Whether you're looking for breakfast after the dawn ceremony, a place to have a drink with friends, or a place to take your chances on a game of two-up, AHA Newcastle Hunter has got you covered with our pubs guide for ANZAC Day 2018...
Newcastle
The Albion Hotel, Wickham
Open from 10am
Two-up from 12 noon
Bistro open from 12 noon
The Beach Hotel, Merewether
Two-Up from 1pm
Live music from 6pm
The Boatrowers Hotel, Stockton
Two-up from 1pm
Free sausage sizzle
The Burwood Inn, Merewether
Two-Up from 1pm
The Commonwealth Hotel, Cooks Hill
Serving breakfast and coffee from 5am
Two-up from 11am
The Cricketers Arms Hotel, Cooks Hill
ANZAC Day menu and drinks from 10am
Two-up from 11am
Yabbie racing from 1pm
The Crown & Anchor Hotel, Newcastle
Breakfast from 6am
Two-up from 12 noon
Exchange Hotel, Hamilton
Open from 10am
Two-up
NRL on the big screen
Good Time burgers
DJs after dark
The General Roberts Hotel, Lambton
Open from 10am
Bistro open from 12 noon
Two-up from 1pm
NRL on the big screen
The Greenroof Hotel, Hamilton
Open from 10am
Two-up from 11.30am
$5 tinnies
Soloist from 3pm
DJ from 6pm
Hotel Jesmond, Jesmond
Two-up from 11am
Free Sausage sizzle
NRL on the big screen
Drink specials all day
The Kent Hotel, Hamilton
Open from 7am
Two-up from 12 noon
Live music downstairs from 5.30pm
DJs upstairs from 6pm
The Lucky Hotel, Newcastle
Breakfast from 6am
Two-up from 12 noon
Live music with CRocQ from 5pm
Maryland Tavern, Maryland
Open from 10am
Two-up from 11am
Sausage sizzle from 12 noon
NRL on the big screen
Live music from 6pm
The Nags Head Hotel, Adamstown
Two-up from 12 noon
The Northumberland Hotel, Lambton
Two-up from 12.30pm
Variety fundraising barbecue and raffles
Live music with The Instigators from 4.30pm
The Premier Hotel, Broadmeadow
Open from 10am
Two-up from 1pm
Live music with Mark Wells Trio from 4pm
The Shaft Tavern, Wallsend
Open from 10am
Two-up
Barbecue lunch
The Shortland Hotel, Shortland
Two-up from 12 noon
Barbecue lunch
The Snake Gully Hotel, Lambton
Two-up from 12 noon
The Sydney Junction Hotel, Hamilton
Open from 10am
Two-up from 11am
Bistro from 11am
Redbull outdoor bar
Complimentary voucher for service men and women in uniform
The Wickham Park Hotel, Islington
Two-up from 11am
Live music with Tim Rossington from 5pm
Lake Macquarie
Caves Coastal Bar, Caves Beach
Two-up from 12 noon
NRL on the big screen from 4pm
Live music'
The Last Post played on the bugle at sundown
The Gunyah Hotel, Belmont
Open from 8am
Bistro open all day
Two-up from 11.30am
$5 VB tinnies
Gateshead Tavern, Gateshead
Courtesy bus from 11am
Two-up from 12 noon
Sausage sizzle from 12 noon
Jewells Tavern, Jewells
Free breakfast from 9am until 11am
Two-up from 12 noon
Sausage sizzle from 3pm
Live music from 5.30pm
Lake Macquarie Tavern, Mount Hutton
Two-up from 12 noon
Barbecue lunch
The Mattara Hotel, Charlestown
Two-up from 2pm
Aussie menu
$2 sausage sanga
$4 tinnies
The Royal Crown Hotel, Dudley
Free courtesy bus for veterans and their partners with one free beer and breakfast
Breakfast and coffee available from 6am for general public (at cost)
Two-up
The Sunnyside Tavern, Georgetown
Open from 10am
Two-up from 11am
$5 tinnies
Warners Bay Hotel, Warners Bay
Two-up from 12 noon
Port Stephens
Bull n' Bush Hotel, Medowie
Open from 6.30am
$15 Big Breakfast
Two-up from 1pm
The Junction Inn, Raymond Terrace
Open from 10am
Bistro and bar specials all day
Two-up from 12 noon
The Sea Breeze Hotel, Nelson Bay
Open from 5am
Barbecue breakfast on the balcony
Shoal Bay Country Club
Two-up from 12 noon
Live music all day
DJs all day
The Spinning Wheel Hotel, Raymond Terrace
Bistro open from 11am
Two-up from 12 noon
Live music with Chad Shuttleworth from 2pm
Tea Gardens Hotel, Tea Gardens
Two-up
Live music with Rubber Bullets from 4pm
Hunter Region
The Albion Hotel, Singleton
Open from 7am
Lunch from 11am
Two-up from 12 noon
NRL and AFL on the big screen
Live music with Shaka from 4pm
Courtesty bus running
The Australia Hotel, Cessnock
Live entertainment with Outerphase from 5pm
The Belmore Hotel, Maitland
Open from 10am
All-day Gunfire Breakfast (Diggers eat free)
Legacy Two-up from 12 noon
$5 Great Northerns all day ($1 per sale to Legacy)
The Bradford Hotel, Rutherford
Open from 10am
Two-up from 1pm
Outdoor arena and beer garden area
NRL games on the big screen
The Chelmsford Hotel, Kurri
Open from 5am
Sausage sizzle breakfast
Two-up from 10am
The Ellalong Hotel, Ellalong
Two-up
Barbecue lunch
Live music
The Erringhi Hotel, Clarencetown
Free breakfast
Bistro open all day
Two-up from 12 noon
The Imperial Hotel, Singleton
Open from 6am
Breakfast from 6am
Lunch from 11am
Two-up from 12 noon
Live music from 2pm
The Railway Hotel, Muswellbrook
Free sausage sizzle following the dawn service
Bistrop open from 11am
Two-up from 1.30pm
DJ from 5pm
The Royal Oak, Cessnock
Open from 6.30am
Shuttle bus to Cessnock ANZAC Day races
$5 rum and milk and schooners on the back deck until 12 noon
The Rutherford Hotel, Rutherford
Two-up from 12 noon
Jumping castle from 12 noon
Free barbecue from 2pm
Free soft drink for designated drivers
Live entertainment with Pistol Pete from 5pm
$1 from every Iron Jack Schooner goes to Legacy
Shenanigans at the Imperial, Maitland
Open from 8am
Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner
Special ANZAC Day menu
Two-up frim 1pm
The Windsor Castle Hotel, East Maitland
Open from 10am
Two-up from 1pm
Bistro open all day