SATURDAY
King of Concrete 11am to 5pm, Bar Beach, Newcastle. Skateboarding competition.
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Christmas Lights Spectacular 2019 Saturday and Sunday, 5.30pm to 10.30pm, Hunter Valley Gardens, Pokolbin. Daily until January 26.
Christmas at the Races 11.30am onwards, Newcastle Racecourse, Broadmeadow.
Warners Bay Community Garden Working Bee 9am to 1pm, Bunya Park, corner Cherry Road and Macquarie Drive, Eleebana. Wear protective clothing, covered shoes, a hat and sunscreen.
Dog Rescue Newcastle Saturday and Sunday, 8am to 7pm, near Woolworths at Westfield Kotara.
Carols By Candlelight 4.30pm to 9.30pm, Stockton Bowling Club.
Hero Themed Beach Clean 10.30am, Nobby's Beach, Newcastle. Prize for best dressed.
Children's Festive Art & Craft Workshops 10am to 12.30pm, and 2pm to 4.30pm, The Studio Lambton.
Drain The Kegs: Closing Down Party Saturday and Sunday, The Exchange, Hamilton.
Newcastle Jets W-League #JetsPLAY Clinic 8.30am, No.2 Sportsground, Newcastle. Open to girls aged five to 12.
Winter Wonderland Saturday and Sunday, 11.30am, Hunter Ice Skating Stadium, Warners Bay.
Santa Is Coming To Dudley 2.30pm to 4.30pm, Royal Crown Hotel, Dudley.
SUNDAY
Kids Cookie Decorating Class 2.30pm to 3.30pm, Cupcake Espresso Hunter Valley. Children five to 12, cost $25
Santa SUP Surf Meet at Dixon Park Beach at 8.30am.
Christmas Fun Day 11am to 3pm, Sydney Junction Hotel, Hamilton.
Sunday Sessions @ The Station 1pm to 7.30pm, corner Watt and Scott streets, Newcastle.
Christmas BBQ 3pm, The Argenton Hotel.
Santa at The Gunyah 5.30pm to 8.30pm, The Gunyah Hotel, Belmont.
Carols By Candelight 6.30pm to 8.30pm, St Paul's Stockton.
SAVE THE DATE
The Newcastle Caravan Camping Lifestyle Expo is on February 7 to 9 at Newcastle Entertainment Centre.
MARKETS
Christmas Twilight Market @ The Station Saturday, 4pm to 8pm, corner Scott and Watt streets, Newcastle.
Christmas Twilight Markets Saturday, 3pm to 8pm, Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley, Lovedale.
The Olive Tree Christmas Market Saturday, 9am to 3pm, Civic Park, Newcastle.
Warners Bay Markets Saturday, 8am to 2pm, Warners Bay Foreshore.
Newcastle Food & Flower Markets Saturday, 8am to 2pm, 1 Rural Drive, Sandgate.
Hunter Wine Country Markets Saturday, 9am to 3pm, De Bortoli Wines, 532 Wine Country Drive, Pokolbin.
Newcastle City Farmers Market Sunday, 7am to 1pm, Newcastle Showground, Broadmeadow.
Hope Estate Markets Sunday, 9.30am to 2.30pm, Hope Estate, Pokolbin.
Homegrown Christmas Market Sunday, 10am to 2pm, Speers Point Park, Speers Point.
Tomaree Markets Sunday, 8am to 2pm, Tomaree Sports Complex, Nelson Bay Road, Nelson Bay.
ART
Hunter Wetlands Centre Native and Wild, until December 22.
Curve Gallery Summer Exhibition, until February 1.
The Lock Up All Things Are Water, until January 26.
Watt Space Gallery Waiting for Equality, until March 4.
Finite Gallery Patchwork 3, until January 27.
Belmont Library Nature's Beauty: See the World Through the Eyes of an Artist, until February 20.
Newcastle Art Gallery Between Two Worlds, until February 16.
Newcastle ArtSpace five.point.six, by Steve Tickner, until December 22.
MAC Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie Us, We and Be Us.
The Old Fireshed Gallery Wollombi Sorry Mother, until December 22.
Newcastle Library Local History Lounge Newcastle In Print, until February 22.
Art Systems Wickham You'll Fest Annual Christmas Exhibition, until December 21.
Curve Gallery Summer Exhibition.
CStudios Art Gallery End of Year Exhibition 2019, until December 21.
SEEN@Swansea Submerged: Australia's shipwreck stories.
