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Newcastle and Hunter Gig Guide



WHAT'S ON AT YOUR LOCAL - THURSDAY, 30 AUGUST 2018


Anna Bay Tavern, Anna Bay

Saturday, Loose Bazooka


Argenton Hotel, Argenton

Friday, Felix Quinn. Saturday, Katie N Feff. Sunday, Prestige Inc.


Australia Hotel, Cessnock

Saturday, 2 To The Floor


Bar Petite, Newcastle

Friday, CrocQ. Saturday, Nano. Sunday, Ty Penshorn


The Beach Hotel, Merewether

Friday, Battle of the Bands. Sunday, The Col Tegg Experience


The Bellbird Hotel, Bellbird

Sunday, Greg McKew


The Belmont Hotel, Belmont

Friday, Snowblind


The Belmore Hotel, Maitland

Saturday, Sundays Record


Blackbutt Hotel, Lambton

Friday, The Way


The Bradford Hotel, Rutherford

Friday, Whiskey Business Duo. Saturday, Ash Mountain


Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle

Thursday, Pist Idiots, Totty, Smacked Youth. Saturday, 360, Pez (glass house), Phil Jamieson, Grace Turner (warehouse). Sunday, Discovery – Daft Punk tribute


Carrington Place, Carrington

Thursday, The Frenchman Street New Orleans Jazz Band


Catho Pub, Catherine Hill Bay

Saturday, Steve Geary. Sunday, The V Dubs


Caves Coastal Bar, Caves Beach

Friday, Elton John - The Young Years tribute


Clarendon Hotel, Newcastle

Friday, Zane Penn


The Colliery Inn, Wallsend

Friday, Pete G. Sunday, Zane Penn


The Commerical Hotel, Boolaroo

Friday, Ben Woodham

The Commerical Hotel, Morpeth

Friday, Layth Gunn. Saturday, The Way


Customs House, Newcastle

Friday, Matt McLaren. Saturday, Zachary Israel. Sunday, Lauren Arms


The Duke Of Wellington, Lambton

Friday, Bobby C. Saturday, Redline


Edgeworth Tavern, Edgeworth

Friday, Viagro. Saturday, Spank N The Monkey.


Exchange Hotel, Hamilton

Saturday, Lithium. Sunday, Loko


Family Hotel, Maitland

Friday, Reggie Sinclair


Finnegans, Newcastle

Saturday, Royal, Oh Webber, Extraordinate, Sonic, Gillecks, Josh Blair 

Gateshead Tavern, Gateshead

Friday, Loose Lips. Sunday, Outerphase


The George Tavern, Greenhills

Friday, Sami Cooke. Saturday, The New Cool


The Grainstore, Newcastle

Sunday, J.J King


The Grand Hotel, Newcastle

Tuesday, Daryl Aberhart Trio


The Great Northern Hotel, Teralba

Friday, Max Jackson.


The Gunyah Hotel, Belmont

Saturday, Triple Zero. Sunday, Paperboy


The Hamilton Station Hotel, Hamilton

Thursday, Movements (US), Eat Your Heart Out, Ambleside, Whatever, Forever (band room), Unsanitary Napkin (NZ), Canine, Boudicca, Necessary Vengeance (bar). Friday, Imprisoned, Ill Natured, Underminer, Burdened. Saturday, Brainfreeze, Endless, Burdened, Trenchknife. Sunday, JRR, Dog Dirt, Spencer Scott, Jim Dusty, Hazel, Sai Viejo


Harrigan's Irish Pub, Pokolbin

Friday, Shivoo. Sunday, Troy Kemp


Honeysuckle Hotel, Newcastle

Friday, SuperMoto Meet and Greet, Uptown. Sunday, Hurricane Fall


Horse and Jockey Hotel, Singleton

Friday, Kaylah Anne


Hotel Delany, Newcastle

Friday, Mark Wells. Saturday, Echo


Hotel Jesmond, Jesmond

Friday, Ryan Daley


The Junction Hotel, The Junction

Friday, Anyerin. Saturday, Cam Thornton


The Kent Hotel, Hamilton

Friday, State FX


The King Street Hotel, Newcastle

Friday, Hydraulix. Saturday, Mashd N Kutcher


Lake Macquarie Tavern, Mount Hutton

Friday, Larger Than Life


Lambton Park Hotel, Lambton

Friday, Dean Kyrwood


Lakeside Village Tavern, Raymond Terrace

Saturday, The Leadbellies


The Lass O’Gowrie, Wickham

Friday, Pornskas, The Outliers, Lonesome & Earnest, Playing in September. Saturday, Diplazar, The Velvet Addiction, Justin Bobby. Sunday, The Chesterfield Band, The Tall Stories


