) NeW Space, The University of Newcastle, Hunter and Auckland streets, Newcastle. United Nations Youth Ambassador Kareem El-Ansary will be attempting to answer the question "What will our future look like if young people are heard today?" Ages: 15 to 25. Cost: Free but register at eventbrite.com.au.
Clothing For Every Occasion 1pm to 4pm, Miss Porter's House Museum, 434 King Street, Newcastle West. Adults $10, concession $8, family $25, children under 5 free.
Soul Food - Reconciliation 10.30am to noon, Cameron Park Community Centre, 107 Northlakes Drive, Cameron Park.
East Coast Band Championships and Festival of the Bands 9am to 4pm, University of Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, corner of Auckland and Laman streets, Newcastle. Adults $10, concession $8, children 15 and under free.
Rhythm At The Rotunda 2pm to 5pm, Riverside Park, Raymond Terrace. Live music, food trucks and more.
Family Fun Day 10am onwards, Sydney Junction Hotel, 8 Beaumont Street, Hamilton.
Ice Hockey Newcastle NorthStars vs Sydney Ice Dogs at Hunter Ice Skating Stadium, 230 Macquarie Road, Warners Bay. Doors open 3.30pm, puck drops 4pm. Bookings advised.
MONDAY
Fort Scratchley Open Day 10am to 4pm. Condensed 30-minute tunnel tours start at 10.10am and will run every 10 minutes until 2.20pm. Guns will be fired at 11am, 1pm and 3pm.
Woodturning Demonstration 10am to 1pm, Raymond Terrace Men's Shed, 17g Irrawang Street, Raymond Terrace. A demonstration by Chris Pouncy (UK) on how to use Robert Sorby woodturning tools. All are welcome.
SAVE THE DATE
On July 12, in partnership with MX Nationals and Maitland District Motorcycle Club, Street Eat MX Nationals Edition will take over Maitland's Levee for a special event from 5pm to 9pm. Team trucks will display their dirt bikes and you can meet national championship riders during a live stream by NRG TV. Stick around for live music and food from one of the Street Eats trucks.
MARKETS
Lake Macquarie City Farmers Market Saturday, 7.30am to 1pm, Speers Point Park, Speers Point.
Sacred Tree Markets Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 3pm, Victoria Parade, Nelson Bay.
Wyee Markets Saturday, 8am to 1pm, 114 Wyee Road, Wyee.
Medowie Markets Saturday, 8am to 12.30pm, Bush n Bull Motel, Ferodale Road, Medowie.
Hunter Wine Country Markets Saturday, 9am to 3pm, De Bortoli Wines, 532 Wine Country Drive, Pokolbin.
Newcastle Food & Flower Markets Saturday and Sunday, 8am to 2pm, 1 Rural Drive, Sandgate. The official launch of stage two of the markets is on Sunday with activities for all ages.
Handmade in the Hunter Markets Saturday, 9am to 3pm, Sunday, 9am to 2pm, Kevin Sobels Wines, 5 Halls Road, Pokolbin.
Mini Indoor Markets Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 5pm, Stockland Jesmond.
Tomaree Markets Sunday, 8am to 2pm, Tomaree Sports Complex, Nelson Bay Road, Nelson Bay.
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.
Healing Haven Markets Sunday, 9am to 2pm, Belmont South Foreshore.
Dalwood Markets Sunday, 10am to 3pm, 700 Dalwood Road, Dalwood.
Wollombi Market Day Monday 10 June 2019, Wollombi Sale Yards, Wollombi.
ARTS
Morpeth Gallery Feathers, Fur, Skin & Scales. Join wildlife artists Robyn Collier, Natalie Jane Parker, Garry Fleming, Stephen Jesic & James Hough as they paint at their easels.
Watt Space Gallery Brain, a collaboration, until June 30.
The Hunter Artisan Gallery & Cafe Animals and interests of the heart; the things we love to forget, by Jillian Rapley, until June 16.
The All Story, Wickham Southerns, until June 30.
Brough House Maitland Children's Clothing 1900 to 1950, until September 7.
Cooks Hill Galleries Andrew Bennett; The Figure Meets The Landscape.
