Good morning, Inner Westies. This weekend is packed with music, markets, and more across the Inner West. Celebrate local favourites and uncover hidden gems!

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.

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

— Jess Thorning

Fashion, Passion & Community at Gifts of Mercy Emporium 👕 🎵 

When Renee launched Gifts of Mercy Emporium 18 months ago, she brought together her passion for fashion, sustainability, and supporting local creatives. With 25 years in fashion retail, a love for op-shopping, and a background in music and art, she created a vibrant community space filled with preloved, upcycled, and handmade treasures.

Sadly, redevelopment means the store needs a new home. To support their relocation, join Gifts of Mercy Emporium this Saturday for a fundraising event featuring live music from TTT, Vampire Vampire, and Retail Therapy, from 1pm to 5pm. Entry is $5 at the door (or pay what you can), and you'll also get the chance to browse the latest unique finds.

See more about the event here. Don’t forget to check out their Instagram and Facebook pages.

📍 Gifts of Mercy Emporium / 452 Parramatta Road, Petersham / Saturday 22nd March 2025 / 1pm-5pm

⚽ Free Kids Sports Classes @ South Eveleigh (ages 3 to 6) 
Join free weekly Minis sports classes, where kids explore different sports while developing motor skills. Facilitated by Ready Steady Go Kids. Book ahead, limited spots.
📍 South Eveleigh / Every Tuesday / 10am-10:30am, 10:30am-11am, 11am-11:30am

🎨  Kids D.I.Y. Workshop @ Bunnings Rozelle
Head there for a weekend of fun, creative and imaginative arts and crafts to inspire and delight. Book ahead.
📍 Bunnings Rozelle / Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd March / 11am, 12pm

🧸 Village Playgroup @ Village Church Annandale (0 to 5 years)
A friendly, safe environment run by Village Church mums to give kids from the age of 0-5 years the opportunity to play, explore and have fun. It's also a great way for mums, dads, grandparents and carers to have a bit of a chat with someone over the age of 5! Cost: $4 a week.
📍 Village Church, Annandale / Every Tuesday / 10:30am-12pm

🎵 Rhymetime and 📖 Storytime @ your local libraries:
City of Sydney and Inner West libraries run a whole stack of weekday sessions.

➡️ Rhymetime/Book Buddies (0 to 2 years)

• Monday | ETC Dulwich Hill & Marrickville | 10:30 AM

• Tuesday | Balmain, Leichhardt & St Peters/Sydenham | 10:30 AM

• Wednesday | Ashfield, Haberfield & Stanmore & Newtown | 10:30 AM

• Thursday | Leichhardt, Marrickville & Glebe Library | 10:30 AM

• Friday | Ashfield & Balmain | 10:30 AM

➡️ Storytime ( 3 to 5 years)

• Monday | Ashfield & Leichhardt | 10:30 AM

• Tuesday | ETC Dulwich Hill & Haberfield | 10:30 AM

• Wednesday | Balmain & Marrickville | 10:30 AM & Newtown | 11:30am

• Thursday | Glebe Library | 11:30am

• Friday | Stanmore & St Peters/Sydenham | 10:30 AM

All Weekend

✨ Neon Playground 2.0 @ Haymarket 
Chinatown and Haymarket will transform into a three-week spectacle of neon lights, art installations, music, and food, showcasing works by Asian-Australian artists. Free.
📍 Dixon St and surrounding streets, Haymarket / Running to Sunday 6 April 2025

Friday & Saturday 

👗 Fashion Frenzy Sydney 
Refresh your wardrobe sustainably with pre-loved and new items. Support the circular economy and finish the year in style! Items are priced at $5! See website for entry fee and session time details
📍 Marrickville Town Hall / Friday 21st & Saturday 22nd March 2025 / See website for times

Friday

👉️ Flour Mill Night Market @ Summer Hill 
The first night market of 2025. Head there for delicious food, live music, and good vibes.
📍1 Flour Mill Way, Summer Hill / Friday 21st March 2025 / 4pm-9pm

💃 Bandaluzia Flamenco @ Camelot Lounge
Acclaimed ensemble Bandaluzia presents a powerful contemporary flamenco performance that masterfully blends traditional flamenco with influences from Debussy, jazz, Radiohead, and modern dance, showcasing their unique sound and explosive virtuosity. Book ahead.
📍 Camelot Lounge, Marrickville / Friday 21st March 2025 / 8pm-10pm

