MARKETS
Gresford Community Market Saturday, 9am to 1pm, 12 Park Street, East Gresford.
Glendale Farmers & Artisan Market Saturday, 8am to 2pm, Stockland Glendale.
Handmade in the Hunter Markets Saturday, 9am to 2pm, Sobels Wines, Pokolbin. Also on Sunday.
Hunter Wine Country Markets Saturday, 9am to 2pm, De Bortoli Wines, Lovedale.
Port Stephens Uniting Church Garage and Car Boot Sale Saturday, 9am to 2pm, 174 Salamander Way, Salamander Bay.
Parish Fair Saturday, 9am, St Luke's Anglican Church, Wallsend.
Medowie Markets Saturday, 8am to noon, Bull n Bush Hotel, Medowie.
Homegrown Markets Saturday, 10am to 2pm, The Station Newcastle.
Carpark Markets Saturday, 11am to 3pm, Mayfield Hotel.
Adamstown Lions Markets Sunday, 7am to noon, cnr Brunker and Glebe roads, Adamstown.
Newcastle City Farmers Markets Sunday, 7am to 1pm, Newcastle Showground.
Community Market Sunday, 9am to 2pm, Michael Bird Oval, Windale.
The Valley Markets Sunday, 10am to 2pm, Townhead Park, Singleton.
Made & Found Market Sunday, 10am to 2pm, Webb Park, Redhead.
MUSIC
Take That (UK), Sophie Ellis-Bextor (UK), Rickie-Lee, Dacy Saturday, 4.15pm to 9.30pm, Bimbadgen, Pokolbin. Tickets still available.
The Whitlams, Charm Of Finches Saturday, 7.30pm, Civic Theatre, Newcastle.
Emily Wurramara, Dyagula Saturday, 8pm, Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield.
James Reyne, Josh Owens Saturday, 5.15pm, Toronto Hotel.
Kita Alexander, Yorke Saturday, 8pm, King Street Warehouse, Newcastle West.
Lighthouse Festival ft. Xavier Rudd, Kyle Lionhart, Calypso Cora, Dusty Boots, Litle Green, Lemon Joe Saturday, 2pm, Norah Head Lighthouse.
Kirsty Lee Akers, Rhinestoned Saturday, 6pm, Clarence Town School of Arts Hall.
Marcia Hines Saturday, 7.30pm, Belmont 16s.
Age of Emergence - Heavy Metal Night Saturday, 8pm, Criterion Hotel, Weston.
Dropsaw, Downside, Spat Out, Cutthroat Saturday, 8pm, Hamilton Station Hotel, Islington.
Jack and The Axes Saturday, 8.30pm, Royal Oak Hotel, Tighes Hill.
Bella Amor Sunday, 8pm, King Street Warehouse, Newcastle West.
Floyd Vincent and the Temple Dogs Sunday, 6pm, Wickham Park Hotel.
Grip Down, Latest God, Mocked, Endless War Sunday, 7pm, Hamilton Station Hotel, Islington.
SATURDAY
Garage Sale Trail 2024 Various locations, details at garagesailtrail.com.au.
Newcastle Lapidary Club Gem and Jewellery Fair 9am to 4pm, Newcastle Police Citizens Youth Club (PCYC), Broadmeadow. Also on Sunday, 9am to 3pm.
Community Fun Day 10am to 1pm, Ritchies Elermore Vale.
2024 Dungog Show Dungog Showground.
Santa's Arrival and Parade 9.15am onwards, Westfield Kotara. Fun activities for the kids, photographs with Santa, storytelling, Christmas craft and more.
Warners Bay Community Garden Working Bee 9am to 2pm, Bunya Park, Eleebana.
Newcastle Bonsai Society Annual Show 10am, Club Macquarie, Lake Road, Argenton. Also on Sunday at 11am.
The Mall Street Party 10am to 2pm, Hunter Street Mall, Newcastle.
Lampshade Marking Workshop 9am to 1pm, The Station Newcastle.
Lake Macquarie Classic Speedboat Festival 10am, Empire Marina, Booragul.
The Hunter Record Fair 10am to 4pm, Thirsty Messiah Brewery, Broadmeadow.
Grafting Workshop 10am, Hunter Region Botanic Gardens.
Dinosaurs: Surviving Extinction Newcastle Museum. Also on Sunday.
The Game's Afoot 2pm and 7.30pm, Newcastle Theatre Company, Lambton.
Coal Communities Reunion 2.30pm to 4.30pm, Sugar Valley Library Museum, Cameron Park.
Snowtime in the Gardens 5.30pm to 10.30pm, Hunter Valley Gardens, Pokolbin.
SUNDAY
Sparke Helmore Newcastle City Triathlon
CDRA Sprint Championships 8am to 3pm, Newcastle Rowing Club, Carrington
Bush Tucker Walk and Morning Tea 10am, Hunter Region Botanic Gardens.
Contemporary Aboriginal Dance Workshop 10am to 11am, Multi-Arts Pavilion (MAP mima) Lake Macquarie, Speers Point. Suitable for ages six to 12 years.
Classic Cocktail - An Afternoon of Fashion History 2pm, Rathmines Theatre.
Miss Porter's House Museum Open Day 1pm to 4pm, 434 King Street, Newcastle West.
Baby Boomers Comedy Tribute of Music Legends 2pm Flamingos Live, Lambton.
ART
Back to Back Galleries Beyond Horizons Exhibition, until November 24.
Wester Gallery Mea Culpa, by Shane Bonsujet, until November 23.
Straitjacket Patterns of Manual Labour, by Benjamin Paul Gallagher. Docker Grease, by Stephen Brameld, Jay Staples.
The Creator Incubator Novolandia, by Lyndal Campbell.
Teahouse Newcastle Bram Eastman.
LEDA Gallery Meander, by Saltwater Woman, until November 20.
Brough House Figtree Connection Exhibition, by Janet Steele.
Rathmines Heritage Centre Max Dupain: Art and War, until November 10.
Lighthouse Arts Blooming, until December 1.
Windale Hub Curious Minds Exhibition.
Museum of Art and Culture MAC yapang Barray Story Country, by Uncle Jim Ridgeway. Sand Chronicles, by Yuan Liu. Like New. Until December 8.
Singleton Arts and Cultural Centre Song of the Fish, until November 3.
The Lock-Up Khaled Sabsabi; peacefender x TUNZ, until November 24.
Multi-Arts Pavilion (MAP mima) Endless Sunbeams in Another Time, by Julia Flanagan and Miguel Felipe Valenzuela, until December 1. Sunday, 10am, ART PLAY.
Performance Arts Culture Cessnock (PACC) Lionel's Place, until January 5.
Sugar Valley Library Museum Coal Communities, until December 1.
Maitland Regional Art Gallery GAJAYARRA. The Foundations Are Shifting Beneath. Twitcher. Memory Collective (Part One). Lineage: A Visual Continuum. Pregnant Woman. Tjukurpa, Handle It.
Newcastle Museum A Place Called Hollywood, until February 2.
