China Week 2019 Cultural Festival 10am to 4pm, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus Oval 4 (enter the Ring Road from University Drive and go to Parking 2 where free parking is available). Lion dancers; food; cultural demonstrations; interactive displays; wine tasting; children's activities and more. A free community event.

Taste.Shop.Play. Saturday and Sunday, Westfield Kotara. Sneaker customisation with artist Mitch Revs; free pop-up play zone; Lush workshops; live music; Build a Bear workshops (bookings essential).

Inner Newcastle Heritage Walk 9.30am to 1pm, meet at Newcastle Museum foyer. A guided audio tour exploring the city's engineering past. Bring a water bottle, hat, sunscreen and comfortable walking shoes, plus a phone or tablet.

Old Dog Classic Surf Comp 7am to 6pm, Dixon Park Beach, Ocean Street, Merewether.

Newcastle Roller Derby League Grand Final 6pm to 8pm, Newcastle Showground Exhibition Centre, Broadmeadow. Harbour Hellcats vs Fort Smashley.

Community Lunch 11.30am to 2pm, St Thomas Anglican Church Hall, Cardiff. Gold coin donation includes two-course lunch, entertainment and the chance to win prizes.

Newcastle Hunter Valley Folk Club Concert 7pm to 10pm, Wesley Centre, 150 Beaumont Street, Hamilton.

Glow Walk A leisurely or brisk 2km walk or a 4km run to help raise funds for Hunter Transplant Research Association. Nobbys breakwall and beach; registration from 4pm, walk or run from 5pm.

Sounds of Spring - OK Chorale and Callaghan Singers 10.30am to 11am, New Lambton Library, 95 Regent Street, New Lambton. All welcome, entry is free.

Sandy Hollow Motorfest and Swap Meet 9am to 3.30pm, Tourist Hotel, Golden Highway, Sandy Hollow. Food and trade stalls, live bands, lawnmower racing and activities for the kids.

HeartKids Two Feet & A Heartbeat Charity Walk Speers Point Park, Speers Point. Registration at 9am, walk commences at 10.15am, Heart Angels tribute at 10am.

Blast from the Past - Car, Music & Dance Festival 10am to 3pm, Rathmines Park, Stilling Street, Rathmines. Dancing, live music, classic cars, cosplay, pin-up competition, food and market stalls. Supporting Toronto Men's Shed.

Broke Village Fair 9am to 3pm, McNamara Park, Broke. Display of vintage and classic cars, trucks and motorbikes; Hunter Valley Vintage Farm Machinery display; live music; bush poetry; market and food stalls; a petting zoo; magic shows; children's activities and rides. Entry: gold coin donation.

Soul Food - The Inner Landscape 10.30am to noon, Cameron Park Community Centre, 107 Northlakes Drive, Cameron Park.

Torryburn Stud Vacy Village Country Carnival 9am to 3pm, Gresford Road, Vacy. Market and food stalls, entertainment and music, car and tractor displays, camel rides, dog races and more.

Health & Happiness Psychic Festival 10am to 4pm, Maitland Town Hall. Adults $5; children under 12 free with paying adults.

Threatened Species Event 10am to 5pm, Oakvale Wildlife Park, Salt Ash. Activities, conservation talks and animal experiences.

Miss Porter's Garden 1pm to 4pm, Miss Porter's House Museum, 434 King Street, Newcastle West. Celebrate spring in the colourful garden and historic fernery of Miss Porter's House Museum. Adults $10, concessions $8, family $25, children under 5 free.

Code Camp comes to the University of Newcastle's Callaghan campus on October 3 and 4. Suitable for ages seven to 12, the Spark class is for beginners keen to learn how to code. Cost $240 at my.codecamp.com.au; eligible for the $100 Creative Kids rebate.

Also, the Orchestra Nova Children's Concert is on Sunday, September 22, at Lake Macquarie Performing Arts Centre. It will feature familiar movie scores from Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean. Pre-concert children's activities from 1.30pm; concert starts at 2pm. Tickets at orchestranova.org.au or at the door ($5 per person or $20 per family).

The Olive Tree Market Saturday, 9am to 3pm, Civic Park, Newcastle. Free parking at King Street car park.