🇮🇹 Italian Bingo @ Five Dock Library 
Join for fun bingo and enjoy morning tea. Bingo calls will be made in both Italian and English, so everyone's welcome!
📍 Five Dock Library / Friday 21st March 2025/ 10am-12pm

Saturday

🌱 Introduction to Organic Gardening 
This comprehensive workshop equips you with synthetic chemical-free gardening fundamentals, covering soil health, plant selection, natural pest management, sustainable food growing, and resource-efficient methods to create a thriving garden ecosystem.
📍 Inner West Sustainability Hub, Summer Hill / Saturday 22nd March 2025 / 10am-12:30pm ♿️

🚲 Free Bike Skills Course - Intermediate 
Build the skills for safe and confident urban riding. This course covers everything you need to confidently ride on city streets. Learn how to see and be seen, ride predictably, communicate clearly, and navigate bike-friendly streets graciously. Book ahead.
📍 Tempe Recreation Reserve / Saturday 22nd March 2025 / 9am-11am 

✍️ Speculative Fiction Writers' Group 
Extend your writing journey on Saturday afternoons with the Speculative Fiction Writers' Group. The Spec Fic group welcomes writers of all genres and backgrounds. Come and share your work with a group committed to their craft.
📍 Marrickville Library and Pavilion / Saturday 22nd March 2025 / 12:30pm-2:30pm ♿️

🕵️ Dark Tales of King Street Newtown 
King Street Newtown's dark history comes alive on this true crime walking tour led by the author of Dark Tales of Lost Leichhardt and On the Edge.
📍 Kelly's On King, Newtown / Saturday 22nd March 2025 / 2:45pm-6pm 

Sunday

👗 Pre-Loved Fashion Market 
Browse an eclectic collection of vintage clothing from the 1940s-1970s, reproduction pieces, and modern designer items, including second-hand women's and men's wear, shoes, accessories, and homewares in sizes 6 to 16 (XS to XL). FREE entry, card and cash payments are accepted.
📍The Wriggle Room, Marrickville / Sunday 23rd March 2025 / 10am-4pm

🎨 En Plein Air with the Glebe Art Society
Paint, draw, or sketch 'en plein air' on the beautiful Glebe foreshore! The is a free event and you can register on the day under the fig trees down on the water at the end of Glebe Point Road. Bring your own art supplies, easels, and a chair or rug. This is a great opportunity for anyone taking a wander along the foreshore to see artists at work.
📍 Glebe Foreshore - Glebe Point Road/ Sunday 23rd March 2025 / 10am-4pm

🌿 Sunset Nasara 
Sunset Nasara is a one-day cultural celebration where Australian South Sea Islander traditions come alive through stories, music, performance, art, food, and skill-sharing workshops, offering visitors an immersive experience of Pacific flavours and the rich cultural kinship with First Nations and the Pacific.
📍 Australian National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour / Sunday 23rd March 2025 / 11am-4pm

🗓️ Coming Up

🥳 Sydney Streets @ Redfern 
Head to Redfern Street for a family-friendly festival featuring local businesses with special offers, live entertainment, kids' activities, and outdoor dining.
 📍 Redfern St, Redfern / Sunday 29th March 2025 / 11am-10pm

Monthly Sustainability Spotlight ♻️ 

Susie Coates—a passionate sustainability champion from the Inner West— is back this months sharing actionable insights on reducing environmental impact, as well as a monthly calendar of sustainability events happening across the Inner West. Follow Susie at @sustainability.susie for more insights and tips.

🍺 The Beer Bar Alexandria | Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | 3pm-6pm | $8 Schooners | See venue for terms.

🍸 Corridor Newtown | Friday | 4pm-7pm | $7 Pints of Young Henry’s & $14 Cocktails | See venue for terms.

🍻 The Vic on the Park Marrickville | Monday to Friday | 5pm-7pm | $7 schooners of select beers, house spirits, house wine, $14 Aperol spritz & $16 Tommy's Margarita | See venue for terms.

