BAR ON THE HILL Ball Park Music, September 25.

CIVIC THEATRE Sol3 Mio, October 28.

LIZOTTE'S NEWCASTLE Busby Marou, November 7.

NEWCASTLE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE Kenny Rogers, Adam Harvey and Beccy Cole, January 28.

NEWCASTLE PANTHERS Reece Mastin, September 26.

THE SMALL BALLROOM, Hands Like Houses, September 20.

WEST NEW LAMBTON Thirsty Merc, October 22.

BAND

5 SAWYERS COOKS HILL Wednesday DJ Patsan; Sunday DJ Patsan and DJ Jonathan.

BELMONT 16s Friday Vegas.

CAMBRIDGE HOTEL Kingswood, September 18.

CHARLESTOWN BOWLING CLUB Friday 2 Good Reasons; Sunday Karen O'Shea.

CROWN AND ANCHOR HOTEL Tuesday DJ Stevie.

DUKE OF WELLINGTON Wednesday Bob Corbett; Friday Iguana; Saturday Mark Wells Trio.

EXCHANGE HOTEL Friday Funkapedia; Saturday Twinsanity.

FESTIVAL

NATIONAL YOUNG WRITERS' FESTIVAL October 2-5, go to youngwritersfestival.org.

SALA'S FUNCTION CENTRE SPRING INTO SEPTEMBER wine bar opening, September 19 from 5pm.

THEATRE

CIVIC PLAYHOUSE Checklist For an Armed Robber, October 15-18.

CIVIC THEATRE The Little Mermaid Jr, October 9-11; Celtic Legends, October 16-17; Pete the Sheep, October 20 and 21; The Tap Pack, October 24-26.

DAPA THEATRE, HAMILTON The Odd Couple, October 10-25.

LAKE MACQUARIE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE The Chosen, September 17-20.NTC THEATRE The Boys, October 4-18

THEATRE ON BRUNKER Black Comedy, until September 13.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE Jack and the Beanstalk, September 22-November 15, 4961 4895.

ART

ART SYSTEMS WICKHAM Selections From a Journey by Brian Roberts, running until September 28.

BACK-TO-BACK GALLERIES TEXT, various artists, until September 28.

FINITE GALLERY, CAVES BEACH Paintings by Margo Humphries, October 4-26.

FOUR POINT GALLERY NEWCASTLE Of Places, until September 21; Iceland Collection, until October 18.

LAKE MACQUARIE CITY ART GALLERY Very Fine River, until October 19.

LAKE MACQUARIE FAIR MOUNT HUTTON Newcastle Art Society painting exhibition, until September 20.

LOVETT GALLERY, NEWCASTLE REGION LIBRARY Telling Tales: Hunter History, Simple Stories and Perfect Pictures includes work by Dudley Lewis and Charles Martin, until September 30.

NANA GALLERY NEWCASTLE, The Return of Captain Kitty's Chicken Boat by Rosie Deacon, until September 27.

NOBBYS LIGHTHOUSE Coastal Journeys, by Hunter Arts Network members, October 4-5.

PODSPACE PODzome, until September 27.

WATT SPACE GALLERY 25th birthday celebrations, including work by artists Penelope Benton, Lucas Grogan and Alexia Sinclair, until September 28.