SATURDAY
The Olive Tree Market 9am to 2pm, Civic Park, Newcastle.
Pelican Foreshore Markets 9am to 1pm, Lakeview Parade, Pelican.
Morisset Shop & Feast Markets 9am to 2pm, Morisset Showground.
Singleton Men's Shed Monster Plants Sale 8am to 2pm, 37 Combo Lane, Singleton.
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.
Family Fun Day and Markets in the Trees 9am to 2pm, St Luke's Uniting Church Complex, Belmont North.
Belmont CWA Market Stall 9am to noon, Bunnings, Bennetts Green.
Toymate Superstore Grand Opening 9am onwards, Westfield Kotara.
Maitland & Coalfields District Orchid Society Spring Show 9am to 3pm, St James Anglican Church Hall, Morpeth. Also on Sunday.
Wallsend Markets 10am to 1pm, Wallsend Rotunda.
Paxton Public School Centenary Fair 9am to 2pm, 20 Anderson Avenue, Paxton.
Native Plant Sale 9am to 1pm, Hunter Region Botanic Gardens, Heatherbrae.
Creating Art From Waste Workshop 9.30am to 11.30am, Toronto Library.
Hunter Mental Health & Wellbeing Expo 9.30am to 3.30pm, Newcastle Racecourse. A free event by the Lake Macquarie & Newcastle Suicide Prevention Network.
Newcastle Alternative Markets 10am to 3.30pm, New Lambton Community Centre.
Composting and Worm Farming Workshop 10.30am to noon, Hunter Multicultural Communities, 2A Platt Street, Waratah.
Beyond The Bin Recycling 11am to 3pm, Jesmond Neighbourhood Centre.
Paxton Pig Races Noon, Paxton Hotel.
Urban Craft Beer Crawl Noon to 4pm, Newcastle CBD.
Annie The Musical presented by Chookas Entertainment 1pm and 6pm, The Playhouse, Newcastle. Also on Sunday, 1pm.
Rachel's Farm - Film Screening 3pm to 6pm, Woodville School of Arts. Also on Sunday, 3pm to 6pm, Seaham School of Arts.
Monster Trucks - Tour of Destruction 4pm, Newcastle Showgrounds.
Confluences presented by Chakras Performing Arts 4pm, Hunter Theatre, Broadmeadow.
Maitland Repertory Theatre presents Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens 8pm, Sun Street Studios, Maitland.
Gloucester Paranormal Experience with Frightfully Good Meet at Gloucester Museum at 7pm, then drive to Mountain Maid gold mine site. Tickets at Humanitix.
Drag Queen Show - Turn Back Time 7.30pm, Newcastle United Sports Club.
Lawrence Mooney - Pigeonhole 8.30pm, Wests Nelson Bay.
SUNDAY
Adamstown Lions Markets 7am to noon, cnr Brunker and Glebe roads, Adamstown.
Newcastle City Farmers Markets 7am to 1pm, Newcastle Showground.
Boardwalk Spring Surfboard Expo 7am to 5pm, The Station, Newcastle.
Broke Village Fair and Vintage Car Display 9am to 3pm, McNamara Park, Broke.
Made & Found 10am to 2pm, Webb Park, Redhead.
Gumnut Valley Alpacas Open Day 9am to 3pm, 456 Butterwick Road, Butterwick.
Vacy Country Carnival 9am to 2.30pm, Vacy Sports Ground.
Mining and Energy Union's 27th Annual Memorial Day Service 10am, Jim Comerford Memorial Wall, Aberdare.
Your Soul Expo 10am to 4.30pm, Club Macquarie, Argenton.
Introduction to Bonsai 10am to 11.30pm, Hunter Region Botanic Gardens, Heatherbrae.
Miss Porter's House Museum Open Day 1pm to 4pm, 434 King Street, Newcastle West. Miss Porter's House Paranormal Experience 6pm to 8pm, with Newcastle Ghost Tours.
Giant Kite Making Afternoon 2pm, King Edward Park, Newcastle.
CRISP Trivia Fundraiser 3pm to 7pm, Good Folk Brewery, Hamilton. A fundraiser to help settle a refugee family.
NRL Knights vs Dolphins 4.05pm, McDonald Jones Stadium, Broadmeadow. NRLW Knights vs Brisbane Broncos, 6.10pm.
MUSIC
Crack 'n' Jack Spring Music Fest Saturday, 11am to 11.30pm, 742 Lemon Tree Passage Road, Tanilba Bay.
Country and Western Day Saturday, noon to 6pm, 4 Pines at The Farm, Pokolbin.
Jazz Gala ft Emma Pask and Guests Saturday, 7pm, Newcastle Conservatorium of Music.
Shred For Sam #2 ft. Deadshowws, Catpiss, Soyboy, Tryants, Lamphead, G.A.G, Lost Plaza, Carnivara, Handsome Alive Saturday, 2pm, Newcastle Hotel, Islington.
Luke O'Shea & Ashleigh Dallas Saturday, 6pm, Qirkz In The Hunter, Abermain.
Grip Down, Loner, Fall From Heaven, Mocked & Dist Saturday, 8pm, Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield.
The Witching Hour, Midway, Pulse, PIT Saturday, 8pm, Hamilton Station Hotel.
The Smith and Western Jury, ChaiChester, Pan-Pacific Grand Prix Saturday, 8pm, Adamstown Bowling Club.
Eurogliders, Patrick McMahon Sunday, 1.30pm, Flamingos Live, Lambton.
Clint Wilson, Billy Joe Porter Sunday, 4pm, Grand Junction Hotel, Maitland.
Only At The Movies, I Hate People, Long Distance Sunday, 7pm, Hamilton Station Hotel.
ART
Newcastle Art Space 2320 by Reviver Maitland, by Andrew Bennett, Anna Eggenhuizen, Chris Mansell, Deborah Van Heekeren, Duncan Harty, Ed Matzenik, Frank Winnips, Genevieve Graham, Holly McNamee, Ida Halliday, Indeah Clark, James Willebrant, Katrina Holden, Kimberly Swan, Malcom Sands, Maybelline Green, Mike Garth, Patricia Van Lubeck, Richard Tipping and Sally Anderson-Barwell.
MAP mima Showcase: Three Artworks, One Weekend PluginHUMAN, Emerge, 2021, James Price, Wildlife, 2022, Hannah Bronte, MOTHERLOAD, 2022. Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 2pm, Multi-Arts Pavilion (MAP mima).
Back to Back Galleries Reflecting on Margaret Olley Exhibition, until September 22.
Fireshed Gallery Wollombi Small Sculptures.
The Creator Incubator Show Me Your Drawers, by Leslie Duffin. The Circle, a group exhibition by Dorothy Compton, Clare Felton, Judith Hill, Deb Ansell, Maryanne Ireland and Jacquie McCoy. Final weekend.
Teahouse Newcastle The Neverland's Water.
Performance Arts Culture Cessnock (PACC) Philip Quirk's The Eisteddfods, until October 20.
Wester Gallery Streets of Our Town, by Mahalia Leckner and Jack Reading, ends Saturday.
Straitjacket Other Worldly, by Helena Newcombe, final weekend.
LEDA Gallery Un-Blocked, by Polina Karuso, until September 18.
Timeless Textiles Joining Threads: SAQA Exhibition, until September 15.
Museum of Art and Culture MAC yapang Including YOU, Including ME, Including US. Two Girls From Amoonguna. Alternating the Cube. ARTSPACE free family artmaking, Sunday at 10am and 11am.
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.
