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Events in Camperdown for free
Tue6
Tuesday 6 October
Wed7
Wednesday 7 October
Wed 7 · 9 AMFree
💼Career🌳Outdoors
Responsible Service of Alcohol Course - October 2026
Commercial Hotel, Camperdown (Conference Room)
Wed 7 · 2:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🎒Students
Student talks on art & architecture
Chau Chak Wing Museum
Wed 7 · 5 PMFree
🌳Outdoors🎪Street party
Greenups Spring. In The Garden
CAMPERDOWN COMMONS
Wed 7 · 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Self-Diagnosis and Mental Health Treatment in the AI Age
D18.02.207. SWHB Lecture Theatre 207, Susan Wakil Health Building, The University of Sydney
Thu8
Thursday 8 October
Later
Sat 10 · 11 AMFree
🗣️Talk🏛️Politics & Economy
Unfucking Australian Media
Eastern Avenue Auditorium (F19)
Sun 11 · 10 AMFree
🗣️Talk🏛️Politics & Economy
Antony Green on The ABCs of Psephology
Eastern Avenue Auditorium (F19)
Mon 12 · 10 AMFree
♀️Feminism🎒Students
Girl Power Festival: A Women-Only Cultural & Community Fair
University of Sydney
Tue 13 · 10 AMFree
✂️Workshop
Science: Writing a Thesis with Publications
New Law Building Annex (F10A), lecture theatre 026
Tue 13 · 5 PMFree
🗣️Talk🏛️Politics & Economy
Progressive Except for Jews — lecture and discussion with Professor Philip Mendes
The Vere Gordon Childe Centre Boardroom, The University of Sydney
Wed 14 · 10 AMA$0
🗣️Talk💼Career
Disability Research HDR Symposium 2026
D18.02.207. SWHB Lecture Theatre 207, Susan Wakil Health Building, The University of Sydney
Wed 14 · 5 PMFree
🧺Market🍽️Food
Manning Night Market
Manning Bar
Thu 15 · 11 AMFree
✂️Workshop🪡Crafts
Fibre Weaving Workshop with Malima
Chau Chak Wing Museum
Thu 15 · 12 PMA$0
🗣️Talk
Mamalu - A Lineage Embodied with Rosanna Raymond
Room A22 (Assembly Hall), Level 3, Sydney College of the Arts Camperdown, NSW
Fri 16 · 2 PMFree
🎒Students
BME Graduation and Prize Celebration 2026
Sounds Sydney
Mon 19 · 1:30 AMFree
✂️Workshop🪡Crafts
Introduction to Letterpress Printing Workshop
Level 2, Exhibition Space, Fisher Library, Camperdown NSW, Australia
Mon 19 · 10 AMFree
✂️Workshop🪡Crafts
Introduction to Letterpress Printing Workshop
Level 2, Exhibition Space, Fisher Library, Camperdown NSW, Australia
Mon 19 · 12 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🖼️Exhibition
Curators' Tour: 'By a Lady' Exhibition
Level 2, Exhibition Space, Fisher Library, Camperdown NSW, Australia
Mon 19 · 1 PMA$0–5
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Ithaca beyond the Odyssey
Chau Chak Wing Museum
Tue 20 · 12:30 PMA$0
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Can We Trust AI to Enhance Close Reading? Shakespeare, Complexity...
Old Teachers' College
Tue 20 · 4 PMFree
🖼️Exhibition🏰Heritage
Curators' Tour: 'By a Lady' Exhibition
Level 2, Exhibition Space, Fisher Library, Camperdown NSW, Australia
Wed 21 · 5 PMFree
🗣️Talk🛶Migration
Iranian-Jewish Relations: Shared History and Connections in Australia
The Vere Gordon Childe Centre Boardroom, The University of Sydney
Thu 22 · 2:30 PMA$0–5
🖼️Exhibition🗺️Guided tour
Curator’s Tour: Fibre Optics
Chau Chak Wing Museum
Thu 22 · 3 PMFree
🏷️Other
Staying Safe Online Info Session @ Camperdown Library
Camperdown Library
Thu 22 · 4 PMA$0
🗣️Talk🔬Science
SSESW 2026 Seminar Series: Controversies in Education: Seminar 7
RD Watt Building
Fri 23 · 9:30 AMA$0
🗣️Talk♿Disability
Aboriginal Sign Language Forum 2026
Event Space 416, Susan Wakil Health Building, The University of Sydney
Fri 23 · 9:30 AMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
12th Australia-Spain Research Forum: Environment & Climate Change
Chau Chak Wing Museum
Sat 24 · 1 PMA$0–5
🗺️Guided tour🖼️Exhibition
