Good morning, Inner Westies.

This weekend brings Henson Park's Beer Footy & Food Festival 10th anniversary, a Tuscan-style Home of the Week in Concord, family events and a 90s dance takeover at White Bay Power Station.

Grab your morning coffee and join us as we explore the Inner West together.

Have a great weekend,
Jess

Note: Please check to confirm details are accurate with venues, event providers, restaurants and pubs by clicking through to their site. Events are occasionally cancelled at the last minute.

Built by Charleston Homes on a 797sqm block, this Tuscan-inspired house has arched windows, wrought iron detailing and a stone-island kitchen with a walk-in pantry. French doors open from the dining room to a 10m pool bordered by clipped hedges and cypress trees. The master suite has dual walk-in robes and an ensuite with a freestanding bath.

If this were ours, you'd find us by the pool all day, vino in hand, fully living out our Under the Tuscan Sun era.

📍 5 bed / 3 bath / 4 car / 797sqm approx.
👉 Listed with McGrath Estate Agents

Vampt Vintage Design moved from Surry Hills to Newtown in April, now trading from King Street. The team calls the timing "divine intervention": notice on their old space landed the same day as a message from the new building's owner. Vampt has restored furniture since 2001, growing from lamps and lampshades into a mid-century importing business sourced mostly from Denmark, Italy and Brazil. Its upstairs gallery has now launched, available for hire and workshops, with a shipment from Italy due in the coming months.

📍 475 King Street, Newtown
🕒 Mon – Sat 10.30am – 5pm, Sun 11am – 5pm
👉 Find out more

🎭 Comedy Sketch from Scratch (ages 12 to 15)
Youth comedy workshop on building characters and writing sketches.
📆 Fri 17 Jul / 1:30pm – 3:30pm
📍 Balmain Library

🏛️ Winter School Holidays at the Maritime Museum
School holiday activities, exhibitions and harbour-themed programs at the museum.
📆 Fri 17 to 19 Jul / 9am – 5pm
📍 Australian National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour

📓 Manga Comic Book Workshop (ages 9–12)
Introductory manga workshop where kids create their own comic book.
📆 Fri 17 Jul / 10am – 1pm
📍 Darling Square Library, Haymarket ♿️

🚀 Space Play
Interactive outer-space play session by Box of Birds for families. Weekdays free.
📆 Fri 17 to 25 Jul / 10am – 5pm
📍 Carriageworks, Eveleigh

🎭 The Greatest Magic Show
Family magic show with comedy, illusions and audience interaction.
📆 Fri 17 Jul / 12pm – 1pm
📍 Darling Quarter Theatre, Darling Harbour ♿️

🎭 Winni Wizard and her Magical Smells
Family theatre show with wizardry, comedy, magical mishaps and themed story telling.
📆 Fri 17 Jul / 2pm – 3pm
📍 Darling Quarter Theatre, Darling Harbour ♿️

📓 Comics Workshop with Fionn McCabe (ages 12–17)
Autobiographical comics workshop for young people.
📆 Fri 17 Jul / 3pm – 5pm
📍 Concord Library

🍳 Little Chefs
Hands-on cooking session where kids make simple recipes with guided help.
📆 Fri 17 & Sat 18 Jul / 10am, 11am, 12pm & 1pm
📍 Marrickville Metro

🎶 Youth songwriting workshop with Malaika Mfalme (ages 14 to 25)
Beginner-friendly youth songwriting workshop with journalling and lyric prompts.
📆 Sat 18 Jul / 1pm – 3pm
📍 Ashfield Library ♿️

💻 Maker Time for Families: Sphero Robot Maze (ages 8–12)
Family makerspace session using Sphero robots to build and solve a maze.
📆 Sat 18 Jul / 10:30am – 12:30pm
📍 Darling Square Library, Haymarket ♿️

🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ Youth Hub (ages 12–24)
Drop-in youth space with social activities, support and connection for LGBTQ+ young people.
📆 Tue 21 Jul / 3pm – 5:30pm
📍 Concord Community Centre

🎨 After School Art Classes
Guided art class where primary school kids work on creative projects.
📆 Thu 23 Jul / 4pm – 6pm
📍 Addison Road Community Centre, Marrickville

🎶 Sound Bath for Babies Pyrmont (babies up to 1 year)
Gentle guided sound session for parents and babies using calming instruments and sensory listening.
📆 Sun 26 Jul / 3:30pm – 4:30pm
📍 Pyrmont ♿️

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The Inner West Ale Trail's new winter beer festival runs across all 15 breweries for four days, with exclusive dark brews, tap takeovers, surprise collabs, brewery tours and food specials. General entry is free. At Bracket, Mixtape, Kicks and Sauce, you can watch (or try) beer poking: an old German trick where a red-hot iron rod gets dunked straight into a dark beer, browning the sugars until a thick, toasted foam rises to the top. Entertainment includes roaming Shanty Club performances, DJs, line dancing, jazz, live bands, Christmas in July and a community choir singalong led by Elana Stone at Young Henrys. Two nights are ticketed: The Meltdown's jazz set at Heaps Normal on Friday, and a Bar Copo x Heaps Normal winter party there on Saturday.

