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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.
Joan Ross’ Have We Got Everything Exhibition
This highly anticipated exhibition delves ever deeper into Ross’ exploration of the effects of colonialism on Australian land and culture. Bringing questions of the pillage of this country, the effects of human activity on the natural world and desire to collect the uncollectible rise to the fore. Explore works of paper, paintings and even an animation.
Until Saturday 15th November
Bett Gallery, Level 1, 65 Murrary 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
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
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
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