Sydney’s Coolest Creative Workshops & Clubs
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Sydney’s creative scene is moving well beyond traditional art classes and paint-and-sip nights. Across the city, a new wave of workshops, clubs and creative pop-ups are building communities around slower, more hands-on experiences, from mahjong nights and zine-making workshops to perfume blending, pottery studios and silver ring crafting.
Whether you’re looking to learn a new skill, meet creative people or simply spend less time staring at your phone, these are some of Sydney’s coolest creative workshops and clubs right now.
Embroidery Workshop: B*tches & Stitches
Loja Watsons Bay x NARU Studios | Watsons Bay
A beaded embroidery workshop held inside Loja in Watsons Bay, centred around customising tanks and garments with beads, stitching and Pinterest-inspired motifs. Hosted by NARU Studios, the sessions include sparkling wine, snacks and all materials, with beginners guided through the embroidery process using stencils and tools provided on the day.
You can bring your own garment or personalise a tank at the workshop, leaving with a custom piece finished entirely by hand.
Price: $95 per person.
Leather Journal Making + Pottery
CeeCee Studios | Ultimo
An independent creative studio in Ultimo hosting a rotating mix of hands-on workshops spanning leather journal making, pottery painting, wheel throwing and clay hand-building.
Their leather journal workshops guide you through crafting and customising your own refillable leather notebook by hand, while the pottery sessions range from painting pre-made ceramics to wheel throwing and clay hand-building classes. The space is centred around slow, tactile creative work, with workshops changing regularly throughout the month.
Price: Workshops from $65+.
Carpet Tufting + Stained Glass Workshops
TUTU Studios | Sydney CBD + Chatswood
A creative studio running hands-on workshops across carpet tufting, stained glass crafting and silver ring making. Their tufting classes focus on creating custom rugs using colourful yarns and tufting guns, while the stained glass workshops centre around vintage-inspired mirrors and lamps.
The studios are bright, beginner-friendly and filled with playful, design-led creative sessions.
Price: $90 - $330 per person
Creative Clubs & Social Nights
Nø Flowers Mahjong Club
Various Locations Across Sydney
A modern mahjong club hosting pop-up sessions across different venues in Sydney, creating a relaxed and social space for people to play, learn and connect over mahjong.
Designed for both beginners and regulars, the nights bring a contemporary approach to the traditional game, with sessions centred around conversation, community and slowing down for a few hours.
Price: $20 per person.
Perfume Making Workshops: Three Notes
Newtown
A perfume workshop focused on creating your own custom fragrance using more than 40 different scent notes and ingredients. Sessions guide you through the blending process before bottling your final perfume to take home, with optional engraving available for a more personalised finish. The space feels quiet, intimate and detail-focused, with workshops centred around building a scent that feels completely your own.
Price: From $109 per person.
Zine-Making Workshops: School of Zines
Parramatta
A community-led creative collective in Parramatta running workshops centred around zine-making, collage, self-publishing and independent storytelling. Sessions are built around communal tables filled with paper scraps, markers, typewriters, printers and DIY publishing tools, with participants creating their own handmade zines using mixed media and lo-fi design techniques. The workshops feel open, collaborative and deeply connected to Western Sydney’s creative communities, with a strong focus on self-expression and making things by hand.
Price: Workshops from $15 per person.
Cookbook Club Sydney
Pop Up Across Sydney
A community-run cookbook club where each gathering centres around a different cookbook, with everyone cooking a dish from the chosen title and bringing it along to share. Events pop up across different venues in Sydney, from studio spaces to restaurants, with long-table lunches, conversation and communal-style dining at the centre of it all.
The atmosphere feels relaxed and genuinely social, bringing together people who love cooking, food culture and meeting others through a shared meal.
Price: From $5–$20 per person depending on the event.
Creative Pop-Up Workshops: marashiiino
Various Locations Across Sydney
A roaming creative project hosting small pop-up workshops across Sydney, with recent sessions spanning Polaroid emulsion lifting, keychain making and mixed-media craft workshops.
Each pop-up centres around a different medium or technique, often incorporating nostalgic materials, handmade details and playful design elements, with participants creating pieces to take home at the end of the session. Workshops appear in different studio and gallery spaces around the city, with new concepts announced regularly.
Price: Varies depending on workshop.
Art Walks: First Thursdays
Rushcutters Bay
A monthly gallery walk connecting some of Rushcutters Bay’s leading contemporary art spaces for one evening each month. On the first Thursday, galleries including Arthouse Gallery, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert and .M Contemporary stay open late for exhibition browsing, drinks and slow wandering between spaces. The atmosphere feels relaxed and social, with most people moving between galleries before settling in somewhere nearby afterwards for a glass of wine.
Price: Free entry.
Candle Making Workshops: Maido/Provider Store
Surry Hills
A candle making workshop held inside Maido’s Surry Hills studio, where participants create their own custom candle inside one of the brand’s signature Japanese ceramic vessels.
Sessions guide you through the candle making process from wax selection to fragrance blending, with natural wine, cheese and conversation folded into the afternoon. The ceramic vessels are designed to be reused long after the candle burns out, whether as coffee cups or refilled candles brought back to the studio.
Price: $165 per person.
Matcha Bowl Making Workshops: Clayground
Rosebery
A pottery workshop centred around creating your own handmade matcha bowl on the wheel, blending ceramics with traditional tea culture. Held inside Clayground’s Rosebery studio, the sessions guide participants through wheel throwing before finishing with a matcha tasting and whisking demonstration.
Each bowl is professionally glazed and fired after the class, with the workshops designed around slower, tactile creative work and an appreciation for the ritual of matcha.
Price: $120 per person.
Ring Making Workshops: Blonde
Darlinghurst
A jewellery workshop where participants design and make their own rings by hand inside Blonde’s Darlinghurst studio, with the choice of sterling silver or solid gold.
Sessions guide people through silversmithing and goldsmithing techniques including shaping, soldering and texturing, with options to add custom finishes and engraved details to each piece.
Everyone leaves with two handmade rings, with the workshops feeling more like time spent inside a working jewellery studio than a traditional class.
Price: From $250 per person.