Curator's Tour: Terraforming
Chau Chak Wing Museum
Sun 25 · 11 AMFree
✂️Workshop🧘Wellness
Ngayomi / Shelter Workshop with Jade Dewi Tyas Tunggal and Ria Soemardjo
Chrissie Cotter Gallery
Sun 25 · 12:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🌱Ecology
HOLDING SPACE 2026 – Rituals of Reciprocity – Land and Water: Artist Talk
Chrissie Cotter Gallery
Tue 27 · 9 AMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Indonesia Research Showcase 2026
New Law Building Annex (F10A), lecture theatre 026
Tue 27 · 5:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🎒Students
PubTalks: A Biomedical Science and Engineering Seminar Series
Hermann's Bar
Tue 27 · 5:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
2026 Tom Austen Brown Lecture
New Law Building Foyer, Level 2 (F10-201)
Wed 28 · 12 PMFree
Creating Great Social Work Placements
RD Watt Building
Thu 29 · 9 AMFree
First Nations Leadership in Addressing Racism Symposium
Chau Chak Wing Museum
Thu 29 · 12 PMFree
Understanding the double burden of malnutrition using system dynamics
Charles Perkins Centre (Hybrid Event)
Fri 30 · 9:30 AMFree
6th Annual Forum on Sustainability, Climate and Health Collaboration
Room 416, Susan Wakil Health Building, The University of Sydney
Fri 30 · 9:30 AMA$0
The 6th annual Sustainability, Climate, and Health Collaboration Forum
Lecture Theatre 207, Susan Wakil Health Building, The University of Sydney
Fri 30 · 6 PMFree
🧘Wellness🌳Outdoors
Aboriginal Traditional Sound Healing at Chris O'Brien Lifehouse
L5 Education Centre, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse
Sat 31 · 2 PMA$0–5
Seidler Session 3: Art in Architecture
Chau Chak Wing Museum
Mon 2 Nov · 5 PMFree
2026 AAHPSSS Dyason Lecture: Medicine without Physicians
Chau Chak Wing Museum
Wed 4 Nov · 4 PMA$0
SSESW 2026 Seminar Series: Controversies in Education: Seminar 8
Education Building, University of Sydney
Wed 4 Nov · 4 PMFree
Bill Bellew Oration 2026: Courage in Leadership
Charles Perkins Centre (Hybrid Event)
Thu 5 Nov · 10 AMFree
NSW Health Statewide Biobank Open Day 2026
NSW Health Statewide Biobank
Sat 7 Nov · 11 AMFree
Reflections on Land and Water Workshop with Azarmidokhot Elahi
Chrissie Cotter Gallery
Mon 9 Nov · 8:30 AMFree
GRACE Video-Telehealth: Help Shape Better Video-Telehealth for Aged Care
Lecture Theatre 207, Susan Wakil Health Building, The University of Sydney
Thu 12 Nov · 5:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Early Action on Prediabetes, Diabetes & Severe Obesity — DO‑CAG Annual Showcase
Kerry Packer Education Centre
Fri 13 Nov · 1 PMA$0–5
Objects That Carry Us Home
Chau Chak Wing Museum
Sun 15 Nov · 12 PMFree
MBBS Class of 2001 Reunion
CAMPERDOWN COMMONS
Thu 19 Nov · 9 AMFree
🗣️Talk
COBL Research Symposium 2026 - The Science Behind Hope – Translating Cancer Research into Conversations that Matter
L5 Education Centre, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse
Fri 20 Nov · 12 PMFree
Something EPIC Seminar
Charles Perkins Centre
Thu 26 Nov · 12 PMFree
Something EPIC Seminar- 26 November 2026
Charles Perkins Centre
Sat 28 Nov · 2 PMA$0–5
🗣️Talk🏛️Architecture
Seidler Session 4: Architects on Seidler’s Legacy
Chau Chak Wing Museum
Sat 5 Dec · 2 PMA$0–5
🗣️Talk🏛️Architecture
Seidler Session 5: Seidler & the Sydney Opera House
Chau Chak Wing Museum
Sat 30 Jan · 2 PMA$0–5
Seidler Session 6: Inhabiting Seidler
Chau Chak Wing Museum
Sat 27 Feb · 5 PMA$0
Dreamland Music Festival
Hermann's Bar
See also in Camperdown for free
At 8 PMFree
🎸Rock💿DJ set
Music at The MiTCH feat. Lemon Joe
The MiTCH, Alexandria
Sat 10 · 7 PM
🎶Singer-songwriter🌐World music
漂洋过海来听你｜海洋 Lucas 2026 Live Show
7–11 Allen Street Waterloo NSW 2017
At 7:30 PMA$15–25
