Wayside Chapel is bringing the pub choir movement to the Heart Cafe, with our new monthly event “Heart Choir at the Cafe”, launching next Wednesday, 26 February!

If you haven’t heard of pub choir, it’s basically how it sounds – a group of people somewhere on a monthly basis, learn a song, and sing together as a choir. It’s loads of fun and guaranteed to make you feel good! You don’t need to book or audition, it’s just $5 at the door. You can reserve your place and invite your friends on our Facebook Event. If you have any questions, email [email protected] 

At the inaugural event, we are proud to announce we will be doing our rendition of Cher’s “Believe”, sung in the style that DMA’s performed for Triple J’s Like a Version. You can watch the Australian band perform it below (prepare to have chills!)

Event Details
Date: Wednesday 26 February
Time: 7:30pm – 9pm
Location: Heart Cafe, 95 Roscoe St, Bondi Beach
Cost: $5 – please pay at the door
Bring: Your best singing voice

Join us for ROUND TWO of Art from the Heart, our finger-painting workshop under the expert guidance of local artist and all-round legend Stephen Evans at Wayside Chapel’s social enterprise cafe Heart Cafe, Bondi Beach. We will lead you on a raucous, colourful and hilarious journey in which you’ll create not one, but two masterpieces painted with just your hands – not a brush to be seen. In this awesome class, you’ll learn some basic colour theory, painting composition and unique techniques on how to paint using just what you were born with- your hands and your Heart.

Enjoy watermelon and mint cocktails, canapes and prepare to rediscover that childhood passion for getting messy while learning a rad new skill to create art at home! You’ll be amazed at what you will create.

You will get:

Acrylic paint and canvas
Cocktails to get the creative juices flowing – but feel free to BYO of course!
Latex gloves if you don’t want to get too messy (but it is more fun that way

PLEASE NOTE:
Optional BYO is $5 for corkage (per booking only needed).

LOCATION:
Heart Cafe
95 Roscoe Street
BONDI BEACH NSW 2026

About Stephen Evans
Stephen Evans, is a full-time working artist with 30 years of experience working as a scenic artist in film, theatre, fine art, and mural work. For the last 20 years, he has run a studio/gallery in Bondi Beach showcasing his work and producing artworks.

He also runs workshops in studios, galleries, and schools. One of his painting methods, “Fingerpainting” is used to create fast, dramatic, scenic paintings and he would love to share this technique with people in this workshop.

Buy tickets here

Wayside Walks is a tour unlike any you’ll ever find in a guide book. It takes people around Kings Cross and Elizabeth Bay where Andrew points out spots of significance along the way – the places where he slept and ate, other charities that are in the area and moments of how he came to know Wayside so well.

The host is Wayside employee and former rough sleeper, Andrew Windsor, who draws on his own experiences of homelessness and addiction to provide people with a rare insight into street life.

Book your tickets here. 

Tour Details

When: First Friday of each Month

Where: Tour departs from Wayside Chapel, 29 Hughes Street, Potts Point.

Time: 6pm – 8:30pm

Tickets: $45, available here.

Every Tuesday and Thursday from 1pm, we hold our Community Lunch, free and open to all. The atmosphere is electric, as corporates, staff, volunteers and visitors sit side by side, and enjoy delicious food, festivities and prizes. It’s the best part of the day!

To learn more about corporate volunteering, click here.

Junior Jivers is a one hour music and movement group for children under five, meeting every Monday at 10am (Except public holidays). Cost of entry is a $4 donation per child/class, $5 for two. If you would like to come down and check it out your first session is free! Junior Jivers is is a community driven event, come and join us with your bub!

Do you want to gain confidence in public speaking, networking and other skills, all while becoming a part of a tight-knit, encouraging community? Then you should join us at Wayside Voices!

We have been an established Toastmasters club since May 2017 and we meet every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at Wayside Kings Cross. Toastmasters International is a world leader in communication and leadership development, with over 16,400 clubs across the world.

With Wayside Voices, you build key communication skills with a series of challenges and roles that you take on each meeting. Toastmasters can not only benefit your work productivity, but it can also benefit your personal life as well!

You don’t have to sign up right away. You are more than welcome to just come along as a guest to see if you like it.

Wayside Voices 
Every 2nd & 4th Wednesday, starting at 6pm (arrive 5:50pm)
Board Room (Level 4) Wayside Chapel Kings Cross – 29 Hughes St Potts Point

For more information, email Kamila at [email protected] 

Take a tour of The Wayside Chapel and get a real insight into our program areas and our mission and vision for the community.

Based in Kings Cross, each tour will cover the history of Wayside, an overview and visit to each of our program areas, plus personal Wayside anecdotes and insights into life in the Cross.

At the end of the tour, you’re more than welcome to hang out in our Wayside Cafe and soak up the vibrant atmosphere.

Building tours are $15 per person.