Heaps Decent: Take Over Community Showcase

Part of Randwick City Council's Town Hall Takeover

Heaps Decent will transform Randwick Town Hall into a vibrant creative hub through a free week-long youth program spanning music, digital media and multidisciplinary arts. Evening workshops will invite the wider community to create alongside artists, culminating in a public showcase celebrating the original work and talent developed throughout the week. Free, registrations required.

About this event

Randwick Town Hall becomes a stage, studio and gallery for Take Over: Community Showcase, the culminating celebration of Heaps Decent’s week-long creative residency.

The free, all-ages event will feature original songs, spoken word, digital artworks, DJ sets and creative projects developed by young participants throughout the Youth Creative Lab. Audiences will be invited to experience the Town Hall through the voices and perspectives of local young people, with opportunities to view artworks, hear new music and celebrate emerging talent.

The program will also include performances from Heaps Decent artists and facilitators, creating a lively connection between participants, professional creatives and the wider community.

Designed as a warm and welcoming gathering, the showcase invites families, friends, local residents, artists and community members to come together through music, storytelling and creativity. Participant involvement in the public presentation will be encouraged but entirely optional.

Heaps Decent Creative Hub Town Hall Takeover also features the following workshops and events

• Feeling to Song with Betty - Monday 28 September, 5:30 pm  - 730pm

• Un-Logoed: Rework Your Wardrobe with Rose Ashton - Tuesday 29 September, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

• Igniting Stages, DJing and Electronic Performance with Djanaba - Wednesday 30 September,  5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

• Wear Your Art with Lachlan Hazelton -  Thursday 1 October,  5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

• Hip, Hop, Paint, Pop with Rose Ashton -  Friday 2 October,  5:30 pm to 7:30 pm

• Behind the Music: Creative Careers and Pathways - Saturday 3 October,  10:00 am to 11:30 am

• Take Over: Community Showcase - Saturday 3 October,  3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

About Heaps Decent

Heaps Decent’s Town Hall Takeover will be delivered by a multidisciplinary team of practising artists, facilitators and program leaders working across music, songwriting, DJing, performance, poetry, digital design, visual art, streetwear and community engagement.

All workshops will be led by artists actively working in their fields, combining professional creative practice with strong facilitation experience. Their industry knowledge and confidence help participants engage with new ideas, creative processes and pathways.

Youth facilitators will hold current Working with Children Checks and bring relevant youth engagement and trauma-informed experience. The team is skilled in building trust, creating safe and inclusive environments, and adapting activities for different abilities, backgrounds and experience levels.

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