Rummage Saturday, 10am to 1pm, Warehouse 3 Cowper Street, Carrington, Newcastle. $5 entry; bring a shopping bag. Thrift shopping, food and music.

Grahamstown Public School 25th Anniversary Spring Fair Saturday, 8.30am to 2.30pm, Hastings Drive, Raymond Terrace.

Hunter Wine Country Markets Saturday, 9am to 3pm, De Bortoli Wines, 532 Wine Country Drive, Pokolbin.

Pelican Foreshore Markets Saturday, 9am to 1pm, Lakeview Parade, Pelican.

Giant Charity Garage Sale Saturday, 8am to 1pm, Church 4 Life, 32 Sixth Street, Boolaroo. All items $1.

Finding Yellow Spring Markets Saturday, 10am to 2pm, 92 Station Street, Weston. Market and food stalls, entertainment, raffles and prizes to be won.

Hawkins Masonic Village Edgeworth Annual Fete Saturday, 8am to noon, The Village Hall, Hawkins Masonic Village Edgeworth.

St Christopher's Spring Fete Saturday, 10am to 1pm, Parish Hall, corner Capp and South streets, Telarah.

Morisset Showground Markets Saturday, 8am to 1pm, Ourimbah Street, Morisset.

Adamstown Lions Market Sunday, 7am to 1pm, corner Brunker and Glebe roads, Adamstown.

Newcastle City Farmers Market Sunday, 7am to 1pm, Newcastle Showground, Broadmeadow.

Five Senses Twilight Market Sunday, 4pm to 8pm, Lambton Park, Lambton. A fundraiser for Got Your Back Sista.

Tomaree Markets Sunday, 8.30am to 1pm, Neil Carroll Park, Fly Point, Nelson Bay.

Singleton Markets Sunday, 8am to 1pm, Townhead Park, Singleton.

Paddling For PAH Markets Sunday, 9am to 1pm, Edgeworth Memorial Neighbourhood Centre, 1 Minmi Road, Edgeworth.

Art Systems Wickham Raven Dances, by Susan Ryman, until September 15.

Old Fireshed Gallery - Wollombi Cultural Centre Silk'n Suri and Felt, ends Sunday.

Newcastle Studio Potters & Back to Back Galleries The Space Between, ends Sunday.

Local History Lounge - Newcastle Library Serving in Silence, until September 14.

Cessnock Regional Art Gallery Off The Beaten Track, until September 29.

SEEN@Swansea Industrial Landscapes, until October 6.

CStudios Art Gallery Janelle Goldman; Journey Through Winter, by Ros Elkin, until September 28.

The All Story, Wickham Teach Me How To Be Human, by Haein Kim and Paul Rhodes.

Hunter Wetlands Centre Inspired By The Wetlands, until September 28.

Watt Space Gallery Objectify, until September 29.

The Lock Up An Immeasurable Distance, by Emma Fielden, until October 6.

Maitland Regional Art Gallery Stories from Wonnarua Country, until October 13. Somewhere Else, by Lottie Consalvo; The Nightingale and The Rose, by Del Kathryn Barton, until November 3. The Myth of the Angry Wizards of Maitland, by Frank Oakes; Time Traveller, by Suzanne Archer; In The Light of the Day, by Nola Tegel, until November 17. A Poem For Maitland - In celebration of the Maitland Region Society of Artists 21^st Birthday, until November 24. Unfolding Time, Penelope Seidler's Gift to Maitland, until February 16. Free Art Sunday.

Dungog Contemporary Two, until October 13.

Brough House Maitland Children's Clothing 1900 to 1950, ends Saturday.

Port Stephens Community Arts Centre Rivers, Lakes and Mountains, until September 10.

33 Scott St Galleries Michelle Teear, until September 16.

Hunter Artisan Gallery & Cafe She Rises, by Katie Sarginson.

University Gallery By The Good Grace, by Vicki Hamilton, until September 14.

Newcastle Museum Earthquake - Now and Then, 30 Years, until October 27.

Blackstone Gallery The Cleaning Ritual, by Danielle Delany, until September 30.

