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NewsB. Lucky & Sons Is Sydney's New Adult Arcade Bar from the Holey Moley Team
It's hidden inside an old-school pawn shop and filled with vintage prizes, alcoholic bubble teas and old-school arcade games.
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NewsThe City of Sydney's Plan to Help Revive Sydney's Nightlife Has Been Given the Green Light
24-hour trading in the CBD, later opening hours for bars in local areas and a brand new cultural precinct in Alexandria have all been given the go-ahead.
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NewsAn Interactive Neon-Lit Playground for Kidults Is Popping Up at Circular Quay During Vivid
Samsung is letting you unleash your kidult onto illuminated dancefloors, viewing platforms and a 6.5-metre slide.
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GuideThe Best Parties Happening Throughout Vivid Sydney 2019
Vivid isn't all about the lights — it's also a prime time to check out a slew of international DJs and dance the night away under immersive art installations.
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GuideTen Essential Spots to Visit in Newtown
From a crowd-funded cafe serving up piping hot breakfast ramen to an ethically-minded clothes shop.
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NewsAlice Springs' Luminous Parrtjima Festival Will Light Up the Red Centre Again in 2020
The festival will mark its fifth year, once again celebrating Indigenous arts, culture and storytelling.
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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 a 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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GuideMany of the Best Seats at Sydney Festival 2025's Headline Shows Are on Sale for Just $49 — Here's Why
As NSW's flagship arts fest prepares to celebrate its 49th birthday, affordability has been very much front of mind for Festival Director Olivia Ansell.
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NewsNine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately
Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.
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NewsNine New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Austin Butler's latest brooding role, serial-killer chiller 'Longlegs' and the animated antics of 'Inside Out 2'.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Rashida Jones navigate a sci-fi mystery in Japan, Nicolas Cage face a post-apocalyptic future and a gripping Australian romance-scam thriller.
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NewsThe 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2024 So Far
From 2024's first half, you need to be catching an Oscar-winning documentary, Glen Powell as a fake assassin and plenty of horror shocks from your couch.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch in July That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with 'Furiosa', the latest gem from Hirokazu Kore-eda and a hypnotic vision of an AI-dominated future.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsTen Ways To Impress Your Mum This Mother's Day
Treat mum to an ice cream degustation or do a Sunday morning jog together.
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NewsHow to See the Most Popular Vivid 2019 Installations Without Fighting the Masses
Less crowds, more lights.
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Win a Double Pass to Climb Sydney Harbour Bridge During Vivid
Bright lights, big city, unbeatable view.
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NewsOver 200 Festivalgoers Had Their Pills Tested at Groovin the Moo This Weekend
NSW and Queensland government representatives and Victorian politicians also inspected the pill testing trial — which identified seven potentially deadly substances.
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NewsThe Holey Moley Team Is Opening a New Adult Arcade Bar in Sydney
B Lucky & Sons will be hidden inside an old-school pawn shop and filled with vintage prizes, alcoholic bubble teas and bonito flake-topped pizzas.
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NewsYou'll Soon Be Able to Race Your Way Around Multiple Nintendo Theme Parks
And yes, a real-life 'Mario Kart' experience is on the cards.
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GuideAustralia's Best Winter Festivals That Will Make You Actually Want to Go Outside
From nude swims in Hobart to all-nighters in Melbourne, these arts festivals are made for winter weekenders.
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NewsThis New Report Identifies the Most (and Least) Safe Spots for Women in Sydney
The Plan International project has analysed over 1000 incidents of harassment from its interactive Free To Be map.
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News
Parrtjima Festival Is Currently Lighting Up Alice Springs with Seven Epic Light Installations
The festival — now in its fourth year — celebrates Indigenous arts, culture and storytelling.
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FeatureHere's How NSW's Political Parties Are Promising to Tackle Live Music and Lockouts if Elected
We've put together a rundown on the policies affecting live music, nightlife and festivals, and the parties that will be voting on them if they win a seat in this weekend's election.
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NewsSydney Has Copped Its Own Egg Boy Mural in Chippendale
It's located outside the Lord Gladstone, which is serving up Egg Boy burgers to raise money for victims of the Christchurch shooting.
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NewsAn Eerie Outback-Themed Escape Room Has Opened in Redfern
'The Forgotten Son' starts with the sounds of a child sobbing in an old tin shed, then lead players on a dangerous trek through the bush.
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EventGABS Craft Beer Fest
Fri, 30 May - Sat, 31 May 2025
ICC Sydney, Sydney
Where can you get a drink from a 120-tap bar? At 2025's Great Australasian Beer Spectapular.
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EventKichi Kichi Meet and Eat
Tue, 18 Mar - Thu, 20 Mar 2025
Harajuku Gyoza Beer Stadium Darling Harbour, Sydney
Chef Motokichi Yukimura from Kyoto's Kichi Kichi is whipping up his internet-famous omurice in Sydney — again.
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EventLunar New Year at The Fullerton Sydney
Mon, 27 Jan - Sun, 2 Mar 2025
The Fullerton Hotel Sydney, Sydney
Lunar New Year is all about food and these mouth-watering, limited edition LNY menus are unmissable.
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EventWarner Bros Discovery Open Air Cinema at Darling Quarter
Thu, 9 Jan - Sun, 26 Jan 2025
Village Green, Darling Quarter, Sydney
Darling Quarter's free outdoor cinema dedicated to Warner Bros films is back with 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice', 'Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory', 'Man of Steel' and more.
