Maitland Taste Festival Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 4pm, The Levee Central, Maitland. Experts in the fields of cooking, edible gardening and biodiversity across two stages; street food; wine tasting; children's activities and more. CANCELLED.

Newcastle Roller Derby League 6pm, Newcastle Showground Exhibition Centre, Broadmeadow. Round one is a grand final rematch: Fort Smashleys take on Harbourside Hellcats.

Australian Beach Netball 8.30am onwards, Dixon Park and Dixon Park Beach, Newcastle.

King of MX - Qualifier 3 Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 6pm, Lake Macquarie Motor Bike Club, 24 Cessnock Road, Ryhope. NSW Motocross State Title round 3 qualifier event.

Sea Shelter Night of Comedy Fundraiser 7pm, Soldiers Point Bowling Club. All proceeds go towards the research, rehabilitation, rescue and regeneration of Australian sea life.

The Music of the Guns 6.30pm to 8.30pm, Fort Scratchley, Newcastle. Featuring the Australian Army Band and guest musicians. Bring along a picnic, a small chair and a bottle of wine. CANCELLED.

Kingdom Pro Wrestling Crusade For Control Tournament 6.30pm, Club Maitland City, 14 Arthur Street, Rutherford.

NRL Round 1 Newcastle Knights v Auckland Warriors 3pm, McDonald Jones Stadium, Broadmeadow.

People's Blockade Fundraiser 4pm, Lass O'Gowrie Hotel, 14 Railway Street, Wickham. A Newcastle Climate Justice Uprising fundraiser in support of the People's Blockade of the World's Largest Coal Port, a peaceful occupation of the coal channel at Horseshoe Beach on April 18.

Colour Frenzy 8.30am, Newcastle Foreshore Park, Wharf Road, Newcastle. This year's theme is Warriors, in recognition of the fighting spirit of regional communities. Tickets at colourfrenzy.com.au. A fundraiser for local and state animal rescue groups.

Street Eats in Spritz Lane 11am to 3.30pm, The Star Hotel, 410 King Street, Newcastle. Live music; Asian street food and more.

Free Heartfulness Meditation and Relaxation 8.30am to 9.30am, New Lambton Community Centre, 14 Alma Road, New Lambton.

Firefighter Family Day On The Water 10am to 3pm, Lake Macquarie Yacht Club, Ada Street, Belmont. An initiative of Above and Beyond Boating.

Repair Cafe 10am to 1pm, Lake Macquarie Performing Arts Centre, Warners Bay. Do you have any clothing, bikes, hand tools, small electrical items or small furniture in need of repair? The Warners Bay Sustainable Neighbourhood Group can help.

2020 Newcastle Fringe Festival Twenty-nine diverse 45-to-60-minute shows - comedies, musicals, dramas, cabarets, dance routines and children's theatre - developed by Newcastle, national and overseas companies, and presented at five venues: The Royal Exchange Salon Theatre, The Lock-Up, The Grand Hotel, The Great Northern Hotel, and the WEA Hunter Creative Arts Space - between March 18 and 22. Details: newcastlefringe.com.au.

Makers Market Saturday, 9.30am to 2.30pm, The Makers Place, Shop 1, 8 Anzac Parade Teralba.

Lake Macquarie City Farmers Market Saturday, 7.30am to 1pm, Speers Point Park, Speers Point.

Kurri Kurri Community Market Saturday, 8am to 1pm, Rotary Park, Lang Street, Kurri Kurri.

Hunter Wine Country Markets Saturday, 9am to 1pm, De Bortoli Wines, 532 Wine Country Drive, Pokolbin.

Handmade in the Hunter Markets Saturday, 9am to 3pm, Kevin Sobels Wines, 5 Halls Road, Pokolbin.

Newcastle Food & Flower Markets Saturday, 8am to 2pm, 1 Rural Drive, Sandgate.

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

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

Farm & Fork Market Sunday, 8am to 1pm, Morisset Showground.

Morpeth Gallery Festival of Two Palletes. Fourteen artists will be painting at their easels and keen to chat to you about their techniques, the subjects they love to paint and their achievements in the art world.

Newcastle Library - Lovett Gallery Paul Jennings: UNREAL!

