The unseasonably hot weather will continue over the weekend and Monday before a southerly change on Tuesday switches temperatures back to a typical spring pattern.

Slip, slop, slap is the order of the weekend, with 34 degrees the forecast top each day. The warm minimums also remain, we can expect 15 to 17 degrees.

It is a quiet Father's Day weekend ahead.

The Lismore Farmers Markets swing into action from 7:30am tomorrow. You can buy all sorts of items, including fresh fruit and veg, seedlings, flowers, and all sorts of food and drink, both hot and cold, for breakfast. You can even adopt a chicken tomorrow as part of Rescue Day. $15 will get you a health checked, wormed, lice and mite protected battery hen.

Live music is by Tapestry Road at the Lismore Showgrounds, Alexandra Parade, North Lismore.

Heritage Park might be the place for the kids to cool down in the water park. The miniature railway will run between 10:30am and 4pm Saturday and Sunday.

If Dad loves Jazz, then the Lismore City Bowling Club is the place to be on Sunday afternoon from 2pm to enjoy The Devil's Advocates until 5pm. It is $15 for members and $20 non-members.

There is more live music over the weekend at the Northern Rivers Hotel in North Lismore.

Tonight it's Dan Hannaford between 6 and 9pm, Saturday All Gone hits the stage from 6pm and then on Father's Day Sam Handford will entertain you at the Sunday Session between 1 and 4pm.

The Lismore community is eagerly waiting for the re-opening of the Lismore Workers Club on Monday, September 23.

Entertainment will be back at the club from Saturday, November 9, with the Boney M Experience and Saturday, November 16, with Marina Prior and Michael Cormick. You can check out the rest of the gigs and book here.

The first month of spring brings more events, with;

• The Nimbin Show September 21 and 22.
• The 2024 Rodney Lees Cabinetmaking Lismore Cup Friday, November 27

In Sport, the NRRRL has two games to go for season 2024. Ballina moved into the Grand Final last weekend with a win over Cudgen, which means tomorrow's Major Semi-Final is Cudgen vs. Bilambil after Bilambil eliminated Evans Head 20-10.

There is plenty to play for in the Men's Premier League Football Far North Coast competition. With two rounds remaining, the Minor Premiership is up for grabs, with Bangalow, Goonellabah, South Lismore and Richmond Rovers still in the hunt.

Tonight's match will answer one team's hopes as Richmond Rovers host Goonellabah. Saturday's matches see Alstonville at home to Mullumbimby/Brunswick Heads, Bangalow v Byron and South Lismore home to bottom-of-the table Ballina. All kick-offs are at 3pm.

Sunday's match is Lennox Heads v Maclean from 2:30pm.

Byron Bay will look to wrap up the Minor Premiership when they play Lennox Head on Sunday in the Women's Premier League at 2:30pm. Richmond Rovers and Bangalow play each other in the other Sunday match, with Rovers looking to consolidate fourth spot.

Tonight's match is Ballina v Alstonville from 6:30pm.

There was another 3 cents a litre price drop in Ballina this week, following on from last week's 2-cent decrease. That means Ballina is the cheapest place to fill your tank by quite a margin. Lismore keeps the 'most expensive' crown for fuel, with Ballina up to a whopping 27.4 cents a litre cheaper. That equates to $16.44 for a 60-litre fuel tank. Lismore is the cheapest for diesel.

Here are the latest prices in each town:

E10 is 193.9 across the board in Lismore and Goonellabah, 177.9 at the United and the Casino Roadhouse on Johnston Street, the Ampol Foodary on Centre Street, and the EG Ampol on Canterbury Street in Casino, with The Metro and new Mobile in Ballina cheapest at 166.5.

Unleaded 91 is 191.9 at the new Astron on Ballina Road, 179.9 at The United, the two Liberty's on Hare Street and the Ampol Foodary on Centre Street in Casino and 168.5 at the Metro in Ballina.

U95 is 203.9 at the Independent on Wyrallah Road, East Lismore, Northside Liberty and Bakers Corner at North Lismore, 194.9 at the EG Ampol on Canterbury Street, Casino and 179.5 at The Metro in Ballina.

U98 is 208.9 at the new Astron on Ballina Road, 199.9 at the Liberty's on Hare Street and Centre Street in Casino and 188.5 at The Metro on River Street, Ballina.

Diesel is 183.9 at the new Astron on Ballina Road and the Caltex Lismore on Leycester Street in Lismore, 187.9 at most service stations in Casino and 185.5 at the new Mobil and The Metro in Ballina.

Have a great weekend!

(Dad joke!)