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Volare Ensemble Presents: The Hours Between
Redfern
Thu 22 · 7:30 PM
🔬Experimental🎫Concert
jacques emery presents: invisible threads
Pact, Sydney
At 2 PM
🎷Jazz💜Soul / Funk
move my way festival / eora / Carriageworks
Carriageworks, Sydney
Fri 9 · 7 PMA$70
🎫Concert
Merrick Watts: An Idiot's Guide to Wine: Volume 3 - Sydney
The Grand Electric, Sydney
Fri 23 · 7:30 PMA$15
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Jane Dire "Loser Rock" Record Launch w/ Grumpy @ The Eveleigh Hotel (Upstairs)
The Eveleigh Hotel, Redfern
Sat 24 · 8 PMA$45–75
🌐World music🌹Tango
Owen Salomé Tango Quartet
Peach Black Gallery, Chippendale
Tue 29 · 7:30 PMA$6–13
🎫Concert
Rolling Donkey 驴打滚每周二中文喜剧开放麦
87-91 Abercrombie St, Chippendale
Tomorrow · 6:30 AMA$20.37
⚡Punk🎸Rock
Meat shop
Goodspace, Chippendale
Tomorrow · 7:30 PM
🌙Indie🪕Folk / Acoustic
Alex The Astronaut + Guests
The Vanguard, Sydney
Mon 5 · 7 PM
⚡Electro✨Pop
Mietze Conte - Sydney
The Lansdowne, Sydney
Fri 9 · 7:30 PMA$30–50
🎫Concert
V2R Presents: CROSSROADS
Tom Mann Theatre, Surry Hills
At 2:45 PMFree4.7(584)
🎉Club
Alcotraz: Sydney's First Prison-Themed Cocktail Bar
Alcotraz Sydney: Cell Block One-Six
At 9 PMA$49.90
🎉Club💿DJ set
move my way after party - eora
The Lord Gladstone, Sydney
Fri 9 · 7:15 PMA$40–95
✨Cabaret👑Drag show
CHAMPAGNE CABARET
Two80 Cabaret, Surry Hills
At 7 PM
🎉Club🎊Socials
Move My Way Sydney 2026 in Sydney
Carriageworks, Sydney
At 9:45 PMFree4.5(600)
✨Cabaret👑Drag show
Late Night Vice - Sydney
The Grand Electric, Sydney
At 3 PMA$52–67
🌳Outdoors
Club Flamingo: Australia's Family Nightclub
The Grand Electric, Sydney
Fri 23 · 7 PMA$59–136
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
悉尼站｜脱口秀和Ta的朋友3卡司｜丹妮单口喜剧专场「百变妮友」
7-11 Allen St, Waterloo
Sat 17 · 5 PMA$11.11–59.90
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
澳洲首届｜澳村吐槽君严选海王评委｜野陆喜剧派对系列｜恋爱脑大赛
Green Square Public School and Community Spaces, Zetland
Fri 23 · 6:30 PMA$40–100
🌊Contemporary🎭Shows
ADI Grand Gala
3 Danks St, Waterloo
Thu 15 · 7:30 PMA$15
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
Ash Chapman | Work In Progress
Royal Hotel Darlington
Today
🎭Theatre
A Room with a View
Belvoir St Theatre, Surry Hills
Wed 7 · 7:15 PMA$20–30
🎤Stand-up
WEDNESDAY COMEDY 7TH OCTOBER
Stand OUT Comedy Club, Chippendale
Tomorrow · 11 AMA$0–53.24
🧺Market
Wild Faaji x StreetSouk: Sydney Streetwear Marketplace [FREE RSVP]
110 Botany Rd, Alexandria
Mon 19 · 11 AMA$0
🗣️Talk🤝Volunteering
Immunisation and misinformation workshop at Waterloo Neighbourhood Centre
Waterloo Neigbourhood Centre
Sat 19
🖼️Exhibition
Group Exhibition | By The Grace of God
Sullivan+Strumpf, Zetland
Thu 29 · 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Storytelling Night | The Connection Collective
Darlington Activity Centre
Sat 10 · 10 AMA$106.14
🍽️Food
Robert Weil Masterclass Sydney
40 Hansard St, Zetland
Thu 8
🖼️Exhibition
Murray Fredericks
Michael Reid, Sydney
Thu 8 · 6:30 PMA$0
🗣️Talk
MediPaws Presents: Kidneys & Ketamine
Rose of Australia, Erskineville
Sat 10 · 11 AMFree
🖼️Exhibition🤝Volunteering
MoveThrough Art Expo
Move Through Co, Sydney
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Venues in Camperdown for free
Charles Perkins Centre
2 events
Charles Perkins Centre (Hybrid Event)
2 events
RD Watt Building
3 events
Manning Bar
19 events
Eastern Avenue Auditorium (F19)
2 events
L5 Education Centre, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse
2 events
Level 2, Exhibition Space, Fisher Library, Camperdown NSW, Australia
4 events
Chau Chak Wing Museum
19 events
Church Street Studios
28 events
Hermann's Bar
2 events
CAMPERDOWN COMMONS
4 events
Chrissie Cotter Gallery
3 events