MUSIC
5 Sawyers Thursday, Southern End. Friday, AK Morris, Howard Shearman. Saturday, DJ Searly.
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Abermain Hotel Sunday, Jane Germain.
Adamstown Uniting Church Thursday, Dungeon Big Band & Heather Price. Friday, Twilight Musical Dialogues ft. Miriam Allan, Sally Walker, Christoper Allan. Saturday, Opera Soiree, Miriam Allan, Muffat Collective. Monday, Daniel Rojas (CHILE) & Daniel Wallace-Crabbe, Sax Blue.
Anna Bay Tavern Friday, Got It Covered. Saturday, Bliss Bomb.
Argenton Hotel Sunday, City Beats Duo.
The Badger's Lair - Newcastle Leagues Club Friday, Blackout To Oblivion, Lycanthrope.
Bar Beach Bowling Club Friday, Roger That. Sunday, Graham, Corky and Will.
Bar Petite Saturday, Ashley Knight.
Battlesticks Bar Friday, Madelyn. Saturday, John Larder. Sunday, Dean Kyrwood.
Bay Hotel Bonnells Bay Saturday, Loose Bazooka.
Beach Hotel Sunday, Hot Fox.
Belmont 16s Friday, Matchbox, Emily Smith. Saturday, Gen-X, The Aretha Franklin Songbook, Matt Gaudry. Sunday, Backbeat Duo.
Belmont Hotel Saturday, Kyle Cartner. Sunday, Pistol Pete.
Belmore Hotel Saturday, Dos Eager.
Beresfield Bowling Club Friday, Pocket Aces. Saturday, Rave On.
The Bradford Friday, Outerphase.
Burwood Inn Friday, Mark Wells. Saturday, Austin Mackay.
Cambridge Hotel Thursday, Hein Cooper, Leonie Kingdom. Friday, Psycroptic, King Parrot, Black Rheno, Flaming Wrekage (main room), Selfish Sons, Diplazar, Kookshill (warehouse). Saturday, The Gooch Palms, Surf Trash, Milky Thred, Kookshill. Sunday, Royal Chant, He Danced Ivy, Waster, Spoonhead.
Cardiff RSL Club Saturday, Sundays Record.
Catho Pub Sunday, Fuelstar.
Caves Beachside Hotel Friday, Counterpart. Saturday, The Big Bang Band. Sunday, Daniel Arvidson.
Central Leagues Club Friday, Kazzie.
Cessnock Leagues Club Friday, Tom Christie. Saturday, Joel Oakhill Duo.
Christ Church Cathedral Sunday, Miriam Allan, Christoper Allan, Festival Choir, Christ Church Camerata. Wednesday, Peter Guy.
Club Charlestown Saturday, Loko.
Club Lemon Tree Friday, Zane Penn Duo.
Club Redhead Sunday, Craig Thommo.
Colliery Inn Friday, Kristy James. Sunday, Reg Sinclair.
Commercial Hotel Boolaroo Friday, Andrew G.
Commercial Hotel Morpeth Friday, Chad Shuttleworth Duo. David McCredie.
Croatian Wickham Sports Club Friday, Fukushima Death Fish, Tectonic Playmates, Funkadelic Faerie, Vivienne Rose, Pixie Lust, Veracious Vixen, Bee Kai, WELL?, Celia Burns, Rosabella, Tom Santisi. Sunday, Latinova.
Customs House Sunday, Zane Penn.
Cypress Lakes Saturday, Daniel Arvidson.
Denman Hotel Sunday, Sami Cooke.
Duke Of Wellington Friday, Matt McLaren. Saturday, Dean Kyrwood.
East Cessnock Bowling Club Thursday, Snowy Robson. Saturday, Paul Watters.
East Maitland Bowling Club Friday, Gen-R-8. Saturday, Greg Bryce Band. Sunday, Jim Overend.
Easts Golf & Leisure Club Sunday, Anthony Lee.
Edgeworth Bowling Club Saturday, Shivoo. Sunday, Damnation - AC/DC tribute.