Newcastle Art Gallery Introducing: From the collection; Kilgour Prize 2019, until October 13. Off the Canvas, by Robert Dickerson, until November 3.

Curve Gallery Correction Point, by Joanna and Warwick O'Toole, ends Saturday.

BEDx Talks (Ideas worth sleeping on) New show from Newcastle company Moonlight Cabaret which brings together swinging songs, silly performances, installations and games. Royal Exchange, Newcastle. Saturday at 8pm. 4929 4969.

DNA Male and female members of a teenage gang react in different ways when one of the team vanishes after he becomes the victim of a trick; comedy-drama by Dennis Kelly. Upstage Youth Theatre's Young Actors Company, at Maitland Regional Art Gallery. Saturday at 7.30pm. upstageyouththeatre.com.au.

High School Musical 2 Jnr Senior high school students with holiday jobs at a country club don't realise what they getting themselves into; lively musical adapted from a Disney television film. Australian Dance and Talent Centre, at the Civic Playhouse, Newcastle. Saturday at 2pm and 7pm. 4929 1977.

Legally Blonde A sorority girl enrols at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend, Warner, and discovers how her knowledge of the law can help others; lively musical. Theatre on Brunker, at St Stephen's Hall, Adamstown. Saturday, dinner and show at 7pm, show only at 8pm. 4957 1895.

Spencer Katy Warner's comedy looks at a dysfunctional Australian family whose adept football-playing adult son meets a young son he never knew he had. Lab Kelpie, at Cessnock Performing Arts Centre on Saturday at 8pm. 4993 4266.

A View From The Bridge A Sicilian immigrant in Brooklyn and his troubled wife and orphan niece await the arrival of more Sicilian relatives - but will they get along; drama by Arthur Miller. Newcastle Theatre Company, at the NTC Theatre, Lambton. Saturday at 8pm (final show). 4952 4958.

5 Sawyers Saturday, Jethro Thorpe.

48 Watt Street Saturday, Seeker Lover Keeper, June Jones.

Abermain Hotel Sunday, Paul Watters.

Anna Bay Tavern Saturday, Under Scrutiny.

Argenton Hotel Sunday, Alias Duo.

Avon Valley Inn Saturday, Steel City.

Battlesticks Bar Sunday, Madelyn.

Beach Hotel Saturday, Fuelstar. Sunday, The V-Dubs.

Bellbird Hotel Saturday, TripleZero.

Belmont 16s Saturday, The Years, Tim Harding. Sunday, Klassic Blak.

Belmont Hotel Saturday, Sounds Of Sunday. Sunday, Kaylah Anne.

Belmore Hotel Saturday, Overload.

Beresfield Bowling Club Saturday, Kaylens Rain Trio.

The Bradford Saturday, Smokin' Rosie.

Cambridge Hotel Saturday, CRAZE ft Yvng, Jalapeno. Sunday, Pinkish Blu, Harley Mavis, Resident.

Cardiff RSL Club Saturday, Project X.

Carrington Bowling Club Sunday, Lonesome & Earnest.

Catho Pub Sunday, The Versions.

Caves Beachside Hotel Saturday, Zane Penn Duo. Sunday, Howard Shearman.

Cessnock Leagues Club Saturday, Scratch.

Civic Theatre Saturday, High School Musical 2; Isaac Butterfield.

Club Kotara Saturday, The After Party.

Club Maitland City Saturday, Matty G.

Colliery Inn Sunday, Troy Kemp.

Commercial Hotel Morpeth Saturday, Chris Unicomb.

Customs House Sunday, Jake Davey.

Cypress Lakes Saturday, Ryan Daley.

Denman Hotel Sunday, Murray Byfield.

Duke Of Wellington Saturday, Redline.

East Cessnock Bowling Club Saturday, Veronika.

East Maitland Bowling Club Saturday, 24 Hours. Sunday, Brien McVernon.

Easts Golf & Leisure Club Sunday, Donnie Soper.

Edgeworth Tavern Saturday, Darren Rolling Keys Duo.

Exchange Hotel Saturday, Mean Girls Prom: Drag Tribute.

Family Hotel Maitland Saturday, Allstar.

