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FeatureThe Localist: Greater Western Sydney
In the past few years, greater western Sydney has experienced tremendous growth, resulting in a fairly unique ecosystem of the old and the new. From retro secondhand vinyl shops and boutique jewellery stores to buzzing new food precincts, this is certainly one of Sydney's most diverse areas.
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FeatureThe Localist: Inner City
From the sparkling harbourfront of Barangaroo and the sandstone buildings of The Rocks to the hawker-style eateries in Haymarket and the small bar scene in Redfern, Sydney's inner city is a diverse landscape of culture, history and art.
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FeatureThe Localist: Southern Sydney
A mere 30-minute train ride from Sydney CBD is a not-so-hidden gem. Life in the southern suburbs moves at a slightly slower pace — giving you ample opportunity to explore the beautiful beaches, bars and stores.
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News'Some Mysterious Process' Charts 50 Years Of Public Art Collecting at the Art Gallery of NSW
The free exhibition poses questions about how and why public institutions collect art.
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NewsSydney Multi-Arts Precinct Carriageworks Is Set to Be Saved
The home of art exhibitions, wine festivals and the popular Saturday farmers market has received a multimillion-dollar lifeline from a group of philanthropists.
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NewsThe Art Gallery of NSW Has Just Announced Its Blockbuster Exhibitions for Summer 2020
The Archibald is (finally) going ahead — as is a just-revealed retrospective of one of Australia's most celebrated impressionist painters.
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GuideSpectacular Autumn Events For Culture Vultures Seeking Their Next Fix
Make sure you add these must-do events to your Sydney culture calendar.
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NewsFrom the 'Mona Lisa' to 'Codex Atlanticus': A Look Inside The Lume's Multi-Sensory Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition
The only 360-degree exact replica of the world's most-famous enigmatic portrait, da Vinci's notebook pages, 40 of his machine inventions brought to life: they're all on display.
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GuideEight of the Best Sydney Festival 2024 Events You Can Hit Up for Under $50
Discover waterfront gigs, much-hyped art exhibitions, free fashion installations and overwater sculptures.
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GuideSix Spectacular Art Exhibitions Hitting Sydney in 2023
Famous Modern masters and significant contemporary artists from Australia and abroad are being celebrated in these unmissable exhibitions.
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GuideSix Exclusive Events in Surry Hills' Hollywood Quarter to Add to Your Bright Winter Lineup
During Vivid's takeover, this neighbourhood's got everything from exclusive set menus and rooftop hip hop parties, to arty installations and nightly live music.
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GuideEight of the Best Sydney Festival 2023 Events You Can Hit Up for Under $50
Discover aqua aerobics classes, immersive art exhibitions and hidden concert venues.
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GuideEnmore Road Is Expanding Its Entertainment Offerings This Spring — Here Are Our Top Picks
Expect comedy shows popping up in hair salons, Sydney Fringe Festival acts taking over bars and live music having even more rooms to ring out loud in.
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GuideSix Unmissable Exhibitions to See in Sydney This Winter
Looking to escape the wintery weather? Use this season as an excuse to explore some of Sydney's most spectacular art exhibitions.
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GuideSeven Vivid Sydney Highlights You Need to Add to Your Winter Calendar
With pop-up cabaret bars, thought-provoking conversations and free live music, the 2022 run of Vivid Sydney is set to shine bright.
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GuideImmersive and Impressive Blockbuster Exhibitions to Look Forward to Around Australia in 2022
Plan trips to dive into all things Disney, peer at Yayoi Kusama's finest in two different cities, scope out Picasso's best and fall in love with Elvis paraphernalia.
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NewsFive Pocket Art Exhibitions You Can Explore Without Leaving Your Lounge
Need a little pick-me-up without having to pick yourself up from the sofa? We have just the tonic.
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NewsSurry Hills Is Now Home to a Three-Storey Mural of AFL Star Adam Goodes
The mural is, fittingly, located near the home ground of his former team: Sydney Swans.
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NewsFive Lunchtime Art Breaks You Can Take at Home to Lift Your Mood
Spend some quality time with these creative, thought-provoking videos.
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GuideSydney's Best Art Exhibitions and Events You Can Visit IRL This June
You can now head to Cockatoo Island for immersive art installations, catch White Rabbit Gallery's blockbuster exhibition and ogle the world's best wildlife photography.