📆 Thu 23 Jul to Sun 26 Jul
📍 Inner West Ale Trail venues
👉 Find out more

🎨 Sweet Tooth Corner Store Art Market
Shop from 50+ artists, browse the pop-up shop, join the stamp rally and snail mail activity, with a low-sensory hour on Sunday morning and kids under 12 complimentary with an adult.
📆 Sat 18 Jul / 10:30am – 5pm; Sun 19 Jul / 9:30am – 3pm
📍 Tramsheds, Harold Park Community Hall

👗 Re Place Weekend Offers
Fill a bag with preloved clothing for $40, or browse $20 premium and designer rails with new stock arriving weekly.
📆 Fri 17 Jul / 10am – 5pm; Sat 18 Jul / 10am – 4pm
📍 Sustainability Hub, Summer Hill

❄️ Darling Harbour Ice Rink
Open-air ice rink at Palm Grove with 45-minute sessions and skate aids.
📆 Sat 27 Jun – Sun 19 Jul / 10am – 9:45pm (8:45pm on Sun)
📍 Palm Grove Forecourt (outside IMAX Sydney), Darling Harbour

❄️ Winterfest at Hay St
Winter festival with ice skating, snowfall shows, food specials and live entertainment.
📆 Wed 1 Jul – Sun 2 Aug
📍 Hay St Market, Haymarket

🛍️ Pre-Loved Clothing & Fabric Sale
Shopping event hosted by The Wriggle Room and Patricia Squish Falzon.
📆 Sat 18 & Sun 19Jul / 10am – 4pm
📍 The Wriggle Room, Marrickville

🍷 Bastille Day at Bistro Grenier
Canard and Cahors special with confit duck leg, Puy lentils, red wine jus and a glass of Malbec.
📆 Fri 17 & Sat 18 Jul / 12pm – 10pm
📍 Bistro Grenier and Odd Culture Bar, Newtown

🥾 Foodie Fridays - Sydney Fish Market Evening Market Walk (ages 18+)
Easy 5km evening walk along foreshore paths, finishing with seafood.
📆 Fri 17 Jul / 7pm – 10pm
📍 Federal Park Skate Park, Annandale

🎨 Nudenight Life Drawing at Doodler
Life drawing session with professional models.
📆 Fri 17 Jul / 7pm – 9pm
📍 Doodler, Marrickville ♿️

💃 Fridays Inner West - Salsa And Bachata Dance Classes
Latin dance classes hosted by La Fiesta Dance Factory.
📆 Fri 17 Jul / 7pm
📍 Annandale

🇨🇴 Ruana & Roo
Colombian live music, DJs, food, folklore, storytelling and carnival performances.
📆 Fri 17 Jul / 8pm – 2:30am
📍 The Red Rattler Theater, Marrickville

🧱 Sydney Brick Market
Bricks, sorted parts and collectibles for builders and brick fans.
📆 Sat 18 Jul / 9:30am – 2:30pm
📍 Concord Community Centre

🌱 Healthy Garden Series - Pruning Perennial Food Plants
Practical gardening workshop on pruning edible perennial plants.
📆 Sat 18 Jul / 10am – 12:30pm
📍 Inner West Sustainability Hub, Summer Hill ♿️

📚 Inner West Writers Group
Supportive writing group for writers working on projects or building a regular practice.
📆 Sat 18 Jul / 10am – 12pm
📍 Marrickville Library and Pavilion ♿️

🐶 Furry Xmas in July
Pet stalls, portraits, Santa photos, giveaways and best-dressed pup prizes.
📆 Sat 18 Jul / from 12pm
📍 The Bank, Newtown

🎨 Sketch Social
Weekly drawing hangout for sketching and creative practice.
📆 Sat 18 Jul / 12:30pm – 3pm
📍 Burwood Library

🌱 Crop Swap: Plants, Seeds & Produce
Bring garden surplus to trade with other local growers.
📆 Sat 18 Jul / 12:30pm – 3pm
📍 Inner West Sustainability Hub, Summer Hill ♿️

🎨 Fungi Drawing Workshop: Invisible Forest Exhibition
Guided drawing session exploring fungi forms and the exhibition's themes.
📆 Sat 18 Jul / 3pm – 5pm
📍 Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown ♿️

🏉 2026 NRLW Round 3: Bulldogs vs Sharks
NRLW match between the Bulldogs and Sharks.
📆 Sat 18 Jul / 5:15pm
📍 Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park

🏉 2026 NRL Round 20: Bulldogs vs Wests Tigers
NRL match between the Bulldogs and Wests Tigers.
📆 Sat 18 Jul / 7:30pm
📍 Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park

🛍️ Summer Hill Flour Mill Markets
A mix of market stalls featuring fresh flowers, produce, baked goods, food, homewares, clothing and it's dog-friendly.
📆 Sun 19 Jul / 9am – 1pm
📍 Harvest Park, Summer Hill

