Addi Road
A small charity with a huge impact
Working with the community, we elevate human rights, arts & culture and sustainability.
We rescue food, fight hunger, and are leaders in the grassroots #RacismNotWelcome campaign with our Ambassador, Craig Foster.
We stand in solidarity with diverse communities in times of need.
Early bird tickets | $35 (limited release)
Full price | $40
Students and unemployed | $20
Bookings at Humanitix (see QR code)
Event takes place inside our Gumbramorra Hall (GH) and the Greek Theatre (GT) on site here at the community centre 142 Addison Road Marrickville.
Tickets will provide access to ALL events on the day – pending hall and theatre capacity for each conversation or ‘hot spot’ performance.
Food and coffee will be on offer with an open green area for relaxing; a family and pet-friendly happening available outside on the green between our festival venues.
All profits go to Addi Road’s food relief programs and community work
See ya on the day.
FOOD RELIEF
We believe access to safe, nutritious and culturally appropriate food is a human right. Our Addi Road Food Pantry helps anyone in need to stretch their budget, reduce food waste and put healthy food on their table.
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Stories from the road
Sunday Driver
“The children, they need the bread.”
Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2025
Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2025. Saturday 17 May. 11am to 6pm. Theme: “free expression”…
Ye Olde World
Addi Road is a helluva interesting place. On Monday nights the community centre comes alive to the clanks (metallic), clonks (wooden), shouts and groans (human) of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA).
Programs & initiatives
SHOP
Ten Ordinary Men: The Anzacs of Addison Road
$8 Shipping Australia-wide (up to 3 copies)This project is supported by the Australian Government’s Department of Veterans’ Affairs and Create NSW’s Cultural Grant Program, a devolved funding program administrated by the Royal Australian historical society on behalf...
#RacismNotWelcome
The Hollow Tree
$8 Shipping Australia-wide (up to 3 copies)
FILM
Addi Road’s powerful film Die. Or Die Trying: Escaping the Taliban is the gripping and emotional experience of 15 young women from Kabul as the Taliban invade their city and seize power.
HISTORY
Addi Road is the birthplace of multiculturalism in Australia. In 1976 the site was handed over to the community, after almost 50 years as a army depot. In earlier years it was a market garden and brick-making site. Prior to 1852 it was a seasonal wetland on the edge of a forest cared for by the Gadigal people.
Press coverage
Sydney councils asked to pay for food relief
Robyn White, a volunteer at Addi Road Food Pantry, told the meeting demand had increased dramatically over the past 12 months, with 20 or 30 people waiting outside an hour before the facility opens.
Food banks worried more people will go to bed hungry after missing out on budget funding
Stay-at-home mother Glenda Pontes has been visiting the Addi Road food pantry in Sydney’s inner-west for years to purchase snacks at a low price. Now she has to rely on the charity to put all food on the table.
How Coles and SecondBite are transforming lives
Addison Road Community Organisation, known to locals as Addi Road, is a community centre based in Sydney’s Inner West that is a regular recipient of food from SecondBite, as well as a Coles Nurture Fund grant.