Watch chef and printmaker Ben Devlin bring Gyotaku to life — the 19th-century Japanese technique of printing fish onto paper. Using seafood offcuts sourced from a Sydney Fish Market, he’ll build a large-scale ocean scene across the day, turning what’s usually waste into something unexpectedly beautiful. There’s plenty of chances to get involved, too. There is the option to get hands-on using shells, ask questions as he works.

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Drop into this open workshop and make some noise. You’ll find several foghorn-inspired trumpets — sculptural instruments powered by rubber tubes — ready to play. Jump in, experiment with the sounds, and be part of a pop-up ‘trumpet orchestra’, with hourly sound sessions bringing everyone together for a full, harbour-inspired blast.

​ A hand-made animatronic shark becomes the centre of this 90-minute endurance performance, with a clear plexiglass belly revealing what’s going on inside. From the outside, audiences watch as the shark periodically ‘sings’ along to Beach Boys tracks, blurring the line between playful spectacle and mechanical strain. It’s part installation, part performance — a surreal moment where machine, sound and body meet.

An intercultural performance fusing traditional and contemporary West African dance with tap and world rhythms. Led by Lucky Lartey and collaborators, the work celebrates rhythm as a living archive that connects cultures across generations and communities, alongside two participatory 20-minute drumming workshops inviting audiences to engage directly with the performance.

This immersive, participatory ritual invites audiences to slow down and connect with the layered histories carried by water. Guided by artists Ayeesha and Gianna, participants collect water from Blackwattle Bay, build natural filtration vessels and dye cotton mojo bags in deep indigo hues. Through sound, touch and shared ritual, the work reflects on ancestral journeys, care and remembrance, tracing connections between the harbour and the oceanic legacies of the transatlantic slave trade. Guests are invited to leave written offerings for a growing digital ancestral archive, while dyed textiles hang and shift through the space.

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Set against the amphitheatre, this quietly powerful, site-responsive performance unfolds through movement, fabric and ritual. Performer Chloe Leong carries, coils and lifts long blood-red textiles that evoke fishing nets, tidal flows and traces of injury, creating a striking visual meditation on water and ecology. With photographer Zan Wimberley live-documenting the work as it unfolds, the performance invites audiences into a moment of reflection amid the movement and noise of the Market.