Events
Art Exhibition Expression of Interest
Are you a local artist looking to share your work with the community?
Brunswick Neighbourhood House is offering two exhibition opportunities in 2025 to showcase the creativity of local talent. These exhibitions give artists the chance to publicly display their work in a warm, character-filled community space.
This series runs alongside our annual End of Year Exhibition, which features work created through BNH’s art programs.
When: We have two exhibit opportunities in 2025:
– Friday 22 August
– Friday 19 September
Applications Close: Sunday 6th July
Free Monthly Community Lunch
Lunch served at 12.00 noon on the second Thursday of the month
Venue: 43a De Carle Street, Brunswick
This event is for everyone, from those who don’t have much to those who have plenty. It’s a great way to meet other people in your community, and enjoy a free, delicious vegetarian meal.
Each meal is prepared by a team of wonderful, dedicated volunteers using food provided by Open Table, plus herbs and vegetables, when available, from the BNH Kitchen Garden.
Diners are welcome to bring a take-home container in case there are leftovers at the end of the sitting.
Dates for 2025:
Thursday 12th June
Thursday 10th July
Thursday 7th August
Thursday 11th September
Thursday 9th October
Thursday 13th November
Thursday 11th December
Neighbourhood House Week
This year, we’re celebrating how small actions can create big impacts in our community! Join us at Brunswick Neighbourhood House for special workshops and a pop-up Chatty Cafe on Sunday.
Chatty Cafe
Enjoy a delicious barista-made coffee, connect with friendly faces and experience the welcoming atmosphere of our community cafe. Drop in for a chat—we’d love to see you there!
When:
Sunday | 18th May |10am – 12 noon
Cost: Free or the cost of a coffee
Venue: 43a De Carle St,. Brunswick.
Fashion Workshop: Colour & Fabric Selection
Ever wondered how fashion designers choose colours and fabrics for their collections? In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore colour families, fashion palettes, and fabric properties that influence garment design. Gain insight into industry techniques and experiment with colours and textiles to spark your creativity. Perfect for fashion enthusiasts and aspiring designers!
When: Saturday 17th May | 10am-12 noon
Cost: $49 full/$46 conc
Venue: 43a De Carle St., Brunswick
Yoga & Meditation: Calm Your Nervous System
This workshop blends science-backed stress management techniques with yoga, breathwork and meditation to activate the parasympathetic nervous system—supporting health, growth, restoration, rest, and digestion. Learn how to lower cortisol levels, ease tension, and cultivate a deep state of relaxation. Whether you’re new to yoga or an experienced practitioner, this session will leave you feeling grounded and rejuvenated.
When: Sunday 4.00-5.30pm
Cost: $20.00
Venue: 43a De Carle St., Brunswick.
Sydney Road Street Party
Come along and visit our Information Stall at the Sydney Rd Street Party. This beloved annual event features live music, delicious food stalls, roving performances, celebrating the vibrant culture and diversity of Sydney Road.
Where: Sydney Road, Brunswick between Victoria Street and Brunswick Road
When: Sunday 2nd March | 12 – 6pm
That Mudbrick House Exhibition 2024
Come and celebrate the fabulous artists of Brunswick Neighbourhood House! We hope you can join us for this special exhibition of works from our creative programs in Life Drawing, Pottery, Textiles, Sculpture, Painting, Illustration and Collaborative Arts.
It is required that you RSVP to the opening night event (for catering purposes).
RSVP: HERE
When: Opening Night – Friday 22nd Nov | 6.30-8.30pm
Where: Brunswick Neighbourhood House
43a De Carle Street, Brunswick.
Brunswick Multicultural Festival 24th Nov 2024
Join us for a family friendly day of joy and celebration of cultural diversity. Enjoy free workshops including a kid’s craft workshop, interactive cultural performances and delicious food and coffee from our food vendors. The festival will open with a traditional indigenous smoking ceremony and Welcome to Country and we’ll move through the day with the laid-back sounds of DJ General Vibes punctuated with Chinese Lions and Tarantella dancing. Come connect, create, and celebrate with Brunswick Neighbourhood House!
When: Sunday 24th November 2024 from 10.30am – 2.30pm.
Where: Warr Park Reserve & Brunswick Neighbourhood House
43a De Carle Street, Brunswick.
Summer Seedling Planting Workshop
join us for a hands-on workshop where you’ll discover the ins and outs of summer seedlings and how to prepare your own garden. Led by our resident horticulturist, Laurel Coad, this interactive session will walk you through the planting process as we work together to plant one of our garden beds. Don’t miss this opportunity to get your hands dirty and help our garden thrive!
