Local circus performer and entertainer Corey Pickett and friends present Vaudevillawarra! - a free family Vaudeville variety show featuring local talent, paying homage to the Illawarra's love affair with Vaudeville.

Thursday it will be at the Burgh Healthy Hub 5pm (BYO and food available), Friday at Shellharbour Civic Centre 6pm (food available) and Sunday at Kiama's Kazador 4pm (ticketed indoor venue).

Watch and be amazed by a cast of gentlemen jugglers, hula hooping heroics, chaotic clowns, musical marvels, and slapstick sensations, as they take you through a series of hilarious acts.

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Poetry Slam

Get to know our April Slam feature poet: Omar Musa, a Bornean-Australian author, visual artist and poet from Queanbeyan, Australia. He's released four poetry books (including Killernova), four hip-hop records, and received a standing ovation at TEDx Sydney at the Sydney Opera House!

See Omar LIVE at Enough Said Poetry Slam on the last Thursday of this month, 6.30pm at The Forge, Gwynneville.

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Xanadu Junior

The retro roller-skating musical once made famous in film by Olivia Newton-John, is coming to the Corrimal stage this week at the Miner's Lamp Theatre.

It's presented by The Arcadians Childrens Theatre, and runs from Friday to Sunday.

Xanadu JR. follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mt. Olympus to Venice Beach, California, on a quest to inspire a struggling artist, Sonny, to achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time - the first Roller Disco. (Hey, it's 1980!) But, when Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal Sonny, her jealous sisters take advantage of the situation, and chaos abounds.

For ticket details, visit: www.arcadians.org.au

Drag Race

Some of the Illawarra's finest queens (and a king) will be grabbing their sequins and sewing machines ready for a competition in the style of RuPaul's Drag Race at La La La's in Globe Lane.

Beginning April 29 and running until August, 10 drag stars will compete in various lip-syncing battles and crafty challenges for a crown and prize money.

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Free Street Festival

The Kiama Street Soirée will kick start Kiama's REVEL Festival calendar on Saturday with Terralong Street closed to vehicles (between Shoalhaven and Collins Streets) and open for dining, music, dancing and street entertainment under magical festival lights.

The event will take place from 4pm - 8pm.

Restaurants and shops will spill out onto the closed street allowing them to expand their space and occupancy during the festival and providing an on-street dining experience under magical festival lights.

There will be live entertainment and DJ sets, a classic car display, state of the art lighting as fun for the kids with games and a bubble machine to create a truly immersive street festival experience.

www.kiama.com.au

EXHIBITION: Sporulation

Sporulation explores the so-called psychedelic renaissance underway around the world. This exhibition will drop creative spores to bring greater awareness of psychedelic medicines to the Illawarra community.

It's at the Project Contemporary Artspace on Keira Street until Sunday.

https://www.facebook.com/ProjectArtSpace

Dance Performance

Wollongong Art Gallery on Burelli Street will host a special contemporary dance performance on Sunday at 1.30pm.

The performance will be by artist Ryuichi Fujimura responding to the Illawarra Pavilion exhibition, and launch of a souvenir publication by acclaimed photographer William Yang.

www.wollongongartgallery.com

Cancer Charity Event

The Swallowed Anchor restaurant in Wollongong will host a fundraiser from 12.30pm with guest speakers.

The Feast of Thanks is $120 per person, and includes a banquet lunch, wine, beer and entertainment.

To book, call the venue: 4228 8877

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