Newcastle Studio Potters & Back To Back Galleries Christmas Takeaway, until December 22.
Port Stephens Community Arts Centre Christmas Display; Summer Holidays, until January 14.
Maitland Regional Art Gallery Snakeabout, Teresa Purnell, until February 2. Unfolding Time, Penelope Seidler's Gift to Maitland, until February 16. Remnants Before The Tasman, by Brett Piva, until May 31. Legacy: Reflections on Mabo, until January 26. Warlock, by Dale Forward; Learning to Speak, by Edward Milan; Kalliope Calliope, by Nicola Hensel and John Turier, until February 16. Sunday: Free Art Sunday.
THEATRE
I'll Be Home for Christmas Theo Rule's new Christmas show looks at prime minister Harold Holt trying to put together in 1967 an end-of-year address. Grainery Theatre, at the Civic Theatre, Newcastle. Saturday at 7pm, Sunday at 4pm and 7pm. 4929 1977.
The Umbilical Brothers - Green The pair put together a new comedy, with watchers' reactions helping its development. A List Entertainment, at the Civic Playhouse, Newcastle. Saturday at 7.30pm, Sunday at 5.30pm. 4929 1977.
A Very Black Starr Christmas A burlesque Christmas. Black Starr Cabaret and Burlesque, at the Royal Exchange, Newcastle. Saturday at 8.30pm. trybooking.com.
MUSIC
48 Watt Street Saturday, Brad Cox, Melanie Dyer.
Adamstown Uniting Church Sunday, Carolfest.
Battlesticks Bar Saturday, Tim Rossington. Sunday, Guy Richards.
Beach Hotel Saturday, Fuelstar. Sunday, The V-Dubs.
Belmont 16s Saturday, Cruzers, Tom Christie. Sunday, 2 Left Feet.
Burwood Inn Saturday, CrocQ.
Cambridge Hotel Saturday, Frenzal Rhomb, Totally Unicorn, Dicklord, Bitchcraft, Hack The Mainframe, Post Truth, Boudicca. Sunday, Concrete Surfers, NTL Landmarks, Lachlan X. Morris, Lady Petrol.
Cooks Hill Surf Club Saturday, Pepperpot, Tom Ackroyd, Ben Bracken, Phil Sure, Jackson Blanch, Rinse & Wax.
The Corner Saturday, Byren Sawell, Soul Shakedown. Sunday, Dedos Curiosos.
Customs House Sunday, Brien McVernon. Sunday, Felix Quinn Band.
Exchange Hotel Saturday, Misbehave.
Family Hotel Newcastle Saturday, Bleu Collective, The Fighting Fish.
Finnegans Saturday, Jae Y.
Hamilton Station Hotel Saturday, Lycanthrope, The Wandering, Grip Down, Repriever.
Hiss & Crackle Records Saturday, Fukushima Death Fish, Huckleberry & The Devils Dandruff, Mango Avenue, The Med Heads, Ridgemont High.
Honeysuckle Hotel Saturday, Prestige Inc. Sunday, Tim Harding.
Hotel Delany Saturday, Mark Wells.
Kent Hotel Saturday, Rubber Bullet. Sunday, Grant Walmsley & Friends.
King Street Hotel Saturday, Johnny Trypas, The K.LEA Channel - DJ PureBlonde, Jake Sills, Carson Dodd, BMAR, GALI, Shiralee Coleman, Esqué.
Lass O'Gowrie Hotel Saturday, Lisa May, Tikabox, Costa, Jakesy Hustle, Hooey, Creepy Dylan, Kana.
Lizotte's Saturday, Don't Change - Ultimate INXS. Sunday, Russell Morris.
Mayfield Bowling Club Saturday, The Dark Clouds, The Not Nots, Trashed Again, Spacehawk, Piss To Eme, Bin Lids.
Merewether Bowling Club Sunday, Clyde Street Band.
Mezz Bar Saturday, Gen-R-8, DJ Smashup. Sunday, Jayde Corner.
Murray's Brewery Saturday, Austin Mackay. Sunday, Nano.
Newcastle Hotel Saturday, Tech The Halls.
Prince of Merewether Hotel Saturday, Soda. Sunday, Spuz.
Queens Wharf Hotel Saturday, Felix Quinn Band, Bobby C. Sunday, Loko, Wharf Life.
Stag and Hunter Hotel Saturday, Darren Jack Band.
Wickham Park Hotel Saturday, Headbin, Outliers. Sunday, Chikarma, The Blues Bombers.
