Good morning, Inner Westies. This weekend brings us a feast of events from the Summer Hill Social's festivities to Olympic Meats' authentic Greek barbecue in Marrickville. It's International Women's Day on Saturday — a great time to celebrate the achievements of women in your life. From local music acts to street parties and children's activities, there's something for everyone to enjoy.

In today’s Inner West Guide:

• Olympic Meats Now Open in Marrickville 🔥 

• Our Recommended Park & Picnic of the Week 🧒 🛝 

• What’s Happening This Weekend 🪩 😎 

• Gig Guide 🎸 🎵 

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

🔥 Chef Timothy Cassimatis Brings Authentic Greek Barbecue to Marrickville 🔥 

Chef Timothy Cassimatis has opened Olympic Meats in the backstreets of Marrickville, bringing his take on Greek grill houses to the Inner West. Drawing from his vast experience, Cassimatis offers charcoal rotisserie meats served as souvlaki plates or wrapped in wood-fire pita. The menu also features family recipes like 'Olympia's Spanakopita Circa 1961,' named after his grandmother. With a deliberately stripped-back interior of galvanised steel and mosaic tiles, Olympic Meats offers fast, casual service with no pretence. Now open for walk-ins and takeaway at 12 Dudley Street, Marrickville.

Visit their website or Instagram for trading hours.

🛝 Park Picnic @ Pioneers Memorial Park Leichhardt
This park on Norton St offers plenty of room for kids to run around, ride bikes or scooters, and spread out a picnic blanket. The playground itself is unique—sparking community debate when first built—but has since become a local favourite. With shade sails covering the play equipment, plenty of tree coverage nearby, and accessible toilets, it’s a comfortable spot for families to enjoy. It’s within walking distance of the heart of Norton Street, with plenty of options to grab some lunch. It’s a 7 minute walk from Leichhardt North Light Rail Station, buses service the area and street parking is available.

🎵 K-Bop @ Glebe (ages 0 to 5) 
A parent-child singing circle hosted by singer/songwriter/performer and mother, Angie Who. Book ahead.
📍 St John's Anglican Church Glebe / Friday 7th March 2025 / 10am-10:40am

👶 Lullaby Club @ Glebe 
A singing circle for new mums hosted by singer/songwriter/performer and a mama herself, Angie Who. A mother-first approach designed to support women during the perinatal period, early years of parenting and beyond, through song, community, tea and cake! Book ahead.
📍 St John's Anglican Church Glebe / Friday 7th March 2025 / 11am-12:30pm

🎨 Minis Craft @ Broadway Create an adorable echidna with your little one, helping develop fine motor skills while learning about Australian wildlife through creative play! Book ahead. 📍 Broadway Shopping Centre Glebe / Saturday 8th March 2025 / 10am, 11am & 12pm

🌱 D.I.Y. Garden Seed Balls @ Bunnings (ages 3 to 12)
Kids will combine clay, potting mix and seeds to create seed balls to take home and plant. Free. Book ahead.
📍 Bunnings Alexandria, Ashfield & Rozelle / Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th March / check store website for times

🧸 Village Playgroup @ Annandale (ages 5 and under)
A friendly playgroup ($4/session, first visit free) for carers and children under 5, featuring free play, activities, songs, story time, and outdoor play in the church garden.
📍 Village Church Annandale / Tuesday 11th March 2025 / 10:30am-12pm

Friday

🎥 Cinema Under the Stars by Together2 @ Birchgrove 
Head on down for a Free screening of Barbie. Bean Bag hire and Food Trucks available on the night. Book your ticket in advance. sponsored by McGrath and Aussie Balmain, with support from Inner West Council.
📍 Mort Bay Park Birchgrove / Friday 7th March 2025 / 6pm to 10pm ♿️

Saturday

🥕 Autumn Seasonal Market Carriageworks 
Celebrate women in food with a special market featuring top female makers, bakers, and growers, plus a cooking demo from The Country Women's Association.
📍Carriageworks Eveleigh / Saturday 8th March 2025 / 8am to 1pm

🛍️ Rozelle Collectors Markets 
The Rozelle Collectors Market is known for vintage finds, pre-loved treasures, antiques, and unique second-hand goods. Runs every Saturday.
📍 Rozelle Public School / Saturday 8th March 2025 / 9am to 3pm

♻️ Clothes Swap @ Summer Hill 
Refresh your wardrobe sustainably at our relaxed clothes swap - bring up to 6 clean, quality items to exchange while enjoying a cuppa with fellow fashion lovers.
📍 Inner West Sustainability Hub Summer Hill / Saturday 8th March 2025 / 11am to 2pm ♿️

💃 Saturday Morning Dance Fit Enjoy a fun, all-abilities dance class that combines fitness and social connection for women of all ages. Register in advance. Free.
📍 Refugee Welcome Centre / Saturday 8th March 2025 / 8:30am 

