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NewsSydney's Summer Cultural Calendar Is Packed — Lock In Tickets to These Must-See Shows and Exhibitions
Blockbuster musicals, bold new exhibitions and colourful citywide festivals are just some of the cultural highlights landing in Sydney this summer — here's how to make the most of them.
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NewsThe Top Page-Turning Titles of 2025 and Who to Gift Them to This Christmas
We've gathered together the year's best books from cooking to manga, just in time for Christmas.
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NewsBecome Australia's Next Big Influencer, as The Party Games House Invites Six Social Media Stars to Live in a Beachfront Mansion
Apply to join this luxe content house, then spend your days creating viral videos that skyrocket your global fame.
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NewsThese Are the SXSW Sydney 2025 Highlights Every Culture Lover Should Have on Their Radar
From next-gen stars to Hollywood premieres, these are the gigs and screenings turning Sydney into a live festival of discovery this October.
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NewsMelt's Full 2025 Lineup Is Here with Hundreds of Performances and Events Across 18 Jam-Packed Days
Brisbane's annual celebration of LGBTQIA+ art, identity and pride is taking over more than 60 venues.
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NewsSXSW Sydney Has Unveiled Its Free Tumbalong Park Program for 2025, Including Live Tunes and Films Across 85-Plus Hours of Events
If you're keen to hit up SXSW Sydney and you're on a budget, this is where to head — Indonesian hip hop, First Nations short films, a space-themed hub and more await.
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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these potent westerns, horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, and expressive dance flicks.
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NewsA List of All of the Wes Anderson Films, Ranked
No one makes movies quite like Wes Anderson, so we've revisited and ranked them all — even though every single one is a gem.
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NewsIt's Eurovision Time: Here's When You Can Watch 2025's Song Contest (with Tony Armstrong and Courtney Act Hosting Australia's Coverage)
This year's Australian entry: Go-Jo with the song 'Milkshake Man', which is being performed with a four-metre-tall blender as part of the set.
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NewsHop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend
Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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NewsTen 2025 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
Your newly Oscars-approved viewing list includes movies about determined architects, whirlwind romances, catty cardinals, sandworms and more.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2025 Academy Awards
From 'Anora' and 'A Real Pain' to 'I'm Still Here' and 'No Other Land', here's what's likely to emerge victorious at the 2025 Oscars.
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NewsHere's Where You Can Watch 33 of 2025's Oscar-Nominated Movies in Australia Right Now
Massive musicals, monumental dramas, stunning animated gems, heartbreaking documentaries, two Timothée Chalamet movies: they're all Oscar contenders, and you can watch them all.
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NewsEleven 2025 Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows That You Can (and Should) Watch Right Now
Make a cinema or couch date with a freshly minted Golden Globe-winner — here's what you can watch right away, and where.
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NewsTwenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season
Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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GuideThe 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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NewsMelbourne's Art-Meets-Mini Golf Experience with Courses Designed by Miranda July and Soda Jerk Has Extended Its Season Due to Demand
You've now got three more weeks, until mid-September, to take to the greens at 'Swingers — The Art of Mini Golf' at Flinders Street Station.
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NewsOprah Winfrey Is Getting Chatting in Australia and NZ in 2025 on Her First Down Under Tour in a Decade
"One of the things I have always enjoyed is sitting down for real, honest, enlightening conversations, and this experience is all about that."
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NewsSydney Fringe Festival's Huge 2025 Program Includes the Reopening of Darlinghurst's Eternity Playhouse and a 'Stranger Things' Parody
September in Sydney means hitting up 460-plus events, including immersive theatre, street parties, a Kate Bush tribute and more.
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NewsFrom Bush Tucker to Remote Community Art: What Not to Miss at NAIDOC Week's 50th Anniversary
Themed around 'The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy', the 50th NAIDOC Week celebrates the achievements of the past while honouring its young leaders shaping the future.