Newcastle Art Gallery Stopping Time: Material Prints 3000 BCE to Now, until May 10. On Being There, by George Gittoes, until April 26.

Newcastle ArtSpace Thirty Coats, by Pearl Red Moon, until March 29.

Wallsend Library Imagining Peace A Portrait of Modern Afghanistan, until March 15.

Art Systems Wickham Francis Celtlan: Prints & Drawings, until March 15.

The Lock Up Living with Uncertainty, by Lucas Davidson; Natural Causes, Gavin Vitullo, until March 29.

Hunter Wetlands Centre A Place In Mind, byLyn Fabian and Shelagh Lummis, until March 27.

Watt Space Gallery [Censurativa], by Crystian Cruz; Ephemeral Compositions, by Kathryn Jeanes; Commune With Nature, by Mary Graham; Unkown Lands, by Suzi Zglinicki, until March 29.

University of Newcastle Gallery Commonplace, until March 21.

MAC Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie First Class 19; Guan Wei: A Case Study, curated by Carol Carter, until April 5. Mervyn Bishop, until April 12.

The Old Fireshed Gallery Wollombi Our Life - Works across two generations, by Salamah Stewart and Hadijah Munting, until March 15.

SEEN@Swansea Then and Now, until March 29.

Port Stephens Community Arts Centre Australian Flora & Fauna, by Norman Littlefair. Feature Potter Theresa Kutcha, until March 24.

Maitland Regional Art Gallery Remnants Before The Tasman, until May 31. Let All The Birds Fly: The Hybrid Print, curated by Patricia Wilson-Adams, Therese Kenyon; How Can It Be Recovered?, by Kei Takemura; Maitland International Salon of Photography, until May 3. Masters & Apprentices, by Lakeview Collection of Old Masters; Unravelling to Recognition, by Jaime Pritchard, until May 10. Free Art Sunday.

Newcastle Museum Capturing Nature, until March 8. Bush Mechanics; Cultural Resurgence, until May 31.

Blackstone Gallery Mistress, until March 28.

21 Chump Street: The Musical A high school student falls in love with a new female student, unaware that she's an under-cover cop looking for people selling drugs; one-act musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, followed by songs from his other Broadway shows. Chookas Entertainment, at the Royal Exchange Salon Theatre, Newcastle. Saturday at 6pm and 8pm. 4929 4969.

The 39 Steps Parody by Patrick Barlow of the classic Alfred Hitchcock film about a male fugitive and a female music performer trying to save Britain from spies. Metropolitan Players, at the Civic Playhouse, Newcastle. Saturday at 1.30pm and 7.30pm (last shows). 4929 1977.

As I Lay Dreaming Friends gather by a river to remember a companion who drowned ten years earlier and find that it is a meeting place for others; Catherine Mckinnon's play looks at how an event can change lives forever. Hunter School of the Performing Arts, at the Hunter Theatre, Broadmeadow. Saturday at 2pm and 6.30pm. 4952 3355.

Chapter Two A widowed writer and a woman whose marriage has broken up are attracted to each other, but the past events make them reluctant to get together; comedy by Neil Simon. Theatre on Brunker, at St Stephen's Church Hall, Adamstown. Saturday, dinner and show at 7pm, show only at 8pm. 4957 1895.

Daughters of Heaven Gripping drama by Michelanne Forster, based on a true story about two New Zealand girls whose fantasies in the 1950s led to a matricide in Christchurch. Newcastle Theatre Company, at the NTC Theatre, Lambton. Opening show Saturday, at 8pm, followed by a 2pm matinee on Sunday. 4952 4958.

Grace Under Pressure Intimate, moving and often amusing look by David Williams and Paul Dwyer at the experiences of doctors and nurses in hospitals; based on in-depth interviews. Sydney Arts & Health Collective and Alternative Facts. Civic Theatre, Newcastle. Saturday at 2pm and 7.30pm. 4929 1977.

Mr. Melancholy Matt Cameron's comedy explores our need for solitude and companionship, with three hermits in a dark lighthouse facing life changes when a female clown is washed onshore. Maitland Repertory Theatre. Saturday at 2pm and 8pm, Sunday at 2pm. 0466 332 766.