The Lochinvar Hotel, Lochinvar

Sunday, Reg Sinclair


The Lucky Hotel, Newcastle

Sunday, Reg Sinclair


The Mark Hotel, Lambton

Friday, Chelsea Berman


The Mary Ellen Hotel, Merewether

Friday, Dos Eager. Saturday, Felix Quinn. Sunday, Ben Travis


Maryland Tavern, Maryland

Saturday, Kazzie Duo


Mavericks On The Bay

Friday, Mardy Leith. Saturday, Max Jackson. Sunday, Matt McLaren


The Nag’s Head Hotel, Adamstown

Saturday, Zane Penn


The Neath Hotel, Neath

Saturday, Reg Sinclair


Newcastle Hotel, Islington

Friday, Jordan Burns / Deeper Fridays. Saturday, Made In Paris (motorik) Newy Saturdays


Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton

Friday, Codi Kaye. Saturday, Allon, Rooney West


Peden's Hotel, Cessnock

Saturday, Troy Kemp


Pippis At The Point, Speers Point

Friday, David McCredie, Beau Hatch. Saturday, Kristy James. Sunday, Max Jackson


Potters Brewery, Nulkaba

Friday, Matty G


The Premier Hotel, Broadmeadow

Sunday, Melbourne Street


Prince of Wales Hotel, Merewether

Friday, Brian McVernon. Saturday, Ngariki


Queens Wharf Hotel, Newcastle

Friday, Kylie Jane, Dr. Zoom Duo. Saturday, The Remedy


Royal Federal Hotel, Branxton

Saturday, Misbehave


The Royal Pub & Kitchen, Mururrundi

Sunday, Jarred Taylor


The Rutherford Hotel, Rutherford

Saturday, Pistol Pete


The Seabreeze Hotel, Nelson Bay

Friday, Overload. Saturday, The 3. Sunday, Matt Bowles


The Shaft Tavern, Elemore Vale

Friday, Trataka


Shenanigans at the Imperial, Maitland

Friday, Emily Smith. Saturday, Arcane


Shoal Bay Country Club, Shoal Bay

Thursday, Jon Stevens. Friday, Nano. Saturday, Daryl Braithwaite. Sunday, Little Cents


Shortland Hotel, Shortland

Friday, ROX Pianoman. Saturday, James Naldo


The Small Ballroom, Islington

Saturday, Made In Paris, Harry Michel, Rinse & Wax


The Spinning Wheel Hotel, Raymond Terrace

Friday, Todd Schmoo


The Stag and Hunter Hotel, Mayfield

Friday, Valvewire, Hey Universe. Saturday, Marz. Sunday, Passport To Airlie Heat Four


Swansea Hotel, Swansea

Friday, Lennie Live


Tea Gardens Hotel, Tea Gardens

Saturday, Phil McKnight


The Toronto Hotel, Toronto

Friday, Redline. Sunday, ROX Pianoman


Victoria Hotel, Hinton

Saturday, Anthony Lee. Sunday, Karen O’Shea


Warners at the Bay, Warners Bay

Friday, Anthony Lee. Saturday, Shaka


Warners Bay Hotel, Warners Bay

Saturday, Big Night Out


The Wickham Park Hotel, Wickham

Friday, The Dirt Track Demons. Saturday, Sunhill Drive, The Radiators, Them Wild Oats. Sunday, Buzzard Mix, Roy Payne's Hillbilly Bop Safari





OTHER EVENTS AT OUR PUBS INCLUDE:


THURSDAY, 30 AUGUST


Uni Thursdays at Hotel Jesmond

Free BBQ at 6pm sharp. Members draw from 6pm - 8pm. Footy on the big screen. $100 Floor Draw. free pool + comp. Cheap drinks. Free bus now with tracker with the Jeso app. DJs from 8pm


Goose Island Beer Dinner at the Lucky

The Goose has landed at The Lucky Hotel! On Thursday, 30 August the Lucky is holding its first ever Goose Island Beer Dinner. $75 pp includes four courses + four Matched Goose Island Beers! Limited tickets available for this exclusive event. Be sure to snap one up while you can!


FRIDAY, 31 AUGUST


Open-Mic Night at The Shaft Tavern

ARE YOU.... An aspiring Alan Jackson? A promising Pink? A budding Beyonce? A fledgling Fleetwood Mac Then get to the Shaft Tavern Elermore Vale. Keen to hear your songs in big sound with a band? Or maybe just come jam with some fellow musicians? There will be a house band with guitar and keys provided but feel free to rock out on stage solo as well. All genres welcome, originals encouraged. Bring on the vibes the musicians and more importantly the music!!!

House band: Eddy Tolhurst- Guitar, Violin Mick Rippon- Double Bass Lucas Newitt- Drums Also provided: Keys and Guitar Signup: 7.30pm Friday Knock Off at Hotel Delany

Every Friday evening from 3:30pm-6:00pm. Pre-order a $40 platter selection before Thursday 4pm, every offer is accompanied by a complimentary bottle of sparking or bucket of Coronas.