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NewsFrom Live Shows Inside a Breathing Pink Bubble to Cinema Mixed with Real-Time Performance, Now or Never's 2025 Program Is Jam-Packed
In its third year, this Melbourne arts, ideas, sound and technology festival features more than 140 free and ticketed events across 11 big days.
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NewsRISING Might Be Over for 2025, But You Can Still Hit Up the Festival's Mini-Golf Experience, 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' and More
S Shakthidharan's 'The Wrong Gods' is also enjoying an extended season — and so are 'Legends (of the Golden Arches)' and 'Heartbreak Hotel'.
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NewsBrisbane Festival Is Turning Three of the City's Pedestrian Bridges Into Art Installations — and That's Just the Start of 2025's Program
This year's lineup spans 106 productions and 1069 performances, including a world-premiere dance work from choreographer Benjamin Millepied and LA Dance Project.
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NewsWhere To Eat, Play And Stay During Vivid Sydney
Fiery kitchens and underground gigs—the city comes alive during Vivid Sydney.
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NewsHere's the Stacked First Batch of Events That's Taking Over Brisbane for Melt Festival's 2025 LGBTQIA+ Celebrations
Reuben Kaye, the Miss First Nation drag contest, a queer wrestle party, 'Femme Follies Burlesque': they're all on the lineup so far.
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NewsThe Music Supervisor From 'Euphoria' and Beyonce's Former Digital Strategy Director Are Getting Chatting at SXSW Sydney 2025
SXSW Sydney 2025's Music Conference has just revealed its first speaker lineup, including Jen Malone and Dr Marcus Collins.
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NewsMona's 'Ladies Lounge' Is Leaving Tasmania for the First Time, Hitting the Gold Coast for 2025's Bleach* Festival
This year, Australian visual artist Michael Zavros is the arts fest's guest Artistic Director — and his full program spans 100-plus events.
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NewsComing Soon: Australia Is Getting a Dedicated Museum of Performing Arts, Opening in Melbourne in December 2025
Hamer Hall at Arts Centre Melbourne will welcome this celebration of the nation's performing arts legacy and successes, spanning everyone from Kylie Minogue and Hugh Jackman to the Australian Ballet.
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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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NewsIf RISING's 2025 Program Wasn't Already Big Enough for You, Melbourne's Winter Arts Festival Has Just Expanded Its Lineup
Tropical Fuck Storm, a Miranda July film retrospective and a Zoë Coombs Marr variety show are just some of the fest's new additions.
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NewsHere's the First SXSW Sydney Music Festival Lineup for 2025, Spanning International and Local Acts
This year's music festival is kickstarting its bill with Jasmine 4.t, Freak Slug, Jamaica Moana, JJ4K, Serebii, Slowwves and more.
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NewsFrom Laser Shows and Performance Art to Music and Late-Night Mini Golf: Discover Melbourne at Its Wildest This Winter with RISING
From the coolest exhibits to hidden bars, here’s how to experience Melbourne’s RISING festival in all its creative, diverse, and unconventional glory.
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NewsBrisbane's River Pride Parade Is Returning for Melt 2025 for a Second Year of Floating LGBTQIA+ Celebrations
After 2024's debut event proved a hit, a flotilla of boats and watercraft will again sail from West End to Brisbane Powerhouse to help wrap up this year's festival.
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NewsSXSW Sydney Has Announced the First 40 Speakers That'll Be Taking to the Stage at Its 2025 Conference
GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan, former foreign correspondent Peter Greste, Girls That Invest founder Simran Kaur, 'Crazy Rich Asians' actor Remy Hii and Dr Karl are among the initial names.
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NewsHere's How First Nations Arts Celebration 'Parrtjima — A Festival in Light' Is Dazzling the Red Centre in 2025
This is the tenth time that this Indigenous festival has lit up Alice Springs Desert Park, with the 300-million-year-old MacDonnell Ranges as a backdrop.
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NewsWith The Horrors, Clown Core, a Car Crash and an Artist Inside an Hourglass on Its 2025 Lineup, Dark Mofo Is Definitely Back
After a year off, this Tasmanian winter arts festival is returning with a boundary-pushing feast of art, performances, music and more.
