Community Billboard 31st March – 6th April
This weekly community gig guide is proudly sponsored by the City of Sydney’s Plan for the future – Sydney 2030 – making our city more green, global and connected.
Bandaged Bear Appeal
For 25 years the Bandaged Bear Appeal has been counted on to raise essential funds for The Children’s Hospital at Westmead.
The annual fundraiser helps doctors, nurses and researchers make every day count for more than 100,000 patients and families who rely on the Hospital’s expertise each year.
How to help
The Bandaged Bear Appeal aims to raise half a million dollars. You can help make every day count by:
– Making a donation
– Holding your own fundraising event at school, home or work
– Purchasing an iconic clip-on bear at selected train stations on March 27th
– Participating in the inaugural Grin and Bear It Challenge
Funds raised help the Hospital to purchase the most technologically advanced medical equipment, conduct vital research and maintain a total healing environment.
When: Monday 31 March from 08.00 am to 05.00 pm
Where: The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Cnr Hawkesbury Rd and Hainsworth St Westmead 2145
Cost: Free
How to get to this event: Call 131 500 or visit www.131500.com.au
Practical Business Learning for Entrepreneurs: UTS at HUB
If you are an entrepreneur in a creative startup business, you can now receive expert mentoring and practical business advice under this new pilot program to encourage entrepreneurs and new jobs in Sydney.
Practical Business Learning for Entrepreneurs is designed to give you practical, useful support in growing your startup business.
This is a unique opportunity to gain from the University of Technology, Sydney’s expertise in rigorous, practical learning in the collaborative, entrepreneurial culture at Hub Sydney.
Workshops
You can participate in 5 two-hour workshops in key business areas. Each workshop is run by an expert — serial entrepreneurs with extensive experience working with startups well as seed stage venture funds. The workshops will be particularly relevant to entrepreneurs in the tech and creative sectors. Is technology central to your business? Or are you in the creative industry? Creative sectors include areas such as: design; fashion; entertainment; digital media; music; film and television; games and interactive content; and software relevant to these sectors.
When: Tuesday 01 April from 07.00 pm to 09.00 pm
Team: who do I need to have with me?
Where: Hub Sydney, 101-111 William Street Darlinghurst 2010; Other Services: Air conditioned
Cost: $20 per workshop; Each workshop is limited to 50 people and registration is essential
How to get to this event: Kings Cross and Town Hall rail stations, bus routes along William Street, Darlinghurst
Block Party at Hyde Park Barracks
Youth Week in the City opening night
Block party – Hyde Park Barracks – 4th April
Join the unpredictable interactive party designed around self-expression and creativity
led light graffiti
• flash dance
• retro games
• comedy
• magic
• dj’s
• craft
• silent disco and much more…
When: On Friday 04 April from 06.30 pm to 09.30 pm
Where: Hyde Park Barracks Museum, Queens Square, Macquarie Street Sydney 2000
Cost: $10 each or $5 for 4 or more
How to get to this event: Domain Car Park – Open 7.00 am to 9.00 pm (Mon-Sat), 10.00 am to 6.00 pm (Sun) contact office for operation
hours on public holidays. Address – Sir John Young Crescent, Woolloomooloo. Entry via St. Mary’s Road.
Tel: 02 9232 6165 or 02 9232 6944.
Cooking with Leftovers Workshop
Amazingly, NSW households waste an average of $1,000 worth of edible food each year!
This cooking demonstration will inspire you to cut down your food waste and your weekly shopping bill. Come along to watch simple leftover ingredients being turned into spectacular and delicious dishes. Share recipes and tips and, best of all, taste the treats prepared.
(Unfortunately this workshop is not suitable for children under 14 years.)
When: On Saturday 05 April from 10.00 am to 11.30 am
Where: Glebe Library, 186 Glebe Point Road (cnr Wigram Road) Glebe 2037
Cost: Free
How to get to this event: bus – Glebe Point Road
Fitzroy Gardens Playground Launch Event
Help us celebrate the opening of the renewed playground, with exciting new facilities for children of all ages to enjoy.