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EventThai Select Food Village at The Artistry 2025
Fri, 7 Feb 2025, Sat, 8 Feb 2025 and Sun, 9 Feb 2025
Tumbalong Park, Sydney
Transport your tastebuds to Thailand at this free-entry festival in Tumbalong Park.
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EventEuropa! Europa Film Festival
Wed, 12 Feb - Wed, 12 Mar 2025
Ritz Cinema, Randwick
Celebrate European cinema with a packed film festival lineup featuring 44 movies from 26 countries.
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EventDrake: 'Anita Max Win' Tour
Multiple single dates
Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park
The 'Hotline Bling' performer 'The Degrassi: The Next Generation' star is returning Down Under for the first time in eight years.
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EventThe Play That Goes Wrong
Thu, 19 Jun - Sun, 3 Aug 2025
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
This comedic production about a chaotic play focuses on The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society's efforts to stage a murder-mystery.
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EventAll About Women
Sat, 8 Mar - Sun, 9 Mar 2025
Sydney Opera House and online, Sydney
2025's two-day lineup includes events with Kate Berlant, Gina Chick, Kara Swisher, Rachel House, Jaguar Jonze, Grace Tame and more.
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EventMardi Gras Film Festival
Thu, 13 Feb - Thu, 27 Feb 2025
Various cinemas in Sydney
Recent award-winners, beloved classics, must-see documentaries, star-studded shorts, 'Sister Act' sing-alongs: they're all on the 2025 MGFF lineup.
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NewsVivid Sydney Has Announced Its Radiant 2019 Program
FKA Twigs, Spike Lee and a field of 500 glowing fireflies.
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NewsThe US Remake of 'What We Do in the Shadows' Will Hit Australian TV Screens in April
The ten-episode American remake is coming to Foxtel.
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NewsSydney Might Be Getting Its Own Pride Centre
Located in the inner west, the community centre would highlight queer culture, provide health services and offer a safe gathering space.
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NewsOxford Street Will Once Again Go Lockout-Free for Mardi Gras
The NSW Government is relaxing the usual lockout laws for the strip's 41st Mardi Gras celebrations.
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GuideSeven Bendigo Events Worthy of a Road Trip This Autumn
Get out of the big smoke to explore all this regional city has to offer — one glass of wine and cut of wagyu at a time.
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NewsAustralia's Oxford Street Signs Have Undergone a Glorious Rainbow Makeover for Mardi Gras
Seven brightly coloured sculptures have popped up across the country, including a Kylie Minogue-themed installation.
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NewsTen Bars to Hit This Mardi Gras if You Can't Be Bothered Fighting the Parade Crowds
Trade standing on your tiptoes on a milk crate for cocktails, dancing and live streams at one of these.
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NewsSix Ways to Squeeze the Last Few Drops of Summer Out of the Season
We can't stop the seasons from changing, but we can keep prolong the end of summer with after-work swims, outdoor movies and sleeping by the beach.
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NewsEvery Mardi Gras Event to Hit at This Surry Hills Courtyard
With boozy brunches, movie nights and laneway parties, there's so much more to Mardi Gras 2019 than the parade.
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GuideNine Ways to Celebrate Mardi Gras That Aren't Just Watching the Parade
Dance with drag queens to the early morning, don a kaftan for a poolside soirée or get down with 12,000 other Sydneysiders at an epic party.
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NewsAlice Springs' Luminous Parrtjima Festival Has Unveiled Its 2019 Program
The festival — now in its fourth year — celebrates Indigenous arts, culture and storytelling.
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NewsA Heap of New TAFE Courses Could Soon Be Free for Sydneysiders
If Labor is elected this March, you could complete a childcare or plumbing course without spending a cent on fees.
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NewsFive Valentine's Day Ideas Under $50 That Aren't a Set Menu Dinner
Celebrate love (or just have fun) without breaking the bank.
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NewsFree Books Will Be Scattered Across the Public Transport System for Valentine's Day
Penguin Random House will add to the 'public libraries' of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
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NewsThe First Full Trailer for the US Remake of 'What We Do in the Shadows' Has Finally Dropped
Ten episodes will hit US screens in March.
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GuideThe Best Things to Do, See and Eat During Sydney Chinese New Year 2019
Celebrate the Year of the Pig with bustling night markets, free art exhibitions and a Szechuan-style buffet.
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NewsFive Ways to Be More 'Adult' Without Totally Breaking Your Bank Account
Hint: More theatre, less cask wine.
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Parrtjima Festival Is Returning to Light Up Alice Springs in 2019 with Six Epic Light Installations
The festival — now in its fourth year — celebrates Indigenous arts, culture and storytelling.
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NewsHow to Capture the Hedonistic Vibes of 1920s Paris with Your Mates in Sydney
Champagne, escargot, sparkles and risqué cabaret.
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NewsMusic Festivals Must Now Follow a Strict New Licensing Regime to Operate in NSW
It's the NSW Government's latest plan to make them safer.
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Gallery: Twenty Powerful Moments from Sydney's Huge 2019 #WomensWave March
Thousands of Sydneysiders marched to protest violence against women.
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NewsYou Can Now Tour This Enormous David Bowie Exhibition Via Your Phone
The collection of more than 400 Bowie items has gone virtual.
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NewsTen Intriguing and Informative Podcasts to Listen to This Summer
From real-life tales of murdering doctors to the stories of history's trailblazing women.
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NewsThis Cycling Route Will Take You Past Six of Sydney Festival's Biggest, Free Moon-Themed Installations
It's part of the festival's city-wide homage to Apollo 11 and the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.
