MUSIC
5 Sawyers Thursday, Adam Miller. Friday, CrocQ, DJ Alessandro.
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529 Terrace Bar Friday, Tinman. Saturday, Voodoo.
Adamstown Uniting Church Friday, Lo-Fi @ Dungeon ft. Little Quirks, India and the Journey to the East, Edda Srey, Jasmine Pearl.
Anna Bay Tavern Friday, The Dreamcatchers. Saturday, Kristo and King.
Argenton Hotel Sunday, Jackson Broadway.
Avon Valley Inn Saturday, Secret Society.
The Badger's Lair - Newcastle Leagues Club Friday, INXS Tribute - Live Baby Live.
Bar Beach Bowling Club Friday, Mark Le Rougetel. Sunday, Blue Joad.
Bar Petite Friday, Madelyn.
Battlesticks Bar Friday, Tim Rossington. Saturday, Paula & Owen. Sunday, Holly Mae.
Bay Hotel Bonnells Bay Friday, Nino Brown. Saturday, Shivoo.
Beach Hotel Saturday, Connect Five. Sunday, Misbehave.
Belmont 16s Friday, Elvis Dance Party with Dwayne Elix & The Engineers, Bobby C. Saturday, John Waters' Dylan Revisited, Anthology, Matt Semmens. Sunday, The Moon Dogs Duo.
Belmont Hotel Saturday, Chad Shuttleworth Duo.
Belmore Hotel Saturday, Rocket.
Bennett Hotel Friday, Holly Mae.
Beresfield Bowling Club Friday, Jumpin Jukebox. Saturday, Code Red.
The Bradford Friday, Reggie Sinclair. Saturday, Beau Hatch Band.
Burwood Inn Friday, CrocQ. Saturday, The Andy Show.
Cambridge Hotel Friday, Thelma Plum, Woodes, Miiesha (main room), The Pinheads, dave, The Uplifting Bell Ends (warehouse). Saturday, Caged Existence, Downside, Burn In Hell, Big Nasty. Sunday, Pleasure Coma.
Cardiff RSL Club Saturday, Felix Quinn Band.
Carrington Bowling Club Friday, The Instigators. Sunday, Davis Jr and Tashana.
Catho Pub Sunday, Downthunder.
Caves Beachside Hotel Friday, Dr. Zoom Duo. Saturday, Anyerin Trio. Sunday, Pete Hibbert.
Central Leagues Club Friday, Daniel Arvidson.
Cessnock Leagues Club Friday, Kazzie. Saturday, Saturday, 17 August 2019 Sari Jade & Spike.
Christ Church Cathedral Thursday, Waratah Girls Choir, Christ Church Camerata. Saturday, Newcastle University Choir, Sally Walker, Erin Sweetman. Sunday, Deborah Humble, Festival Strings, Christ Church Camerata, Newcastle Strings. Friends Strings Hobart.
Civic Theatre Friday-Saturday, The Law School Musical. Sunday, Soweto Gospel Choir: Freedom.
Club Kotara Saturday, The Rumour.
Club Lemon Tree Friday, Chad Shuttleworth Duo.
Club Macquarie Friday, The Years.
Club Maitland City Saturday, Kaylah Anne.
Club Redhead Sunday, Oran Vir.
Colliery Inn Friday, Darren Gould. Sunday, Ben Travis.
Commercial Hotel Boolaroo Friday, Bernie.
Commercial Hotel Morpeth Friday, Bliss Bomb. Saturday, Spank N The Monkey.
Croatian Wickham Sports Club Friday, Pop-up Piano Bar with Everest Gully & Mad Dread McDougal. Sunday, Latinova.
Customs House Friday, Tim Broadway. Sunday, Nano.
Cypress Lakes Saturday, Hayden Johns.
Duke Of Wellington Friday, Rox. Saturday, Zane Penn Duo.
East Cessnock Bowling Club Saturday, DJ Cotton.
East Maitland Bowling Club Friday, Rubber Bullet. Saturday, MAK. Sunday, ROX.
Easts Golf & Leisure Club Sunday, Max Jackson.
Edgeworth Bowling Club Sunday, Troy Kemp.
Edgeworth Tavern Friday, Junior and Luana. Saturday, The Bad and the Ugly.
Family Hotel Newcastle Saturday, Port Royal, Battlesnake.
Finnegans Saturday, Steve Zappa.
Fort Scratchley Friday, Friends Strings Hobart, Newcastle Strings.
Gallipoli Legion Club Sunday, Phonic.
Gateshead Tavern Friday, Pat Vs Cat. Sunday, Crawford Brothers.
General Roberts Hotel Saturday, Andrew G.
George Tavern Friday, Tyler John. Saturday, Sundays Record Duo.
Grain Store Saturday, Tim Rossington. Sunday, JJ King.
Grand Hotel Tuesday, Sheryl Bailey.
