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, and while the crowd-drawing festival Dark Mofo may be over, its spirit lingers in pockets of magic around the city as we embrace the cool evenings and crisp mornings. That, plus Beaker Street Festival has settled in once more, for 12 days of wonder.

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

Hadley’s Art Prize

Step into Tasmania’s creative heartbeat with Hadley’s Art Prize at Hadley’s Orient Hotel — where contemporary landscape art meets a legacy dating back to 1895. With $100,000 up for grabs, this acquisitive prize celebrates excellence, curiosity, and the weirdly wonderful perspectives of Australian artists. From curated tours with Luke McGregor and Amy Jackett to artist talks that feel more like storytelling than lectures, it’s a weekend where history, culture, and a touch of sass collide. Tap in, explore the walls, and let your Insta grid thank you later.

29th August to 21st September, 2025

34 Murray Street, Hobart

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, September 5th (subject to approval), 4:30pm to 9pm

12 Franklin Wharf, Brooke Street Pier, Hobart

Winter In the Hanging Garden

Encompassing nearly an entire city block in the centre of Hobart, In The Hanging Garden is an extensive tiered beer garden and cultural precinct, with outdoor dining, bars, markets and live music, and they’re keeping things hot this winter. Enter the grand outdoor Cathedral for live music from Friday to Sunday, s’mores and toasty drinks, or book in for good times within its alfresco dining space, complete with cascading hanging plants and lighting, and a Sunday Family Feast.

For the cosiest activity of all, book a private dome to snuggle up with your mates. Keep warm under the soft blankets, devour a tasty platter and sample a couple of drinks from the seasonal selection- bliss! It’s a whole lot of wholesome, and here til the end of the month. 

112 Murray Street, Hobart

Wheel & Wine at Glazed and Confused

Say you’re looking to gain a new skill, seeking a creative outlet or trying to find a unique way to catch up with a friend, the team at Glazed and Confused has you covered with their Wheel and Wine class. Enjoy a glass of wine as you learn the basics of pottery making, where participants are welcome to throw as many pieces on the wheel as they wish, for two hours. Your two best pieces will be glazed, fired and ready for pickup a few weeks later!

Sitchu tip: Glazed and Confused hosts wheel throwing courses and multiple events throughout the year, so be sure to give them a follow if you’re ready to unleash your creative side.

Multiple dates in August, see the schedule and book here.

52b 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

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. 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 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

28 August 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.