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NewsComing Soon: From 'The Sims' to 'World of Warcraft', You'll Be Able to Play Your Way Through ACMI's 'Game Worlds' Exhibition
Prepare to feel like you've stepped into 30 iconic video games, including via original concept art and rare objects, at this five-month-long showcase.
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NewsWith 200-Plus Events and More Than 140 Guests, 2025's Sydney Writers' Festival Program Is Absolutely Packed
2024 Booker Prize-winner Samantha Harvey, 'Brooklyn' author Colm Tóibín, Australian 'Big Little Lies' wordsmith Liane Moriarty: they're all on the lineup.
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NewsNigella Lawson Is Curating Dinners in the Muru Giligu Pedestrian Tunnel — and That's Just the Start of Vivid Sydney's Huge 2025 Program
Other highlights include Tangerine Dream, Anohni and the Johnsons, and an immersive 'Stranger Things' experience — plus the entire Vivid Light Walk is free.
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NewsA Free Installation by a TeamLab Alum, Exclusive Suki Waterhouse Gigs, 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch': RISING's 2025 Program Is Here
This year's lineup includes 65 events featuring 327 artists — a field of red beams that respond to movement and Waterhouse's first-ever Aussie shows among them.
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NewsAfter a Year Off, Dark Mofo Is Still Keen to Challenge and Confront with Its First 2025 Lineup Announcement
Nathan Maynard's 'We threw them down the rocks where they had thrown the sheep' is the returning Tasmanian festival's first work for 2025.
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NewsThese Inner Sydney Bars are Hosting Mind-Expanding Talks by the University of Sydney on One Night Only
Raising the Bar sees 20 of the university's academics and alumni hosting provocative talks in ten bars across the city.
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NewsSXSW Sydney Is Making a Few Changes for Its 2025 Festival, Including Expanding Its Free Programming
For its third year Down Under, SXSW is also adding new ticketing options, such as single-day conference passes and single-session movie tix.
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NewsGetting the MacDonnell Ranges Glowing Is Just the Beginning of 2025's Packed 'Parrtjima — A Festival in Light' Program
This annual highlight at Alice Springs Desert Park is celebrating its tenth edition with works by 20-plus First Nations artists, and more than 100 performers and special guests.
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NewsGet Swinging: RISING 2025 Is Turning Melbourne's Flinders Street Station Ballroom Into an Art Exhibition That's Also a Mini-Golf Course
Filmmaker and writer Miranda July is among the female-identifying and gender-diverse artists who've designed mini-golf holes for this three-month-long pop-up.
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NewsSix Headline Events that You Can Book Now and Pay for Later
Don't let a good time put a good dent in your savings.
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NewsComing Soon: A Y2K-Inspired 'The Sims' Pop-Up Is Hitting Australia to Celebrate 25 Years of the Beloved Life Simulation Game
At Melbourne's Australian Centre for the Moving Image, you'll be able to step inside a 2000s-era pre-teen bedroom — and also play the game, of course.
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NewsThe Matildas, Discrimination in the Music Industry and the Impacts of Skincare Routines: All About Women's 2025 Program Is Here
Whether you're heading along in-person at Sydney Opera House or joining in online, this stacked two-day lineup features more than 50 speakers.
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Guide
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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NewsAunty 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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NewsThe Top Page-Turning Titles of 2024 and Who to Gift Them to This Christmas
We've distilled the most popular literary releases of 2024 with a little help from the experts.
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NewsSXSW Sydney Has Announced Its 2025 Dates — and After a Huge Event in 2024, It's Planning Another Big Fest
The second-ever SXSW Down Under featured 1400 conference sessions, 95 screenings, 315 performances and 150 games.
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News
All About Women Has Announced Its First 2025 Events, Including Comedian Kate Berlant on Her Debut Australian Tour
'Alone Australia' winner Gina Chick and the return of the Feminist Roast are also on the lineup, with full details to be announced in January.