Time: 11.30am – 12.30pm
Pot and Plant Your Own Summer Seedlings
Drop by and pot up your own summer seedlings to take home! Guided by our horticulturist, Laurel Coad, you’ll receive expert answers to all your summer veggie questions, including what to plant, how to care for your seedlings, and tips on organic pest and disease management.
Time: 1.00-2.00pm
Pizza Dough Cooking Demonstration
Join us for a cooking demo led by BNH’s resident baking extraordinaire, Cass Hogan! You’ll learn how to elevate your pizza-making skills at home, with plenty of tasting along the way. Also includes a tour of the community garden and small harvest.
Time: 11.05am -12.05pm
Pandan Crepe Cooking Demonstration
Cass Hogan is back for another cooking demo, who will guide you through how to make the perfect Indonesian pandan crape.
Time: 12.30-1.30pm
Kids Craft Workshop – Ages 6yrs +
In this children’s stained-glass workshop, kids will explore creativity and learn about its history using paper-based materials. Each child will design and create a unique piece to take home. Facilitated by one of our incredible BNH creative art tutors, Lizette Vieyra. Sessions from:
SESSION 1 | 11AM-12PM
SESSION 2 | 12PM-1PM
SESSION 3: 1PM-12PM
Please ensure you arrive at the beginning of the session time which will then run for an hour.
Adult Learners Week 2024
Always wanted to learn how to play chess? Join us at Brunswick Neighbourhood House for our ‘chess for beginners’ event as part of Adult Learners Week 2024.
Our weekly chess club is open to all levels of experience, providing a fun space for people of different generations and backgrounds to learn and connect. Volunteers will be on hand to teach newcomers, creating a welcoming and safe learning environment. Plus, enjoy delicious barista-made coffee at our chatty café! Register your interest now and don’t miss out! ♟️ 👑
When: Tuesday 3rd September 2024 from 10am – 12pm.
Where: 43a De Carle Street, Brunswick.
Cost: $2 donation per session.
Register your interest by responding to our Facebook event – or call our office on – (03) 93869418.
Neigbourhood House Week
✨ Get ready to groove like it’s the 80s at Neighbourhood House week 2024!✨ From sourdough baking to 80s themed dance aerobics, we’ve got a lineup of fun and social activities for everyone!
Chatty Cafe
Get to know other members of the community through conversations over a cuppa.
When:
Tuesday 10am – 12 noon Commencing 14th 2024
Cost: Free or the cost of a coffee
Venue: 43a De Carle St,. Brunswick.
Watercolour Workshop
Suitable for beginners and for artists looking to refine their skills.
This interactive workshop will reveal helpful tips and tricks that can be used to create a beautiful watercolour painting. Suitable for beginners and for artists looking to refine their skills. All materials will be provided.
When: Wed: 6 – 8pm
Term 2: 15th May
Cost: $36 full/$34 conc
Venue: 43a De Carle St., Brunswick
Flashback Fever80’s Dance Aerobics
Don’t miss our headline act – 80s Dance Aerobics with Dance Fever! Their energetic dance workshop offers an inclusive, wholesome experience for all ages, shapes and sizes. With a playlist that’s jam packed with all your favourite retro hits, we promise you’ll be smiling from start to finish! So dust off those leg warmers, and join us for an experience that’s guaranteed to have you feeling energised and ready to conquer the dance floor. Plus, show up in your best 80s gear for a chance to win a prize! Please wear comfortable shoes and bring a drink bottle.
When: Fri: 6 – 7pm
Term 2: 17th May
Cost: $5.00
Venue: 43a De Carle St., Brunswick
Sourdough Workshop
Learn how to make great sourdough bread at home with Michael and Therese Slee. This fun interactive workshop covers sourdough culture care and the processes of sourdough fermentation and baking. It’s easier than you think.
Participants will get to sample freshly baked bread in class, receive recipes and plenty of tips. You will also get to take home some sourdough culture (starter) to get you started at home. Perfect for first time sourdough bakers!
When Sat: 10am – 1pm
Term 2: 17th May
Cost: $60 full/$54 conc
Venue: 43a De Carle St., Brunswick
Chatty Cafe Launch
Brunswick Neighbourhood House will be hosting a new Chatty Cafe in 2024! Get to know other members of your community through conversations over a cuppa. We will have volunteer baristas working our coffee cart and volunteer ‘chatters’ at the ready for you to sit and have a yarn with. Join us at the Chatty Cafe program launch on Tuesday the 13th of February from 10am – 12pm.
Where: 43a De Carle St, Brunswick.
When: Commencing 13th Feb on Tuesday mornings from 10am – 12pm.
Cost: The price of a coffee or $0 if you’d just like to sit and chat.
