Entertainment: The crowd enjoying last year's Ocean Rhythms Festival at Old Bar. The event is on again this Saturday.
What's on in the Manning, Great Lakes and Gloucester areas.
All weekend
- Art exhibitions – Studio Spaces of the Mid North Coast and The Amber Rooms. Free Gallery open Wednesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm and Sunday 1pm to 4pm.
- Art exhibition – Featuring the work of local artist Jean Buettel, at Gloucester Gallery, 25 Denison Street, Gloucester. Entry free. Open Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm, Sunday 10am to 1pm. Closes Sunday.
Friday
- Rudi's Market, 8am to 2pm, corner of Bushland Drive and Kanangra Drive, Taree.
- Learn to make beeswax wraps at Forster Library, 10.30am to 12.30pm, age 10 plus. Free.
- Smurfs Screening at Wingham Library, 10.30am to 12.15pm. All ages, parents must supervise children aged 5 yrs and under. Free.
Saturday
- Ocean Rhythms Festival, 11am to 10pm, at Old Bar Airfield. Children under 12 free when accompanied by ticket-holding adult.
- Forster Farmers Market, 8am to noon, at Forster Visitor Centre, Little Street, Forster.
- The Hub Markets, 8am to noon, Taree Showground, Muldoon Street, Taree.
- Tea Gardens Village Markets, 9am to 1pm, Myall Quays Shopping Centre, Tea Gardens.
- Scraps to Soil Workshops - Cundletown, 3.30pm to 5.30pm, a registration fee of $20 per participant applies, at Cundletown Community Garden, Main Street, Cundletown.
- A Night with the Bowden Boys - Gloucester, 7.30pm to 11pm, fundraiser for Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service, Gloucester Soldiers Memorial Club, Gloucester. Cost $25.
- Saturday Arvo at the Flicks, at Wards River Community Hall, Gloucester, with the screening of the Australian classic movie The Fourth Wish (1976) starring John Meillon. Admission is free; afternoon tea $6. Fundraiser for the Wards River Progress Association.
Sunday
- Old Bar Markets, 7am to 1pm, Old Bar Reserve, Old Bar Road, Old Bar.
- Giant clearance auction of unique and vintage items, 10am at Taree Showground, with 650 quality lots for sale.
- The Great Lakes Food Trail, 10am to 4pm, showcasing a group of like-minded producers and providers who open their properties to the public. For more details go to www.greatlakesfoodtrailnsw.com.au
- Mondrook Markets, 9am to 3pm, at Mondrook Hall, Mondrook.