Grand Junction Hotel Friday, Yes Commissioner. Sunday, The Slow Downs.
Great Northern Hotel Newcastle Friday, Tim Harding. Saturday, Bobby C. Sunday, Mark Wells.
Great Northern Hotel Teralba Friday, Mardy Leith. Saturday, Mojo Bandits.
Gunyah Hotel Friday, Nano. Saturday, Adrianna Mac Duo. Sunday, Felix Quinn Duo.
Hamilton Station Hotel Thursday, Simple Stone, Skylights, Bonza. Friday, Honest Crooks, Excarnate, Ill Natured, The Wandering, Trenchknife. Saturday, Panik, PurEnvY, Chambers of Insanity.
Harrigan's Pokolbin Friday, City Beats. Saturday, Elisa Kate, Gen-X. Sunday, Chris Saxby.
Hexham Bowling Club Saturday, Paparazzi.
Hiss & Crackle Records Saturday, Reborn Freedom, EFRG, Alternative Intentions.
Honeysuckle Hotel Friday, D-Love. Saturday, Prestige Inc. Sunday, Mike Vee.
Horse & Jockey Hotel Singleton Saturday, Georgie James.
Hotel Cessnock Friday, Jake Daulby.
Hotel Delany Saturday, Crawford.
Hotel Jesmond Friday, Hi-Fi Days.
Imperial Hotel Maitland Friday, The Andy Show. Saturday, Daniel Runchel.
Imperial Hotel Singleton Friday, Troy Kemp.
Iron Horse Inn Saturday, Jarred Taylor.
Jewells Tavern Friday, Phonic Trio. Saturday, Loko.
Kent Hotel Friday, The V-Dubs. Saturday, Amigos. Sunday, Greg Bryce Blues Band.
King Street Hotel Friday, Jacknife. Saturday, Blanke.
Lake Macquarie Tavern Friday, Emily Smith.
Lake Macquarie Yacht Club Friday, Sami Cooke. Sunday, Louis Burt.
Lakeside Village Tavern Saturday, TripleZero.
Lambton Park Hotel Saturday, DLove Duo.
Lass O'Gowrie Hotel Thursday, Creative Creatures Open Mic. Friday, Knifey Spoonie, Lu Quade & The Happy Accidents, Gosh Darnit. Saturday, Heaps Gay.
Lizotte's Friday, Bowie Unzipped ft. Jeff Duff. Saturday-Sunday, The Black Sorrows, Pip Butcher. Tuesday, Lambton High School.
Lucky Hotel Sunday, Kaylens Rain Duo.
Mary Ellen Hotel Friday, Matt McLaren Trio. Saturday, The Associates.
Maryland Tavern Saturday, Darren Rolling Keys.
Mattara Hotel Saturday, Darren Rolling Keys.
Mavericks On The Bay Friday, Kristy James. Saturday, Joel Procter. Sunday, Matt McLaren.
Mavericks On Darby Saturday, Kristy James.
Mayfield Ex-Services Thursday, Solid Gold Party Night. Saturday, Cruzers.
Mezz Bar at Wallsend Diggers Friday, DJ Smashup, Komiti Levai Band. Saturday, DV8, DJ Angelo. Sunday, Matty G.
Murray's Brewery Sunday, Michael Peter.
Nag's Head Hotel Friday, Ryan Daley. Saturday, Mike Vee.
Neath Hotel Saturday, Troy Kemp.
Nelson Bay Bowling Club Friday, Craig Thommo.
Nelson Bay Diggers Friday, John Waters' Dylan Revisited, Marissa +2. Saturday, Hummdinger. Sunday, Emily Smith.
Nelson Bay Golf Club Saturday, Daniel Arvidson.
Newcastle Art Gallery Friday, Malgorzata Wisniewska, Genevieve Dickson, Martin Buckingham, Erin Sweetman.
Newcastle Conservatorium of Music Saturday, Australian Romantic.
Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club Sunday, The Years.
Newcastle Diggers Saturday, Craig Thommo.
Newcastle Hotel Friday, WA-FU (UK). Saturday, Butterfingers, Elijah Something, Nate S.U.
Northern Star Hotel Friday, TK Vibes. Saturday, Kaitlyn Simm. Saturday, Winny Blues Duo.
Pippis At The Point Friday, Karen O'Shea. Friday, Felix Quinn Duo. Saturday, Dos Eager. Sunday, Kaylah Anne.
Plough Inn Friday, David McCredie.
Potters Brewery Friday, Max Jackson.
Prince of Wales Hotel Friday, Mahala, Thomas Macokatic, Bodie. Saturday, FRMGS.
Queens Wharf Hotel Friday, Paparazzi. Saturday, Bad Paris. Sunday, Love That Hat, Wharf Life.
Railway Hotel Cessnock Sunday, Chad Shuttleworth.