New barista and chatter volunteers are always welcome! Volunteer inquiries can be made via info@bnhc.vic.edu.au
Brunswick Multicultural Festival 2024
Come join us for a vibrant day filled with a diverse range of performances, workshops, and delicious food! 🎉
From West African Drumming to Cuban Salsa to mouth watering Mexican cuisine from Rockstar Taco, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Free workshops will be available to book including Gardening activities, Kids Arts and Crafts and Colombian Bracelet making. Don’t miss out on the fun, join in the festivities and save the date! 💃
Where: Warr Park Reserve | 43a De Carle St, Brunswick
When: Sunday 5th May 2024 | 10.30am – 2.30pm
Gardening & Planting Workshop
Reserve your place in this terrific free, hands-on activity. You will pot up a plant from a range of herb & plant seedlings and take your plant home with you.
Time: 11.00am – 1.00pm
Kids Art & Craft Workshop
An interactive Kids art and craft session
Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm
Columbian Beaded Breacelet Workshop
This is a 2-hour workshop where you will learn the basic techniques of bead weaving in a loom. You will use colourful beads, needle and thread that will be provided during the workshop. At the end of this workshop, you will take your beautiful bracelet home!!! No previous knowledge necessary AGE 10+.
Time: 12.30 – 2.30pm
Sydney Rd. Street Party
Come along and visit our Information Stall at the Sydney Rd street Party. This beloved annual event features live music, delicious food stalls, roving performances, celebrating the vibrant culture and diversity of Sydney Road.
Where: Sydney Road, Brunswick between Victoria Street and Brunswick Road
When: Sunday 3rd March | 12 – 7pm
Sausage Sizzle
Brunswick Neighbourhood House will be holding a sausage sizzle and all proceeds will go towards our 2024 Chatty Cafe project
When: Saturday 9th Dec 2023
Location: The rear parking area at Bunnings Brunswick, 415 Sydney Rd, Brunswick.
Come along and support the House.
BNH Annual General Meeting 2023
The Brunswick Neighbourhood House Annual General Meeting will held on
Thursday 23rd November 2023 from 12noon
If you wish to join us, you are invited to attend from 12pm at 43a De Carle St, Brunswick.
Please RSVP by to 9386 9418 for catering purposes.
If you would like to join the meeting online, please email info@bnhc.vic.edu.au requesting the Zoom link.
Brunswick Multicultural Festival 2023
A fun and colour filled day with a diverse range of fabulous performances, kids’activities, free workshops, coffee cart and market stalls. We’ll be dazzled by The Sounds of Polynesia, traditional Chinese Dragon Dancing, Brazilian Drumming, Columbian Dance, traditional Middle Eastern Oud and more! As always you can book in for our freeworkshops including, Garden and Planting, Kids Arts and Crafts and Plastic Bottle Cap Recycling.
You’ll have worked up quite the appetite after all that so here’s where Rockstar Taco steps in with a delicious array of tantalising Mexican cuisine. There is so much to enjoy so come and join in the fun and festivities!
This project is supported by the Circular Economy Communities Fund. The Fund is delivered by Sustainability Victoria under the Victorian Government’s circular economy plan, Recycling Victoria: a new economy.
Gardening & Planting Workshop
Reserve your place in this terrific free, hands-on workshop on Gardening and Planting techniques. You will prepare a garden bed for planting, learn to arrange and plant seedlings, and learn about the seasonal planting Calendar.
Time: 11.00am – 1.00pm
Kids Art & Craft Workshop
Join Lizette as she teaches you how to create your own ‘Ojo de Dios
These beautiful and meaningful decorations are said to offer abundance and protection in various regions around the world, especially in Mexican culture.
Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm
Plastic Bottle Cap Recycling Workshop
The Ecological Justice Hub are teaching us how we can re-purpose our plasticbottlecaps and turn them into practical and stylish household items.
Time: 11.00am- 12.30pm or 1.00pm – 2.30pm
When: Sun 10.30am -2.30pm
Term 4: 26th Nov
Cost: FREE
Venue: 43a De Carle St., Brunswick.
Annual Art Exhibition
That Mudbrick House 2023
Featuring works from artists who have attended our 2023 creative programs including visual arts, crafts, textiles and pottery programs.
‘That Mud Brick House’ is an exhibition title that pays homage to the iconic mudbrick building that is home to many of Brunswick Neighbourhood House’s programs and events. More than just art, this exhibition is both a showcase of works from weekly classes that run on site and an opportunity for the community to come together and celebrate the achievements of our incredible students and artists.
When: Opening Night Friday 24th Nov 6.30-8pm
Viewing times after opening night | Mon – Wed 9am – 4pm
Dates: 24th Nov – 29th Nov
Venue: 43a De Carle St., Brunswick.
