Pride Art Prize: Drinks with Artists: Thursday June 11th, 6pm, Presentations: Thursday June 18th, 6pm. Free events! All welcome.
Pride Art Prize 2026
Sydney Pride Festival 2026.
“Connected In Colour.”
To All Community Partners and Event Producers – Be part of Sydney Pride Festival 21st – 30th June 2026.
This year’s theme, “Connected in Colour,” celebrates the strength, diversity, and unity of our LGBTQIA+ community. 2026 also marks a major milestone, 15 years of Sydney Pride as a month-long festival, highlighting its growth into one of Sydney’s most important celebrations of culture, visibility, and connection. The festival will feature a vibrant mix of drag, theatre, live music, art, community events, forums, and fundraisers. We also honour the legacy of the 78ers of the first Sydney Mardi Gras and the impact of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, recognising the history that continues to shape Pride today.
“Connected in Colour is about celebrating the threads that tie us together as a community. No matter our differences, we are united by Pride.”
Glenn Hansen, co-ordinator, Sydney Pride Festival.
Donate to the PRIDE ART PRIZE
It is tax deductable and all funds raised go to the exhibiting artists
https://artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2EMn00000gO0ip
There will be a peoples choice vote awarded as well as the PRIX YVES HERNOT judges selection.
Opening and Drinks (BYO) with the Artists: Thursday Jun 11, 6pm
Prizes Presentation (including People’s Choice voting): Thursday June 18, 6pm.
TAP Gallery: tapgallery.org.au
Youtube: TAP TV – @TapGallerySydney
Instagram: @tapgallery and #tapgallery
Email: info@tapgallery.org.au * Telephone: 0400610440 .
Level 1, 259 Riley St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Pride Art Prize 2026
QUEER CRAFT MARKET – SATURDAY 20TH JUNE 11am – 4pm
QUEER CRAFT MARKET
SATURDAY 20TH JUNE 11am – 4 pm
SATURDAY 20TH JUNE 11am – 4 pm
Do you have small works to exhibit? Are you a crafter, painter, sculpture or a creator of small pieces that you like to sell.
In conjunction with PRIDE month this month, give us a call to book a table for $15 and come along next Saturday to set up your goods and have a great Craft Market Day with us here at TAP.
In conjunction with PRIDE month this month, give us a call to book a table for $15 and come along next Saturday to set up your goods and have a great Craft Market Day with us here at TAP.
Get in quick and give us a call or email info@tapgallery.org.au to book your table.
Hope to see you there.
LAKSHMI BEE PRESENTS ‘INTO THE LIGHT’ Saturday 6th June 5-8pm
Welcome to Lakshmi Bee! We are a mother and daughter duo on a mission to help heal the planet and people through our sustainable creations and a purpose-driven lifestyle. We devote many hours and months infusing our designs with elegance, luxury and style inspired across multiple eras, building beauty from ashes in a celebration of God’s living creation as well as our own multicultural heritage.
Uniting eastern and western heritage, we are a multinational family of Australian, South Indian, British and Western European origins, with a generational history of fabric production, art, retail and real estate. Having a natural flair for the arts and entrepreneurship from early ages, we first combined our gifts by working together at home, creating custom clothing and art projects before going on to create pieces for school competitions, community programs and church productions. This then led us into gallery exhibitions, special events and runway shows.
Our work is a visual reflection of our dreams, mission and life’s purpose. Every detail holds importance, combining pre-existing items, fabric offcuts and remnants collected from different eras and sourced from around the world – bringing past, present and future together. These statement pieces share stories and illustrate the beauty that can be created from discarded parts pieced together – something truly amazing.
We want to share our love for the arts and personal development to inspire and encourage you to live an enriched life.
As global caretakers, we all have a shared responsibility to respect ourselves, our environment, the people around us, animals and living beings in which we share this planet. Re-thinking the way we live, what we do and what we wear, investing in quality pieces that last, while finding creative ways to reduce waste and re-use the items we already have at home are some of the many ways we can all help today, to prepare a better world for ourselves and the generations to come.
