Hive Festival
Noa Haim of Collective Paper Aesthetics HEART-board pyramid 2016, at 798 International Children’s Art Festival in Beijing, photo: Wei Guo
Join us at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for a free, fun-filled festival for children and families on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 January 2024.
Let your imagination fly at this celebration of art and community, encompassing themes of nature and the environment.
Collaborate on a gigantic cardboard sculpture with designer and architect Noa Haim from Collective Paper Aesthetics. Get creative in hands-on workshops, and immerse yourself in the magic of storytelling, with performances for all ages. Journey by train between the Sydney CBD and Blacktown in an exciting audio adventure.
Created in collaboration with Claudia Chidiac and in partnership with Blacktown Arts, Hive Festival is part of the Sydney Festival 2024.
Entry is free!
To the Art Gallery, all Hive Festival events and most of our displays and exhibitions.
Children under 12 are admitted free to the ticketed Louise Bourgeois and Kandinsky exhibitions, for which there are family discounts and free children’s trails.
Events list
Past events
Hive Festival
Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony Hive Festival
Saturday 13 January 2024
10amFree, no bookings required
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Kids drop-in workshop: Be at the Hive With Collective Paper Aesthetics
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 January 2024
10am – 5pmFree, no bookings required
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Kids drop-in workshop: Living family album With We Are Studios
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 January 2024
10.30am – 12.30pmFree, no bookings required
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Kids drop-in workshop: Your presence is a gift With Nicole Barakat
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 January 2024
1–3pmFree, no bookings required
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Kids drop-in workshop: Play, pickle, preserve With Marian Abboud, the Seed of Hope Collective and friends
Saturday 13 January 2024
1.30–4.30pmFree, no bookings required
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Kids drop-in workshop: Spider spectacular With Amy Claire Mills
Saturday 13 January 2024
10am – 12pmFree, no bookings required
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Kids drop-in workshop: Bidjigal saltwater gathering With Marilyn Russell
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 January 2024
1.30–3.30pmFree, no bookings required
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Kids workshop: Be a word artist With Story Factory
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 January 2024
10.30amFree
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Kids workshop: MPower Generator With Latai Taumoepeau and Paris Taia
Sunday 14 January 2024
10.30am, 12.30pm, 2.30pmFree
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Kids digital workshop Deep Field
Thursdays–Sundays 10.30am, 12.30pm, 2.30pm
4–28 January 2024Free
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Performance workshop: Clap, stamp, slap, click With Lucky Lartey and friends
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 January 2024
2.30pmFree, no bookings required
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Performance: The wrong circles With Nitin Vengurlekar
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 January 2024
1.30pm, 3pmFree, no bookings required
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Embodied art tour for families With Emma Maye Gibson
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 January 2024
11am, 12pm, 1pmFree
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Guided tour for kids Roving art-making in the North Building
Saturday 13 January and Sunday 14 January 2024
10.30am, 11.30amFree, no bookings required
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Guided tour for families Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 January 2024
11amFree, no bookings required
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Artist talk for families Marilyn Russell
Saturday 13 January 2024
12pmFree, no bookings required
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Artist talk for families Noa Haim
Sunday 14 January 2024
12pmFree, no bookings required
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Sensory-friendly early entry Hive Festival and Be at the Hive
Sunday 14 January 2024
9amFree, no bookings required
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Storytime and art-making For all ages
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 January 2024
11.30amFree, no bookings required
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Kids flicks
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 January 2024
2pm
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Audio adventure Trains by the Kids
Saturday 13 – Saturday 20 January 2024
AnytimeFree
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Point and Line to Plane
Experience this special space, created by artist Desmond Lazaro, within the Kandinsky exhibition.
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Food and drink at Hive Festival
From tasty treats to healthy lunches, there is a range of family-friendly options, including pop-up carts and picnic places.
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For kids and families
Plan your visit to the Art Gallery, including top tips for visiting with children. Find out about our exhibitions and all our scheduled kids events, discover activities for onsite and at home, and shop online for kids.
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Hive Festival is also at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
19–20 January 2024
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