Good morning, Inner Westies.

From an ALW match at Leichhardt Oval and half-price movies to vinyl digging, crafty markets and live gigs, we’ve got your weekend covered.

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.

The Petersham Bowling Club is closer to delivering a major accessibility upgrade, with construction on a long-awaited accessible ramp set to begin in just eight weeks. The community-owned, proudly pokie-free club has now raised $435,000 toward its $500,000 goal, leaving $65,000 to fully fund the project.

Established in 1896 and pokies-free since 2007, The PBC has built a reputation as a genuinely inclusive Inner West hub, but until now, wheelchair access into the historic building hasn’t been possible. With plans approved and a construction certificate secured, this upgrade will finally open the doors to everyone.

Want to help get it over the line? Buy raffle tickets on Fridays, grab some PBC merch, head along to Sham Fest, or make a donation (every bit of support counts).

👉 Donate or view the accessibility plans

This is the house that Tim Tams built. William Arnott, founder of Arnott's Biscuits, commissioned this Federation Queen Anne home in 1901, and it's still standing on a massive 3,790sqm block with a 45-metre frontage. The original hardwood floors, fireplaces, leadlight windows, tessellated tiles and timber detailing are all intact. There are formal rooms, a cigar room, two original stables, and DA-approved plans from an award-winning architect if you want to add a pool and extensions. The dual-entry driveway tells you something about the scale of this place. It was owned by the NSW Government from 1954 (can you believe they paid £12,000?) to 2022, where it sold for $7.7 million, but it's back on the market again with an approved DA.

📍 5 bed / 5 bath / 3 car
👉 Listed with McGrath

After seven years of trading, Brighton the Corner has announced it will be closing its doors. The much-loved Petersham café shared the news with heartfelt thanks to locals who made the space feel like a second home, saying it’s time to pause, reset and step into their next chapter. Locals are encouraged to drop by, say hello and enjoy one last visit before the doors close on Sunday 15 February.

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🎵 K-Bop! with Angie Who (ages 0+)
A joyful parent-child singing circle fostering bonding and early music skills for young children.
📅 Fri 6 Feb / 10am
📍 St John's Anglican Church, Glebe

🎶 Lullaby Club
A gentle singing circle for new mothers to bond with their babies over tea and cake.
📆 Fri 6 Feb / 11am – 12:30pm
📍 St John’s Anglican Church, Glebe

🦁 Learn How to Lion Dance
A workshop where kids can explore the art of lion dance through movement, rhythm, storytelling and hands-on fun with traditional costumes.
📆 Sat 7 Feb / 2pm, 3pm & 5pm
📍 Market City, Haymarket

🐛 The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show (ages 18 months+)
A magical puppet theatre experience bringing Eric Carle’s beloved stories to life with over 75 puppets, including The Very Hungry Caterpillar, in a gentle and engaging introduction to live theatre.
📆 Sat 7 Feb 2026
📍 Seymour Centre, Chippendale

🐸 Kids DIY: Make a Frog Hotel
A fun, hands-on kids workshop where little makers build their own frog hotel, learn about garden habitats and start their DIY passport adventure.
📆 Sat 7 & Sun 8 Feb
📍 Bunnings Alexandria / 10:30am – 12pm & 12:30pm – 2pm
📍 Bunnings Ashfield / 11am – 1pm
📍 Bunnings Rozelle / 11am – 12pm & 12pm – 1pm

📖 It’s Story Time (ages 1–4)
A fun‑filled storytime session for toddlers presented by Paint Inner West REaD. Adults must supervise. No cost.
📆 Mon 9 Feb / 11am
📍 Marrickville Metro

🍰 Cake Making and Games After School Fun (ages 12 to 18)
Enjoy cake making and games in a friendly, inclusive after-school setting for teens.
📅 Mon 9 Feb / 3pm
📍 Cliff Noble Community Centre, Alexandria ♿️

💡 Homeschool Makertime: Laser Cut Stamps (ages 12 to 16)
A creative makerspace session teaching teens digital fabrication and laser cutting skills.
📅 Tue 10 Feb / 10:30am – 12:30pm
📍 Darling Square Library, Haymarket ♿️

✏ After School: Make Your Own Pencil Case (ages 6 to 12)
Create and personalise your own pencil case in this fun workshop.
📅 Wed 11 Feb / 4:30pm – 5:30pm
📍 Marrickville Library and Pavilion ♿️

🏃‍♀ Parents and Bubs Fitness
A no-cost social fitness class supporting new parents and their babies to improve strength and wellbeing.
📅 Thu 12 Feb / 10:20am – 11:30am
📍 St Helen’s Community Centre, Glebe

📚 REMINDER: Rhymetimes and Storytimes are back in local libraries. Below is a handy guide for where to go on what day!