RSVP for catering purposes on Opening Night on PH: 9386 9418 E: info@bnhc.vic.edu.au
Mexican Fiesta for Kids 2023
Hola! Join our Mexican Fiesta for Kids at the Brunswick Neighbourhood House.
This free Children’s Week celebration offers an exciting and educational experience for kids and families of all backgrounds.
Embrace Mexican culture by making Day of the Dead themed masks with Mexican visual artist Lizette as well as colouring in activities, gardening activities and a coffee cart for the parents, all while enjoying music from The Mexican Music Man, Alejandro.
This Childrens Week event is presented by Brunswick Neighbourhood House Co Operative Limited in partnership with the Victorian Government.
When: Sat 10.00am -12.30pm
Term 4: 21st Oct
Cost: FREE
Venue: 43a De Carle St., Brunswick.
Fashion Upcycling Workshop 2023
Have any old clothes or thrift finds that could do with patching, tailoring, or embellishing before you get any more wear out of them? Come along to our upcoming Fashion Upcycling Workshop, where you’ll receive materials, sewing equipment and advice on how to repair and transform your garments. All participants can bring up to three garments for mending.
When: Sun 10.00am -12.30pm
Term 4: 29th Oct
Cost: $40 full/$37 conc.
Venue: 43a De Carle St., Brunswick.
Adult Learners Week 2023
Brunswick Neighbourhood House will be hosting affordable fashion workshops for adult learners’ week 2023. Workshops including ‘Fashion Drawing’ and ‘Personal Colour Schemes’ will be led by our tutor Heather, who has more than 20 years’ experience teaching fashion design and textiles. Both workshops are catered to people of all abilities and biscuits will be provided for a morning tea break.
Learn to crochet
A workshop for anyone who’s ever wanted to make that special rug but needs to learn the crochet basics. You will learn how to follow pattern instructions and how to do different stitches; how to weave in ends and to block and join squares together. Materials to get you started will be provided, along with notes on everything covered in the class.
When: Sat 10.30am – 12.30pm
Term 3: 5th Aug | 2023
Cost: $55 full / $51 conc
Venue: 43a De Carle St., Brunswick
Neighbourhood House Week 2023
Monday 8th May – Sunday 14th May
Join in one of our activities during Neighbourhood House week. Bookings on 9386 9418
Neighbourhood House Week is an annual national celebration, recognising the important contribution over 1,000 neighbourhood houses make in local communities across Australia.
Wednesday 10th May | BNH Walking Group 9.30am – 11.30am | Free. Bring coffee money | 18 Garden Street, Brunswick
Thursday 11th May | Yoga- 9.30am – 10.30am | cost $22.00 | 43a De Carle St, Brunswick
Thursday 11th May | Maker and Menders 10.00am – 12.30pm | cost $3.00 | 43a De Carle St, Brunswick
Thursday 11th May | Community Lunch 12.00pm – 3.00pm | Free | 43a De Carle St, Brunswick
Friday 12th May | Contemporary Line Dancing – 9.30am – 11.00am | Free | 43a De Carle St, Brunswick
Saturday 13th May | Sourdough Workshop 2.00pm – 5.00pm | cost $60 full/$54 conc | 43a De Carle St, Brunswick
Brunswick Multicultural Festival 2023
Come along to this free event! Through out the event there will be performances, workshops, market stalls and more..
Free workshops: Bookings essential on 9386 9418 or info@bnhc.vic.edu.au
Compost and worm Farming workshop from 11am- 1pm
Recycled Crafting Workshop for Kids from 10.30-11.30am
When : Sunday 30th April 10.30am – 2.30 pm
Where: Warr Park Reserve – De Carle St., Brunswick
Performance
Where there’s a A will
When: Friday 14th April 2023| Bar Opens at 7.30pm for an 8pm start
Where: 43a De Carle St, Brunswick
Tickets: $25.00
Q & A Presentation
-Bin Waste System
Merri-Bek council is rolling out a new 4-bin waste system with a new container for glass.
Find out what this means for you and your neighbourhood with a presentation and Q&A session over a coffee and pastry.
When: Sat 25th March | 10.15 or 11.15am
Where: 43a De Carle St., Brunswick
Cost: Free – Bookings essential on 9386 9418 or info@bnhc.vic.edu.au
Venue: 43a De Carle St., Brunswick
Sydney Rd Street Party
Come along and visit our Information Stall at the Sydney Rd street Party
When: Sunday 5th March 2023 | 12 – 7pm
Where: Sydney Rd, Brunswick
Pop Up Event
Come along to our Pop Up event that will feature a Compost and Worm Farming workshop.
When: Saturday 25th Feb 2023 | 10am -12pm
Where: 43a De Carle St., Brunswick
Bookings for the FREE workshop essential on 9386 9418 or info@bnhc.vic.edu.au
