Variety – the Children’s Charity NSW/ACT is calling on local businesses, community groups and fitness enthusiasts to help raise $100,000 for children in need by registering a team for the 10th anniversary of Variety Spin 4 Kids Newcastle.

Hunter Writers’ Centre, in partnership with Presenting Partner, the University of Newcastle, is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Newcastle Poetry Prize.

Two of the Hunter's brightest young surf lifesavers have been announced as the Newcastle Permanent Junior Life Saver of the Year at a ceremony at Caves Beach Surf Life Saving Club on the weekend.

Sand dunes closest to Redhead Surf Life Saving Club would be reshaped, protective fencing installed and native flora planted under a draft Redhead Dune Management Plan out for public feedback.

Maitland City Council has launched the Maitland Seniors Festival 2026 program, inviting older residents to ‘Live Life in Colour’ with two weeks of activities, entertainment and opportunities to connect, running from Monday 2 to Sunday 15 March 2026.

Lake Macquarie suburbs will soon be cooler and greener thanks to more than $360,000 in funding from the NSW Government’s Greening our City program.

Port Stephens Council is inviting community groups, organisations and creatives to apply for Round 2 of its Community Funding Program. The grants support projects that celebrate culture, strengthen community wellbeing and activate public spaces across the region.

Decades after her death, Princess Diana remains a figure of deep fascination - mythologised, scrutinised, adored and misunderstood in equal measure. Yet, behind the tiaras and tabloids, was a young woman searching for love, purpose, and a sense of self in a world that demanded perfection.

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The iconic Coates Newcastle Show returns to the Newcastle Showground from Friday 27 February to Sunday 1 March 2026, and this year it arrives with a powerful new hero attraction set to redefine opening night.

Get ready to laugh until your sides hurt as one of Australia's most beloved comedians, Joe Avati, brings his hilarious trip down memory lane to Newcastle Entertainment Conference Centre (NEX) on 19 September.

Newcastle's boldest arts festival is back – and it's bigger, more daring and more brilliantly unfiltered than ever.

Newcastle Art Gallery will officially reopen to the public on Saturday, 28 February, following its estimated $47 million expansion. The landmark reopening will be celebrated with a three-day festival and the debut of the major exhibition Iconic Loved Unexpected.

A hilarious and heartbreaking new play, Occasional Combustible Disaster, will lead an explosive UpStage at the Playhouse season at Civic Theatre’s Playhouse as a red-hot team of creatives come together to examine the fallout inevitable in all nuclear families.

For over 120 years, the annual Newcastle Show has brought together businesses, families, and communities to celebrate the unique blend of country and city life.