The Milton Food and Wine Festival festival shows off some of the South Coast's finest foodie outlets and places to get a drink (think wineries and breweries) married up with live music and activities. It's a great chance to support businesses hard hit by bushfires, floods and COVID-19 restrictions. Milton Showgrounds, from 12pm, March 27. More details and tickets: https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/milton-food-wine-festival/124399

If there's a community that knows the meaning of 'resilience in the face of adversity', it's the Milton Ulladulla region. Shoalhaven not-for-profit Empower Me Program is hosting an art exhibition with that exact theme and is welcoming entries. The exhibition is open to youth aged between 12 years and 25 years, seniors 60 years and over, and Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander people 50 years and over. For details go to www.empowermefoundation.com/home

With a change of season comes a change of exhibition and the Millhouse Art Gallery in Milton is putting on quite the show by Shoalhaven artists. More than 120 original works will be on display with all available for sale. Whether you like traditional, contemporary, muted or colourful there will be something for you ... and the chance to pick up something unique as a memory. Millhouse Art Gallery, Courtyard Studios Milton. Until May 30.

The Festival of Small Halls Autumn Tour 2021 is set to stop in the Shoalhaven. The Pyree School of Arts Hall- aka the Pyree Hall - will host the feel-good ukulele strummer and drummer Bobby Alu and two-piece indie pop-rock band This Way North on this year's NSW Autumn Tour. Pyree School of Arts, Greenwell Point Road, April 24, doors open 6.30pm for 7pm. Tickets on sale at www.festivalofsmallhalls.com

If you like a bit of Irish music and dancing then this is the gig for you. 'A Taste of Ireland' is headed to Ulladulla with its world-class dancing and folk music mash-ups. You'll be able to travel through Ireland's tumultuous history without leaving our fair shores. Ulladulla Civic Centre, April 7, 7.30pm. Details at https://www.atasteofirelandshow.com.

This top-quality night of laughter on April 10 at the Dunn Lewis auditorium Ulladulla will raise funds for the local community thanks to Rotary Club of Milton-Ulladulla and the not-for-profit group, Comedy for a Cause. The evening will feature Sydney and Melbourne Comedy Festival legends, Tommy Dean, Andrew Barnett, Bruce Griffiths and Mat Wakefield will have local residents in stitches. Doors open at 7pm. Tickets are $35 online; go to Facebook and search "Comedy for a Cause".

The 2021 Under The Southern Stars concert series will kick off in the Illawarra on April 30 with Bush, Cheap Trick and Stone Temple Pilots on the line-up. "Dream Police" hit-makers Cheap Trick will replace Live, who were unable to make the rescheduled dates. It's going to be a big night. WIN Entertainment Centre, tickets visit www.underthesouthernstars.com.au

For a celebration of harvest and food grown within 100km of Milton head to the market on Saturday mornings from 8.30am to 11.30am. You can meet the local makers, bakers and growers. Milton Showground, 107 Croobyar Road, Milton

On the first Saturday of the month the twilight market at the Jervis Bay Maritime museum will give you the chance to relax, perhaps enjoy a glass of wine and the live music, fresh food and crafts. There's plenty for you to snap up, so bring a carry bag. March 6, 3pm-7pm, free entry. Jervis Bay Maritime Museum, Dent Street, Huskisson.