Edgeworth Tavern Friday, Katie N Feff. Saturday, Crawford Brothers.
Family Hotel Maitland Friday, TripleZero.
Family Hotel Newcastle Saturday, The Shang, Holiday Basement.
Finnegans Saturday, Kyro.
Fort Scratchley Monday, Sensory Concert ft. Grace Kim, Lerida Delbridge & Teije Hylkema.
Gallipoli Legion Club Sunday, After Party.
Gateshead Tavern Friday, Kristo and King. Sunday, Whiskey Business.
George Tavern Friday, Kaylah Anne. Saturday, Komiti Levai Duo.
Grain Store Saturday, Beth Gleeson. Sunday, JJ King.
Grand Hotel Tuesday, Tessie Overmyer Collective.
Grand Junction Hotel Friday, The Milestones. Sunday, Lachlan X. Morris, Singlet.
Great Northern Hotel Newcastle Friday, Jason Bone. Saturday, The Cassettes. Sunday, Karen O'Shea.
Great Northern Hotel Teralba Friday, Karen O'Shea.
Greta Workers Club Friday, Slam Tango.
Gunyah Hotel Friday, Dean Kyrwood. Saturday, Mark Wells Duo. Sunday, Matt McLaren.
Hamilton Station Hotel Thursday, T.O.E, The Dirty Slutz, Helena Kitley. Saturday, Carnal Viscera, Alchemy, Deiformity, Infested Entrails. Sunday, The SunBears.
Harrigan's Pokolbin Friday, Felix Quinn Duo. Saturday, Gen-R-8. Sunday, ROX.
Hexham Bowling Club Saturday, The Snape Trilogy. Sunday, 2 Left Feet.
Hiss & Crackle Records Sunday, The Boatmen, Kazzie Wise, Hazy Lane, Aaron White & The Aaron Whites.
Honeysuckle Hotel Thursday, Jon Stevens. Friday, Hummingbirds. Saturday, The Search Party. Sunday, Tim Harding.
Horse & Jockey Hotel Singleton Friday, Sami Cooke.
Hotel Cessnock Saturday, Justin Banks, Shivoo.
Hotel Jesmond Friday, Jackson Broadway.
Imperial Hotel Maitland Friday, Daniel Arvidson. Saturday, Paparazzi.
Iron Horse Inn Saturday, The After Party Duo.
Islington Baptist Church Saturday, Miriam Allan.
Jewells Tavern Friday, R and R. Saturday, Born Jovi tribute.
Kent Hotel Friday, Stiletto. Saturday, The Smarts. Sunday, Thread.
King Street Hotel Saturday, Just A Gent.
Lake Macquarie Tavern Friday, Hayden Johns.
Lake Macquarie Yacht Club Friday, Russell Hull.
Lambton Park Hotel Friday, Danny & Jake.
Lass O'Gowrie Friday, Sam Allen. Saturday, Camino Gold, Polymer, Repeater.
Lizotte's Thursday, Whitebridge High School Music Showcase. Friday, Mitch Capone sings Elvis Presley - the early years. Saturday, 1979 The Hits. Sunday, Arrebato Ensemble. Monday, Ryan McMullan (IRE), Piper Butcher, Lachlan Edwards.
Maitland Regional Art Gallery Sunday, Heather Price, Terence Koo.
Mary Ellen Hotel Friday, Easy Daze. Saturday, Felix Quinn Band.
Maryland Tavern Saturday, Counterpart.
Mattara Hotel Saturday, Tim Harding.
Mavericks On The Bay Friday, Matty G. Saturday, Boney Rivers. Sunday, Greg Bryce.
Mavericks On Darby Friday, Chris Saxby. Saturday, Ryan Daley.
Mayfield Ex-Services Thursday, The Jungle Kings. Saturday, Anthology.
Mezz Bar at Wallsend Diggers Friday, Absolutely 80's (Forever Young Tour), DJ Maynard. Saturday, The Years. Sunday, Ashley Knight.
Murray's Brewery Sunday, TK.
Nag's Head Hotel Friday, Tim Harding. Saturday, Anthony Lee.
