BAR ON THE HILL Ball Park Music, September 25.

CAMBRIDGE HOTEL Art vs Science, August 1.

CIVIC THEATRE Australian Youth Orchestra, July 30; Sol3 Mio, October 28.

LIZOTTE'S NEWCASTLE Kav Temperley from Eskimo Joe, July 24.

NEWCASTLE CITY HALL Australian Chamber Orchestra's Intimate Letters; Kate Miller-Heidke, August 22.

NEWCASTLE PANTHERS Courtney Love, August 22; Reece Mastin, September 26.

THE GREAT HALL, UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE I Remember by Newcastle University Choir, August 3.

WESTFIELD KOTARA Novatones men's chorus, July 26, 10am.

WEST NEW LAMBTON Morgan Evans, July 25.

BAND

5 SAWYERS COOKS HILL Friday DJ Jonathan; Saturday DJ Matt Meler; Sunday DJ Jonathan.

BAR PETITE Friday Karen Soper; Saturday HP Duo; Sunday DJ Nicolas.

BEACH HOTEL Friday Jones The Cat, Stone Empire, Yellow Feather Doggs.

BEAUFORD HOTEL MAYFIELD Saturday Aaron Hood.

BELMONT 16s Friday Midnight Drifters; Saturday Talk of the Town; Sunday Frankie and Johnny.

CHARLESTOWN BOWLING CLUB Friday Daniel Arvidson; Sunday Holly Wilson.

DEPOT ON BEAUMONT Saturday Jack Dawson; next Wednesday Garth Prentice Blues.

DUKE OF WELLINGTON Friday The Rattle; Saturday Ryan Daley.

EXCHANGE HOTEL Friday Saving June; Saturday Rubber Bullet.

HOTEL JESMOND Friday Phonic Duo; Saturday Dr Zoom Duo.

IRON HORSE INN Saturday Pete Gelzinnis.

THE MARK HOTEL Friday The Gaudreys; Sunday DV8.

NORTHERN STAR HOTEL Friday Mark Wood; Saturday Allison Forbes.

NORTHUMBERLAND HOTEL LAMBTON Friday Aaron Hood.

SEVEN SEAS HOTEL Friday Garth Prentice Duo; Saturday King Shakey.

SJ'S HOTEL Friday Catfish Soup, Natalie Thorogood; Saturday The Party; next Wednesday Matt Purcell.

THE SHAFT TAVERN Friday Glam Slam.

WARNERS AT THE BAY Thursday Dave Carter; Saturday Twinsanity Trio.

WICKHAM PARK HOTEL Friday Santana Magic; Saturday Brooke Harvey, Crimson Tide; Sunday Aleyce Simmonds, Fish Fry.

ART

BACK-TO-BACK GALLERIES Inspired (a tribute to Jeff Mincham), until July 27.

FOUR POINT GALLERY NEWCASTLE Three At Sea, by Ann Sutherland, Ewen Sutherland, and Alex Sutherland, until July 30.

NANSHE Arcadia by Mal Cannon, until August 2.

NEWCASTLE ART SPACE Blood: A group exhibition exploring artists' personal concepts of blood, until July 27.

NEWCASTLE MUSEUM I've Been Working on the Railway, stories, objects, music, video and photographs, until September 1.

NEWCASTLE REGION LIBRARY Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, until August 9.

WATT SPACE GALLERY I come from Newie/Nuie by Thadeous Ikihega; Urban Life co-ordinated by Kim Saberton; Mystic Dreams; Chimera by Courtney Mathieson; Presence: Absence by Douglas Webb, until July 27.

THEATRE

CIVIC PLAYHOUSE Pure and Palpable, August 28-30.

CIVIC THEATRE HOGES: One Night Only!, July 27; Wombat Stew - The Musical, July 30 and 31; Hairspray: The Broadway Musical August 15, 16, 20, 22, 23; Mozart's The Magic Flute: A Quest for Wisdom and True Love, August 26; Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase, September 5; Circus Oz 2014, September 12 and 13; Still Awake Still!, September 16; Celtic Legends, October 16-17; Pete the Sheep, October 20 and 21; The Tap Pack, October 24-26.

DAPA THEATRE, HAMILTON The Winners and Losers: The 50s, August 1-16.

NTC THEATRE Rabbit Hole, until July 26; Lost In Yorkers, August 23-September 6.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, until August 16.