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Your Weekender reads: Boo Seeker; Fringe Festival kicks off; Roger Glover from Deep Purple and more

Explore what's inside the Herald Weekender, March 16.

There's no place like home for Boo Seeker

Ben "Boo" Gumbleton talks to Lisa Rockman about music, his childhood home of Dudley . . . and cooking.

Creative Creatures presents Galactivation.

Biggest ever Newcastle Fringe Festival takes hold

Newcastle Fringe Festival 2024 is in full swing and ready to take over the CBD this weekend. Take a look at the event's diverse calendar.

A Little Bit of Broke festival is on this weekend in the Hunter Valley.

A Little Bit of Broke, RENT and festivals

Here's your guide to what's on this weekend in Newcastle and the Hunter.

MRAG director Gerry Bobsien with artwork inspired by Morpeth's famous Arnott biscuit dynasty in a new exhibit. Picture by Mike Scanlon

Curious look at Australia's amazing little museums 

Mike Scanlon visits a new exhibition at Maitland Regional Art Gallery showing photographs taken at 41 community, often quirky, special interest museums across Australia.

Catch Deep Purple, Alice Cooper and Gyroscope in concert at Newcastle Entertainment Centre on April 23. Picture supplied

Revealing the secrets to Deep Purple's success

Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover talks to Lisa Rockman on the eve of a major international tour set to visit Newcastle next month.

Killah Whale Duets proves a good idea can catch fire

Newcastle bass player Manuel Rohrl has spent nearly five years refining his concept of video recording a song with every Newcastle muso who says yes to the idea. 220 videos later, he's found a global audience.

Midnight Oil founding member Jim Moginie launches memoir

"It was so much fun to shape it, to get it to bounce off the page. Like when you write a song, it's a very similar process. This is an 80,000-word song."

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