Friday

• The Abercrombie Chippendale | Killjoy + Hotbabe.93 | 10pm

• Botany View Hotel Newtown | Newtown Sound 008 + Anna Dine, Denim On Her, The Howler | 8pm

• Butchers Brew Bar Dulwich Hill | R.E.D Experiment | 8pm

• The Chippo Hotel Chippendale | Secret World + One Step Closer, Peace Ritual, Dizdain | 8pm

• Crowbar Leichhardt | Chillinit | 8pm

• Darling Nikki's St Peters | Lord Kaos + Mortality, The Veil, Magma One | 7pm

• Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge Marrickville | Bandaluzia (Flamenco): Led by Damian Wright | 7pm

• The Duke of Enmore | Amammoth + Master Leonard, Destronomer | 9pm

• Factory Floor @ The Factory Marrickville | Beautiful Stink + Sereia, Postcards from Pluto | 8pm

• Factory Theatre Marrickville | Telenova + Butterknife, Tash | 7:30pm

• The Lansdowne Chippendale | Letters To Lions | 7pm

• The Lansdowne Chippendale | Arse + Cammy Cautious and the Wrestlers, Bennetts Grove, Brown Snake | 8pm

• Lazy Thinking Dulwich Hill | Tract + Inaugural, Jero | 7pm

• LazyBones Marrickville | Cuban Social Club + Tropivibes | 7pm

• Local Edition Glebe | Zöj | 7:30pm

• MoshPit Bar Erskineville | Spitting Chips + Slack Punks, Junk Dogz | 8pm

• Petersham Bowlo | Mikelangelo & the Long Lost Friends + Amanda Brown, Damien Lane | 8pm

• Pyrmont Bridge Hotel | The Specialties | 9pm

• Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar Glebe | Oscar Badman | 7:30pm

• Trocadero Room Enmore | Tiger | 8pm

• The Vanguard Newtown | The Sunday Estate | 8pm

• Vic on the Park Marrickville | The Buoys + Maia Toakley | 9pm

• Waywards @ The Bank Hotel Newtown | Mariiin + Jono Xidias & Zack | 9pm

Saturday

• Bald Rock Hotel Rozelle | Equator Principal | 7:30pm

• Balmain Bowling Club | Continental Organ Trio | 5pm

• The Bridge Hotel Rozelle | Swell Time #4 + Body Type, Dr. Sure's Unusual Practice, Sweetie, The Slims, The Good Kids, O.M.R., Paste, Rhythm Hut, Munasib, Mikkapedia, Dame, Jahra, Magda Bytnerowicz b2b Trinity, Identity Theft | 1pm

• Butchers Brew Bar Dulwich Hill | The Dave Tice 4 | 3pm

• Butchers Brew Bar Dulwich Hill | Moon Over Water | 8pm

• The Chippo Hotel Chippendale | Khan + Robot God, Frozen Planet 1969 | 8pm

• Church St Studios Camperdown | The Gaudi Sketches + The SP7, Peter Doublinszki | 8pm

• The Courtyard @ The Factory Marrickville | Freekin Weekends + BLOKBSTR, Before The King, Daniel Crestani, Mel Blue | 1pm

• The Courtyard @ The Factory Marrickville | Blokbstr + Mel Blue, Before the King, Daniel Crestani | 1pm

• Crowbar Leichhardt | Ash Grunwald + Mark Crotti | 8pm

• Darling Nikki's St Peters | Bluetongue | 7pm

• Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge Marrickville | Bandaluzia (Flamenco): Led by Damian Wright | 7pm

• The Duke of Enmore | Ablaze + The Hush, Electrik | 9pm

• Factory Floor @ The Factory Marrickville | Justice For The Damned + Threshold, Thantu Thikha, Dizdain | 7pm

• Factory Theatre Marrickville | Barry Adamson + The Wreckery | 7:30pm

• Gasoline Pony Marrickville | The Villebillies + El Guido | 7pm

• Golden Barley Hotel Enmore | The Morrisons | 8pm

• The Lansdowne Chippendale | Thunder Fox + Silky Roads, Billsbry | 8pm

• Lazy Thinking Dulwich Hill | Tantichrist + Scum Fu, Disparo!, Fleetwood Meth | 7pm