Music of the Guns A concert by the Australian Army Band and the Fort Scratchley Historic Society, with music from military events, war films and musicals, and the firing of the fort's guns. Saturday at 6.30pm. 4929 1977. CANCELLED.

The Robertson Bros 1960's Variety TV Show The two brothers grew up in a home that appreciated the Variety TV Show, and they have reinvented the magic and diversity of those old-school shows. Cessnock Performing Arts Centre, Saturday at 8pm. 4993 4266.

The Wireless Chronicles 4: I Spy The final episode of Maureen O'Brien's farcical crime comedy series, about people's different views on things happening in the world, with this one set in the 1950s Cold War era; includes songs from that time. MozInOz. St Augustine's Church Hall, Merewether, Saturday at 2pm; The Dungeon, Adamstown Uniting Church, Sunday at 6pm. 0421 072 444.

5 Sawyers Saturday, DJ Urby. Sunday, Love That Hat.

Adamstown Uniting Church Sunday, Greg Englert in tribute to Louis Armstrong.

Anna Bay Tavern Saturday, Burn N Carrot. Sunday, Dave McCredie.

Argenton Hotel Sunday, Rose Pepper.

Bar Petite Saturday, Madelyn.

Beach Hotel Sunday, The Smarts.

Belmont 16s Saturday, Richard Clapton, Darlinghurst, Anthology, Dave Carter. Sunday, Scratch.

Belmont Hotel Saturday, Gianni. Sunday, Chris Saxby.

Belmore Hotel Saturday, Gen-X.

Beresfield Bowling Club Saturday, Bad Paris.

The Bradford Saturday, The 3. Sunday, Pete McCredie.

Burwood Inn Saturday, Sammy White.

Cambridge Hotel Saturday, Avance, Bynded, DOS (main room), Lemon Row, Saint Spook, Camino Gold (warehouse). Sunday, Little Quirks, Tesse, Luna Menta.

Cardiff RSL Club Saturday, StateFX. Tuesday, Marty Wooster.

Carrington Bowling Club Sunday, Cate Cornucopia.

Catho Pub Sunday, Area 51.

Caves Coastal Bar & Bungalows Saturday, The After Party. Sunday, Tim Rossington.

Cessnock Leagues Club Saturday, The Hitpit.

Cessnock Performing Arts Centre Saturday, The Robertson Bros.

Cheeky Dog Bar Port Stephens Sunday, Ryan Hemsworth.

Club Charlestown Saturday, Pocket Aces.

Colliery Inn Sunday, Matt McLaren.

Commercial Hotel Morpeth Saturday, Scully.

Customs House Sunday, Thomas James.

Cypress Lakes Saturday, Bobby C.

D'Albora Marina Sunday, Daniel Arvidson.

Duke Of Wellington Saturday, Zane Penn Duo.

East Cessnock Bowling Club Saturday, Dave Alone.

East Maitland Bowling Club Saturday, LoKo. Sunday, Rox.

Easts Golf & Leisure Club Sunday, Karen O'Shea.

Family Hotel Newcastle Saturday, The Waxfinz, Gold Blum.

Finnegans Saturday, Brynny.

Gallipoli Legion Club Sunday, King Shakey.

Gateshead Tavern Sunday, Beau Hatch Duo.

General Roberts Hotel Sunday, Big Pete.

George Tavern Saturday, Chad Shuttleworth Duo.

Grand Junction Hotel Sunday, Amelia White & Ben de la Cour.

Great Northern Hotel Newcastle Saturday, Kazzie Duo.

Gunyah Hotel Saturday, Dos Eager. Sunday, CrocQ.

Hamilton Station Hotel Saturday, Whatever Forever, Zen Haircuts, Madura Green, Resident. Sunday, Spacehawk, Wicked Sisters, Chatgeaow, Usurper, Hazel Dazel.

Harrigan's Pokolbin Saturday, Greg Bryce, Alias. Sunday, Troy Kemp.

Hexham Bowling Club Saturday, Mark Lee.

Hiss & Crackle Records Saturday, Lili Crane.

Honeysuckle Hotel Saturday, Komiti. Sunday, Lisa Hunt.