➡️ Rhymetime/Book Buddies (0 to 2 years)

🎨 Creative Reuse for Kids - Fabulous Florals
A family workshop crafting unique floral keepsakes from rescued materials, inspired by native flowers.
📅 Sat 14 Feb / 10am – 11am
📍 Reverse Garbage, Marrickville ♿️

🎉 Kids Night Out - Friendship Bash (ages 4 to 9)
Kids enjoy a fun-filled evening with games, slime-making, friendship bracelets, pizza dinner and a short movie while parents enjoy a night out. Could this be your perfect opportunity for a Valentine’s night without the kids?
📆 Sat 14 Feb / 5:30pm – 8:30pm
📍 Martin Hall, Leichhardt

🐱 Cat and Fiddle Balmain | Sunday | All Day | 1 Free kids meal for every adult main - see venue for terms & conditions.

🗣 Storytelling Workshop at Ultimo Community Centre
Develop storytelling skills with one-on-one guidance and language support.
📅 Fri 6 Feb / 10:30am – 1pm
📍 Ultimo Community Centre ♿️

🎵 Club De Tango: La Milonga
Join a tango social dance with classes and live DJ in a historic Sydney venue.
📅 Fri 6 Feb / 7:30pm – 11:45pm
📍 Glebe Town Hall

🎬 Foreshore Flicks @ Hudson Park
Come down to Halliday Park to catch a complimentary screening of the movie Paddington in Peru (PG).
📅 Fri 6 Feb / 5:30pm – 9pm
📍 Halliday Park,Five Dock

🎬 Event Cinemas: Half Price Movies This Weekend
Half-price movie tickets for one weekend only, with discounted sessions across V-Max, Gold Class, IMAX and Original cinemas for Cinebuzz members. See Event Cinemas for terms & conditions.
📆 Sat 7 & Sun 8 Feb 2026
📍 Event Cinemas, Lower Ground, Burwood

🎵 Vinyl Record Fair
A crate-digging pop-up packed with thousands of records, retro collectibles, live music, DJs and international food stalls at Rozelle Collectors Market.
📆 Sat 7 Feb / 9am – 3pm
📍 Rozelle Collectors Market

👗 Couture for a Cure
A one-day charity fashion pop-up featuring new and pre-loved designer pieces, raffles and on-the-day alterations, all supporting life-changing cancer research. Hosted by Tour de Cure.
📆 Sat 7 Feb / 9am – 6pm
📍 Eveleigh

🎶 Rhythm Social: Vinyl Sessions Curated by La Foxy Fuzz
A morning vinyl takeover at the Carriageworks Farmers Market, celebrating global rhythms from Latin soul to Afrobeat, Brazilian funk and Caribbean grooves.
📆 Sat 7 Feb / 9am – 1pm
📍 Carriageworks Farmers Market, Eveleigh

🖼 Botanic Cyanotypes Workshop
Learn the art and science of cyanotype printing in a small, hands-on botanical workshop.
📅 Sat 7 Feb / 10:30am – 1pm
📍 Redfern

🎧 Maggie Tra: DJing Workshop with Maggie Tra (ages 16 to 25)
A beginner-friendly electronic DJing workshop exploring beat mixing and creative music-making inspired by cultural sounds and Chinese instruments.
📅 Sat 7 Feb / 1:30pm – 4pm
📍 Ashfield Library ♿️

🎉 Digital Photography Club 2026
Improve your photography skills and capture great photos like a pro. BYO camera to take part.
📅 Sat 7 Feb / 2pm – 4pm
📍 Burwood Park Community Centre

📚 Inner West Play Reading Club: Cosi by Louis Nowra
A monthly play reading and discussion of Cosi by Louis Nowra. Connect with fellow theatre enthusiasts.
📅 Sat 7 Feb / 11am – 1:30pm
📍 Leichhardt Library ♿️

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Burwood & District Family History Group
Wanting to research your family history? Bring your research questions and get help and access to the Family History Group library.
📅 Sat 7 Feb / 2pm – 3pm
📍 Burwood Library and Community Hub

🎬 Movies in the Park: Sing 2
A free outdoor movie night under the stars with family-friendly Sing 2.
📆 Sat 7 Feb / 6:30pm
📍 Hudson Park, Strathfield

📚 Bookish Society: Favourite Read from Last Year
A cozy monthly meetup for book lovers to chat about favourite reads from last year, share reflections or simply listen and connect with fellow readers.
📆 Sun 8 Feb / 10am – 12:30pm
📍 Not-So Secret Society HQ, Glebe

🧶 Sydney Destash Market
An annual market where crafters can buy and sell yarn, fabric, notions and haberdashery, bringing together the Sydney creative community for a day of crafty treasure hunting.
📆 Sun 8 Feb / 10am – 3pm
📍 Sydney Portugal Community Club, Marrickville

🖼 Beginner Printmaking (ages 16+)
Learn introductory printmaking techniques in a small, beginner-friendly 6-week course.
📅 Sun 8 Feb / 10am – 12:30pm
📍 Pine Street Creative Arts Centre, Chippendale

