DUBBO: Old Dubbo Gaol Haunted Horror Night - Get your friends together for a terrifying walk through our Haunted Gaol House.If you make it out alive, grab your blankets and pillows and huddle together and watch one of our Outdoor Cinema Sessions. We have a family session and an adults only session so book online now for our early-bird discount and be prepared to be scared.Costumes are encouraged and prizes for best dressed will be given on the night. Click here for more info. 

DUBBO: Wayne Scott Kermond in Candy Man at Dubbo Regional Theatre & Convention Centre starting at 8pm. Cost Adult $58, Conc $53, Group 8+ $48, Stud $30, Child U/14 $25. A high energy, sophisticated song and dance experience that celebrates the life and music of Sammy Davis Jr.: the ultimate entertainer. Wayne takes the audience on a journey, paralleled to his own, through the legendary career of the ultimate entertainer in vaudeville, Las Vegas nightclubs, concert halls, musicals, film and television. He is joined on stage by a 7-piece Big Band, a cast of Sydney Musical Theatre Dancers, plus a junior choir and senior dance students handpicked from the dance schools in Dubbo.

DUBBO: Much Ado About Nothing - Held at Wesley Community Centre starting at 7:30pm. Tickets are $17. This abridged version of William Shakespeare's winning comedy will prove a whole bunch of fun - especially when moved from sunny Genoa and into a long hot Orana Region summer. RFS volunteers must deal with different kinds of fire as they party, flirt fall in love and fight on the banks of the Macquarie River. Will we ever see a bachelor of thirty again? Will true love fail before barefaced deceit? Come along and find out! 

DUBBO: Dubbo Farmers Markets at Macquarie Lions Park from 8am-12 noon. The Dubbo Farmers Markets is a showcase of the region’s produce, fresh from the soils and water basins of the Macquarie Valley and beyond. The wet weather venue for the Farmers Markets is the RSL Club Resort Carpark - located in Brisbane St.

DUBBO: Derby Day: The social event of the season is here. Make sure you're decked out in black and white to take on the judges for the Myer Fashions on the Field. Derby Day is not just a day to socialise and show off your best fashion, there's also some horse racing! Derby Day at Dubbo Turf Club will be a six-race meeting and there is sure to be plenty of excitement the track with four of country NSW's most successful jockeys this year in attendance. The likes of Matthew Cahill, Greg Ryan, Glenn Lynch and Kody Nestor will all be in attendance and sure to provide some thrilling finishes. The first race jumps at 2.12pm and the last at 5.57pm.

DUBBO: Cricket - For those of you who don't feel like making the trip to the racecourse, why not find a nice tree to camp under at one of the many cricket grounds around town. In Whitney Cup action there are three intriguing game splaying out with Rugby today defending the 299 they scored against Macquarie at No. 3 Oval, CYMS (3/22) looking for their breakthrough win against Souths (191) at No. 2 Oval and RSL Colts resuming at 0-15 in reply to Newtown's 256. There is also plenty of lower grade matches in what is sure to be another top quality weekend of local cricket.

DUBBO: Hilltop Hoods - Cosby Sweater Tour at the Ollie Robbins Oval. Gates Open 5:30pm, Show 7:30pm. Tickets: $67.29 +booking fee. Undertaking their first headline tour since 2012, HILLTOP HOODS are ready to bring their brand new show and album to the masses and will be visiting capital cities and regional areas across Australia to perform tracks from the incendiary new album ‘Walking Under Stars’ alongside their classic crowd favourites. 

DUBBO: Harness Racing - If Saturday's Derby Day wasn't enough racing for one weekend then head to Dubbo Showground for a seven-race meeting. Fresh from picking up a major prize at the Harness Racing NSWAwards night, Dubbo Harness Racing Club is sure to be on another fantastic meeting with many of the regions best trainers and drivers going head-to-head. The action on the track begins at 1.31pm with the last race at 5.18pm.

DUBBO: Strings in Spring - A Musical High Tea. At Dundullimal Homestead from 2pm - 4pm.  Cost Adults: $35 National Trust members, Parents of student performers, Concessions: $30 Children 12 yrs & under $15. A relaxing afternoon of fine music and food at Dubbo’s historic National Trust property. Featuring delightful chamber music for violin, cello and piano performed by students and staff from Macquarie Conservatorium, plus a delicious high tea. Presented by Dundullimal Homestead in association with Macquarie Conservatorium.