Here's how to spend Melbourne Cup day having a blast at Your Local...

It's the race that stops a nation and where better to spend a great afternoon than at Your Local?

Here's just some of what's on offer across Newcastle and the Hunter this Melbourne Cup Day...

Argenton Hotel, Argenton

🐎 Option to join an Exclusive VIP Party or book a Beer Garden Cabana

🐎 Fashions on the Field with prizes for best dressed lady and gentleman

🐎 Prize for Best Fascinator

🐎 Sweeps of $2, $5, $10, $50

🐎 Live entertainment

🐎 Book on: (02) 4958 1060

Bar Petite, Newcastle

🐎 After Party starting from 4pm

🐎 Live music with Gerda & Marchy from 5pm

🐎 Drinks specials

🐎 $15 tapas options

Beach Hotel, Merewether

🐎 2-course Luncheon with drinks package- $120pp

🐎 Fashion parades

🐎 TAB

🐎 Sweeps

🐎 Live TV broadcast

🐎 Live music from 5pm

🐎 Bookings on: (02) 4963 1574

Belmore Hotel, Maitland

🐎 Watch the race live on Maitland's biggest TV

🐎 Newly renovated Bistro and Covered Beer Garden

🐎 Full TAB facilities

🐎 Live music from 4pm

🐎 4-course lunch - $50 p/person

🐎 Bookings essential on (02) 49336351

Chelmsford Hotel, Kurri Kurri

🐎 Live Music with Karen O'Shea from 11am

🐎 Grazing lunches and menu available

🐎 Sweeps

🐎 Best Dressed prizes

Colliery Inn, Wallsend

🐎 Fun day

🐎 Food menu

🐎 Drinks

🐎 Watch the race live

Commercial Hotel, Morpeth

🐎 Champagne upon arrival

🐎 Best Dressed Competitions

🐎 Shared Canapes for the table

🐎 Shared desert platter

🐎 Mystery Trifecta

🐎 Tickets $65 p/person via: (02) 4934 5316

Commonwealth Hotel, Newcastle

🐎 Full TAB facilities

🐎 Great food

🐎 Full restaurant menu from 12pm

Criterion Hotel, Carrington

🐎 Seafood platters

🐎 fresh oysters

🐎 Slider boards

🐎 Drinks specials

🐎 Book your table or just show up

Crown & Anchor Hotel, Newcastle

🐎 3-course lunch

🐎 Glass of bubbles on arrival

🐎 Best Dresses prizes

🐎 Tickets $60 p/person via (02) 4927 1138

Customs House, Newcastle

🐎 3-course lunch and 3-hour beverage package including tap beers and house wines

🐎 Fashion Prizes

🐎 Sweeps

🐎 Live Feed of the day's races in every room

🐎 Tickets $130 p/person

🐎 Book via: https://tinyurl.com/y3g3nb6n

🐎 Please note Customs House Hotel does not have TAB facilities on site

Family Hotel, Maitland

🐎 Drink Packages and Finger Food Platters available

🐎 Prizes for Best Dressed

🐎 Race live on Big Screens

🐎 Live Music

🐎 Free Entry

🐎 Open from 11am

General Roberts Hotel, New Lambton

🐎 Complimentary glass of champagne for diners

🐎 Lucky Door prizes

🐎 Best Dressed prizes

🐎 Sweeps

George Tavern, Greenhills

🐎 3-course lunch

🐎 Glass of bubble son arrival

🐎 Mystery trifecta ticket

🐎 Lucky Door prize

🐎 Race on the big screen

🐎 Tickets $60 p/person

🐎 Bookings essential via: (02) 4933 3222

Grain Store, Newcastle

🐎Casual Cup Day event

🐎 Free entry and bookings welcome 🐎 Live Music with JJ King

🐎 Race on the big screen with sound 🐎 Sweeps

Great Northern Hotel, Newcastle

🐎 Art Deco Sports Bar has the only on-site TAB facility in Newcastle East

🐎 VIP Lunch with 3-course meal, free Aperol Spitz on arrival, 3.5 hour beverage package

🐎 The race will be shown on two big screens in the Main Bar and Sports Bar alongside 5+ screens throughout the venue