Honeysuckle Social Sunday, Gianni.

Hotel Cessnock Saturday, Jake and Naomi.

Hotel Delany Saturday, Crawford Brothers.

Imperial Hotel Maitland Saturday, Felix Quinn Band.

Imperial Hotel Singleton Saturday, Viagro.

Iron Horse Inn Saturday, James Paul.

Jewells Tavern Saturday, Fabba.

The Junction Hotel Saturday, Dave McCredie.

Kent Hotel Saturday, Project X. Sunday, Crawfish Stew.

King Street Hotel Saturday, Tyron Hapi.

Lake Macquarie Tavern Sunday, Jessica Cain.

Lake Macquarie Yacht Club Sunday, Ben Woodham.

Lakeside Village Tavern Saturday, Siren.

Lass O'Gowrie Hotel Saturday, Alana Mundi, Knifey Spoony, Lu.Quade & the Happy Accidents, Doc & the Delegates, Saylor & The Flavor, Hazel Dazel.

Lizotte's Saturday, Swanee.

Lucky Hotel Saturday, Max Jackson. Sunday, Marissa.

Mary Ellen HotelSaturday, Code Red.

Maryland Tavern Saturday, V-Dubs.

Mattara Hotel Saturday, Karen O'Shea.

Mavericks On The Bay Saturday, Beau Hatch. Sunday, Reg Sinclair.

Mayfield Ex-Services Saturday, Early Daze.

Mayfield Hotel Saturday, Pat Vs Cat.

Mezz Bar at Wallsend Diggers Saturday, Big Night Out. Sunday, Ashley Knight.

Murray's Brewery Saturday, Brendan Murphy. Sunday, Aaron Hood.

Nag's Head Hotel Saturday, Brien McVernon.

Nelson Bay Golf Club Saturday, Jessica Cain.

Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club Sunday, The After Party.

Newcastle Jockey Club Saturday, Glen Harrison.

Newcastle Hotel Saturday, Amyl & The Sniffers, Concrete Lawn, Boudicca, Billy Kenny.

Northern Star Hotel Saturday, Aaron Hood, Ty Penshorn.

Oriental Hotel Sunday, Georgie Jones Band.

Paxton Bowling Club Saturday, Jess Knaus.

Pedens Cessnock Saturday, The Feather Chain.

Pippis At The Point Saturday, City Beats Duo. Sunday, Tyler John.

Prince of Wales Hotel Saturday, Evergreen, Bucko.

Queens Wharf Hotel Saturday, Nick Rage, The Snape Trilogy, Ty Penshorn. Sunday, Fish Fry, Wharf Life.

Railway Hotel Sunday, Brendan Murphy.

Raymond Terrace Bowling Club Sunday, Boney Rivers.

Redhead Surf Club Sunday, Herding Katz.

Roche Estate Saturday Wine Machine ft. The Naked and Famous (NZ), The Jungle Giants, Hot Dub Time Machine, Regard (KOS), Northeast Party House, Bag Raiders, Young Franco, Alice Ivy, Don West.

Royal Federal Hotel Branxton Saturday, Crawfish Stew.

Royal Hotel Singleton Sunday, Loaded Acoustics.

Royal Motor Yacht Club Toronto Saturday, Simon King.

Rutherford Hotel Saturday, Layth Gunn.

Seabreeze Hotel Saturday, The Smarts. Sunday, Dean Kyrwood.

Shaft Tavern Saturday, Caleb Coles. Sunday, Tim Harding.

Shinnies Hotel Sunday, Southpaw.

Shortland Hotel Saturday, Dean Kyrwood.

Stag and Hunter Hotel Saturday, Hussy Hicks.

Stockton Bowling Club Sunday, Crawfish Stew.

Stockton RSL Club Saturday, Tim Pringle.

Swansea Hotel Sunday, Redline.

Swansea RSL Club Saturday, Spank N The Monkey.

Swansea-Belmont Surf Club Sunday, Josh Drinkwater.

Swansea Workers Club Sunday, Georgie James.

Sydney Junction Hotel Saturday, Misbehave. Sunday, The V-Dubs.

Tattersalls Hotel Greta Saturday, Ryan Hemsworth.