Maitland Regional Museum Old Worlds - New Beginnings, The 70th Anniversary of Greta Migrant Camp, until June 23.
The Lock-Up I Love You Melissa, until July 21.
Studio Amsterdam Andrew Bennett, until June 21.
33 Scott St Galleries A Construct, by Dylan Smith.
Newcastle Art Gallery The sea calls me by name, by James Drinkwater, until August 11. The nature of abstraction, by Virginia Cuppaidge, until July 21. Art Cart: Saturday, 10.30am to 12.30pm.
Gallery 139 @ Newcastle ArtSpace From The Land, until June 16.
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. Also, Free Art Sunday.
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, ends Monday.
SEEN@Swansea Transformations: Art of the Scott Sisters, until June 21.
Port Stephens Community Arts Centre Spinners & Weavers; Rustic Country Life, by Gay Stehr, until June 18.
Hunter Wetlands Centre wetlands=birdlife, by Alison Ellis, unitl June 28.
Art Systems Wickham Landscape Metaphors, by Vlase & Judi Nikoleski, ends Sunday.
Belmont Library Natural World, by Sharon Thomas, until August 11.
Newcastle Studio Potters & Back to Back Galleries Tabula Rasa, by Sharon Taylor, Sandra Burgess, Painters Inc, until June 16.
Newcastle Museum Underworld: Mugshots from the Roaring Twenties, until June 30. The Flora of the Hunter Region, ends Sunday.
Cstudios Art Gallery Of Form and Shape, by Roger McFarlane, Mark Aylward, Ros Elkin, Meredith Ford and more.
THEATRE
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow Australian and overseas comedy performers hit the road: Dave Callan (MC), Cal Wilson, Sean Choolburra, Daniel Connell, and Blake Freeman. Civic Theatre, Newcastle: Saturday and Sunday at 8pm. 4929 1977.
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 2pm and 8pm. 4952 4958.
The Spiegeltent Newcastle 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: Saturday at 8.30pm, Sunday at 3pm and 6pm. Show details and bookings at spiegeltentnewcastle.com. Comedian Lawrence Leung on Saturday.
Wait Until Dark A blind woman combats a trio of criminals who erroneously break into her house in search of drugs; drama by Frederick Knott with many funny moments. Theatre on Brunker, at St Stephen's Hall, Adamstown. Saturday, dinner and show at 7pm, show only at 8pm. 4957 1895.
MUSIC
5 Sawyers Saturday, DJ Urby. Sunday, Marissa.
Anna Bay Tavern Saturday, Beau Hatch Duo.
Argenton Hotel Sunday, Alias Duo.
Australia Hotel Cessnock Saturday, Viagro.
The Badger's Lair at Newcastle Leagues Club Saturday, Bomb Threat, Talakai, Blades, Bigredcap, Ty Mikado, Lee Monro, Kev Hannibal, Prem, Bedlam, Nhostic, Gamble, Frekwentc, L.C.D, Essence.
Battlesticks Bar Saturday, Madelyn. Sunday, Dean Kyrwood.
Bay Hotel Bonnells Bay Saturday, Gen-X.
Beach Hotel Saturday, Jamstone. Sunday, The Smarts.
Belmont 16s Saturday, Mick Jones, The Big Bang Band. Sunday, Rich & Famous.
Belmore Hotel Saturday, Dos Eager.
Beresfield Bowling Club Saturday, Amigos.
The Bradford Saturday, Bad Paris.
Cambridge Hotel Saturday, West Thebarton, A. Swayze & the Ghosts, Milky Thred (main room), Smoke & Rain, The Fighting Fish, The Hamilton Alpine Club (warehouse). Sunday, Crooked Colours, Nyxen, Kayex (main room), Spit Chewy, Droves, Not Good, Not Bad, Belle Badi, Moon (warehouse).
Cardiff RSL Club Saturday, All Access 80s.
Carrington Bowling Club Sunday, Trakk 2.
Catho Pub Sunday, Bad Paris.
Central Leagues Club Saturday, Duncan Woods.
Cessnock Leagues Club Saturday, The Gleesons.
Club Catalina Sunday, Murray Byfield.