SATURDAY, 1 SEPTEMBER


Savannah's Boys Beards for Hope Spring Clean at Australia Hotel

Please join Savannah’s Boys at the Australia Hotel as they celebrate the end of Beard Season and shave their beards for a fantastic cause. Head along and have a bit of fun. There will be: • The great shave for each of the boys • Our major raffles will be drawn • A raffle of goods donated from local businesses • Meat tray raffles

Savannah’s Boys have been raising much needed funds for Bears of Hope in their Beards of Hope campaign. All funds raised are donated to Bears of Hope Pregnancy and Infant Loss in honour of Savannah Mackenzie Relf.

Crumb Catchers Beards of Hope - Great shave at Calendonia Hotel

All those fine beards grown during the winter months for Bears of Hope, will be coming off faster than a sheep fleece! The great shave off will commence at 5.00 pm. Join in to celebrate and have a few drinks and watch these hairy men as they see their faces for the first time in 3 months! Plenty of fun laughs, raffles and auctions!!


Going Country for the Bush at Hotel Wangi

Help Aussie farmers during these tough times by heading to Hotel Wangi for a night of live music and country style fun to raise funds for a great cause! Go dressed in your best flanno – prizes for the most impressive get up! Live music from 7:00pm starting with some local stars of the future with Lili Crane Music, Finnian Johnson and Chelsea Berman getting the party started. Then ARIA #1 Australian Country Artist & Golden Guitar Winner Kirsty Lee Akers will be keeping the party going till late with her band.

There will be a raffle with over $2,500 worth of prizes kindly donated by local businesses. Entry is FREE but this is a fundraiser and visitors are encouraged to donate whatever they can afford to help the Rural Aid 'Buy A Bale' campaign. Just drop it in the collection buckets. A bucking bull will be set up out the back from 7pm – give it a go!


WEDNESDAY, 29 August


Student Night at Customs House

$12 Draught Jugs and $5 House Spirits


Student Night at The Argyle House

Free entry for students and $5 drinks all night.


 

WEEKLY EVENTS


KARAOKE

Thursday, 30 August

  • The Rutherford Hotel from 8.30pm


Friday, 31 August

  • The Belmore Hotel, Maitland from 8pm


Saturday, 1 September

  • The Ocean View Hotel, Dudley from 7pm

  • The Station Hotel, Kurri - second Saturday of the month


Sunday, 2 September

  • Hotel Beatty, East Gresford from 2pm


Wednesday, 5 September

  • Peden's Hotel, Cessnock from 8pm

 

POKER

Thursday, 30 August

  • Jewells Tavern, Jewells from 6pm


Friday, 31 August

  • Bellbird Hotel, Bellbird from 7pm


Monday, 3 September

  • Boatrowers Hotel, Stockton from 7pm

  • Junction Inn Hotel, Raymond Terrace from 6pm

  • Shoal Bay Country Club, Shoal Bay


Tuesday, 4 September

  • Anna Bay Tavern, Anna Bay

  • Belmont Hotel, Belmont from 7pm

  • Rutherford Hotel, Rutherford from 7pm


Wednesday, 5 August

  • The Belmore Hotel, Maitland from 6.30pm

  • Hotel Jesmond, Jesmond from 7pm

  • The Kent Hotel, Hamilton from 7.30pm

  • The Regal Hunter Hotel, Tenambit from 7pm

 

