TODAY
• Year of the Slade, 9pm-2am, The Old Stone Butter Factory, 8 Butter Factory Lane, Whangarei.
• Sink or Swim, 5.30pm-8.30pm, The Old Stone Butter Factory, 8 Butter Factory Lane, Whangarei.
• Turner Centre Jazz Club - Jazz Attack 4, 5pm-8pm, Turner Centre, 43 Cobham Rd, Kerikeri, Bay of Islands.
• Adam McGrath's Roaring Days, 7.30pm, Riverbank Centre, Whangarei.
• Public Roller Skating, 6.30pm, Portland Recreation Centre, Whangarei.
• Improv Theatresports - Fun Jam Sessions, 6.30pm, OneOneSix, Whangarei.
SATURDAY
• "it!" Bay of Islands Food and Wine Festival, 11am-6pm, Village Green, 60 Marsden Rd, Paihia, Bay of Islands.
• Northland vs Waikato, from midday with game at 2.35pm, Northland Events Centre, Whangarei.
• Live Music from I See Red, 8pm-11pm, Thirty30, 16, Kings Road, Paihia, Bay of Islands.
• Uce Juice, 8pm, Ruakaka Tavern, Marsden Point Rd, Ruakaka, Bream Bay, Whangarei District.
• Settlers Day, 9.30am-4pm, The Kauri Museum, 5 Church Rd RD1, Matakohe, Kaipara.
• Moondogs Blues Some Poor Fools, 8pm, The Old Stone Butter Factory, Whangarei.
• Creative Writing Workshop - From Inspiration to Publication, 10am-3pm, Dargaville Town Hall, 37 Hokianga Rd, Dargaville, Kaipara.
• Ethel Mckeown Memorial Show, 10am-2pm, Saint John's Golden Church Centre, 149 Kamo Rd, Kensington, Whangarei.
• Roller Disco, 7pm, Parua Bay Community Centre, 1347 Whangarei Heads Rd, Parua Bay, Whangarei Heads, Whangarei District.
• Antique & Collectables Fair, 10am, Table Tennis Northland Inc., Kensington Park, Western Hills Drive, Whangarei.
• Growing Pains: A Cabaret, 2.30pm, Otamatea Repertory Theatre, Maungaturoto, Kaipara.
• Paparoa Farmer's Market, 9am, Paparoa Village Green, Paparoa, Kaipara.
• Mangonui Craft Market, 9am, Mangonui Hall, Doubtless Bay, Far North.
• Childrens Craft Class, 10am, Northland Arts Centre, Whangarei.
SUNDAY
• Oh What A Night!, 7.30pm, Turner Centre, Kerikeri, Bay of Islands.
• Mangapai Antiques & Collectables Market, 9am, Mangapai Hall, Whangarei.
• Sunday Jazz, 2pm, Whangarei Golf Club, Whangarei.
• Mangapai Hall Summer Markets, 9am, Mangapai Hall, Whangarei.
• Sunday Salsa Night, 4.30pm, Whangarei RSA, Whangarei.
• Sunday Market, 6.30am, Cnr Wanaka St and Denby Cres, Whangarei.
• Storytelling and Felting Workshop, 10am, Northland Arts Centre, Whangarei.
COMING UP
• School Holiday Fun, Monday, October 1 to Friday October, 12, 10am-4pm, Kiwi North Museum, Kiwi House & Heritage Park, 500 State Highway 14, Maunu, Whangārei.
• Oh What A Night!, Monday, October 8, 7.30pm, Forum North.
• Animenz & Theishter Live 2018, Monday, October 8, 7pm, Octagon Theatre.
• School Holiday Programme, Monday, October 8 to Friday, October 12, 10am-1pm, Waitangi Treaty Grounds, 1 Tau Henare Drive, Paihia, Bay of Islands
• Spring Into Nature School Holiday Programme, Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays until October 11, 10am, Central Library.
• School Holiday Clay, Kathryn Batchelor's kids clay days. Wednesday October 3, Thursday October 4, 9.30-11.30am, Quarry Arts Centre, Selwyn Ave. Bookings 4381215.
• Teen Breakfast Club, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday until October 12, 9.30am-12pm, Central Library.
• True? Short Story Collection - Book Launch, Wednesday, October 10, 6pm, The Old Stone Butter Factory.
• Dirty Word, Wednesday, October 10, 7pm, The Old Stone Butter Factory.
• Beginning Your Eco Journey, Thursday, October 11, 5.30pm, The Old Stone Butter Factory.
• Lawn Bowls, 9.30am, Coopers Beach Bowling & Social Club, Doubtless Bay, Far North.
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