SATURDAY
Dinosaurs: Surviving Extinction Saturday & Sunday, 10am to 5pm, Newcastle Museum, 6 Workshop Way Newcastle.
Global Gathering 2pm to 9pm, Newcastle Museum Park.
Handmade in the Hunter Markets 9am to 2pm, Kevin Sobels Wines, 5 Halls Road, Pokolbin.
Intra Human x Inter Digital (IHxID) Saturday & Sunday, 11am to 2pm & 4pm to 7pm, 6 Stewart Avenue, Newcastle West.
Karma Cafe produced by Stray Dogs Theatre Company, 2pm and 7pm, Civic Playhouse, Newcastle.
Lake Macquarie City Farmers Market 8am to 2pm, Stockland Shopping Centre, Glendale.
Maitland Community Markets 9am to 1pm, Maitland Showground, Blomfield Street.
Manhattan Short Film Festival 3.30pm to 6pm, Warners Bay Theatre, 39 Lake Street.
Marina Market 11am to 3pm, 56 Victoria Parade, Nelson Bay.
Mary Poppins presented by The Very Popular Theatre Company. Saturday 7pm, Civic Theatre, Newcastle.
Megan Cope : Ngumpi Kinyingarra Oyster House Saturday & Sunday, 10am to 5pm, Honeysuckle Marina, Cnr Workshop Way & Merewether Street, Newcastle.
Morphology: The Exhibition Saturday & Sunday, Wheeler Place, Newcastle.
Myall River Fair 10am to 4pm, Tea Gardens waterfront.
Newcastle Pro Wrestling Hallowversary 7.30pm, Free Fighting Arena, 2/135 Bulls Garden Drive, Gateshead.
Newcastle Rugby League Race Day 10.30am to 5pm, Newcastle Racecourse, Broadmeadow.
Ngiarrenumba Burrai (Our Country) native food and language workshops, Saturday 2pm to 9pm Museum Park, Honeysuckle & Sunday 10am to 12pm, Honeysuckle Marina, Cnr Workshop Way & Merewether Street.
Olive Tree Markets 9am to 2pm, Civic Park, Newcastle.
Pelican Foreshore Markets 9am, Lakeview Parade, Pelican.
Port Stephens Farmers Market 9am to 1pm, The Homemaker Centre, 60 Port Stephens Drive, Taylor's Beach.
Seahorse Film Festival Saturday 6.30pm to 9.30pm & Sunday 5pm to 8pm, Harold Lobb Concert Hall, Newcastle Conservatorium of Music.
Teen Intro to Dungeons & Dragons Saturday 10am to 1pm & Sunday 2.30pm to 5pm, Wallsend Library, 30 Bunn Street.
The Little Mermaid JR presented by Young People's Theatre, 2pm & 6pm, Young People's Theatre Newcastle, 26 Lindsay St, Hamilton.
Travelling North presented by Newcastle Theatre Company, 7.30pm to 10pm, 90 De Vitre Street, Lambton.
Tuff Nutterz 9am to 3pm, Griffith Park, Stockton.
Waterfront Poetry Salon 3.30pm to 4.30pm, Honeysuckle Marina, Cnr Workshop Way & Merewether Street.
Water As Life 11am to 12pm, Honeysuckle Marina, Cnr Workshop Way & Merewether Street.
Wondercity: Tantrum Youth Arts Saturday & Sunday 2pm to 7pm, Civic Park Fountain.
SUNDAY
Homegrown Markets 10am to 2pm, Speers Point Park.
Nelson Bay Legacy Markets 9am to 3pm, Neil Carroll Park, Nelson Bay.
Newcastle City Farmers Market 7am to 1pm, Newcastle Showground, Broadmeadow.
Oktoberfest The Valley Brewhouse, Wine Country Drive, Nulkaba.
Play School Live In Concert 10am, NEX, King Street, Newcastle.
ART
Belongings Saturday, 12pm to 4pm, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle.
Boundaries: Transcended Saturday, 12pm to 4pm, Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle.
Khaled Sabsabi Saturday 10am to 4pm & Sunday 10am to 2pm, The Lock-Up, Hunter Street, Newcastle.
Mazie Karen Turner: Paintings Sunday 9am to 2pm, The Owens Collective, 101 Maitland Road, Islington.
Morphology: Built In Kind & Everett Creative Saturday & Sunday, Wheeler Place, Newcastle.
MUSIC
Dashville Skyline Saturday & Sunday, Dashville, Lower Belford. Line-up features Ross Wilson & The Peaceniks, Uncle Lucius (USA), Shane Howard, Kingswood, Emma Donovan, Ella Hooper, 19-Twenty, Rose City Band, The Counterfeit, Andy Golledge Band, Watty Thompson, Freya Josephine Hollick, Grace Petrie & more.
Dockfest Saturday & Sunday, from 11am, Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club, Wickham.
Le Shiv, with Camino Gold, Georgie Winchester Special, Midway, Saturday 8pm, Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield.
Lemon Joe, with The Toothpicks, FIST, 12:51, Talkhouse, Saturday 7pm, Hamilton Station Hotel.
Rai Thistlethwayte Saturday 7.30pm, Wangi Wangi RSL.
Arugula, with Shacked, Saturday 8.30pm, Royal Oak Hotel, Tighes Hill.
West Best Block Fest Sunday, Newcastle various venues from 12pm. Line-up features Adam Newling, Gooch Palms, Raave Tapes, Eat Your Heart Out, The Porkers, Camino Gold, Slow Cinema, Demi Mitchell, Goon Gremlins, Trip Fandino, Catpiss, The Appointments & more.
Omega Ensemble: Concertante Sunday 7pm, Newcastle City Hall.
Eric Grothe & The Gurus Sunday 2pm, Wickham Park Hotel.
