Community
Summer concerts at Margaretta Cottage
Posted on 29th December 2025
Two special Glebe Music Festival summer concerts.
A very Glebe photo
Posted on 6th November 2025
The Glebe Society-sponsored Character of Glebe Prize at this year’s (2025) Glebe Art Show went to Lucinda Loane for her dramatic image of the ‘Tunnel at Glebe’.
36th Annual Glebe Music Festival (2025)
Posted on 12th June 2025
Details about the Glebe Music Festival concerts in November 2025, plus information about special concerts in July and October.
PUG Men’s Shed Fundraising Evening
Posted on 15th September 2025
Pyrmont Ultimo Glebe (PUG) Men’s Shed is hosting a benefit night to raise funds for Glebe Youth Service. Click for details.
This month’s In Focus photo competition: October 2025
Posted on 8th October 2025
This month Helen Randerson spotted unique building details in Campbell Street, probably from the late 1930s–1940s, in a style not usually seen in Glebe.
Music at the Glebe Art Show
Posted on 2nd October 2025
The Glebe Art Show is back at the Tramsheds with another great Show from 8 to15 October. This year, there will be a series of evening short concerts to complement our local artistic creativity.
Pyrmont cares
Posted on 15th September 2025
Pyrmont Cares collects quality household goods and gives them to locals in need. Volunteer-run and donation-funded, it helped nearly 200 people last year while reducing landfill waste.
Changes at Glebe Youth Service
Posted on 24th September 2025
Glebe Youth Service will become an Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisation (ACCO). More than 70% of GYS’ users identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, but it will remain a welcoming place for all members of the community.
Wesley Mission to take RJ Williams site at Glebe to market
Posted on 5th August 2025
Wesley Mission is selling the RJ Williams Lodge site (274 Glebe Point Road) because it’s been unable to obtain the funding required to re-purpose the building for much-needed affordable housing.
Help bridge the digital divide – volunteer with the GCP
Posted on 4th August 2025
Want to give back? Glebe Computer Project needs warm-hearted volunteers one afternoon a week at the Old Fire Station. No tech skills needed—just a smile and willingness to help!
Help save 82 Wentworth Park Road Public Housing
Posted on 4th August 2025
Almost all the social housing at 82 Wentworth Park Road has been boarded up for bulldozing, yet it is perfectly liveable. Join residents to demand the government fill the estate with people on the waiting list and refurbish – not demolish.
Two more Blue Plaques for Glebe
Posted on 9th May 2025
Heritage NSW has just announced the latest successful nominations for a Blue Plaque; among which are two from our suburb …
In Focus: this month’s photo competition, April 2025
Posted on 7th April 2025
The judges were unanimous in picking Phil Vergison’s ‘Morning commute, Glebe’ as this month’s In Focus photo competition winner.
City of Sydney’s next ‘Inclusion (disability) action plan’
Posted on 8th June 2025
the Council is inviting people with a disability, their family and carers, service providers and representative organisations to provide feedback on a draft inclusion action plan. By 11 June 2025
The Creative Enclave, 68-70 Glebe Point Road
Posted on 2nd December 2024
A unique combination of creative studios at 68-70 Glebe Point Road complement each other. They include the long established Glass Artists Gallery.
A Christmas concert for kids in the park
Posted on 2nd December 2024
Kick off Christmas at a free concert for kids on Saturday 14 December, 6 pm–8 pm, at Bicentennial Park in Glebe.
Glebe Music Festival Special Concert in February
Posted on 18th December 2024
A program of divine music for baroque flutes at Margaretta Cottage in February. Brought to you by the Glebe Music Festival.
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative 2024 fundraiser
Posted on 28th October 2024
Boomalli is hosting a fundraiser exhibition opening on 8 November, showcasing the artworks of over 50 Indigenous artists who have generously donated their work to ensure the future of the cooperative.
Kitchen Starter Project
Posted on 1st March 2018
UPDATE (July 2021) The highly successful Kitchen Starter Pack Project has now been brought to a close. Since the end of 2017, we have supplied 80 packs to clients leaving Elsie Women’s Refuge and Rainbow Lodge for independent living in social or community housing. The Glebe Society is very grateful for the support of its […]
2024 Glebe Art Show
Posted on 2nd October 2024
The Glebe Art Show 2024 will be at the Harold Park Community Hall, Tramsheds, from Thursday 17 October until Sunday 20 October. It has been held annually since 1997, with prizes across several categories and all artwork is offered for sale. Online viewing from 6 pm Wednesday 16 October.
Mind the GAPP – supporting those in need in Glebe for the last 20 years!
Posted on 28th August 2024
The Glebe Assistance Partnership Program (GAPP) has been supporting those in need in Glebe and the surrounding suburbs for 20 years. Now the Anglicare grant that has been its lifeblood for 10 years, will no longer be available.
2024 Glebe Art Show and September Art Walk
Posted on 28th August 2024
Read about this year’s Glebe Art Show in October and the artwalk along the Glebe Foreshore in September
35th Annual Glebe Music Festival
Posted on 25th August 2024
This year’s Glebe Music Festival line-up includes a rock concert (“No Other” – songs of Gene Clark from The Byrds) and a jazz concert (Kyell Goyer and Stolen Moments).
Glebe Music Festival Special Concert on 17 August
Posted on 31st July 2024
A program of magic and mystery. That’s the promise of the Glebe Music Festival special concert on 17 August
A community united: at the Old Fire Station
Posted on 1st July 2024
Cheryl brings us up to date with some of the opportunities for community interaction available at the Old Fire Station. Volunteers are being sought for Glebe Community Projects Group and the computer lab.
‘Set in Stone’ – music for piano four hands
Posted on 1st July 2024
This is a special Glebe Music Festival concert by Michael Tsalka and Diana Weston performing music for piano four hands on harpsichords and piano.
Letter to the Editor: June 2024
Posted on 29th May 2024
We welcome letters as a means of addressing current issues of relevance to Glebe and Forest Lodge. This month, a letter calls for support for our wonderful local businesses, especially the small businesses along Glebe Point Road and elsewhere. The architectural heritage of Glebe is critical, but the overall character of Glebe is in its diversity and the ‘vibe’ provided by small business.
Gleebooks has moved back to its original premises, now renovated
Posted on 1st May 2024
Gleebooks took possession of the fine freestanding building at 49 Glebe Point Road in 1989, drawing a line under the chequered history of one of Glebe’s largest commercial buildings. The Glebe Society was a staunch and active supporter of the bookshop, aiding negotiations with Council. The re-opening is a significant occasion.
Glebe Annual Book Sale
Posted on 28th March 2024
Annual Book Sale in support of Glebe Public School. Donations of books are welcome.
Next Players in the Pub
Posted on 27th March 2024
The next Players in the Pub features a 1946 play with particular relevance to current world events. First performed in March 1946, The Shepherd and the Hunter deals with British/Jewish/Arab relations at that time, two years before the State of Israel was declared.