🎓 Charles Darwin and the Legacies of Science and Indigenous Knowledges
A free guided tour and talk exploring and asking how First Nations knowledge can be reconciled with Western scientific traditions through the Natural Selections exhibition.
📆 Sun 8 Feb / 2pm – 3pm
📍 Chau Chak Wing Museum, Camperdown

💃 Dance Canvas at Dancers' Alley
Step onto an interactive, motion-activated LED stage where your movements trigger real-time visuals, and your three-minute performance is professionally recorded for sharing.
📆 Thu / 3pm – 9pm
📍 Dancers' Alley, Darling Harbour

🧵 Repair Circle - Clothes Mending
A relaxed, hands-on sewing circle where beginners and experienced makers can mend, repair or refresh clothing with guidance from fashion creatives.
📅 Tue 10 Feb / 10am – 12:30pm
📍 Inner West Sustainability Hub, Summer Hill ♿️

🎯 Inner West Cornhole League
A free and welcoming social league where anyone can come along to try cornhole, meet new people and enjoy a fun, easygoing night of play.
📆 Tue 10 Feb / 6:30pm
📍 Sydney Brewery, Rozelle

💃 Yearning & Burning: a Saddle Club Ball for Lovers
A Valentine’s Day line dancing ball featuring DJs, performers, love song dedications and plenty of chances to dance, connect and maybe fall in love on the floor.
📆 Sat 14 Feb / 7:30pm
📍 Marrickville Bowling Club

❤ Cut from the Same Page: Valentine Workshop
Create a unique, sustainable paper cut-out portrait gift using rescued materials.
📅 Sat 14 Feb / 12:30pm – 2:30pm
📍 Reverse Garbage, Marrickville ♿️

🏳‍🌈 Mardi Gras: Laser Cut Printmaking from the Archives
Create laser-cut prints inspired by Sydney’s queer history using archival images and printmaking techniques.
📅 Sat 14 Feb / 12:30pm – 3:30pm
📍 Darling Square, Library ♿️

🌈 Fair Day
A vibrant community celebration of culture, creativity, and pride at Victoria Park. Featuring live music, drag, community zones, talks, performances and a full day of queer culture, creativity and pride.
📅 Sun 15 Feb / 10am – 9pm
📍 Victoria Park, Camperdown

🍽️ Taste of Summer Pop Up Dinner
A one-night-only pop up dinner featuring a six-course feed-me menu inspired by the flavours, warmth and holiday energy of a European summer, with a cocktail on arrival.

📆 Mon 23 Feb / From 6pm
📍 Goldie’s, Dulwich Hill

🍺 Wildflower Brewing to Leave Marrickville for a New Rural Chapter 🌾

Beloved Inner West brewery Wildflower Brewing & Blending has announced it will close its Brompton Street cellar door as it prepares to relocate towards a rural setting. Founder Topher Boehm shared that the decision, driven by family life, sustainability and a desire to return to brewing at a slower, more agricultural pace, means the Marrickville site will close on Sunday, 31 May 2026.

Wildflower will continue releasing beers monthly until then, with plenty of stock already brewed and packaged to carry sales well beyond the closure date. A full calendar of farewell events, collaborations and celebrations is also planned, marking the end of a significant chapter for a respected Inner West brewery, and the beginning of something new.

👉 Read more

🎉 15th Birthday Bonanza @ The Little Guy
The Little Guy is turning 15 and throwing a party! $8 Grifters beers, a bell ring raffle, live DJs from 8pm, and the return of the Little Brat, plus a few surprise guest appearances from old favourites.
📍 The Little Guy, Glebe
📅 Sat 7 Feb / From 3pm (Live DJ from 8pm)
👉 Find out more

🍸 Sweet (At First Sight) @ TIKI33
TIKI33 Newtown is turning up the romance this Valentine’s with Sweet (At First Sight), with a limited-time cocktail from their Four Stages of Love journey. Crafted with lychee, rose, vodka and lemon, each drink is served with a fresh rose and a blank love note, inviting guests to write a message for someone special (or a cheeky hello across the bar). Book ahead for Valentine’s weekend.
📍 TIKI33, Newtown / Fri 13 & Sun 14 Feb
👉 Find out more

🍹 The Alex Hotel Alexandria | Monday to Friday | 5pm – 7pm | $7.50 schooners & $10 pints of select house beers, $7.50 house spirits, $7.50 house wine, $15 Aperol spritz & $18 cocktails – see venue for terms and conditions.

🍻 Rose of Australia Erskineville | Monday to Friday | 4pm – 6pm | $6.50 schooners of Carlton Draught, Great Northern, Resch’s, Bulmers Cider, VB & Pure Blonde, $6.50 house wines & spirits, plus $8 schooners of craft beer on tap – see venue for terms and conditions.

🍺 Bald Rock Hotel Rozelle | Monday to Friday | 4pm – 6pm | Beer & wine from $7 – see venue for terms and conditions.

🍸 Bald Rock Hotel Rozelle | Thursday | 6pm – 8pm | 2 for $22 cocktail of the month – see venue for terms and conditions.

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