RAFFLES

Thursday, 30 August

  • Abermain Hotel, Abermain - drawn at 7pm

  • Australia Hotel, Cessnock from 10am

  • Belmont Hotel, Belmont - drawn at 7.30pm

  • The Boatrowers Hotel, Stockton

  • The Duke of Wellington Hotel, Lambton from 7pm

  • Gateshead Tavern, Gateshead from 6pm

  • Great Northern Hotel, Teralba from 6pm

  • The Gunyah Hotel, Belmont - drawn at 6.30pm

  • Hunter River Hotel, East Maitland from 6pm

  • The Junction Inn Tavern, Raymond Terrace from 6pm

  • The Lochinvar Hotel, Lochinvar - drawn at 7.30pm

  • Shortland Hotel, Shortland

  • The Spinning Wheel Hotel, Raymond Terrace from 5.30pm

  • Tattersalls Hotel, Greta - drawn at 7pm

  • Toronto Hotel, Toronto from 5.30pm


Friday, 31 August

  • Bellbird Hotel, Bellbird from 6pm

  • The Belmore Hotel, Maitland from 6.30pm

  • Bushrangers Bar & Brasserie, Largs

  • The Coach & Horses Hotel, Maitland from 5.30pm

  • The Colliery Inn, Wallsend - drawn at 8pm

  • The Cricketers Arms Hotel, Cooks Hills

  • The Duke of Wellington Hotel, Lambton from 7pm

  • Edgeworth Tavern, Edgeworth from 5pm

  • Erringhi Hotel, Clarence Town from 7.30pm

  • Gates Hotel, Adamstown from 5.45pm

  • Gateshead Tavern, Gateshead from 5.30pm

  • Hotel Cessnock, Cessnock from 6pm

  • Hotel Jesmond, Jesmond from 6pm

  • The Junction Inn Tavern, Raymond Terrace from 7pm

  • The Lass O'Gowrie Hotel, Wickham from 6pm

  • The Maryville Tavern, Maryland - drawn at 6.30pm

  • The Prince of Wales Hotel, Merewether from 5pm

  • The Regal Hunter Hotel, Tenambit from 6pm

  • The Rutherford Hotel, Rutherford from 6pm

  • Salamander Tavern, Salamander Bay from 5pm

  • The Shaft Tavern, Elemore Vale - drawn at 7pm

  • Shortland Hotel, Shortland

  • The Spinning Wheel Hotel, Raymond Terrace from 5.30pm

  • The Station Hotel, Kurri from 7pm

  • The George Tavern, Greenhills from 5pm

  • Lake Macquarie Tavern, Mount Hutton from 5.30pm

  • The Mark Hotel, Lambton from 6pm

  • The Windsor Castle Hotel, Maitland from 6pm


Saturday, 1 September

  • Bay Hotel Motel, Bonnells Bay from from 3pm - 5pm

  • The Boatrowers Hotel, Stockton

  • Hotel Wangi, Wangi from 3pm


Sunday, 2 September

  • The Boatrowers Hotel, Stockton


Wednesday, 5 September

  • Bellbird Hotel, Bellbird from 6pm

  • Bushrangers Bar & Brasserie, Largs

  • The Duke of Wellington Hotel, Lambton from 7pm

  • The Lemon Grove Hotel, Wallsend from 6pm

  • The Mark Hotel, Lambton from 6pm

  • Peden's Hotel, Cessnock from 7pm

  • Shoal Bay Country Club, Shoal Bay from 4pm

  • The Station Hotel, Kurri from 6pm

  • The Sunnyside Tavern, Broadmeadow from 6pm


TRIVIA


Thursday, 30 August

  • Anna Bay Tavern, Anna Bay

  • The Clarendon Hotel, Newcastle from 7.30pm

  • The Duke of Wellington Hotel, Lambton from 7pm

  • The Iron Horse Inn, Cardiff

  • Salamander Tavern, Salamander Bay from 7pm

  • The Seven Seas Hotel, Carrington from 7pm

  • Shoal Bay Country Club, Shoal Bay from 7pm

  • The Mark Hotel, Lambton from 7pm

  • The Windsor Castle Hotel, Maitland from 7.30pm


Monday, 3 September

  • The Greenroof Hotel, Hamilton from 7pm

  • Lemon Grove Hotel, Wallsend from 6pm


Tuesday, 4 September

  • Belmont Hotel, Belmont from 7pm

  • Bushranger Bar & Brasserie, Largs from 7pm

  • Caves Coastal Bar, Caves Beach from 6.30pm

  • The Colliery Inn, Wallsend from 7pm

  • The Cricketers Arms Hotel, Cooks Hill

  • The Criterion Pub & Kitchen, Carrington from 7pm

  • The George Tavern, Greenhills from 7pm

  • The General Roberts Hotel, New Lambton from 7pm

  • Hotel Jesmond, Jesmond from 7pm

  • Hunter River Hotel, East Maitland from 7pm

  • Jewells Tavern, Jewells from 6.30pm

  • Junction Inn Tavern, Raymond Terrace from 7pm

  • Maryville Tavern, Maryville from 7pm

  • Pippi's at the Point

  • The Prince of Wales, Merewether from 7.30pm

  • The Royal Crown Hotel, Dudley from 7pm

  • The Shaft Tavern, Elemore Vale from 7pm

  • The Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield from 7pm

  • The Sydney Junction Hotel, Hamilton from 7pm


Wednesday, 5 September

  • The Albion Hotel, Wickham from 7pm

  • The Blackbutt Hotel, Lambton from 7pm

  • The Boatrowers Hotel, Stockton from 7pm

  • The Burwood Inn, Merewether from 7.30pm

  • The Crown & Anchor Hotel, Newcastle from 6pm

  • Edgeworth Tavern, Edgeworth from 7pm

  • The Gunyah Hotel, Belmont from 7pm

  • The Kent Hotel, Hamilton from 7.30pm

  • The Lass O' Gowrie Hotel, Wickham from 7pm

  • The Mattara Hotel, Charlestown from 7pm

  • The Nag's Head Hotel, Adamstown from 7.30pm

  • The Premier Hotel, Broadmeadow from 7pm



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