• LazyBones Marrickville | Fairtrade Narcotics + Liquid Squid | 7pm

• Leichhardt Bowling Club | VGmates | 7pm

• The Loft (UTS) | Lily Grace + Siena Larsson, Natasha Rose | 7pm

• The Lord Gladstone Chippendale | Good Sniff + Stimpies | 6:30pm

• Manning Bar Camperdown | Wild Rivers + Harrison Storm | 8pm

• Mary's Newtown | Mac The Knife + Raised As Wolves | 9pm

• Miss Celie's Ashfield | Horse Drawn Cadillac | 4pm

• Miss Celie's Ashfield | The Tremolomen | 7:30pm

• MoshPit Bar Erskineville | Human Dinosaur Machine + Gusset Rats, Sketch Method, Bugg Music | 3pm

• MoshPit Bar Erskineville | Big League + Aria Nova, Memory Motel | 8pm

• Petersham Bowlo | Kim Salmon's Smoked Salmon | 8pm

• Pleasure Club Newtown | Deep Sea Arcade + Milou Moon | 9pm

• Pyrmont Bridge Hotel | Jo Fabro Band + Ollie Thorpe | 5pm

• Pyrmont Bridge Hotel | Jo Fabro's Duelling "Guitars" feat Ollie Thorpe and Adam "Hit Single' Pringle' | 5pm

• Pyrmont Bridge Hotel | Sugarbowl Hoken | 9pm

• Red Rattler Theatre Marrickville | Sonido + Lily Gerrero, Pato Lara | 8pm

• Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar Glebe | Itaom + Tayla | 7:30pm

• The Townie Newtown | Zsa Zsa | 9:30pm

• Trocadero Room Enmore | Georgia Lines | 8pm

• The Vanguard Newtown | Divebar Youth + GRXCE, Boleyn | 8pm

• Vic on the Park Marrickville | The Sooks + Maybe in May | 9pm

• Warren View Hotel Enmore | Jasper Gubbay | 9pm

• Waywards @ The Bank Hotel Newtown | Clay J Gladstone + Chasing Ghosts, Glitch Kingdom, Teddy Rizzo | 8pm

Sunday

• Bald Rock Hotel Rozelle | Mojo Rising | 3pm

• Balmain Bowling Club | Liza Ohlback Trio | 3pm

• Butchers Brew Bar Dulwich Hill | Par3 | 7pm

• The Chippo Hotel Chippendale | Dave Graney & Clare Moore | 4pm

• The Courtyard @ The Factory Marrickville | Freekin Weekends + Barbara, FVNERAL, Sidra & Evileye, Library Siesta | 1pm

• The Dock Redfern | Sadie + Entertainment Quarter, Marcella Sunshine Allen, Cupholder DJs | 7pm

• Enmore Theatre | Thomas Rhett + Alana Springsteen | 7:15pm

• Founders Studio | Dawdle + Daily Toll, Laurence Quinn | 3pm

• Greenhouse Studios Petersham | Merryn Jeann + Wishfish | 4:30pm

• Lazy Thinking Dulwich Hill | Inebrious Bastard + Shipyard, Ratlörd, Satanis | 3:30pm

• Manning Bar Camperdown | Wild Rivers + Harrison Storm | 8pm

• Marayong Community Centre | Justice for the Damned + Threshold, Moving Violation, Dance | 4pm

• The Midnight Special Newtown | Milly McPherson | 7pm

• Miss Celie's Ashfield | 12 Bar Dudes | 4pm

• Miss Celie's Ashfield | Emad Younan & Jess Randall | 7:30pm

• MoshPit Bar Erskineville | Shaky Starts + Brownsnake, Mazie Chain | 4pm

• Pyrmont Bridge Hotel | Jack and the Axes | 3pm

• Pyrmont Bridge Hotel | Pete Campbell and The Lazy dog | 7pm

• Waywards @ The Bank Hotel Newtown | Chillaum + Chronic, Screaming Marionette, Bodh | 6pm

• Waywards @ The Bank Hotel Newtown | Echoes of Everest + Chillam, Chronic, Screaming Marionette, Bodh | 6pm

Thank You!

Thanks for reading. Please feel free to reply with any feedback.

Reminder: 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 and specials can change.

Have a fun weekend!

Jess