{"id":5331,"date":"2020-03-03T16:43:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T16:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=5331"},"modified":"2020-03-03T16:43:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T16:43:24","slug":"bumper-weekend-of-events-may-attract-thousands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/03\/03\/bumper-weekend-of-events-may-attract-thousands\/","title":{"rendered":"Bumper weekend of events may attract thousands"},"content":{"rendered":"

The City will come alive this weekend with Newcastle hosting multiple major events including world class sport, live music and family entertainment.
\nThere will be no shortage of things to do from Friday, with the Newcastle Show, Matildas versus Vietnam, Surfest final, The Drop music festival and Barrelled Food and Wine Festival expected to attract tens of thousands of visitors.
\n\"Crowd-(1).jpg\"Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said the bumper weekend would provide an economic boost for the city while demonstrating Newcastle\u2019s growing reputation as an \u2018event city\u2019.
\n\u201cAs thousands of visitors stream into Newcastle for the weekend, we\u2019re poised to show-off our spectacular natural coastline, outstanding sporting facilities, and showstopping entertainment and cultural scene,\u201d the Lord Mayor said.
\nThe Matildas Australian women\u2019s football team will vie for a ticket to Tokyo on Friday as they take on Vietnam at McDonald Jones Stadium in the first of two Olympic qualifying matches.
\n\u201cCity of Newcastle has been a strong supporter of women\u2019s football, and we can\u2019t wait to host the Matildas again at McDonald Jones Stadium,\u201d Cr Nelmes said.
\n\u201cI encourage all Novocastrians to show their support by turning out to the match to cheer on our hometown star Emily van Egmond and the team as they shoot for Olympic glory.
\n\u201cInternationally, we\u2019re attracting more major events, as showcased by the recent Asian Cup, Wallabies announcement and yet another Matildas fixture.\u201d
\nMerewether Beach will be a hive of activity as the iconic Surfest celebrates its 35th<\/sup>\u00a0year on Newcastle\u2019s sporting calendar. The event is the largest surfing festival in the southern hemisphere with over 850 national and international male and female competitors taking to Merewether Beach\u2019s world-renowned waves.
\nAcross town The Newcastle Show is set to deliver family fun from Friday to Sunday with rides and amusements, livestock parades, show jumping and various attractions such as speedway and motocross cars at Newcastle Showground. The long running event offers three days of entertainment with marching bands, fireworks, an agriculture pavilion, exhibition centre, a mini cinema and sideshow alley.
\nSurfest affiliated event Barrelled Food, Wine and Beer Festival will feature a fantastic line up of Hunter Valley wine producers, food from quality local restaurants as well as craft brewers in Jefferson Park alongside the action at Merewether Beach.
\nThe good vibes will continue with The Drop Festival attracting hit Aussie artists to Empire Park for an event dedicated to the community, culture and a shared love of the ocean. The all ages annual music festival follows the World Surf League Championship League.
\nFor more information about the weekend\u2019s events, visit\u00a0<\/strong>www.visitnewcastle.com.au\/whats-on<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Newcastle Show<\/strong>
\n6,7,8 March
\nNewcastle Showground<\/td>\n		Surfest<\/strong>
\nFriday-Sunday 6-8 March
\nMerewether Beach<\/td>\n		Barrelled Food Wine and Beer Festival<\/strong>
\nSaturday-Sunday 7-8 March
\nJefferson Park Merewether<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matildas v Vietnam<\/strong>
\nFriday 6 March
\nMcDonald Jones Stadium<\/td>\n		The Drop Music Festival<\/strong>
\nSaturday 7 March
\nEmpire Park, Bar Beach<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The City will come alive this weekend with Newcastle hosting multiple major events including world class sport, live music and family entertainment. There will be no shortage of things to do from Friday, with the Newcastle Show, Matildas versus Vietnam, Surfest final, The Drop music festival and Barrelled Food and Wine Festival expected to attract … Continue reading “Bumper weekend of events may attract thousands”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}