📚 Inner West Writers Group @ Marrickville Library 
Spend your Saturday morning sharing your work with likeminded writing enthusiasts. No bookings required.
📍 Marrickville Library and Pavilion / Saturday 8th March 2025 / 10am ♿️

👭 International Women's Day: Claiming Creative Space 
Celebrate International Women's Day at this low-sensory session featuring yarn weaving, Zentangle drawing, light refreshments, and mindfulness activities.
📍 Burwood Library and Community Hub / Saturday 8th March 2025 / 1:30pm-3:30pm

Sunday

🎨 Amazon Women's Tennis Open Day 
Tennis for all skill levels in a welcoming, inclusive community for women! Come experience the fun of the game in a supportive environment where players of every ability are encouraged to participate and improve.
📍 Cintra Park Tennis Club Concord / Sunday 9th March 2025 / 9am-1pm

🔍 Come and Try Croquet 
Learn Golf Croquet basics and enjoy a short game with fellow beginners—just remember to wear soft-soled, heel-free shoes.
📍 Cooks River Croquet Club / Sunday 9th March 2025 / 9:30am to 11am

🗣️ International Women's Day Choir 
Join us for a fun afternoon of singing and come together to learn an iconic female empowerment anthem! Bring friends and family to perform Alicia Keys' "Girl on Fire" with Welcome Choir, led by Bek Jensen. No experience required. All singing abilities and ages welcome.
📍 Petersham Town Hall / Sunday 9th March 2025 / 1pm to 2:30pm

🎵 The Metropolitan Orchestra Met Concert#1 
2025 launch season with Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture, Krommer's Concerto for two clarinets featuring principals Andrew Doyle and Alisha Coward, and Beethoven's energetic Seventh Symphony.
📍 Marrickville Town Hall / Sunday 9th March 2025 / 3pm to 4:30pm

🍸️ Jacoby’s Tiki Bar Enmore | Wednesday & Thursday 6pm-8pm, Friday & Saturday 5pm-7pm & 12am till close, Sunday 5pm to 7pm | $12 Pina Colada, Strawberry Daiquiri, Miami Vice, $15 MaiTais, $7 Tap Beers and more | See venue for terms. | See venue for terms.

🍺 Public House Petersham | Monday to Friday | 4pm to 6pm | See venue for terms.

🍻 Red Lion Hotel Rozelle | Monday to Wednesday | 4pm to 6pm | See venue for terms.

☕️ ONA Coffee Sydney Cafe Marrickville
Named Cafe of the Year by the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2025. Add this to your places to brunch list!

🍸️ Corner Bar Rozelle | Saturday & Sunday only | Bottomless Brunch | 2 Hours of bottomless drinks & share plates for $75 | See venue for terms.

🥩 Lord Raglan Hotel Redfern | Saturday & Sunday | Steak & Frites $24 | See venue for terms.

Kids Eat Free!

🧒 Public House Petersham | Kids eat free with any purchase of a main meal all Sunday | See venue for terms.

🧒 Organica Concord & Leichhardt | Kids eat free every Monday night | See venue for terms.

Friday

• Botany View Hotel Newtown | Newtown Sound 006 + Aliya, Holiday Curfews, Pinky Ring | 8pm

• Buddy's Bar Newtown | Zhuli + Yura | 7:30pm

• The Chippo Hotel Chippendale | Santé Atash + Astrovan, Cross Pollinate | 7:30pm

• Crowbar Leichhardt | The Kittyhawks + Steel City Allstars, Chris Duke and the Royals, Operation Ibis | 8pm

• Dingbats Party Pit | Mannequin Death Squad + Big Red Fire Truck, Bloody Legend, The Hush, Poizon'Us | 8pm

• Enmore Hotel | Bruise Control + Antenna | 9pm

• Enmore Theatre | Peach Pit + Bones & Jones | 7pm

• Factory Theatre Marrickville | Robben Ford | 7:30pm

• Hopsters Brewery Enmore | Pj Orr | 7pm

• ICC Sydney Theatre | Ice Cube + B-Wise | 8pm

• The Lansdowne Chippendale | Felipe Baldomir | 7pm

• Lazy Thinking Dulwich Hill | Where's Jimmy? + The Cumquats, The Bush Doofs, Ashpit | 6pm

• Marrickville Bowling Club | Pete Cornelius & Genevieve Chadwick | 7:30pm

• Miss Celie's Ashfield | Waveteller Trio | 7pm

• The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre Sutherland | Jess Hitchcock & Penny Quartet | 7:30pm

• Petersham Bowlo | Rub + Backhand, Boudicca, Serial Pest, Hunny, Perfect Daughters | 7pm

