SATURDAY
Spring Into Print Open Day 10am to 2pm, Newcastle Printmakers Workshop, 27 Popran Road, Adamstown. An exhibition of prints by workshop members celebrating life and nature, market stalls, and demonstrations by printmakers using gel plate, drypoint and lino printing.
Wollombi Valley Sculpture Festival Various locations, Wollombi and Laguna, until September 29.
Glendale Farmers & Artisan Market 8am to 2pm, Stockland Glendale.
Hunter Wine Country Markets 9am to 2pm, De Bortoli Wines, Lovedale.
Handmade in the Hunter Markets 9am to 2pm, Sobels Wines, Pokolbin.
Grafting Workshop with Helen Howard 10am, Hunter Region Botanic Gardens, Heatherbrae.
Elermore Vale Men's Shed Garage Sale 8am to 2pm, 127 Croudace Road, Elermore Vale.
PinFest 2024 9.30am to 3pm, Club Macquarie, Argenton. Also on Sunday.
Community Garden Plant Sale 10am to 1pm, The Hub, 97 The Boulevarde, Toronto.
Clarence Town Community Event 9am to 4pm, various locations, Clarence Town. Markets, a street parade, rides, a blacksmith and shearing demonstration, a petting farm, pony rides, horse and carriage rides, and more.
Ping Pong-A-Thon 9am to 3pm, Abermain Mission Hall.
Inner Newcastle Heritage Walk Meet at Newcastle Museum by 9.45am.
Bling and Bloom 10am to 2pm, The Levee, Maitland. Markets and entertainment.
End2End Festival 10am to 5pm, Oaks Cypress Lakes Resort, Ben Ean, Pokolbin.
Homegrown Markets 10am to 2pm, The Station, Newcastle.
Sugar Valley Library Museum Guided Tour 11am, 156 Portland Drive, Cameron Park.
Annie The Musical presented by Chookas Entertainment 1pm and 6pm, The Playhouse, Newcastle.
Illustration Class - The Fairies of Ida Outhwaite 3pm to 5pm, The Press BookHouse, Newcastle.
2024 NPL Men's Northern NSW Grand Final 3pm, Wanderers Oval, Broadmeadow.
Sing and Meditate Newy - Free Session 4pm to 5.30pm, Newcastle Yoga, Georgetown.
Hamilton Hawker Food Markets 5pm to 9pm, James Street Plaza, Hamilton.
Burn the Floor - Dare to Dream 7.30pm, Civic Theatre, Newcastle.
Tomago House Paranormal Investigation Night 7.30pm, Tomago House. Tickets at Humanitix.
Maitland Repertory Theatre presents Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens 8pm, Sun Street Studios, Maitland.
SUNDAY
Hunter Wetlands Centre 40th Anniversary Spring Festival 10am to 2pm, Hunter Wetlands Centre, Shortland. Market and community stalls, a jumping castle, face painting, workshops and tours. Entry is free.
Toranafest 2024 8am to 4pm, Maitland Park.
Put Your Foot Down Newcastle 2024 8.30am to 11.30am, Nobby's Beach car park, Newcastle. A fundraiser for PanKind, The Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation.
Toronto Lions Markets 8am to 1pm, Lions Park, Main Road, Toronto.
Succulent, Cacti, Plant and Handmade Market 8.30am to 1pm, Anzac Park, East Maitland.
Celebrating Birds 8am, breakfast with the birds and BBQ. Talks from Birdlife Australia. Displays and activities. Hunter Region Botanic Gardens, Heatherbrae.
Adamstown Lions Markets 7am to noon, cnr Brunker and Glebe roads, Adamstown.
Newcastle City Farmers Markets 7am to 1pm, Newcastle Showground.
Newcastle Record and CD Fair 9am to 3pm, Hamilton Uniting Church.
Kahibah Village Fair 9am to 1pm, Kahibah Memorial Park. Markets, school performances, pony rides, a petting zoo, local history talks, sausage sizzle and more.
God's Closet Charlestown Free Shop Day 9.30am to 11.30am, 51 Dickinson Street, Charlestown.
Newcastle Model Railway Club Open Day 9am to 3pm, 4 Dora Road, Adamstown.
NSW/ACT State HOG Rally 9am to 1.30pm, Fraser Motorcycles, Mayfield West.
