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The Best Dining Offers You Can Enjoy During Sydney Festival 2025

Satisfy your stomach before you nourish your soul with these exclusive offers from top Sydney restaurants, exclusively available during this year's fest.

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Tricks, Trysts and Tigers: How the Lives of Infamous Illusionists Siegfried and Roy Became an (Unauthorised) Opera

The headline show of Sydney Festival 2025 immortalises two of the most famous magicians of all time — and the big cat who ended their careers.

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These are the spots you went looking for this year, from dazzling hawker markets to Japanese dining hubs — and lots of pasta, of course.

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The Best Free Events to Catch During Sydney Festival 2025

Sydney Festival is saving your wallet this summer with a cost-of-living defying program of free events throughout January.

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Beloved drinking holes, new brewery bars and a whole lot of rooftops — they’ve all grabbed your attention this year.

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Aunty Donna Are Unleashing Their Brand-New Live Sketch Show 'Drem' on a Huge 2025 Global Tour

This news will go down well with a little bit of Christmas pud, with Down Under shows locked in for both Australia and New Zealand.

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A Summer Guide To Easy Eats On The Days Between Christmas And New Years

Once the big day has come and gone, there’s no reason to toil too hard for lunch.

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The Best Dining Offers You Can Enjoy During Sydney Festival 2025

Satisfy your stomach before you nourish your soul with these exclusive offers from top Sydney restaurants, exclusively available during this year's fest.

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The Most Popular Restaurants in Sydney for 2024

These are the spots you went looking for this year, from dazzling hawker markets to Japanese dining hubs — and lots of pasta, of course.

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The Most Popular Bars in Sydney for 2024

Beloved drinking holes, new brewery bars and a whole lot of rooftops — they’ve all grabbed your attention this year.

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Which Lune Croissant Tastes the Best? We Tried Them All to Find Out

Melbourne's celebrated croissanterie has finally landed in Sydney. Here's how to make the most of your visit.

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The 50 Best Bars in Sydney Right Now — Ranked

Whether you're on the hunt for an extensive mezcal collection, an intimate date-night spot or the best bar snacks around, these are our picks for the best bars in Sydney.

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Hippo Espresso

468 The Esplanade, Warners Bay

One of the most beloved cafes in the state can be found in Warners Bay.
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Margaret

30-36 Bay Street, Double Bay

Culinary icon Neil Perry shares the most intimate and personal menu of his career at this award-winning restaurant in Double Bay.

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Island Radio

Baptist Street, Redfern

A dazzling fitout, an affordable bar menu and a killer location make this Southeast Asian hawker-inspired diner a colourful newcomer to Surry Hills' dining scene.
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Li'l Darlin Crows Nest

23 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest

Surry Hills' playful restaurant and bar now has a sibling, pairing cocktails and sharing menus in the lower North Shore.
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Neptune's Grotto

Bridge Street, Sydney

Indulge in the hand-crafted pasta dishes and a to-shelf wine list at this newly opened venue from the team behind Clam Bar.
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The Light Brigade

2A Oxford St, Woollahra

Woodfired pizzas and cocktails, plus a rooftop that's 83 metres above sea level.

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Li'l Darlin Crows Nest

23 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest

Surry Hills' playful restaurant and bar now has a sibling, pairing cocktails and sharing menus in the lower North Shore.
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Kasippu

414 Kent Street, Sydney

A love letter to the cuisine and culture of Sri Lanka with an authentic food offering, a hidden speakeasy cocktail lounge and a party atmosphere.
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Mountain Culture Brewery Redfern

158 Regent Street , Redfern

Enjoy fan favourites and rotating new brews at Australia's fastest-growing craft brewer's third outpost — and its first in the inner city.
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The Light Brigade

2A Oxford St, Woollahra

Woodfired pizzas and cocktails, plus a rooftop that's 83 metres above sea level.

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Wentworth Bar

101 Phillip Street, Sydney

This leafy rooftop retreat is an oasis of fun where you can kick back with friends as you sip oversized cocktails and bop to pumping DJ sets.
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JOJI

388 George Street, Sydney

This sophisticated Japanese-inspired rooftop bar and diner in the heart of Sydney's CBD has skyline views and Tokyo vibes.

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Giving a Horror Icon a New Bite: Robert Eggers, Willem Dafoe, Emma Corrin and Aaron Taylor-Johnson Chat 'Nosferatu'

Over a century ago, an unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' reached cinemas — and now the filmmaker behind 'The Witch' brings his own version to the screen.

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When IRL Anxieties, Experiences and Personal History Inspire an Absolute Dramedy Gem: Jesse Eisenberg Talks 'A Real Pain'

For his second feature as a filmmaker after 2022's 'When You Finish Saving the World', the Oscar-nominated actor keeps exploring what pain is valid.

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James Gunn on the First 'Superman' Trailer: How the Comic Book-Loving Director Is Bringing the Man of Steel Back to the Big Screen

Here's your initial look at the first film in the new DC Universe — and the filmmaker leading the charge (including as co-CEO of DC Studios) told us all about it.

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'Squid Game' at Bondi Icebergs: The Netflix Hit's Latest Pop-Up Just Took Over Sydney's Iconic Beachside Pool

Here's what happened when a game of 'Red Light, Green Light' took place at one of Australia's most-photographed spots.

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Tricks, Trysts and Tigers: How the Lives of Infamous Illusionists Siegfried and Roy Became an (Unauthorised) Opera

The headline show of Sydney Festival 2025 immortalises two of the most famous magicians of all time — and the big cat who ended their careers.

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The Best Waterfalls Near Sydney You Can Swim Under

Don't stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to — nor the crammed Sydney beaches.

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The Best Coastal Camping Spots in NSW for 2025

Pitch your tent, then into the surf with you.

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