Puckeys Ave, UOW Innovation campus (Off Squires Way) from 4pm to 9pm.

Creators and makers market to create a neighborhood for the Innovation community that lives and works at the University everyday and the Wollongong/South Coast region.

Poetry Slam

Enough Said Poetry Slam is a slamily where you can share your poems/words/stories/etc, listen to other people share theirs, click for your faves and maybe even win a prize.

From 6:30pm to 9:30pm at Society City, upstairs at 274 Crown Street in Wollongong.

Tickets $5-$10.

Bodyboard Slam

The Kiama Bodyboard Slam is the third stop on the APB World Tour and will see over 100 world class competitors battle for the title. It's on until September 8.

The headquarters for the event will be at Surf Beach, Kiama, with organisers making use of surrounding beaches up and down the coast, depending on the conditions.

www.surfingaustralia.com/nsw https://apbtour.com/live/

Professor Alan Duffy in Conversation

Swinburne astronomer Associate Professor Alan Duffy works on dark matter, dark energy, galaxy formation and cosmology as well as explaining science nationally as Lead Scientist of the Royal Institution of Australia, home of Australia's Science Channel.

The conversation will be followed by an intimate meet & greet with Prof Duffy.

At The Kiama Pavilion, 6pm. For tickets and details visit: www.instituteofinterestingideas.com.au

Best Selling Author

International author David Nicholls will visit Kiama in his first Australian tour and his only event outside a major city - 3pm at The Pavillion, Kiama.

Nicholls' will be in conversation with Clayton Zane and special guest Edwina Bartholomew. The author talk will discuss his latest book Sweet Sorrow.

He is the author of the worldwide phenomenon One Day, and bestselling novels Us, The Understudy and Starter for Ten. His novels have sold over eight million copies worldwide and are published in forty languages.

FREE tickets via EVENTBRITE - www.bouquinistedavidnicholls.eventbrite.com.au

Wollongong Comedy

They will be celebrating our birthday with headliner Darren Sanders, MC Stu Macpherson, and support acts Madeleine Stewart, Mr Samwise Hemmings and Lachlan Brooks.

From 8pm to 11pm at The Builders Club, Wollongong.

Kiama Arts Society Exhibition

A variety of paintings ranging from: Landscapes and Seascapes | Abstract | Local Kiama area | Still Life | Figurative | Watercolour |Years 7-12 | Years K-6.

At Kiama Leagues Club, Saturday and Sunday - 10am to 5pm.

Fathers' Day at The Farm

More than 90 stalls stocked with the latest fashions, a huge range of local producers, sweets, brewers, artisans, florists and food.

Killalea State Park, Shell Cove from 10am to 3pm.

Live Entertainment on the hill..10am - 11am - Blessie Pica11am - 1pm - Sandy Feet1pm - 3pm - The Record Breakers

** NO DOGS due to State Park Rules **