Family Hotel Newcastle Saturday, Slippery Gypsees, Microwave Jonny.

Finnegans Saturday, CRVKS, Extraordinate, Sonic, Tim Coffey.

Gallipoli Legion Club Sunday, Shivoo.

Gateshead Tavern Sunday, Downtown.

George Tavern Saturday, Shaka.

General Roberts Hotel Saturday, Layth Gunn.

Grand Junction Hotel Sunday, The Tall Stories, Milli Casey & Alexis Ting.

Great Northern Hotel Newcastle Saturday, Sundays Record Duo.

Gunyah Hotel Saturday, Chris Saxby. Sunday, Max Jackson.

Hamilton Station Hotel Saturday, Tired Minds, The Hard Word, Pure Instinct, Fatalist, Crucial Times. Sunday, Everleigh, Vertigo On Jupiter, Broken Earth.

Harrigan's Pokolbin Saturday, Greg Bryce Band, Zane Penn. Sunday, Tim Broadway.

Hexham Bowling Club Saturday, The Rumour Trio. Sunday, Norm Bakker.

Hiss & Crackle Records Saturday, Frank Sultana.

Honeysuckle Hotel Saturday, Misbehave. Sunday, Bobby C.

Imperial Hotel Maitland Saturday, Brent Murphy Duo.

Imperial Hotel Singleton Saturday, The Trade-Ins.

Iron Horse Inn Saturday, 2GoodReasons.

Jewells Tavern Saturday, The Snape Trilogy.

Kent Hotel Saturday, The Newcastle Flyers. Sunday, Jungle Kings.

King Street Hotel Saturday, Tyron Hapi.

Lake Macquarie Yacht Club Sunday, Andrew G.

Lakeside Village Tavern Saturday, The V-Dubs.

Lambton Park Hotel Saturday, Guy Richards.

Lass O'Gowrie Hotel Saturday, Trouble In Paradise, New Boon, Edda Srey.

Lizotte's Saturday, Bruce Mathiske. Sunday, Killer Queen.

Lochinvar Hotel Saturday, ROX.

Lucky Hotel Saturday, Bobby C. Sunday, Kylie Jane.

Mary Ellen Hotel Saturday, Brien McVernon & The Rockets.

Maryland Tavern Saturday, Pat Vs Cat.

Mattara Hotel Saturday, Mike Vee.

Mavericks On The Bay Saturday, Anthony Lee. Sunday, ROX.

Mavericks On Darby Saturday, Felix Quinn Duo.

Mayfield Ex-Services Saturday, Big Night Out.

Mezz Bar at Wallsend Diggers Saturday, The Smarts, DJ 88. Sunday, Chris Saxby.

Nag's Head Hotel Saturday, Mick Jones.

Neath Hotel Saturday, Ash Mountain.

Nelson Bay Diggers Saturday, Sari Jade & Spike. Sunday, Hayden Johns.

Nelson Bay Golf Club Saturday, Anyerin.

Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club Sunday, Reggie Sinclair.

Newcastle Diggers Saturday, Jamie Martens.

Newcastle Hotel Saturday, Easy Beats.

Northern Star Hotel Saturday, Allon. Saturday, Madelyn.

Oriental Hotel Sunday, Bodie & Friends.

Paxton Bowling Club Saturday, Kazzie.

Pedens Cessnock Saturday, Troy Kemp.

Pippis At The Point Saturday, Jackson Broadway. Sunday, Kristy James.

Queens Wharf Hotel Saturday, Uptown, Matt Gaudry. Sunday, Vanguard Players, Wharf Life.

Quill & Compass Sunday, Lock and the Hand Models, Chapel Perilous, WELL?

Raymond Terrace Bowling Club Sunday, Karen O'Shea.

Royal Federal Hotel Branxton Saturday, Sammi & The Jets.

Royal Hotel Singleton Sunday, The Way.

Royal Motor Yacht Club Toronto Sunday, Ryan Hemsworth.

Rutherford Hotel Saturday, Mardy Leith.

Seabreeze Hotel Saturday, Leadbellies. Sunday, Jayde Corner.