Tea Gardens Hotel Saturday, Jayde Corner.

Tilligerry RSL Saturday, Darren Gould.

Toronto Hotel Sunday, Troy Kemp, Viper Creek, Hurricane Fall, Jayne Denham and Band, Blake O'Connor, Kaylens Rain.

Toronto Workers Saturday, Sounds Of Sunday.

Town Hall Hotel Saturday, Jim Overend. Sunday, Irish Music Sessions.

Victoria Hotel Hinton Saturday, Hayden Johns. Sunday, Ryan Daley.

Vincent St Kitchen & Bar Cessnock Saturday, Irish Clovers.

Wangi Hotel Saturday, Brazilian Brothers. Sunday, Nick Read.

Wangi Wangi RSL Club Saturday, 80s To The Max.

Warners At The Bay Saturday, The Levymen.

Warners Bay Hotel Saturday, The Angels, Oils & Divinyls Tribute Show.

Wests Cardiff Saturday, The Jungle Kings.

Wests Nelson Bay Saturday, The Big Bang. Sunday, James Paul.

Wests New Lambton Saturday, Dr Zoom Duo.

Wests NEX Saturday, The Gaudrys.

Wickham Park Hotel Saturday, Newcastle Rockabilly Festival ft. Pat Capocci, The Flattrakkers, Wes Pudsey & the Sonic Aces, Coral Lee. Sunday, Greg Bryce.

Windsor Castle Hotel Saturday, Darren Rolling Keys. Sunday, Darren Gould.

1917 (MA) Two soldiers are assigned to deliver a message that will stop 1600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap. (Regal)

Birds Of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (MA) After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.

Bloodshot (M) Ray Garrison, a slain soldier, is re-animated with superpowers.

Bombshell (M) A group of women take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network. (Regal)

Downhill (M) Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other.

Emma (PG) Emma Woodhouse must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find love.

Fisherman's Friends (PG) A London music executive is pranked into signing a group of shanty-singing sherman in this feel-good, true-story comedy drama. (Regal)

Jojo Rabbit (M) A young boy in Hitler's army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.

Judy (M) The legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out shows at the Talk Of The Town nightclub. (Lake Cinema)

Little Women (G) Jo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women each determined to live life on their own terms. (Regal)

Military Wives (M) With their partners away serving in Afghanistan, a group of women on the home front form a choir and quickly find themselves at the centre of a media sensation and global movement.

Miss Fisher & the Crypt of Tears (M) After freeing a young Bedouin girl, Shirin Abbas, from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, Miss Fisher begins to unravel a wartime mystery concerning a priceless jewel, an ancient curse and the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of Shirin's forgotten tribe.

Mrs. Lowry and Son (PG) A portrait of the artist L.S. Lowry and the relationship with his mother, who tries to dissuade him from pursuing his passion. (Regal)

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (PG) Class 1-A visits Nabu Island where they finally get to do real hero work. The place is so peaceful that it's more like a vacation ... until they're attacked by a villain.

Parasite (MA) A poor family, the Kims, con their way into becoming the servants of a rich family, the Parks. But their easy life gets complicated when their deception is threatened with exposure.

Sonic The Hedgehog (PG) After discovering a small, blue, fast hedgehog, a small-town police officer must help it defeat an evil genius who wants to do experiments on it.

The Big Trip (PG) A goofy stork mistakenly delivers a baby panda to the wrong door. A bear, a moose, a tiger and a rabbit set on an arduous but fun filled adventure through wilderness to return the panda to its rightful home. (Event, Kotara)

The Biggest Little Farm (PG) The successes and failures of a couple determined to live in harmony with nature on a farm outside of Los Angeles are lovingly chronicled by film-making farmer John Chester, in this inspiring documentary. (Lake Cinema)

The Invisible Man (MA) When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

The Way Back (M) A widowed, former basketball all-star lost a family foundation in a struggle with addiction and attempts to comeback by becoming the coach of a disparate, ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.

Unstoppable (CTC) The complete and untold story of Bethany Hamilton's life that follows her journey from childhood into motherhood - the ups, downs and her powerful resilience against all odds to become one of the leading professional surfers of all time.