Homegrown Markets 10am to 2pm, Speers Point Park.
Markets in the Park 10am to 2pm, Tucker Park, Paterson.
Rail Motor Society Museum Open Day 10am to 3pm, Webber Creek Road, Paterson.
Ridin' 4 Mates 2024 A group of 25 riders are riding from Dubbo to Bulga, raising money for the Mark Hughes Foundation. They'll be at Bulga Tavern at noon where there will be raffles, kids' activities and live music.
The Sunday Reset Noon to 4pm, Peibri Place, Wickham. Live music, seafood specials, wine tastings, oysters and more.
NPL Women's Northern NSW Grand Final 5pm, Darling Oval, Hamilton South.
Andrew Hamilton - Jokes About The time I Went to Prison 6.30pm, Newcastle Comedy Club.
Academy Opulence - A Doll Hause Cabaret Production 6.30pm, The Hamilton Station Hotel.
A.I Almost Intelligence presented by Standing Tree Collective Inc 1pm, 3pm, 6pm, The Playhouse, Newcastle.
MUSIC
Killswitch Engage (USA), Dropsaw Saturday, Bar On The Hill.
Tori Forsyth, Lisa De Angelis Saturday, King Street Warehouse.
NJE (At Midnight single launch), M3llo, Yung Blonde, Conflikt, Mersy, Leaf Greene, Bailz & Stixy Saturday, Hamilton Station Hotel.
CJ Stranger, Humble, Tall Stories Saturday, Stag & Hunter Hotel.
Paul Kelly vs Neil Finn Crowded House Saturday, Flamingos Live.
Chad Rogers, Jarrod Grant Saturday, Rogue Scholar.
Ships, Kelzy, Oh Webber!, Dlove, Dylan Butler Saturday, Beach Hotel.
UON Musos presents Into The Woods Saturday, 1pm and 6.30pm, Warners Bay Theatre.
Hummingsong Choir Spring Sing Saturday, 4pm, Hunter School of Performing Arts, Broadmeadow.
Two Worlds - Jane Sheldon Saturday, 4pm and 7pm, Multi-Arts Pavilion, mima, Speers Point.
Bands in the Park 9am to 2.30pm, Speers Point Park.
The Sound of Brass - Strike Up The Band Sunday, 2pm, Warners Bay Theatre.
Roaring 40s Concert Sunday, 3pm, Newcastle Conservatorium of Music.
CB Ghost, Rixon Sunday, Hamilton Station Hotel.
Quiet Please, Wayne's Onstage Sunday, Flamingos Live.
The High Andies Sunday, Royal Oak Hotel.
Clint Wilson, Billy Joe Porter Sunday, Grand Junction Hotel.
ART
Multi-Arts Pavilion (MAP mima) Voice of Sea, Voice of Sky, by Julia Davis and Jane Sheldon. Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 2pm.
Straitjacket Still Lies, by Kara Wood. Histories, by Bianca Vern-Barnett.
Back to Back Galleries Reflecting on Margaret Olley Exhibition, until September 22.
Teahouse Newcastle The Neverland's Water.
Performance Arts Culture Cessnock (PACC) Philip Quirk's The Eisteddfods, until October 20.
Wester Gallery Out-Of-Towners, by Hal Whitney, Tahlia Undarlegt, Patrick Oates, Bridget Stehli, Sally Bourke, Benedict dos Remedios, Nina Radonja. Curated by Heath Nock.
LEDA Gallery Un-Blocked, by Polina Karuso, until September 18.
Fireshed Gallery Wollombi Small Sculptures.
Museum of Art and Culture MAC yapang Including YOU, Including ME, Including US. Two Girls From Amoonguna. Alternating the Cube. Sunday Sessions at MAC, Sunday, 1pm (create a simple weaving).
Grossman & Brough Houses Reconciliation NSW Schools Art Works, From River to Sea: Our Island Home.
University Gallery 50 Years 50 Stories Exhibition.
Lighthouse Arts Heroine.
Maitland Regional Art Gallery Hold. Old Stories New Magic. Mother Lode. Memory Collective (Part One). Small Museum. Lineage: A Visual Continuum. A Garden of Parallel Paths. Power: The Future is Here.
Newcastle Museum A Place Called Hollywood, until February 2.