Royal Federal Hotel Branxton Saturday, Phonic Duo.
Royal Hotel Singleton Sunday, Outerphase.
Royal Motor Yacht Club Sunday, Simon King.
Rutherford Hotel Saturday, Pete McCredie.
Seabreeze Hotel Saturday, Rebecca Johnson Band. Sunday, Pistol Pete.
Shaft Tavern Friday, Dave Carter.
Shoal Bay Country Club Friday, Vacations. Saturday, 2 Shades Duo, 4 To The Floor. Sunday, Dean Kyrwood.
Shortland Hotel Friday, Mike Vee.
Soldiers Point Bowling Club Friday, Matty G. Saturday, Solid Gold Party Night.
Spinning Wheel Hotel Friday, Shivoo.
Stag and Hunter Hotel Friday, 19 Twenty, Midnight Movers. Saturday, Yes Commissioner. Sunday, Passport To Airlie - heat 3 ft. Sid Berry, Glenn Wright, Sami Cooke, LS Three, Hot Cop.
Star Hotel Saturday, Keys on King - Matt vs Tompy.
Stockton Bowling Club Friday, Wayne Dufty.
Swansea Hotel Friday, Layth Gunn.
Swansea RSL Club Saturday, Rich and Famous.
Swansea Workers Club Sunday, Mark Lee.
Sydney Junction Hotel Saturday, Jump.
Tea Gardens Hotel Saturday, Wayne Dufty.
Tilligerry RSL Saturday, Sami Cooke.
Toronto Hotel Friday, Dos Eager. Sunday, Greg Bryce.
Toronto Workers Saturday, The Rattlesnakes.
Town Hall Hotel Saturday, Jim Overend.
Victoria Hotel Hinton Saturday, Ryan Daley. Sunday, Reggie Sinclair.
Vincent St Kitchen & Bar Cessnock Friday, Sundays Record Duo. Saturday, Hi-Fi Days.
Wangi Hotel Saturday, Fuelstar.
Wangi Wangi RSL Club Sunday, The Rattlesnakes.
Warners At The Bay Friday, Kaylah Anne. Saturday, City Beats Duo.
Warners Bay Hotel Saturday, Triple Zero.
Wests Cardiff Saturday, The Snape Trilogy.
Wests New Lambton Thursday, Angamus. Friday, Snape Trilogy. Saturday, The Songs of James Taylor and Carole King, Marissa + 2. Tuesday, Angamus.
Wests NEX Friday, 2GoodReasons. Saturday, The Big Bang.
Wickham Park Hotel Friday, Viagro. Saturday, Sunhill Drive. Saturday, The Lamplighters. Sunday, Mick n Josh, Steve Edmonds.
Windale Gateshead Bowling Club Friday, Ryan Hemsworth.
Windsor Castle Hotel Saturday, Codi Kaye.
MOVIES
A Dog's Journey (PG) Bailey is living the good life on the farm of Ethan and Hannah. As Bailey's soul prepares to leave this life for a new one, he promises Ethan to find CJ and protect her at any cost.
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.
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.
Last Night (M) A late-night talk show host suspects that she may soon be losing her long-running show.
Non-Fiction (CTC) Set in the Parisian publishing world, an editor and an author find themselves in over their heads, as they cope with a middle-age crisis, the changing industry and their wives. (Event, Kotara)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (MA) In 1969 Los Angeles everything is changing as TV star Rick Dalton and his long-time stunt double Cliff Booth make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore.
Palm Beach (M) Lifelong friends reunite for a party at Sydney's Palm Beach.
Rocketman (M) A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years. (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. (Lake Cinema)
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 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.
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.
Woodstock (M) The film chronicle of the legendary 1969 music festival. (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
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. Saturday at 2pm and 7pm (final shows).
Clerkships: I Know What You Did Last Summer This year's revue by Newcastle University Law Students Association focuses on three students who get jobs as law clerks and find themselves facing scary things, including a beauty pageant and a dating act. Civic Playhouse, Newcastle. Friday and Saturday, at 7.30pm.
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. Friday and Saturday at 7.30pm, plus 1.30pm Saturday until August 24, and 1.30pm on Sunday.
Endgame Darkly amusing comedy by Samuel Beckett, which focuses on the interactions of an old man who is blind and cannot stand and his servant who cannot sit. The Very Popular Theatre Company, at the Civic Playhouse, Newcastle. Nightly at 8pm from Thursday to Saturday, August 24, plus 6pm on Sunday, August 25.
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 until Saturday, at 7.30pm.
The Taming of the Shrew Lively Shakespeare comedy in which two sisters use very different tactics to try to attract men to them, with the males also resorting to many techniques to get what they want. Reamus Youth Theatre, at Maitland Repertory Theatre. Friday and Saturday at 8pm, until August 31, plus 2pm on Sunday August 18 and 25.