Club Kotara Saturday, Love That Hat.
Club Lemon Tree Sunday, Anthony Lee.
Club Maitland City Saturday, Chad Shuttleworth.
Colliery Inn Sunday, Zane Penn.
Commercial Hotel Morpeth Saturday, Jake Daulby.
Customs House Sunday, Anyerin. Monday, Felix Quinn Duo.
Cypress Lakes Saturday, Megan Core.
Duke Of Wellington Saturday, The Levymen.
East Cessnock Bowling Club Saturday, Jesse.
East Maitland Bowling Club Saturday, Voodoo Punch. Sunday, ROX.
Easts Golf & Leisure Club Sunday, Emile.
Edgeworth Tavern Saturday, Jamie Martens Duo.
Family Hotel Maitland Saturday, Matt McLaren.
Family Hotel Newcastle Saturday, NTL Landmarks, Diplazar.
Finnegans Saturday, Jesse James.
Gallipoli Legion Club Sunday, Pete Gelzinnis.
Gateshead Tavern Sunday, Brazillian Brothers Duo.
General Roberts Hotel Saturday, Simon King.
George Tavern Saturday, The New Cool Duo.
Grain Store Saturday, Ryan Daley, Rehab Brass Band. Sunday, JJ King.
Grand Junction Hotel Sunday, Half Nelson.
Great Northern Hotel Newcastle Saturday, Marissa +1. Sunday, Tre Soul.
Great Northern Hotel Teralba Saturday, Mojo Bandits.
Gunyah Hotel Saturday, Overload. Sunday, Max Jackson.
Hamilton Station Hotel Saturday, Plants, Don't Praise The Machine, Low Key Affair, I Hate People. Sunday, Horace Bones, Homewrecker, City Rose, Cold/Heat.
Harrigan's Pokolbin Saturday, Brendan Murphy, Gen-R-8. Sunday, Kellie Cain.
Hexham Bowling Club Saturday, The Snape Trilogy. Sunday, The Moon Dogs Duo.
Honeysuckle Hotel Saturday, Soundabout. Monday, Mick Jones.
Imperial Hotel Maitland Saturday, Counterpart.
Jewells Tavern Saturday, Blues Bombers.
Kent Hotel Saturday, Mardmax. Sunday, Jungle Kings.
Lake Macquarie Yacht Club Sunday, Peter Stefanson.
Lakeside Village Tavern Saturday, The V Dubs.
Lambton Park Hotel Saturday, Aleyce Simmonds.
Lass O'Gowrie Saturday, Motherlode, Chicko Roll Models, Fungas. Sunday, Unfit For Human Consumption, PS to EME, Gary David.
Lizotte's Saturday, Machinations. Sunday, Ray Beadle (lunch), Jack Jones (dinner).
Lucky Hotel Saturday, Gerda +1. Sunday, DJ Tone.
Mary Ellen Hotel Saturday, Morning Glory.
Maryland Tavern Saturday, 2GoodReasons.
Mattara Hotel Saturday, Joel Oakhill.
Mavericks On The Bay Saturday, Kristy James. Sunday, Mick Jones.
Mavericks On Darby Saturday, Sundays Record Duo.
Mayfield Ex-Services Thursday, Loko. Saturday, Cruzers.
Mezz Bar at Wallsend Diggers Saturday, The 3. Sunday, Jayde Corner.
Murray's Brewery Saturday, Adam Gear. Sunday, The Lamplighters.
Nag's Head Hotel Saturday, Pistol Pete.
Neath Hotel Saturday, Zane Penn Duo.
Nelson Bay Diggers Saturday, Adam Harvey, Judah Kelly, The Rumour Trio, Bobby C. Sunday, Karen O'Shea, Ruckus.
Nelson Bay Golf Club Saturday, Anyerin.
Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club Sunday, Love That Hat.
Newcastle Diggers Saturday, Deborah Sinclair.
Newcastle Hotel Saturday, Peach Fur, Slapjack, Alter Ego. Sunday, Calcium, Definitive, Kron.
Newcastle Jockey Club Saturday, Matty G.
Northern Star Hotel Saturday, Brent Murphy, TK Vibez.
