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Festival weekend: Dashville, Bloc Fest & Off The Rails

Amyl & The Sniffers will headline Off The Rails at the Bar On The Hill on Saturday. Picture by Sylvia Liber

WEDNESDAY

Cardboard Castles - Hamilton Station Hotel

THURSDAY

Boy & Bear, with Stumps - Civic Theatre

Ben Ottewell & Ian Bell (UK) - Lizotte's

Mitch James (NZ), with Cassie Henderson - King Street

Dan Graney & The Coral Snakes - Dashville

JB Paterson - Stag & Hunter Hotel

Bloodmouth, with Volatile Ways, Succ, Spat Out - Hamilton Station Hotel (band room)

Chamber Lane, IV, Mangrove, Demi - Hamilton Station Hotel (front bar)

FRIDAY

Dashville Skyline ft. Hiss Golden Messenger (USA), William Crighton, Jenny Don't & The Spurs, Hussy Hicks, Queenie, JB Paterson, Good Corn Liquor, T.C Jones, Kingsley James - Dashville

The Soul Movers, with The Appointments, Elestial - Hamilton Station Hotel

Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase ft. Heath Franklin, Cam Knight, Steph Broadbridge, Fady Kassab, Cameron Duggan, Jess Fuchs, Patrick Golamco - Civic Theatre

The Billy Idol Experience and The Look Roxette Show - Lizotte's

SATURDAY

US Americana band Hiss Golden Messenger will perform at Dashville Skyline on Friday and Saturday as part of their maiden Australian tour. Picture supplied

Off The Rails Festival ft. Amyl & The Sniffers, Private Function, RVG, Full Flower Moon Band, Southeast Desert Metal, Raave Tapes, Dust - Bar On The Hill

Dashville Skyline ft. Vika and Linda & The Bullettes, Hiss Golden Messenger (USA), Willie J & The Bad Books, Sweet Talk, The Settlement, Jenny Mitchell, John Flanagan & more - Dashville

Ben Gillies and Chris Joannou Love & Pain book launch - Civic Theatre

Free For All, ft. Slapjack, Camino Gold, Butterknife, Grace Aberhart, But Anyway - Hamilton Station Hotel

The Rions - King Street

Still Got the Blues The Gary Moore Experience - Lizotte's

SUNDAY

West Best Bloc Fest returns on Sunday with 100 local acts performing across venues in Newcastle West. Picture supplied

West Best Bloc Fest

King Street: Bum Bag, Rum Jungle, Bloody Hell, Where's Jimmy?, Le Poetes Pop, Camino Gold, Teddie, Amy Vee, Fungas, The Med Heads, Dead Mall, Telurian, Lamphead & more

Family Hotel: Turpentine Babycino, Atlas Franklin Alexander, Well?, Drugs In Sport, Maicey, Trip Fandino, The Tryouts, Nana Klumpp & more

Rogue Scholar: Fettuccine, Boudicca, Baam Bam, The Pitts, Turtle Custard, NTL Landmarks, Soda Simulator & more

West Best Bloc Fest's timetable.

Jam's Backyard: Spuz, SF Wrens, Sitting Down, Cormac Grant Band, Sunbiirds, William John Jnr, Abbi Yeo Band, Piper Butcher & more

Happy Wombat: Butterknife, Photo Of The Moon, The Outliers, Not Good Not Bad, ChaiChester & more

Bernie's Bar: Soyboy, Inimata, The Howlin' Rats, Dead Beat Dad Bod, Slapjack, Jacob Ridgeway, James Thomson & more

Papa's Bagels: Chain Daisy, Phoenix Pritchard, Georgie Winchester & more

Dashville Skyline ft. Tim Rogers & The Twin Set, Dashville Progress Society, Karen Lee Andrews, Van Walker & The Ferriters, Watty Thompson, Babitha, Jack Davies, Lady Lyon, Magpie Diaries & more - Dashville

River Of Snakes, with Rubbernecker, LauraPanic, The Leftards, Jamie Hay & Liam White, Boney Bones & The Skeleton Crew - Hamilton Station Hotel

Best of CCR Neil Young & Tom Petty ft. The Sicarios - Lizotte's

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