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NewsThe 22nd Biennale of Sydney Will Reopen Its Citywide Arts Festival in June
The festival was forced to close because of COVID-19 just ten days after opening, but now it's back.
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NewsRising Is Melbourne's Huge New Annual Winter Arts Festival
Replacing Melbourne International Arts Festival and White Night, the inaugural festival will start on a full moon in May 2021.
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NewsNSW Art Galleries, Museums and Libraries Will Be Allowed to Reopen from June 1
Visitors will be limited to one per four square metres and returned books will need to be quarantined for 24 hours.
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NewsA Look Inside the Creative Process of Illustrator and Muralist Sarah McCloskey
The Sydney-based artist chats about how the nightlife inspires her and experimentation influencing her artistic process.
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NewsHow Digital Artist Nema Adel Fosters Creativity and Inspiration in a New Artistic Field
The Sydney-based projection artist discusses the importance of experimentation and nightlife to his art.
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NewsFour Ways to Make Nights at Home More Exciting (and What Dish or Drink to Pair With Them)
Level up your nights at home with fun activities, cocktail deliveries and tasty bites.
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NewsSydney's Theatre Royal Will Reopen in 2021 with a Globally Renowned Company at Its Helm
After four years of disuse, the historic Theatre Royal is making a comeback.
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News
Sydney Multi-Arts Venue Carriageworks Has Entered Voluntary Administration
The home of art exhibitions, wine festivals and the popular Saturday farmers market has been financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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EventAll About Women 2026
Sun, 8 Mar, 2026
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Hear centrepiece talks from change-making heads of government, justice-seeking journalists and razor-sharp authors as part of this powerhouse lineup.
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EventFelons Barrel Room Launch Weekend
Fri, 5 Dec - Sun, 7 Dec 2025
Felons Brewing Co. Manly, Manly
Experience this fully realised wharfside brewery, featuring three days of top-notch live music, Vietnamese cuisine and barrel-aged beers.
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EventOperation Sickie at The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre
Multiple single dates
The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre, Marrickville
It's every Australians right to chuck a sickie, so let this Marrickville boozer reward you with big discounts on six occasions this summer.
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EventCharlotte de Witte at The Hordern Pavilion
Fri, 6 Mar, 2026
Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park
Off the back of a headline festival appearance, this Belgian techno superstar is heading to Sydney for this tour's one and only sideshow.
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EventIggy's and PIÑA Takeover at Venroy
Sat, 6 Dec - Sun, 7 Dec 2025
VENROY, Bondi Beach
Some of Sydney's best matcha and pastries are coming together this December only.
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EventChristmas at Darling Harbour 2025
Mon, 17 Nov - Thu, 25 Dec 2025
Darling Harbour, Sydney
With a stacked lineup of free festive fun, Darling Harbour 2025 is ready to melt the heart of even the grinchiest among us.
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EventTHE WORKS at Carriageworks
Mon, 29 Dec 2025 - Fri, 16 Jan 2026
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
Get immersed in the inaugural season of this cutting-edge warehouse event, featuring groundbreaking electronic stars from around the globe.
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EventMov'In Bed Barangaroo Beach Cinema
Fri, 28 Nov 2025 - Thu, 30 Apr 2026
Barangaroo, Barangaroo
Catch up on classics and 2025's biggest movies on mattresses on the sand at Barangaroo.
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EventWaterworld Central Sydney 2026
Fri, 9 Jan - Sun, 1 Feb 2026
Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park
Get ready to cool off and make memories as you slip, slide, and splash your way through the holidays.
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EventThe Morning Circuit
Sat, 6 Dec, 2025
Circular Quay, Sydney
The first Saturday of summer is host to a delicious new run club and sandwich collab.
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NewsSydney's Super-Popular 'Sculpture by the Sea' Is Set to Return to Bondi This October
Despite earlier threats to leave, event organisers have come to a new ten-year agreement with Waverley Council, which will see the exhibition stay in Bondi until at least 2030.
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NewsYou Can Now Get Crafty in Your Kitchen with 107 Project's New (and Affordable) Art Kits
Delivered to your door every two weeks — with craft brews to aid creativity, too.
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NewsYou Can Now Tour One of Yayoi Kusama's Glittering Infinity Rooms From Your Couch
Take a 14-and-a-half-minute peek inside one of the Japanese artist's famous creations, complete with an immersive soundtrack.