Paxton Bowling Club Saturday, Tim Harding.
Pippis At The Point Saturday, Kaylens Rain Duo. Sunday, Ben Travis.
Premier Hotel Saturday, Hi-Fi Days.
Queens Wharf Hotel Saturday, Lithium. Sunday, Loko, Wharf Life.
Royal Federal Hotel Branxton Saturday, Misbehave.
Royal Hotel Singleton Sunday, Kristo and King.
Royal Motor Yacht Club Toronto Sunday, The Fab 2.
Rutherford Hotel Saturday, Murray Byfield.
Salamander Tavern Sunday, Kelly Hope.
Seabreeze Hotel Saturday, Steel City.
Shinnies Hotel Sunday, La Bomba.
Shoal Bay Country Club Saturday, Aaron Jurd and The Banned, Komiti Levai Duo. Sunday, Crooked Colours DJ set, Madelyn.
Shortland Hotel Saturday, Mike Vee.
Soldiers Point Bowling Club Saturday, The Country Superstars. Sunday, Adam Brand.
Stag and Hunter Hotel Saturday, Kingdom Brothers (USA). Sunday, The Dusty Ravens, Peta Caswell & The Lost Cause.
Star Hotel Saturday, Tom Blake.
Stockton RSL Club Saturday, Nitetrain.
Swansea Hotel Saturday, City Beats. Sunday, Mardmax.
Swansea RSL Club Saturday, Upbeat City.
Swansea RSL Club Sunday, David McCredie.
Swansea Workers Club Saturday, The Georgia Project. Sunday, James Naldo.
Tea Gardens Hotel Saturday, Live Baby Live: INXS Tribute.
Tilligerry RSL Saturday, Allan Freihaut.
Toronto Diggers Saturday, 40 Up Club.
Toronto Workers Saturday, Alias.
Vault 73 Hunter St Saturday, Ian Papworth.
Victoria Hotel Hinton Saturday, Mark Wells. Sunday, Daniel Arvidson, Ryan Hemsworth.
Vincent St Kitchen & Bar Cessnock Saturday, The DuoTones. Sunday, Matt McLaren.
Wangi Wangi RSL Club Sunday, Darren Rolling Keys.
Wangi Workers Club Sunday, Glen Harrison.
Warners Bay Hotel Saturday, Live Baby Live - The INXS Tribute Show.
Wests Cardiff Saturday, Anthology.
Wests New Lambton Saturday, The Smarts.
Wests NEX Saturday, Paparazzi.
Wickham Park Hotel Saturday, Nano, Brien McVernon & The Rockets From Oz. Sunday, Greg Bryce, Fish Fry + Pow Wow.
Windsor Castle Hotel Saturday, Bobby C.
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.
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.
All Is True (M) A look at the final days in the life of renowned playwright William Shakespeare. (Regal)
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.
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.
Bharat (M) A journey of a man and a nation together. At the cusp of India's birth as an Independent nation, a family makes an arduous journey to freedom.
Brazil (M) A bureaucrat, in a retro-future world, tries to correct an administrative error and becomes an enemy of the state. (Regal)
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.
Peppa Pig: Festival of Fun (G) Get ready for Peppa's biggest celebration yet when the muddiest ever festival comes to cinema screens.
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.
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)
Swimming With Men (M) A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.
The Aftermath (M) A British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German widower who lives with them. (Lake Cinema)
The Boy Friend (G) When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place, becoming a star and finding love in the process. (Regal)
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.
The Secret Life of Pets 2 (PG) Continuing the story of Max and his pet friends, following their secret lives after their owners leave them for work or school each day.
Tolkien (M) The film follows the formative years of the orphaned author J.R.R. Tolkien as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school.
Top End Wedding (M) Lauren and Ned are engaged, they are in love, and they have just 10 days to find Lauren's mother who has gone AWOL somewhere in the remote far north of Australia. (Lake Cinema)
X-Men: Dark Phoenix (M) During a rescue mission in space, Jean is nearly killed when she is hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful but far more unstable. Wrestling with this entity inside her, Jean unleashes her powers in ways she can neither comprehend nor contain.