A silver gelatin dry plate glass negative in landscape format.

Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

Sepia photograph of the Technological Museum and a cow in the foreground

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Sepia photograph of the Technological College and Museum in Broken Hill

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Colour photograph of red corrugated iron building from a high vantage point

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Powerhouse Museum, Stage 2 exterior from high angle, city skyline in background

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Blurred image from film with museum object number

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

Two people standing next to a cow in a field of cows.

Powerhouse Food: Producers

Across Western Sydney24 Aug 2024 — 25 Jul 2025
Pop art collage with many bright colours and overlapping graphics.

Powerhouse Lane

Parramatta Lanes23—26 Oct
Parramatta in Pop. Artwork: Andrew and Chris Yee
Shadows cast by the Powerhouse Parramatta exoskeleton on concrete

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

A woman stands on stage in front of a large audience. She has her left hand raised in the air and a microphone in her right hand. The audience are holding their phones up recording the woman.

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse x We Are Warriors

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Parramatta in Pop. Artwork: Andrew and Chris Yee

Powerhouse Lane: fbi.radio

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when
Fri 25 Oct
where
Parramatta Lanes

A stage curated by fbi.radio featuring some of Sydney's most cutting edge and exciting new artists; working across and blurring the lines between Hip Hop, electronic pop and RnB. Hosted by fbi.radio Flipside’s Cat Tatuila.

Powerhouse Lane is proudly funded by the NSW Government in association with City of Parramatta Council and Powerhouse.

Featuring performances by

Askro Ice Cold
A trailblazing producer and “dutty” conscious rapper from Eora. Renowned for floating over trippy samples unearthed from deep crate dives and the hidden corners of the web.

Cherry Rype
An experimental artist with raw and earnest storytelling.

Josef
Singer from Sydney’s South West whose work references the sounds of RnB, jazz, 90’s, modern Oakland and New York Hip Hop.

MaschinenKrieger
The multi-genre electronic project of Riki Twinkle Wells. Their shows are renowned for huge bouncing synths.

fbi.radio DJs

Set times to be announced.

Food Program

23–26 October

Curated in collaboration with Welcome Merchant, Powerhouse Lane will feature Western Sydney chefs and restaurants, alongside established Sydney names making their debut at Parramatta Lanes including:

  • Linlin Potstickers – Chinese dumplings from a time-honoured family recipe
  • Mumma Le’s Vietnamese – authentic Vietnamese food from South West Sydney
  • OzHarvest Food Truck – Australia’s leading food rescue organisation
  • Sangee’s Kitchen – Malaysian-fusion cuisine
  • Sydney Cebu Lechon – beloved purveyor of Filipino suckling pig
  • The Big Big Aloha – Sydney's only Hawaiian street food truck
  • Taste of Sierra Leone – West-African flavours and spices
  • Yummy Yummy Knafeh – makers of the Middle Eastern dessert made with Nabulsi cheese.

Festival Partners

Program Partners