Yirranma Place Community Open Day 2026
Saturday 5 December | 10am to 1pm | Free entry, tickets optional
Welcome Home to Yirranma Place
where many stories create a place
Free entry. Tickets are optional, but they help us plan.
Yirranma means “many create” - and this Open Day is your invitation to discover a space where community comes together with purpose, creativity and heart.
Yirranma Place opens its doors once again for our annual Community Open Day - a morning of connection, discovery and Christmas cheer in the heart of Darlinghurst.
Bring the family for hands-on activities upstairs, delivered by local social enterprises. Downstairs, settle in for grown-up conversations and live organ performances in our heritage Auditorium. And in the Blue Gum Hall, browse our Social Enterprise Christmas Market - the perfect spot to tick off a few gifts before Christmas.
Everyone is welcome.
Entry is free, and you are welcome to just turn up. If you can, please get a free ticket: it helps us plan how many people to feed.
What’s on
🎄 Ground Floor: Blue Gum Hall
Get into the Christmas spirit with our Social Enterprise Christmas Market, featuring purpose-driven makers and organisations with plenty of thoughtful gifts to tick off your Christmas list. Meet Chocolate on Purpose, CandleXchange, Good 4 Good, Aunty’s Ginger Tonic, All of the Good Things, and Vitenje.
You can also decorate your own Christmas tree bauble to hang on the Christmas Tree - a donation will be made to Plunkett Street Public School for every bauble hung.
☕ Ground Floor: Café & Portico
Start your morning with a coffee and festive treats from Two Good Co.
There’ll also be Gelato Messina and a balloon artist to keep things festive.
🎶 Ground Floor: Auditorium
Step into our beautiful heritage Auditorium for a morning of grown-up conversations and live organ performances.
Hear from organisations working across social impact and community, while enjoying live music in one of Yirranma Place’s most special spaces.
Programme
10:00am | Organ performance including works children will recognise |
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10:20am | Coffee, cake and chats |
10:30am | Giving well, helping well Bella Conyngham, Philanthropy Australia Pastor Jon Owen, Wayside Chapel April Long, SMART Recovery |
11:05am | Organ performance designed to showcase the power of this heritage instrument |
11:35am | Provocation on Hasira facilitated by Think+DO Tank Foundation |
12:40pm | Organ performance A Christmas carol finale |
✂️Level 2: Family Activities
Head upstairs for a morning of hands-on fun, with activities delivered by local social enterprises. Activities run 10am to 12:20pm
There’ll be something for curious minds of all ages, including:
LEGO building with FutureTech Australia
Sensory snow-globe making with FutureTech Australia
Pressed flower bookmark making with Florapeutic
Toy swap & donation with Joy of Giving
Make-your-own concertina book with Think+DO Tank Foundation
Face painting and balloon twisting
Shows: 10:30am Makey Makey tech show with FutureTech Australia; 11:30am and 12 noon Robot Birds workshop with Story Factory.
Come for one activity or stay for the morning - there’s plenty to explore.
🌿 Rooftop
Take a break upstairs on the rooftop with La Farmacia Sydney, serving mini tacos, botanicals spritz station, and relaxed lounge seating.
A little sunshine, something delicious and a chance to slow down.
Discover Yirranma Place
Yirranma Place is more than a beautiful heritage building. It’s a home for organisations, social enterprises and people working to create positive change in the community.
Community Open Day is a chance to see the building come alive - from the café and portico to the rooftop and heritage Auditorium - and discover some of the people and organisations helping make a difference.
Come curious. Stay for a while. Meet someone new.
Everyone’s welcome
Families - Bring the kids for hands-on activities, creative workshops, face painting and plenty of Christmas fun.
Locals - Come and explore a beautiful Darlinghurst landmark, grab a coffee and see what’s happening inside Yirranma Place.
Christmas shoppers - Browse the Social Enterprise Christmas Market and find thoughtful gifts with a little more meaning.
Curious humans - Come for the music, food, conversations, activities or simply to have a look around. There’s no wrong way to spend the morning.
Accessibility
Yirranma Place is committed to making Community Open Day accessible and welcoming to everyone.
The building has step-free access, lift access to all floors, infrared hearing augmentation in the Auditorium, braille signage and accessible facilities throughout.
Guide and assistance dogs are welcome. Other dogs can’t come inside, so please leave them at home. Arriving with a child or a sensory need? Come in through the Portico on Liverpool Street.
Getting here
Yirranma Place
262 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Wilson Parking
70 Riley Street - pre-purchased parking available at a $12 flat rate.
Good to know
All Christmas treats are nut-free. Water stations on every level. Pram parking on Level 2.
Questions
Do I need a ticket? No. Entry is free and you are welcome to turn up. A ticket helps us plan.
What if it rains? Everything except the rooftop is indoors.
What if plans change? We will email everyone who has a ticket.
Questions about the day? hello@yirranmaplace.com
Free event | Tickets optional, but please get one if you can: it helps us plan | All ages welcome
Come as you are. Stay as long as you like. Feel at home.
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