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NewsCream Town Is the New Online Art Space Helping Artists Financially Affected by COVID-19
And all the artworks for sale are $100.
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NewsThe Art Gallery of NSW Has Postponed This Year's Archibald Prize
New dates for the country's most prestigious portrait award haven't yet been revealed.
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NewsThe NGV Is Launching Virtual Tours of All Its Current Blockbuster Exhibitions
The at-home art fix includes tours of the 'Kaws' exhibition, a digital Hokusai piece to browse and many eBooks.
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NewsTen Highlights of the 22nd Biennale of Sydney 2020
Visit a heart wrenching memorial, walk through an immersive exhibition inside a tunnel and see a sarcophagus at this citywide exhibition.
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NewsTasmanian Winter Arts Festival Dark Mofo Has Been Cancelled Due to Coronavirus
"We’re killing Dark Mofo for the year. I know that will murder an already massacred tourism environment, but I feel like I have no choice."
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NewsPatricia Piccinini's Otherworldy 'Skywhale' Took Flight Today — Without Her New Floating Companion
'Skywhale' will make her final solo flight in Canberra tonight, before being joined by a new Skywhale friend at the National Gallery of Australia this May.
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NewsFive Pioneering Works to See at the NGV's New 'Japanese Modernism' Exhibition
This free exhibition features a huge 190 works, many of which have never been seen in Australia before.
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GuideWhere to Shop Like a Local In and Around Avalon
Designer homewares, custom furniture, stylish fashion and delicious cakes — there's more to the northern beaches than, well, beaches.
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NewsExtremely Photogenic Pop-Up 'Happy Place' Is Coming to a Sydney Rooftop
The "world's most Instagrammable exhibit" is bringing its confetti dome, ball pit and room filled with 40,000 gold flowers to Aus.
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NewsSeven Exciting New Art Exhibitions, Installations and Events Coming to Australia This Year
Start filling up your 2020 art calendar with art festivals, world-first exhibitions and visits to Australia's new museum of underwater art.
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NewsThe 22nd Biennale of Sydney Has Unveiled Its Citywide Program of Installations, Tours and Talks
As part of this year's First Nations-led program, you can tour the Parramatta Female Factory, jump on a ferry to a hip hop festival on Cockatoo Island or explore installations by over 100 artists spread across Sydney.
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NewsThis Is What Australia's Huge New Bushland Art Gallery Will Look Like
Due to open in 2022 on the New South Wales South Coast, it will house more than $43 million worth of art.
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NewsYayoi Kusama Is Creating Her First Obliteration Greenhouse
As part of a large-scale exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden, the acclaimed Japanese artist will also display an indoor-outdoor infinity room.
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NewsWe're Giving Away Double Passes to the MCA's Blockbuster 'Cornelia Parker' Exhibition
Catch one of Sydney's most talked about exhibitions this summer — for zero dollars.
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NewsFive Haunting Characters to Seek Out at Sydney's 'Japan Supernatural' Exhibition
From the cackling one-armed demon witch to the not-so-cute cucumber-loving kappa.
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NewsFive Surprising Stories Behind Quilty Artworks You Should Know Before You See Them in Person
Delve into the stories behind the works of one of Australia’s most acclaimed contemporary artists.
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NewsFive Easy Ways to Cram in More Arts and Culture in Your Life This Summer
Swap a day at the beach for a stroll through a gallery or cheap seats at a theatre show.
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NewsTeamlab Is Opening Another Vivid and Kaleidoscopic Digital-Only Art Museum
Officially opening in March in Macao, the labyrinth-like site will sprawl over 5000 square metres.
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GuideThe Best Things to Eat, See and Do During Lunar New Year in Sydney
Visit glowing lanterns, eat mango pancakes and learn about Chinese astrology.
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NewsFour Immersive and Illuminating Installations Have Landed at Carriageworks for Summer
Artists Rebecca Baumann, Daniel Boyd, Kate Mitchell and Reko Rennie have all created large-scale works using light — and they're all free to visit.
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GuideFive Impressive Festivals and Events to Check Out in Parramatta This Year
Concerts under the stars, world-premiere theatre shows and colourful food festivals — Parramatta's cultural calendar is more and more exciting every year.
