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What’s On in Hobart This Weekend: Sitchu’s Top Picks
Our guide to what's on in Hobart this weekend will give you plenty of reasons to leave the house.
Hobart in spring is pure renewal. The city hums with colour, creativity and a soft sea breeze that signals fresh beginnings. Gone are the long, wintry nights — in their place, golden afternoons, bustling markets, alfresco cafe moments and gardens bursting into bloom. The waterfront comes alive once more with festivals, fine food and outdoor art.
It’s the season to wander, sip, and soak it all in — here’s what’s on in Hobart this weekend.
A Natural Escape Festival
This October, the Tasman Peninsula transforms into a playground for nature lovers and daydreamers alike. A Natural Escape is a three-week celebration of the region’s wild heart — 40+ events spanning nature walks, creative workshops and community feasts. From sea cliffs to studios, it’s all about conservation, connection and local colour. Running 6th to 26th October, this all-ages festival invites you to slow down, look closer and rediscover Tasmania’s wilder side.
See the program here
Until 26th October
High Tea at The Tasman
High Tea, but make it Hobart. Every weekend, The Tasman’s Deco Lounge transforms into a scene of quiet splendour — fine china, Bellebonne bubbles, and tiers of Tasmanian-made delights served with finesse. It’s elegant without trying, indulgent without excess, and an art form in itself. Recently crowned one of the World’s 50 Best Hotels (2024), The Tasman knows a thing or two about refinement. Settle in for a sparkling afternoon steeped in local flavour and luxury.
Book here
Sunday 18th October, 2025
Leap and Wander Studio’s Pottery Classes
Find your flow in the Derwent Valley this weekend at Leap and Wander, where clay, calm, and creativity meet. Just 35 minutes from Hobart, this country studio hosts hands-on pottery workshops for beginners and curious makers alike. You’ll hand-build, shape, and glaze pieces worth keeping (and showing off), guided by a patient potter in a relaxed, sunlit space. Gather your friends or book solo — inspiration comes easily out here.
Book here
Sunday 18th October, 2025
504 Back River Road, Magra
Hobart Twilight Market at Brooke Street Pier
Soak up the magic of Hobart’s waterfront at this beloved monthly night market, on this Friday, where local food, drinks, design and live music collide. Oh, and cute cuddly goats! Set against the backdrop of Brooke Street Pier, the Hobart Twilight Market serves up Tasmania’s best small-batch eats and sips, plus stalls by local makers and creatives. Expect good vibes, great chats with passionate stallholders, and a family- and dog-friendly atmosphere.
Next twilight market: Friday, October 17th, 4:30pm to 9pm
12 Franklin Wharf, Brooke Street Pier, Hobart
In the end, the beginning — Arcangelo Sassolino at MONA
Industrial materials meet elemental force in this jaw-dropping MONA exhibition from Italian sculptor Arcangelo Sassolino. Think: steel melting mid-air, glass straining under rock, and tyres squeezed to breaking point. Using heat, gravity and immense pressure, Sassolino explores change as a moment of truth — a flash of destruction, renewal and transformation. It’s physical. It’s philosophical. It’s like nothing you’ve seen before.
Curated by Sarah Wallace, Jarrod Rawlins and Olivier Varenne.
Until April 6th, 2026
MONA, Hobart
Farm Gate Market
When Sunday morning rolls around, Hobart’s Farm Gate Market (affectionately known as Farmy) buzzes with energy, and it’s not to hard to see why Lonely Planet has crowned it a must-visit travel trend for 2025. This is your one-stop shop for fresh local produce in abundance. Local purveyors line the street, with stalls overflowing with fresh fruit and veg, artisanal baked goods, and small-batch spirits. Start your morning at Farmy’s Grub Hub with breakfast from one of the many food trucks before diving into this sensory playground of Tasmanian goodness. This is no ordinary market; it’s an experience that captures the soul of slow, local travel.
8:30am to 1pm, Sundays
104 Bathurst Street, Hobart
Check out Théo Mercier’s Mirrorscape at MONA
While you’re at MONA, French artist and stage director Théo Mercier has transformed the museum’s former library into a haunting, otherworldly installation, crafted entirely from locally sourced sand. Created on-site with the help of expert sand sculptors, Mirrorscape presents a catastrophic landscape suspended in time: a scene that might follow a landslide, tsunami, or bomb blast.
Enclosed behind glass and flanked by aluminium panels, the work evokes a laboratory specimen, a fossil, or perhaps a prophecy. Inspired by Tasmania’s ever-shifting sandstone formations and local detritus, Mercier’s immersive diorama blurs the lines between past and future, art and aftermath — an eerie vision of what was, or what’s to come.
Until 16th February, 2026
655 Main Road, Berriedale
Willie Smith’s Apple Shed
Take a quick 25-minute drive to the Huon Valley and visit Willie Smith’s Apple Shed — the place where the beloved Willie Smith’s Cider is grown and made. Order a housemade charcuterie board and tasting paddle to sample some local goodies. There’s an Apple Museum on site where you can take a self-guided tour anytime, live music every Friday night, and an artisan and produce market takes place on the farm every Saturday from 10am, with plenty of farm fresh produce to sample.
2064 Huon Highway, Grove
Visit the Salamanca Market
Take a stroll through Hobart’s iconic Salamanca Market, a quintessential weekend activity for families, couples or a fun outing with friends. Celebrating over 50 years, this long-adored market boasts more than 300 stalls featuring an array of local goods, from unique records and handcrafted woodwork to the exquisite Leatherwood honey and artisanal whisky.
Perfectly situated for a Saturday well spent, you can seamlessly wander from one stall to the next, sampling goodies and savouring a cup of coffee. We’re eyeing up the delectable Lady Hester sourdough donuts on hand.
8:30am to 3pm, Saturdays
Salamanca Place, Hobart
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