🎭 Improv for Mental Health | The Synchronicity Mindset
Improv workshop on intuition, connection and mental health.
📆 Sun 19 Jul / 10:30am
📍 Little BIG House, Summer Hill

🏳️‍🌈 Trikone Badminton
Social badminton session for queer South Asian community members.
📆 Sun 19 Jul / 11am – 1pm
📍 NBC Alexandria, Alexandria

💃 Dance of Life
Facilitated dance session using rhythm, movement and guided prompts.
📆 Sun 19 Jul / 2pm – 3:30pm
📍 Mervyn Fletcher Hall, Haberfield ♿️

✨ Bling A Thing
Bring a small item to bedazzle with supplied rhinestones, tools and materials at a creative cocktail workshop.
📆 Sun 19 Jul / 2pm – 5pm
📍 Thirstville, Marrickville

🎄 Peaches Queen Presents: Christmas in July (ages 18+)
Festive performances, Christmas dinner, cocktails and DJ entertainment.
📆 Sun 19 Jul / 5pm – 9pm
📍 Royal Hotel Darlington

📚 Poetry Open Mic Mondays
Weekly poetry open mic for reading original work.
📆 Mon 20 Jul / 6pm – 8pm
📍 8:52 Hong Kong Restaurant, Newtown

🎥 Sydney's Best Worst Movie Club
Screening of Robot Monster with a post-film chat and BYO drinks and snacks.
📆 Tue 21 Jul / 6:30pm – 9pm
📍 Nauti Studios, Forest Lodge

💃 Saddle Club: A night for Shania Twain
Line dancing night with old favourites, new tunes and Saddle Club requests.
📆 Thu 23 Jul / 6:30pm – 8pm
📍 Chuck and Son's Brewing Co., St Peters

🎬 Snip and Snap: Stop Motion with Paper Art Workshop
Make paper characters and bring them to life in a hands-on stop motion animation workshop.
📆 Sat 25 Jul / 2pm – 4:30pm
📍 Monster Mouse Studios, Marrickville

🛼 Y2K Roller Disco
Roller disco with food, drinks, merch and raffle prizes. BYO skates only.
📆 Sat 1 Aug / doors 5pm; all ages 5pm – 7:30pm; adults 7:30pm – 9:30pm
📍 Robyn Webster Sports Centre, Tempe

Sidewall Social Padel Club, opening Monday 20 July, brings five panoramic padel courts (two singles, three doubles) to Carrington Road, with coaching, comps, mixers and social play, and bookings through Playtomic. It's open seven days from 5am to midnight, with courtside eats and drinks, on-site parking and bike racks.

📆 Opens Mon 20 Jul
📍 20-28 Carrington Rd, Marrickville
👉 Find out more

Dilmah x Colombo Social Sri Lankan High Tea
High tea includes savoury bites, sweets and unlimited premium Dilmah hot tea for $50 per person, with optional 90-minute mocktail or cocktail upgrades.
📆 Sat 18 Jul / 12pm – 4pm
📍 Colombo Social, Enmore
👉 Find out more

Paperboy Cafe Turns Nine
Paperboy Cafe is marking its ninth birthday with anniversary specials, free coffee, matcha and houjicha offers, and a lucky draw for Seven Miles Coffee and Paperboy merch. See venue for term and conditions.
📆 Sun 19 Jul / 7am – 3:30pm
📍 Paperboy Cafe, Concord
👉 Find out more

Sandwhich Opening in St Peters
Sandwich Cafe is in soft-opening mode with its full menu available before its grand opening at the end of July.
📆 Wed 15 Jul – Thu 30 Jul / 7am – 2:30pm; grand opening Fri 31 Jul
📍 Sandwhich, St Peters
👉 Find out more

Rally Around Belvoir Theatre
The Grifter is hosting a Belvoir fundraiser with a karma keg, raffle prizes and proceeds going to Belvoir after the recent workshop fire.
📆 Fri 17 Jul / from 5pm
📍 The Grifter Brewing Co., Marrickville
👉 Find out more

Chuck's 80th Birthday Week
Chuck and Son's is marking Chuck's 80th with six days of live music, DJs, country dancing, birthday specials, limited-edition merch and Super Pilsner.
📆 Wed 22 Jul – Mon 27 Jul
📍 Chuck & Son's Brewing Co., St Peters
👉 Find out more

🍺 Alfred Hotel, Camperdown | Daily | 4pm – 6pm | $6.50 house beers, $7 craft beers, $6.50 house wines and $15 MO&CO cocktails - see venue for terms and conditions.

🍷 The Bank Hotel, Newtown | Monday to Friday | 4pm – 6pm | $2 oysters, $8 snacks, $12 tap cocktails, $7 house beers, $7 house wines and $8 house spirits - see venue for terms and conditions.

🍺 The Drummer, Glebe | Wednesday to Friday | 4pm – 6pm | $8 beers from the Hawkes range and $8 glasses of selected open wines - see venue for terms and conditions.

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