Nelson Bay Diggers Friday, Phonic Trio. Saturday, Cruzers.
Nelson Bay Golf Club Saturday, Anyerin.
Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club Sunday, Bobby C.
Newcastle Diggers Saturday, Deborah Sinclair.
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery Sunday, Cumulus Trio ft. Grace Kim, Lerida Delbridge & Teije Hylkema. Wednesday, Andrea Lam.
Northern Star Hotel Friday, Holly Mae. Saturday, Madelyn, Michael Peter.
Oriental Hotel Friday, Spuz.
Paxton Bowling Club Saturday, Tim Usher.
Pippis At The Point Friday, Brendan Murphy, Sundays Record Duo. Saturday, City Beats Duo. Sunday, Bernie.
Plough Inn Friday, Romney Watts.
Potters Brewery Friday, Pistol Pete.
Premier Hotel Saturday, Matt McLaren Duo.
Prince of Wales Hotel Friday, Howard Shearman. Saturday, Ferris.
Queens Wharf Hotel Friday, The Rumour Trio. Saturday, Kazzie Trio.
Quill & Compass Friday, The Outliers.
Railway Hotel Cessnock Sunday, Troy Kemp.
Royal Federal Hotel Branxton Saturday, Crawfish Stew.
Royal Hotel Singleton Sunday, Rock Duty.
Royal Motor Yacht Club Toronto Sunday, Lee Rolfe.
Rutherford Hotel Saturday, Louis Burt.
Sacred Space Singleton Saturday, Newcastle Wind Orchestra.
Seabreeze Hotel Saturday, Code Red.
Shaft Tavern Sunday, Austin Mackay.
Shoal Bay Country Club Friday, Austin Mackay. Saturday, The V-Dubs. Sunday, Danny & Jake.
Shortland Hotel Friday, Beau Hatch. Saturday, Jackson Halliday.
Soldiers Point Bowling Club Friday, Big Pete.
Stag and Hunter Hotel Friday, Poison The Vein. Saturday, Kristen Lee Morris & The Dirty Snakes. Sunday, Passport To Airlie band comp - heat 2.
Star Hotel Thursday, Jacob Neale Jazz Trio.
St. John's Anglican Church - Cooks Hill Saturday, Andrew Blanch, Alchemy.
Stockton Bowling Club Friday, Redline.
Swansea Hotel Thursday, Murray Byfield. Saturday, Mardmax.
Swansea RSL Club Saturday, Maryanne Rex Duo.
Swansea Workers Club Saturday, Jungle. Sunday, David McCredie.
Sydney Junction Hotel Friday, Marissa Saroca. Saturday, Misbehave.
Tea Gardens Hotel Saturday, Jayde Corner.
Tilligerry RSL Friday, Junior and Luana. Saturday, Jason Paris.
Tomaree Centre Friday, Mick Jones.
Toronto Diggers Saturday, 40Up Club.
Toronto Hotel Friday, Troy Kemp. Sunday, Boney Rivers.
Toronto Workers Saturday, Amigos.
Town Hall Hotel Saturday, Scully.
The Umbrian Saturday, Heather Price.
University of Newcastle Gallery Tuesday, Damian Wright & Bandaluzia.
Victoria Hotel Hinton Saturday, Hayden Johns. Sunday, Kazzie.
Vincent St Kitchen & Bar Cessnock Friday, Komiti Levai Duo. Saturday, Dream Catchers.
Wallsend Winter Fair Sunday, Kaylens Rain Trio.
Warners At The Bay Friday, Joel Procter. Saturday, Chad Shuttleworth Duo.
Warners Bay Hotel Saturday, Pocket Aces.
Wests Cardiff Saturday, Love That Hat.
Wests New Lambton Thursday, Angamus. Friday, The Greg Bryce Project. Saturday, Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert, Rubber Bullet. Tuesday, Angamus.
Wests NEX Saturday, Phonic Trio.
West Wallsend Workers Club Friday, Wayne Dufty.