• Pyrmont Bridge Hotel | Greg Nun & The General Jackson's | 9pm

• Trocadero Room Enmore | Soma | 8pm

• Vic on the Park Marrickville | Polish Club + smallways. | 9pm

• Waywards @ The Bank Hotel Newtown | Chloe Parché + Sam Allen, Jett Blyton | 7pm

Saturday

• Bald Rock Hotel Rozelle | Jamie Wall | 7:30pm-10:30pm

• Balmain Bowling Club | Finn | 5pm-8pm

• Botany View Hotel Newtown | Scum Fu + Nunchukka Superfly, Bifter | 8pm

• Butchers Brew Bar Dulwich Hill | Shayna Veloria + Olivia Wei | 3pm

• Camelot Lounge Marrickville | Taxiride feat. Ttsar | 7pm

• The Chippo Hotel Chippendale | Neptune | 7pm

• Crowbar Leichhardt | Gbh + Rust, R.U.B., Bruise Control, Backhand, Punish | 7pm

• Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge Marrickville | Lolo Lovina | 7pm

• Factory Floor @ The Factory Marrickville | Binary Pulse + Echotide, Gravity Stone | 8:19pm

• Factory Theatre Marrickville | Selfish Sons + Loretta, Sesame Girl | 7:30pm

• Hopsters Brewery Enmore | Boyfriend Material + No Illuminati, Practical Girls | 6:30pm

• Huxley's | Keli Holiday + The Sunday Estate | 9pm

• ICC Sydney Theatre | Roxette + Boom Crash Opera | 7pm

• Manning Bar Camperdown | Haranga | 6:30pm

• Marrickville Bowling Club | Ups and Downs + The Crystal Set | 7:30pm

• Miss Celie's Ashfield | Sbs Presents International Women's Day Feat. Kim Girdlestone, Ukelele Friday, Hour Language, The Torch Song Trio, Bonnie Kay & The Sweet Patooties, Ida & The Choirgirls. | 4pm-10pm

• MoshPit Bar Erskineville | Fret + Verdani, Spicy Mango | 2:30pm

• MoshPit Bar Erskineville | Whateva + Lawine, Meshky | 7pm

• Pyrmont Bridge Hotel | Pj O'Brien Band | 5pm

• Pyrmont Bridge Hotel | Ramona & Her Funkin' Brand | 9pm

• Red Rattler Theatre Marrickville | Close Counters | 7pm

• The Townie Newtown | Suburban Bukowskis + Pete Fenwick Experience | 9:30pm

• Trocadero Room Enmore | Among The Restless + Lip, Ah Honey | 8pm

• UTS Underground Ultimo | Left To Die | 7pm

• The Vanguard Newtown | breathe. | 8pm

• Vic on the Park Marrickville | Genie Loci + Trinity and The Sluts | 9pm

• Warren View Hotel Enmore | Leo Abisaab + Maisie's Vacation | 9pm

• Waywards @ The Bank Hotel Newtown | Ashenmoon | 8pm

Sunday

• Bald Rock Hotel Rozelle | Black Water Irish Band | 3pm-6pm

• Balmain Bowling Club | Mountain Devils | 3pm-6pm

• Butchers Brew Bar Dulwich Hill | Loud Women + Leila, Tali, Cate Guirguis, Martha Chess-Phelps | 7pm

• The Chippo Hotel Chippendale | The Crystal Set + Postcards from Pluto | 4pm

• The Courtyard @ The Factory Marrickville | Freekin Weekends + Clay Western, Necko, Stella Eve | 2pm

• The Dock Redfern | The Night Packers + Cupholder DJs | 8pm

• Factory Theatre Marrickville | The Petersens + Colin Buchanan | 7pm

• The Gasoline Pony | Meshky + Winter Starlings, Morna Scott | 5pm

• Lazy Thinking Dulwich Hill | R.U.B + Backhand, Serial Pest, Squirt Circle | 3pm

• Miss Celie's Ashfield | Johnny G Trio | 4pm

• Miss Celie's Ashfield | Don Hopkins (Solo) | 7:30pm

• MoshPit Bar Erskineville | Onanizer + Cream Soda, Body Melt, Crown St. Militia, Master Leonard | 4pm

• Palomino Lounge Enmore | Lady Lyon [Solo] | 7:30pm

• Petersham Bowlo | Shrapnel + Dippers, Giant Hammer, Ex Colleague | 5pm

• Pyrmont Bridge Hotel | Moonlighters feat. Sally King, Dave Brewer & Continental Robert Susz | 3pm

• Pyrmont Bridge Hotel | Buddy Knox Blues Band | 7pm

• Union Hotel Newtown | Joeys Coop + The Finalists | 5pm

• Vic on the Park Marrickville | Loud Bark Minifest + Skirtless, Stirr, Omr, Ugly Mug, Polly, Parades, Kitty of the Valley | 12pm

Thank You!

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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