There’ll be roving entertainment, fun characters to delight the kids and vouchers for refreshments from a range of local cafes.
You’ll also be able to stock up on fresh produce from the Kings Cross Organic Food and Farmers Market in Fitzroy Gardens. 
When: On Saturday 05 April from 11.00 am to 01.00 pm
Where: El-Alamein Memorial Fountain, Fitzroy Gardens, Macleay St Elizabeth Bay 2011
Cost: Free
How to get to this event: Kings Cross Train Station is right nearby Visit https://www.transportnsw.info/ to plan your trip by bus
Lawn Library at Paddington Reservoir Gardens
The pop-up library, which houses an ever-changing collection of books and is a hub for events and activities, will be at the award-winning gardens, which is already a favourite spot for workers on their lunchbreak, from Saturday 29 March to Sunday 6 April.
The mobile bookcases will be at Paddington Reservoir Gardens, among the stunning tree-fern gardens and 19th century ruins of the original reservoir. The unique gardens are the perfect place to read and relax the mind. Bring a coffee and browse the shelves, have a relaxing read on a deckchair with some cool jazz. Free Wi-Fi will also be available at the gardens, as part of a six-month trial by the City.
The Lawn Library will be available daily from dawn to dusk, with everyone welcome to browse the shelves and choose a book from the wide range of fiction, architecture, history and children’s titles.
The City is also hosting a number of Lawn Library events in the gardens, including a drawing class, a talk about the Sydney Artists’ Balls, and jazz afternoons with musicians from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
A City librarian will be on hand at Lawn Library to assist with information about the range of library services available from midday to 2pm on weekdays and 10am to 3pm on weekends.
Storytime
Tuesday 1st of April, 10-11am
Book online
Drawn on Life
Saturday 5th of April, 11 am-noon
Book online
Guided tour
Sunday 6th of April, 11am and noon
Book online
Acoustic Jazz session
Saturday 05, April 3-5pm
Sunday 06 April 3-5pm
Saturday 29 March to Sunday 6 April
7am – 7pm daily
Paddington Reservoir Gardens
No bookings required
When: Between Saturday 29 March and Sunday 06 April from 07.00 am to 07.00 pm
Where: Paddington Reservoir Gardens, 251-255 Oxford St Paddington 2021
Website: https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/explore/facilities/parks/major-parks/paddington-reservoir-gardens
Cost: Free
How to get to this event: Call 131 500 or visit www.131500.com.au
Sitkovetzky Trio
Since student days at the Menuhin School, the individually acclaimed young artists of the Sitkovetsky Trio have come together for the sheer joy of playing chamber music – a delight which is shared with their audiences!
As Alexander Sitkovetsky says of Beethoven’s ‘Archduke’ Trio: ‘We have so much physical and emotional joy when we play it – everything about the piece takes us to an incredibly happy place.’
Beethoven’s friend and supporter Archduke Rudolf would surely be only a footnote in history without the extraordinary work that now bears his name. Tchaikovsky’s Trio is an elegy for his mentor Nikolai Rubinstein; Smetana’s Trio is also a poignant memorial, said to reflect the sorrowful brevity of his talented little daughter’s short life.
More happily, renowned humanitarian Julian Burnside AO QC continues his visionary support of the arts through a new commission from Musica Viva’s Artistic Director Carl Vine, in honour of Carl’s 60th birthday.
When: On Monday 31 March from 07.00 pm to 09.30 pm
On Saturday 05 April from 02.00 pm to 04.30 pm
Where: City Recital Hall, Martin Place between George & Pitt Streets Angel Place Sydney 2000
Cost: Adult: $34 – $94
Concession: $30 – $82
Under $30 – $30
How to get to this event: Wynyard and Martin Place train stations are 5 minutes walk from Angel Place. All buses to and from Circular
Quay stop nearby on George Street or Pitt Street