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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.
Summer is in full-swing and on top of the excitement of a New Year, we’re looking to fill our weekend with golden afternoons, bustling markets, alfresco cafe moments and gardens in bloom. The waterfront is once again alive 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.
Tasmanian Wine Festival
No need to chase the wines this weekend, they’re coming to you! Kick back and soak up the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens with a glass or two of the good stuff, thanks to Tasmanian Wine Festival. You’ll have the opportunity to choose between 250 wines from over 45 vineyards as you meander your way along the trail. Naturally, a selection of delicious accompaniments will be on offer, including freshly shucked oysters and wood-fired pizzas. To round it all out? Live entertainment and maybe a little boogie.
Saturday 7th February to Sunday 8th February
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
Bottomless Sessions at Botanica
January got away from you? Time to book in a long overdue bottomless. Head to Botanica for a menu of brunch favourites, paired with some crafty cocktails and a fun soundtrack. At $63, it’s a bit of a bargain, too.
$63 per person
23 Salamanca Place, Battery Point
It’s Your Last Chance to Catch the Lavender in Bloom
Pop a visit to the world’s largest privately owned lavender farm on your summer bucket list. In its final few weeks of bloom, it’s your last chance to catch this divine sight at its best.
Make a day of it at Bridestowe Estate, meandering through the fields, snapping pictures, sipping on lavender tea and stocking up on gorgeous locally made goodies.
296 Gillespies Road, Nabowla
Rum Fest at Narryna
Ready yourself for a day of sea shanties and drams of rum at Narryna Heritage Museum. In its second year, this fun fest will give you the chance to taste and purchase some of Tassie’s finest distillers’ wares. The TasMen Shanty Crew, The Rummins and the Stranded Wailers will be on deck for tunes.
$5 per person
Saturday 7th February, 12pm to 7pm
103 Hampden Road, Hobart
Street Eats @ Franko
Kick off February with Friday nights full of music, street food and community spirit. Championing local produce and makers, this lively street food fest hosts everyone from distilleries and brewers through to smoked meats, bao and dumplings.
You can find out who will be taking over the bandstand each week here and decide on your plan of attack, food-wise, here.
Every Friday until 24th April 2026
70 Macquarie Street, Hobart
Willie Smith’s Artisan Market
Why not take a little road trip this weekend? Head out to Willie Smith’s for a cider, a meal and a shop. Every Saturday, Willie’s plays host to an artisan market that showcases wares from all over the Huon Valley. You can expect to pick up jars of local honey, handmade jewellery, ceramics and more. What a pleasant way to spend a Saturday!
Every Saturday, 10am to 2pm
2064 Huon Highway, Grove
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
Visiting 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
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
Indulge in a Spot of Weekly Trivia with Society Salamanca
Looking to shake up the working week with a new weekly ritual/ Trivia Night at Society might be just the ticket! Hosted by bar manager and quiz enthusiasts, Jasper, trivia is free to play. And what’re you playing for? A $100 bar tab! Gather your pals and make a night of it. What could be better than some light social competition, gun cocktails and stone-fired pizza?!
Wednesday nights, 6:45pm to 8:45pm
22 Montpelier Retreat, Battery Point
What’s on in Hobart This Week: Road Trip
Biji Dining at The Branch, Swansea
Biji Dining has rolled into Swansea for the summer, bringing their spice-bright cooking back across the Bass Strait and into Kelsey Walker’s lovingly reimagined old-bank tapas bar. Chef Harry Mangat and his wife, Sandy Soerjadhi, settle in as if returning to friends, shaping Indian-inspired plates with seasonal Tassie produce and the family stories that anchor their roaming kitchen. Bright, clever dishes land as crisp snacks and generous share plates, made for sea-breezy evenings and golden-hour cocktails. The mood is easy, the welcome heartfelt, and the menu shifts with whatever the coast offers up. A limited-time pop-up adding genuine warmth to the East Coast — and absolutely worth the road trip.
Until 8th February, 2026
Friday to Tuesday: 5pm to 8pm
Sunday: 12pm to 4pm
7 Maria Street, Swansea
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