Kids activities in Sydney this weekend: 8-9 August 2026

Two different days this weekend. Saturday is cold but dry, which is the one thing you need for anything outdoors, so that is where the park and bike sessions have gone. Sunday turns wet with no clear break in it, so everything we have put on Sunday is under a roof - and there is a museum at the bottom of the page for the moment the forecast wins.

1. 1Saturday

   

   Lionel Bowen Young Creatives Award: Filmmaking Workshop (ages 12-18)

   📍 Lionel Bowen Library · Eastern Suburbs

   🕑 Sat, 8 Aug · 10:00–12:00 · Ages 12–18

   ✏️Workshops & classes🎉 Free

   A proper two-hour filmmaking workshop for 12-18s, free, and it feeds into a real award you can enter afterwards - rare for this age group.

2. 2Saturday

   

   Saturday Storytime (0-5 years)

   📍 Malabar Community Library · Eastern Suburbs

   🕑 Sat, 8 Aug · 10:30–11:00 · Ages 0–5

   📚Storytime🎉 Free

   Thirty minutes of stories and rhymes for under-5s with no booking, so it survives a slow morning getting out the door.

3. 3Saturday

   

   Balance bike clinics

   📍 Sydney Park Cycling Centre · CBD & Inner City

   🕑 Sat, 8 Aug · 09:00–11:00 · Ages 3–8

   ⚽️Sports🎉 Free

   The pre-pedal stage, done properly: 3-8s on balance bikes at a closed cycling centre with no traffic anywhere near them.

4. 4Saturday

   

   Ballet classes: Ages 5-8 years (Glebe)

   📍 Glebe Town Hall · Inner West

   🕑 Sat, 8 Aug · 11:30–13:00 · Ages 5–8

   🎵Music & dancePrice TBC

   A relaxed first ballet class for 5-8s at Glebe Town Hall - the price is not listed, so ring ahead if that decides it.

5. 5Saturday

   

   Digital Media Marketing and Content Creation Workshop | Youth

   📍 Kirrawee Library+ · Southern Sydney

   🕑 Sat, 8 Aug · 13:00–13:00

   ✏️Workshops & classes🎉 Free

   Free content-creation workshop at Kirrawee Library for teenagers who already spend the weekend making videos anyway. Check the finish time with the library.

6. 6Saturday & Sunday

   

   Traditional candy making demonstration

   📍 Sticky Lollies (The Rocks Centre) · CBD & Inner City

   🕑 Sat, 8 Aug · 09:00–17:30

   ✨Other fun🎉 Free

   Runs all day, indoors, costs nothing, and takes twenty minutes - the thing to keep in your back pocket when a plan falls through in the city.

7. 7Saturday & Sunday

   

   Family Story time — Parramatta Library

   📍 Parramatta Library · Western Sydney

   🕑 Sat, 8 Aug · 10:30

   📚Storytime🎉 Free

   Free family storytime in the middle of Parramatta, which makes it the easy western-Sydney answer if the Randwick session is the wrong side of town.

8. 8Saturday & Sunday

   

   Flip Out Bella Vista Trampoline & Adventure Park

   📍 Flip Out Bella Vista · The Hills

   🕑 Sat, 8 Aug

   ⚽️Sports$10

   Ten dollars, indoors, and it will genuinely tire them out - the Sunday-afternoon option when the rain has already ruined one plan.

9. 9Sunday

   

   COMMUNITY-LED EVENT: Le Marché

   📍 Woolwich Dock · North Shore

   🕑 Sun, 9 Aug · Ages 2–4

   🎪Festivals & marketsPrice TBC

   A small French market on the water at Woolwich Dock. Outdoors, so this is the Sunday pick that the forecast could take away.

10. 10Sunday

    

    Top Dog Film Festival 2026

    📍 Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace · North Shore

    🕑 Sun, 9 Aug · 14:00–16:30

    🎪Festivals & marketsPrice TBC

    An afternoon of short dog films at the Orpheum. Indoors, sit-down, and about the right length for a wet Sunday with older kids.

☔️ If it turns

If Sunday washes out entirely, this is the one worth paying for - two hours indoors at the Australian Museum and the kids will talk about the leeches for a week.

Bloodsuckers: Nature's Vampires Exhibition

📍 Australian Museum · CBD & Inner City

🕑 Sat, 8 Aug

🏛️Museums$16–$29

Picked from what Sydney councils, libraries and venues published for 8–9 August 2026. Times and prices change — check the venue's own page before you go. Draft assembled with AI, edited by a human before publishing.