ADAMSTOWN UNITING CHURCH Living Legends of the 70s, 2.30pm, ticketebo.com.au/legends, October 11.

CAMBRIDGE HOTEL Kisschasy, October 15.

CIVIC THEATRE The Waifs, November 4.

HOPE ESTATE Elton John, December 5.

BANDS

5 SAWYERS Friday DJ Sean Andrews; Saturday DJ Matt Meler; Sunday DJ Matt Meler, DJ Timmy Coffey.

BELMONT 16s Friday Jake Rattle and Roll; Saturday Daryl Braithwaite, Jack Dawson, The Big Band Quartet; Sunday Stephen R. Cheney.

CAMBRIDGE HOTEL Friday Trophy Eyes, Apart From This, Raccoon City Police Department; Saturday Tijuana Cartel, OKA, Twin Haus.

CENTRAL CHARLESTOWN LEAGUES CLUB Friday James Osborn; Saturday Pete Gelzinnis.

CHARLESTOWN BOWLING CLUB Friday The Levymen.

DUKE OF WELLINGTON Saturday Daley Holliday; next Wednesday The Residents.

EXCHANGE HOTEL Friday Overtone; Saturday Hummingbirds.

HONEYSUCKLE HOTEL Thursday Crocq; Friday Daley Holliday; Saturday Dr Zoom Duo; Sunday Mick Jones, Phonic Duo.

LAKE MACQUARIE TAVERN Saturday Matt Semmens.

NORTHERN STAR HOTEL Friday Brent Murphy; Saturday Alex Johnson.

ROYAL CROWN HOTEL Friday Dave Carter; Saturday Matt Gaudry.

ROYAL FEDERAL HOTEL Friday Mayham101; Saturday Dane Fitzsimmons.

SEVEN SEAS HOTEL Friday Raoul Graf; Sunday John Larder.

SHAFT TAVERN Friday Firewall.

SYDNEY JUNCTION HOTEL Saturday Hornet; Sunday Mark Wells Trio.

THE DUNGEON ARTS Friday John Flanagan.

THE MARK HOTEL Friday Bobby C; Saturday Grand Theft Audio; Sunday The Cruisers.

THE STAR HOTEL Friday Marissa Lee.

THE TERRACE BAR Friday DJ Tone; Saturday DJ Trav-K.

WARNERS AT THE BAY Thursday Marissa Lee; Friday Loko; Saturday Phase III. WICKHAM PARK HOTEL Friday Phase III; Saturday King Shakey, Ghost Road; Sunday Aleyce Simmonds, Floyd Vincent and the Temple Dogs.

ART

ADAMSTOWN UNITING CHURCH Home: between here and there, until October 18.

BACK-TO-BACK GALLERIES Land - forms - memories, until October 18.

KAHIBAH SPORTS CLUB The Spirit of Kahibah, until December 31.

NANSHE Small Moments by Amanda Davies and Exordium by Sharon Williams, until October 10.

NEWCASTLE ART GALLERY A gift to the city: The Roland Pope Collection exhibition, until November 1; The John Kaldor Family Collection Artist Room #2 - Bill Viola, until November 1.

NEWCASTLE ART SPACE A Personal Ecology by Suzannah Jones, until October 18.

SUSPENSION EXPRESSO original solo paintings by Margo Humphries, until October 31.

THE LOCK-UP Re: Location, until October 25.

TIMELESS TEXTILES Reflections of the Past, by Els van Baarle, until October 11.

THEATRE

CIVIC PLAYHOUSE The Clegg Festival, until October 8; Between Two Waves, October 16-24.

CIVIC THEATRE A Very Hungry Caterpillar, October 9-10; The Russian National Ballet Theatre present Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty, October 23 and 24.

DAPA THEATRE, HAMILTON Plaza Suite, October 9-24.

LAKE MACQUARIE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE Love, Life, Opera, October 23-25.

NEWCASTLE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE Two For One: Something Chronic and Here's Looking At You, October 23-31.

NTC THEATRE Gaslight (A Victorian Thriller), October 17-31.

ST STEPHENS CHURCH HALL, ADAMSTOWN Back to Before, a cabaret featuring students from Pantseat Productions, October 8-10.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE Annie, until November 14.