CAMBRIDGE HOTEL Jakubi, December 28; 360, January 15.

LIZOTTE'S NEWCASTLE Guy Pearce and Darren Middleton, February 19.

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

NEWCASTLE PANTHERS High-5, January 22; Jurassic 5, April 26.

SALA'S Highlander Celtic Rock Show, December 31.

SMALL BALLROOM Lij Gilmour, January 17; Mae, March 7.

WESTS NEW LAMBTON Kasey Chambers, May 3.

BAND

5 SAWYERS COOKS HILL Friday DJ Jonathan; Saturday Sean Andrews; Sunday Tone.

BAR PETITE Friday Matt Purcell; Saturday Scott Day-V; Sunday Crocq.

BEAUFORD HOTEL Saturday John Larder.

BELMONT 16s Friday At The Hop; Saturday The Years; Sunday Cool Change.

CAMBRIDGE HOTEL Thursday VanderAa; Friday One Vital Word, Hand of Mercy; Saturday Benjalu; Sunday, Phil Jamieson, Scott Russo.

CENTRAL CHARLESTOWN LEAGUES CLUB Friday Gareth Hudson; Saturday Dane Fitzsimmons.

CHARLESTOWN BOWLING CLUB Friday 2GoodReasons; Saturday Pete Hibbert; Sunday Scratch.

DUKE OF WELLINGTON Friday, Dave Carter; Saturday Mark Wells Duo; Sunday Steve Cowley.

EXCHANGE HOTEL Friday Twinsanity Trio; Saturday Hornet.

HOTEL JESMOND Friday Gabriel Emilia Duo.

IRON HORSE INN Saturday Tom Buckley.

LAKE MACQUARIE TAVERN Friday Pete Hibbert.

LAMBTON PARK HOTEL Friday Ty.

MARK HOTEL Friday Zac and Ben; Saturday Phil McKnight; Sunday Hornet.

NORTHERN STAR HOTEL Friday Mark Wood; Saturday Josh Callaway.

SHAFT TAVERN Friday Glam Slam.

SEVEN SEAS HOTEL Friday Scott Davy; Saturday Garth Prentice Band; SundayJohn Larder.

SMALL BALLROOM Saturday Castlecomer.

SYDNEY JUNCTION HOTEL Friday Phase III; Saturday The Flicks; next Wednesday Good Company.

WARNERS AT THE BAY Thursday Kylie Jane; Friday V-Dubs; Saturday The Rumour.

WICKHAM PARK HOTEL Friday Milestown; Saturday Brooke Harvey, Crimson Tide; Sunday Helen and Friends, H Bent.

ART

ART SYSTEMS WICKHAM You'll Fest 2014, until December 20.

BACK-TO-BACK GALLERIES Christmas Takeaway, until December 21.

COOKS HILL GALLERIES Bronze Vodka Soiree: by Steve Glassborow; Golden Haunts - New Visions by Rod Bathgate until December 21.

LAKE MACQUARIE CITY ART GALLERY A Tribute: Uncle Jim Ridgeway Djirang Birrbay, Warrimay Guri-Guba Djarii, until February 1.

LOVETT GALLERY, NEWCASTLE REGION LIBRARY Newcastle Printmakers Workshop: a beginning, until January 17.

NANSHE GALLERY, HAMILTON Wrap up 2014, includes work by Amanda Davies, Barbara Nanshe, Catherine White Murphy and Damien Slevin, until December 25.

NEWCASTLE ART GALLERY Like Us by Patricia Piccinini, until February 22.

NEWCASTLE ART SPACE 4th annual Life Drawing exhibition from Ann Caddey's Tuesday night The Drawing Room and Newcastle Community Arts Centre's Thursday Night Life Drawing class with Peter Lankas, until December 21.

NEWCASTLE MUSEUM Earthquake Then and Now, until February 8.

THE LOCK-UP Inside Outside, by Ruth Feeney and Anthrosite, until February 1.