🐎 In-house sweepstakes

🐎 The Audio Collective performing their DJ, drums and saxophone performance after the race

🐎 DJs from 7pm - late

Greenroof Hotel, Hamilton

🐎 Outdoor area with bar

🐎 Cocktails and drinks specials

🐎 Free entry

🐎 TAB area

🐎 Live music with Howard from 2pm

🐎 Sweeps and Lucky Door prizes

🐎 Races on all TVs including Beer Garden and Courtyard

Holmesville Hotel, Holmesville

🐎 Fashions on the Field

🐎 3-course meal

🐎 Beer, wine or champagne on arrival

🐎 Sweeps

🐎 Prizes

🐎 Watch the race

🐎 $55 a ticket via: (02) 4953 2905

Hotel Delany, Newcastle

🐎 Melbourne Cup Lunch for 2

🐎 Schooner of any tap beer, cider, glass of sparkling, glass of house wine or glass of soft drin

🐎 $49 p/person via: (02) 4929 1627

Hotel Jesmond, Jesmond

🐎 Prizes for Best Dressed

🐎 $5 bubbly 12pm-3pm

🐎 TAB facilities

🐎 Race showing on two mega screens inside and out with surround sound

🐎 Bistro open all day

🐎 Bookings via: https://bit.ly/2odmUcR

Harrigan's, Pokolbin

🐎 Newly refurbished Sports bar and TAB

🐎 2-course menu and cocktail on arrival

🐎 Sweepstakes

🐎 Prizes for Best Dressed

🐎 Tickets $79 p/person

🐎 Bookings are essential on: (02) 4998 4084

Hunter River Hotel, East Maitland

🐎 Bistro open with full lunch and dinner menu, plus special $35 3-course Melbourne Cup option with three choices for Entree / Mains / Dessert 🐎 Live entertainment featuring Jackson Halliday from 2pm 🐎 Bistro Specials and cocktails 🐎 Best Dressed male / female / couple 🐎 Full TAB facilities 🐎 Loads of prizes to be won, including Melbourne Cup sweepstakes from 11am 🐎 Open from 8am 🐎 Book a table by calling (02) 4933 7244

Imperial Hotel, Maitland

🐎 Delectable menu

🐎 Drinks package

🐎 Live Music

🐎 Sweeps

🐎 Prizes for Best Dressed.

🐎 Tickets $80 p/person via: (02) 49336566

Iron Horse Inn, Cardiff

🐎 2-course luncheon

🐎 Drinks package $25 p/person for 2 hours - includes house wines, house beer, tea, coffee, and soft drinks

🐎 Book for 6 or more people and receive a free finger food platter

🐎 Live music with Tim Harding

🐎 Book on: (02) 4954 0994

Jewells Tavern, Jewells

🐎 Lawn Party

🐎 3-hour drinks and canape package

🐎 TAB

🐎 Prizes for Best Hat and Best Dressed

🐎 Lucky Door prizes

🐎 Sweeps

🐎 Live music with Phonic Trio from 3.30pm

🐎 Tickets $55 p/person

🐎 Book on: (02) 4948 9100

Junction Hotel, Junction

🐎 Event partners Moet and Chandon

🐎 Bespoke menu

🐎 Fashion

🐎 Prizes

🐎 Cocktails

🐎 Book via: https://tinyurl.com/y5x38slk

Junction Inn, Raymond Terrace

🐎 Sweeps

🐎 Drinks specials

Kent Hotel, Hamilton

🐎 Melbourne Cup Say After Party

🐎'Live music from 6pm till late with Matt McLaren band

🐎 Open until 3am

Lambton Park Hotel, Lambton

🐎 8 varieties of roaming canapés from 12pm-3pm

🐎 Glass of bubbles on arrival

🐎 Premium TAB facilities to place your bets

🐎 Live music following the race

🐎 Sweeps

🐎 Prizes for Best Dressed male and female, Most Photogenic Group

🐎 Lucky Door prizes

🐎 Cheese and fruit platters served post-race

🐎 Complimentary bottle of Mumm for every table booked with 4 or more people

🐎 Tickets $60 p/person

🐎 Bookings essential on: (02) 4956 1376