A-League Newcastle Jets vs Sydney FC Gates open 4.05pm, kick-off is at 5.05pm, McDonald Jones Stadium, Broadmeadow.

Grapes of Mirth 1.30pm to 8pm, The Station Newcastle. Join five of Australia's best comedians and host Merrick Watts comedy, music, wine, food and festival vibes.

The All German Vehicle Day Show N Shine 9am to 3pm, Newcastle Foreshore. A fundraiser for Nobby's Surf Life Saving Club.

SnakeAbout Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 2pm, SEEN@Swansea, Swansea Centre. Volunteer snake catcher, educator and natural history illustrator Teresa Purnell presents an exhibition of original illustrations, models, sketches, shed snakeskins and photographs. Gold coin entry.

Bonsai Sale 10am to 2pm, Warners Bay Girl Guide Hall, Lamington Drive, Mt Hutton. Bonsai trees and pots for sale. Gold coin entry.

Storytime With Timberlina 10am to 10.30am, Newcastle City Library.

Pick A Posy 10am to 2pm, Charlestown Square. Pick your own fresh flowers to make a posy for mum. Bookings essential.

Newcastle Ultimate Fungal Wizardry 11.30am and 2.30pm, The Place, Charlestown. Beginner workshop in gourmet and medicinal mushroom growing. Details at urbankulture.com.au.

Camel Races 3pm to 9pm, Cessnock Showground. Plus markets, rides, music, food.

The Grove Studios Academy Open Day 11am to 2pm, 286 Mangrove Road, Somersby.

Grossmann House Tour 10.30am, 11.30am, 1pm, 2pm at 71-73 Church Street, Maitland. Cost $10 adult and children over 12yrs, $8 concession, National Trust members free. Book at Eventbrite or phone 4933 3330.

Songwriters Sing 2pm to 6pm, Lambton Park Hotel. An open mic for people of all ages and abilities.

Succulents Sip & Social 3pm, The Greenroof, Hamilton. Learn to make a macrame pot hanger and succulent bowl. Book at Stickytickets.

Ice Hockey 4pm, Hunter Ice Skating Stadium, Warners Bay. The Newcastle North Stars are back on the ice in their McCormack Cup game against Canberra Brave.

Boolaroo Uniting Church Garage Sale Saturday, 8.30am to 1pm, 53 Main Street, Boolaroo.

Lake Macquarie City Farmers Market Saturday, 7am to 1pm, Speers Point Park, Speers Point.

Young Artisan Market Saturday, noon to 4pm, Hunter Multicultural Community Centre 2A Platt Street, Waratah.

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

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

Mother's Day Market Saturday, 9am to 1pm, East Maitland Tillys, 4 Brisbane Street, East Maitland.

Mother's Day Market Sunday, 8am to 1pm, Soul Kollective, Merewether.

Lake Macquarie Finders & Keepers Markets Sunday, 8am to 2pm, Quinn Park, Swansea.

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

Valley Markets Sunday, 8am to 1pm, Singleton Showground, Singleton.

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

Ben Folds Saturday, Bimbadgen, Pokolbin. After a reschedule due to rain, the US piano rocker will finally open Bimbadgen's new intimate Cellar Door Series. Ethereal Australian indie-folk performer Gordi is the support.

Daddy Longlegs & The Swamp Donkeys Saturday, Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield. The Sydney blues-rockers are touring their debut EP Gut Butter.

Kevin Borich Express Saturday, Toronto Hotel. Guitar master Borich headlines Blues On The Lake, which also features sets from Crawfish Stew, Bounty Hunters, DV8 and Steve Edmonds Band.

Rej Lee Fight Club and Yev Kassem Saturday, Lass O'Gowrie Hotel. The Milky Thred (Lee) and dave the band frontmen (Kassem) present their solo projects.

Then Jolene Saturday, Wickham Park Hotel. The Mid North Coast bluegrass raconteurs launch their second album The Putdown.

Wendy Matthews Sunday, Lizotte's, Lambton. The Day You Went Away hit-makers presents lunch and dinner shows for Mother's Day.

Waiting For The Lefty Maitland Repertory Theatre, May 7 to 22. This American classic will be performed by Reamus Youth Theatre.

Mystery Musical Vol. 2 Saturday, 2pm & 7.30pm, Civic Playhouse, Newcastle. Following 2018's hugely popular Mystery Musical, The Very Popular Theatre Company team are back and have selected another well-known, (possibly award-winning) musical to produce.

Max Dupain: Art and War Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 2pm, Rathmines Heritage Centre. Gold coin entry.

ATHENA Women's Art Group Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 4pm, Miss Porter's house, 434 King Street, Newcastle West. Adult $10, child $8, member $8, concession $8, family $25, plus booking fee.

Bill Henson: The light fades but the gods remain Newcastle Art Gallery.

Circles of Strength Saturday, 9.30am to 2pm, Wallsend Library.

Six Reflections Back To Back Galleries.

Sunday Sessions at MAC 2pm to 4pm, Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie, 1A First Street, Booragul. Grab a wine or beer, enjoy some local music and artmaking (tote bags and beads). Tickets $20.

Wild Women Exhibition - Opening Party 3pm to 5pm, SenOpsis, 810 Hunter Street, Newcastle West.

Catharsis Art Systems Wickham.

Just Not Australian Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 5pm, Maitland Regional Art Gallery.

Dragon Rider (PG) Firedrake, the young silver dragon, has had enough of constantly having to hide in a wooded valley. He wants to show the older generation that he is a real dragon.

Fatale (MA) A married man is tricked into a murder scheme by a female police detective.

Godzilla Vs Kong (M) In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity's fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide.

June Again (M) A twist of fate gives family matriarch June a reprieve from a debilitating illness. Much to their amazement, June re-enters the lives of her adult children.

Land (M) Edee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the wilds of the Rockies.

Locked Down (M) Just as they decide to separate, Linda and Paxton find life has other plans when they are stuck at home in a mandatory lockdown.

Nomadland (M) Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a nomad.

Mortal Kombat (R) MMA fighter Cole Young seeks out Earth's greatest champions in order to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high-stakes battle for the universe.

Peter Rabbit 2 (G) The lovable rogue is back. Bea, Thomas, and the rabbits have created a makeshift family, but despite his best efforts, Peter can't seem to shake his mischievous reputation.

Raya and The Last Dragon (PG) Take an epic journey to the fantasy world of Kumandra, where humans and dragons lived together long ago in harmony.

Six Minutes To Midnight (M) 17 days before WWII, an English teacher and his camera disappear on a coastal boarding school with 20 German teen girls. Miller gets the job six days later, secretly trying to find out what happened.

The Father (M) Anthony Hopkins plays the eponymous role of a mischievous and highly independent man who, as he ages, refuses all assistance from his daughter.

The Unholy (M) Alice is a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick.

Wrath Of Men (MA) The Guy Ritchie film follows H, a cold and mysterious character working at a cash truck company responsible for moving hundreds of millions of dollars around Los Angeles each week.

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