What’s On in Hobart This Weekend: Sitchu’s Top Picks

Hobart in winter is something to behold. The city crackles with bold flavours, fiery hues, and electric energy — even as Dark Mofo slips back into the shadows for another year. While the crowd-drawing festival may be over, its spirit lingers in pockets of magic around the city as we embrace the cool evenings and crisp mornings.

From thought-provoking art installations to feel-good sing-alongs, market mornings, epic feasts and cosy cafes, Hobart remains a magnetic escape. So bundle up, embrace the chill, and discover what’s on in Hobart this weekend.

Festival of Voices – The Big Sing

Ready to sing your heart out and feel the power of music? The Big Sing is here, a free, feel-good event kicking off the 2025 Festival of Voices in Hobart! Celebrating 20 years of song, this family-friendly winter sing-along lights up the city this Friday from 5.00 pm. Bring your loved ones, warm up your vocal cords, grab some food from participating vendors, and join thousands of voices in a joyous evening led by talented local and interstate artists. No tickets needed — just your warmest clothes, your enthusiasm, and your best singing voice. This year’s song? A John Farnham classic, ‘You’re the Voice’.

Friday, June 27th from 5:00 pm

Princess Wharf, Castray Esplanade, 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.

8:30 am to 1:00 pm, Sundays 

104 Bathurst Street, 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

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

Hobart Twilight Market at Brooke Street Pier

Soak up the magic of Hobart’s waterfront at this beloved Friday night market, where local food, drinks, design and live music collide. Oh, and cute cuddly goats! Set against the backdrop of Brooke Street Pier once a month, 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.

Friday, June 27th, 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm; check website for dates

12 Franklin Wharf, Brooke Street Pier, Hobart

Have a Fun(gi) Day Out at the Tasmanian Mushroom Festival

Step into the fascinating world of fungi at the Tasmanian Mushroom Festival, an enchanting, month-long celebration of all things mycelial. Held amidst lush surrounds, the festival has already featured mushroom foraging walks, interactive talks with mycologists, kids’ art stations, and gourmet tastings that showcase the magic of edible fungi. This weekend, a ‘Make Your Own Mushroom Grow Kit‘ is being hosted for the little ones. The interactive session will teach kids all about different varieties of mushrooms, learn how to grow them at home, and includes a special tour of the Mushroom Tunnel. It’s part science, part wonderland, and a whole lot of fun for all ages.

Until 30th June

Kids Mushroom Grow Kit tickets are available here.

Mount Rumney

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. Keep warm inside the shed and 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 10.00 am, with plenty of farm fresh produce to sample.

2064 Huon Highway, Grove 

Visit the Salamanca Market

Take a leisurely 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. 

8:30 am to 3:00 pm, Saturdays

Salamanca Place, Hobart 

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Writer

Kelsey Harrington

26 June 2025

Kelsey Harrington is a Melbourne-based writer with a sharp eye for the city's ever-evolving food, wine, arts, and culture scene. Her journey into the creative industry took the scenic route—what started as a passion for capturing Melbourne’s energy through a camera lens led her to Sitchu, where she worked her way up to Melbourne Editor. With over four years in the industry, she’s all about uncovering the best places to eat, drink, and explore. Off the clock? You’ll find her diving into a platter of fresh oysters and crudo, gallery-hopping, or sipping an extra dirty martini while plotting her next adventure.