Wickham Park Hotel Friday, The Amigos. Saturday, Hot Fox. Sunday, One Man Dan, Fish Fry + Pow Wow.
Windale Gateshead Bowling Club Friday, Memphis Duo.
Windsor Castle Hotel Saturday, Kaylah Anne.
MOVIES
All Is True (M) A look at the final days in the life of William Shakespeare. (Regal)
Annabelle Comes Home (M) Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artefacts room.
Bring The Soul: The Movie (PG) On the day following the final concert of their Europe tour, on a rooftop in Paris, BTS tell their very own stories from experiencing new cities to performing in front of thousands of army across the globe.
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (MA) For three and a half hours, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, Major Harry Smith and his dispersed company of 108 young and mostly inexperienced Australian and New Zealand soldiers are fighting for their lives, holding off an overwhelming force of 2,500 battle hardened Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers.
Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw (M) Lawman Luke Hobbs and outcast Deckard Shaw form an unlikely alliance when a cyber genetically-enhanced villain threatens the future of humanity.
Guess How Much I Love You - Christmas in July (G) Discover Christmas in July and share in the laughter and fun with Little Nutbrown Hare, his friends and family - Big Nutbrown Hare, Little Field Mouse, Little Grey Squirrel, Blue Bird and many more.
Here Comes The Grump (PG) Balloon kingdoms, dopey police dragons and happy wizards are exactly how Terry remembered his grandmother's whacky fairy tales. Except they are real and it's definitely not as 'cheerful.'
Last Night (M) A late-night talk show host suspects that she may soon be losing her long-running show.
Palm Beach (M) Lifelong friends reunite for a party at Sydney's Palm Beach.
Poms (M) A woman moves into a retirement community and starts a cheerleading squad with her fellow residents. (Regal)
Red Joan (M) The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest-serving British spy. (Lake Cinema)
Rocketman (M) A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years. (Lake Cinema & Regal)
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (M) Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a journey to find his estranged father, but instead gets dragged on a never-ending adventure. (Regal)
The Keeper (M) Bert Trautmann, a German prisoner of war, is sent to England at the end of WWII and becomes an English football legend at Manchester City.
The Lion King (PG) Simba idolises his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival.
The Public (M) An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.
Tolkien (M) 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. (Regal)
Toy Story 4 (G) Woody and Buzz embark on a quest to find Bo Peep.
Wild Rose (M) A troubled Glaswegian young girl dreams of becoming a Nashville's country star. (Regal)
Yesterday (M) A struggling musician realises he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate timeline where they never existed.
THEATRE
The 101 Dalmatians (The Play) Dalmation Pongo and his female partner pursue the obsessive Cruella de Vil, when she has offsiders kidnap their litter of 15 puppies; adapted for the stage fom Dodie Smith's children's novel. Young People's Theatre, at Young People's Theatre, Hamilton. 2pm shows each Saturday until August 17, plus 7pm Saturday show on August 17, and 2pm Sunday show on August 11.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast Musical version of the classic story about a cold-blooded prince who has been transformed into an unsightly creature and must find a woman's love to revert to his human form. Metropolitan Players, at the Civic Theatre, Newcastle. Opens Wednesday and plays Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 7.30pm, plus 1.30pm Saturday, until August 24, and 1.30pm on Sunday, August 18.
Love Magic and Behind the Wire Two one-act plays by Newcastle writers that look at people's responses to oppression - Michael Ewans' Love Magic, adapted from a classic Greek story, looks at a girl's response to being dumped by a boy after they've had sex; Carl Caulfield's Behind the Wire has a man in a detention camp being questioned about his allegiance to Australia. Stray Dogs Theatre, at the Royal Exchange, Newcastle. Nightly at 7.30pm from Wednesday, August 14, to Saturday, August 17, at 7.30pm.
UoN Uni Revue 2019: Big Revue Energy A lively mix of comedy sketches and songs, looking at issues affecting young people. Student Central, University of Newcastle, in the Godfrey Tanner Bar, Shortland Building, Newcastle University Callaghan campus. Thursday, music from 6.15pm; show at 7pm.