Join us on this journey in making a global difference and becoming the great people we were created to be.
WINNERS OF THE PYRMONT ART PRIZE at Pirrama Park to be announced on SATURDAY 30 May at 4 PM
Pyrmont Art Prize 2026
ANNOUNCING THE PYRMONT ART PRIZE 2026
WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON SATURDAY 30TH MAY @ 4 PM IN TAP GALLERY
SAT & SUN 23rd & 24TH MAY 11-5 PM.
Pyrmont Food and Wine Festival
is 2 days of Art, Food, Wine and Live Music at
Pirrama Park, Pyrmont.
ENTRY FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEN YOU DELIVER YOUR WORK TO TAP GALLERY
IF YOU WISH TO PRE REGISTER ONLINE:
There will be ART CLASSES 2PM both days
TAP Gallery: tapgallery.org.au
Youtube: TAP TV – @TapGallerySydney
Instagram: @tapgallery and #tapgallery
Email: info@tapgallery.org.au * Telephone: 0400610440 .
Level 1, 259 Riley St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
BUSINESS IN THE PENINSULA PRESENTS
THE 2026 PYRMONT FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL
Sydneysiders, it’s time to dust off your picnic rugs and grab your mates—Pyrmont Festival is back for 2026! Mark your calendars for 23-24 May as Pirrama Park transforms into a buzzing hub of gourmet delights, award-winning wines, craft beers, gin, cocktails and live entertainment, all set against the stunning backdrop of Sydney Harbour.
The Pyrmont Festival is a festival celebrating food, wine and art, which includes the 2-Day food and wine event. The festival is a community-run event which fosters a strong connection with the country and the city. This year we celebrate the 14th Pyrmont Festival. We welcome all parts of the community to be part of this important festival.
✅ Free entry – everyone in the community is welcome
🍷 Wineries from NSW wine regions
🍻 Local breweries and distilleries
🍔 Local food trucks
🎵 Free live entertainment from local musicians & artists
❤️ Family and first date friendly
🤸 Kids zone
🎨 Art classes
📚 Food and wine courses
♿ Accessible access to all parts of the park
REJECTS FROM THE ARCHIBALD WYNNE & SULMAN – The Real Refuses Artists’ Talk Saturday 30th May 4pm
Real Refuses Show 2026`
Real Refuses: ARTISTS’ TALK
SATURDAY 30TH MAY @ 4 PM
Join us and the artists for an afternoon of Talks by the artists, pleasant company and conversations.
Thursday 21st May marked the 31st Anniversary of Australia’s largest Art “non” Event – Real Refuses -where artists not selected for the ARCHIBALD, WYNNE, SULMAN Art Prizes exhibit their work at TAP Gallery in Surry Hlls to win the popular “People’s Choice Award”, selected by the public on the night.
Real Refuses has become firmly established as part of the “Archibald Season”.
While it is an exhibition of rejected artwork, it is much more than that…
It is about giving a fair go to all the artists involved in Australia’s largest art events.
Not everyone can win an Archibald but here everyone can exhibit along side their peers. (You’ll find past winners of Australia’s biggest art prizes here as well!)
An extraordinary range of subjects have been shown, from musicians, actors, politicians including the NSW Premier, Mayor of Willoughby, Anthony Mundeen, Tony Abbott, Leo Sawyer, the then Prime Minister John Howard, Madame Lash, Elizabeth Cummings, Professor Bruce James Brew, and Jaiwei, (a winner of the Sulman.)
PROUDLY SPONSORED BY MEL W & CO
ON VIEW 19- 31 May, 12-6pm Daily
CONTACT: Lesley Dimmick, TAP GALLERY on 0400610440.
TAP Gallery: tapgallery.org.au
Youtube: TAP TV – @TapGallerySydney
Instagram: @tapgallery and #tapgallery
Email: info@tapgallery.org.au * Telephone: 0400610440 .
Level 1, 259 Riley St, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Real Refuses Show 2026