Youth Week events

National Youth Week is an opportunity for young people aged from 12 to 24 years to share ideas, attend live events, have their voices heard.

Youth Week returns to the Inner West from 8 to 26 April, with an exciting program of free events for young people aged 12 to 24!  This year's NSW Youth Week theme is Dare. Dream. Do. 

Check out our full Youth Week 2026 program below!

Youth Week 2026 program

Portrait Painting – 14-18 years

Face to face life portrait with a model

Youth Week Pickleball - 7-14 years

Three children smiling and holding pickleball paddles on an outdoor court with a city skyline behind them.

Design a Repeat Textile –14-18 years

Repeat textile print of people dancing

Digital zine making -16+

Zine workshop with examples of zines

Film your grandparent’s story -16+

Grandparents Day

Create your own web series -16+

Create your own web series

Papermaking all abilities workshop

Papermaking all abilities workshop

Repair Circle- Clothes Mending

People sitting around a table in a community space, chatting and repairing items together

Rollerfit All-Ages Roller Skating

Photo of three colourful pairs of roller skates

Eco Adventures for Tweens

Young people planting seeds in a raised garden bed

Mindful Singing Workshop

Alicia May mindful singing workshop

Voices For Nature: College and Poster Making- 12-18 years

Voices for nature collage and poster workshop

Fashion Flip + Dance Showcase

Cutout photographs of young people dancing stuck on a corkboard

Movie Night at Dawn Fraser Baths

A poster for the Minecraft movie with the actor Jack Black holding a pickaxe in a field with minecraft characters behind him.

Dungeons and Dragons - 13-18 years

Tabletop games playing dungeons and dragons

Free Bike Tune-ups

an image of a man with a black beanie and purple shirt working on a bicycle wheel

Futureproof 7 Youth Music Festival

A person with pink hair in two side ponytails that protrude from the astronaut's helmet that they're wearing. On the crest of the helmet is the number seven.

Free pool entry and inflatable!

A young person runs along an inflatable obstacle course in a pool.
Aerial view of spiral artwork on path

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians the Gadigal and Wangal peoples of the Sydney Basin.

Opening hours

Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) 8:30am to 5pm

Phone

02 9392 5000

Mail

PO Box 14, Petersham NSW 2049

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