Shoal Bay Country Club Saturday, Ron Knight Duo. Sunday, Mick Jones.

Shortland Hotel Saturday, Jon Matthews.

Soldiers Point Bowling Club Saturday, Roy Orbison tribute.

Stag and Hunter Hotel Saturday, Kingsley James. Sunday, Passport to Airlie - grand final.

Swansea Hotel Saturday, Dreamcatchers. Sunday, Shaka.

Swansea RSL Club Saturday, Whiskey Business.

Swansea-Belmont Surf Life Saving Club Sunday, Nick Saxon.

Swansea Workers Club Sunday, Matty G.

Sydney Junction Hotel Saturday, Soundabout.

Tea Gardens Hotel Saturday, Kevin O'Hara.

Tilligerry RSL Saturday, Cotton Sax and Strings.

Toronto Hotel Sunday, Matt McLaren.

Toronto Workers Saturday, City Beats.

Town Hall Hotel Saturday, TK Vibez.

Victoria Hotel Hinton Saturday, James Paul. Sunday, Zane Penn.

Vincent St Kitchen & Bar Cessnock Saturday, Chad Shuttleworth.

Wangi Wangi RSL Club Sunday, Leigh Warren.

Warners Bay Hotel Saturday, Mak.

Westfield Kotara Saturday, Matt Semmens, DJ Justeez, DJ Shots Fired, Kazzie. Sunday, Tim Harding, The Andy Show, DJ Justeez, DJ Shots Fired.

Wests Cardiff Saturday, Trancemission.

Wests New Lambton Saturday, Cruzers.

Wests NEX Saturday, Vera Blue, Alex The Astronaut, Paparazzi.

Wickham Park Hotel Saturday, Holly Mae, Yes Commissioner. Sunday, Greg Bryce, Floyd Vincent and The Temple Dogs.

Windsor Castle Hotel Saturday, Kristo and King.

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.

All Is True (M) A look at the final days in the life of renowned playwright William Shakespeare.

Angel Has Fallen (MA) Secret Service agent Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the president and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.

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)

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 a force of 2,500 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.

IT: Chapter Two (MA) Twenty-seven years later, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back.

Little Women (PG) A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott's classic novel, we follow the lives of four sisters and their passage from childhood to womanhood.

My Big Gay Italian Wedding (M) Happily engaged Antonio brings his fiancé Paulo to the exquisite old Italian village of his birth to meet his headstrong parents and reveal his sexuality, setting out on a quest to make a city founded on religious tradition understand that love is love. (Regal)

Ne Zha (PG) The aura from heaven and earth has given birth to a powerful pearl inserted with huge energy. Yuanshi Tianzun concocts two pills out of the pearl - a spiritual pill and a sorcery pill.

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 recognise anymore.

Overcomer (PG) Life changes overnight for coach John Harrison when his high school basketball team's state championship dreams are crushed under the weight of unexpected news.

Palm Beach (M) Lifelong friends reunite for a party at Sydney's Palm Beach.

Red Joan (M) The story of Joan Stanley, who was exposed as the KGB's longest-serving British spy. (Lake Cinema)

The Angry Birds Movie 2 (PG) When a new threat emerges that puts both Bird and Pig Island in danger, Red, Chuck, Bomb, and Mighty Eagle recruit Chuck's sister Silver and team up with pigs to forge an unsteady truce and form an unlikely super team to save their homes.

The Kitchen (MA) The wives of New York gangsters in Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands' rackets after they're locked up in prison.

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. (Lake Cinema)

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 Australia, reunite her parents and pull off their dream wedding. (Regal)

UglyDolls (G) An animated adventure in which the free-spirited UglyDolls confront what it means to be different, struggle with a desire to be loved, and ultimately discover who you truly are is what matters most.

Westlife: The Twenty Tour Live (E) Filmed at Dublin's iconic Croke Park Stadium, The Twenty Tour sees Shane, Nicky, Mark and Kian perform all of their 14 No.1 UK hits, including Australian favourites Uptown Girl, You Raise Me Up and Flying Without Wings.

Wild Rose (M) A troubled young Glaswegian woman dreams of becoming a Nashville 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. (Regal)

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