TODAY
• The Rod Stewart Tribute Show, 8.30pm-11.30pm, The Pioneer Bar & Restaurant, 2 Skippers Lane, Waipapa, Kerikeri, Bay of Islands.
• Dirtiest Word - National Poetry Day Spoken Word Open Mic, 7pm, The Old Stone Butter Factory, Whangārei.
• Live Music From Haylee, 6pm-9pm, Thirty30, 16 Kings Rd, Paihia, Bay of Islands.
• Aroha Music Society - Richard Mapp, 7.30pm-9.30pm, Turner Centre, 43 Cobham Rd, Kerikeri, Bay of Islands.
• NZ National Powerlifting Championship, 9am-5pm, 7 Rust Ave, Whangārei.
• QAC Open Ceramics Award 2018, 5.30pm, The Quarry Arts Centre, 21 Selwyn Ave, Whangārei, Northland.
SATURDAY
• Coppelia, 11am and 6.30pm, Turner Centre, 43 Cobham Rd, Kerikeri, Bay of Islands.
• An Evening Of Sing and Swing, 7pm-10pm, Whangārei Rock N Roll Club, William Fraser Memorial Park, Riverside Drive, Whangārei.
• Hine Kihāwai, 1pm-2pm, Terenga Paraoa Marae, 10 Porowini Ave, Whangārei.
• CAJD, 8pm-11pm, The Old Stone Butter Factory, 8 Butter Factory Lane, Whangārei.
• Doubtless Bay Market, 9am-1pm, Doubtless Bay Christian Centre, SH10, Mangonui, Doubtless Bay, Far North.
• Car Boot Sale, 7am-12pm, Cornerstone - Whare Karakia o Manako, 144 Kerikeri Rd, Kerikeri, Bay of Islands.
• Mangonui Craft Market, 9am-2pm, Mangonui Hall, 132 Waterfront Drive, Mangonui, Doubtless Bay, Far North.
• Paparoa Farmer's Market, 9am-12pm, Paparoa Village Green, State Highway 12, Paparoa, Kaipara.
• Magnolia Flowering Fundraising Extravaganza, 9am-4pm, 37 Proctor Rd, Poroti, Maungatapere 0179, New Zealand
• NZ National Powerlifting Championship, 9am-5pm, 7 Rust Ave, Whangārei.
• Northland Open Table Tennis Championships: Seniors, 9am, Northland Table Tennis Centre, Western Hills Drive, Whangārei.
SUNDAY
• Coppelia, 2pm, Turner Centre, 43 Cobham Rd, Kerikeri, Bay of Islands.
• Northland vs Auckland, 4.35pm, Northland Events Centre, Okara Park, Okara Drive, Whangārei.
• Open Mic - Jam Night, 7pm-10pm, Thirty30, 16 Kings Rd, Paihia, Bay of Islands.
• Tikipunga Market, 6.30am-11.30am, Tikipunga Tavern, cnr Wanaka St and Derby Cres, Whangārei.
• Peter Williams Medium, 2pm-4.30pm, Forum North, Rust Ave, Whangārei.
• Poetry Open Mic, 1.30pm-4pm, Kings Theatre Creative, 80 Gillies St, Kawakawa, Bay of Islands.
• Magnolia Flowering Fundraising Extravaganza, 9am-4pm, 37 Proctor Rd, Poroti, Maungatapere 0179, New Zealand
• Community Planting Day, 10am-1pm, end of Whau Valley Rd, Whangārei.
• NZ National Powerlifting Championship, 9am-5pm, 7 Rust Ave, Whangārei.
• Northland Open Table Tennis Championships: Juniors, 9am, Northland Table Tennis Centre, Western Hills Drive, Whangārei.
COMING UP
• Zumba With Del, Monday, August 27 and Tuesday, August 28, Kamo War Memorial Hall, Whangārei.
• Mangakahia Yoga, Monday, August 27, 6pm, Mangakahia Sports Complex, Maungatapere, Whangārei District.
• Yoga for Young People, Monday, August 27, 4pm, Yoga Soma, Whangārei.
• Get Away From Me, Tuesday, August 28, 6pm-8.30pm, St Andrews Church, cnr Bank and Hunt St, Whangārei.
• Winter Quiz Nights, Thursday, August 30, 5.30pm, Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Paihia, Bay of Islands.
• Cooking Healthy Food On a Tight Budget, Thursday, August 30, 10.30am, Cornerstone - Whare Karakia o Manako, Kerikeri, Bay of Islands
• Professional Speaking Course, Thursday, August 30, 6pm, Multicultural Whangārei, Whangārei.
Want to see your Northland event listed here? Email reporters@northernadvocate.co.nz.