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NewsFive Dining Trends That Are Big in Japan
Japan has 32 Michelin-starred restaurants. These aren't them.
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NewsDo Neighbours Have a Right to Complain About Live Music Venues?
A disgruntled neighbour next to Cherry Bar has just been labelled "fuckwit of the year".
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NewsSydney’s Pocket Bar Has Somehow Made Parking Tickets a Good Thing
Parking tickets = cheap food and drink. Genius.
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NewsPrepare Your Poisons, King Joffrey is Coming to Australia
But actually, please don't poison him.
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News13 Best Book Releases to Read This October
This month's fiction haul includes Soviet nepo babies and a starving spectacle inspired by a real 20th-century sideshow act. Plus, the return of a 2010s-famous author.
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GuideUnconventional Outings to Round Up the Crew for Something Different
Hands-on outings across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne for the group chat that's already bored of brunch, bar-hopping and the same old dinner booking.
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GuideTheatre and Live Performances to Build a Whole Night Out Around
Theatres, cabaret rooms and live-music stages across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, from new Australian drama to West End-scale musicals — plus where to eat before curtain.
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GuideLate-Night Cocktail Bars Made for Just One More Round Before Ubers
Twelve bars built for the hour when "one more round" turns into three, spanning a Godfather-themed basement, a moon-lit Shanghai den and a bar that distills its own fernet.
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GuideKid-Friendly Spots Where the Whole Family Will Love Spending Time Together
Nine family-friendly venues where a pig named Kevin Bacon, a cubby house inside a brewery, and gluten-free doughnuts do the heavy lifting of keeping everyone happy.
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GuideJazz Bars to Settle Into and Lose Track of the Whole Night In
The jazz bars across Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney drawing crowds with world-class acts, great drinks and a distinct lack of signage out the front.
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GuideIndependent Cinemas with Interesting and Unexpected Screenings
Characterful independent cinemas across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne where the room, the bar and the backstory matter just as much as the film.
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GuideGalleries to Spend a Rainy Afternoon Wandering Around
Twelve galleries across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne that earn a proper look, not just a walk-by — made for filling a slow, rainy afternoon.
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NewsThe Best New Australian Books to Curl Up With This August
A time-travelling news agency, fables about digital dystopias, the grief of losing a best friend and more.
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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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NewsWin Tickets to Bell Shakespeare’s Henry V
This classic Shakespearian text takes a new form in a bunker during the London Blitz.
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NewsPucker Up for Sour Beer: The Cult Brew You’ve Never Heard Of
The world's oldest brew is making a comeback, and it packs a real punch.
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NewsHBO Is Launching an Online Streaming Service in 2015
HBO wants to cater to, not antagonise, the online TV market.
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NewsBill Murray and Sofia Coppola Are Teaming Up For a Christmas Musical
Your Christmas lunch could soon be soundtracked by Bill Murray.
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NewsAustralian Author Richard Flanagan Wins Man Booker Prize
Your summer reading list just got its first title.
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NewsWatch These Sassy Kids React to Food at One of New York’s Best Restaurants
"This looks like soap. It tastes like soap. Why am I eating soap right now?"
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NewsThe Ten Best Things to Do at Sydney Craft Beer Week
There's more than 100 ways to drink beer this October.
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NewsKen Done and Scott Ludlam to Read at the Next Men of Letters
An unlikely lineup, but one we can totally get behind.
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EventClub Amalfi at Watsons Bay Hotel
Multiple single dates
Watsons Bay Hotel, Watsons Bay
Make Sundays feel a little more European, as this monthly Amalfi-inspired session returns to the harbourfront.
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EventMeadow X ABSOLUT TABASCO Hottest Brunch
Sun, 1 Nov - Sun, 29 Nov 2026
Meadow Music Room, Cronulla
Meadow Music Room is hosting a 90-minute bottomless brunch throughout November, with two-course dining, spicy cocktails and live music from its resident artists.
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EventHot Halloween at Meadow Music Room
Sat, 31 Oct - Sun, 1 Nov 2026
Meadow Music Room, Cronulla
Meadow Music Room is hosting a Hot Halloween party with Yolanda Be Cool, a red dress code and ABSOLUT® TABASCO™ cocktails.
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EventUNHOLY / DIVINE at Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Thu, 8 Oct 2026, Thu, 29 Oct 2026
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, The Rocks
This arts venue may have been evicted, but it refuses to stay dead and returns with three nights of art, drag and debauchery.
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EventBenson Boone Wanted Man Tour Australia 2026
Fri, 6 Nov - Thu, 19 Nov 2026
Various locations, Sydney
After demand prompted venue upgrades on his last Australian tour, Benson Boone is coming back for nine arena shows across Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
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EventBoyz II Men Australia and New Zealand Tour
Thu, 26 Nov - Sun, 6 Dec 2026
Various locations, Sydney
Prepare for a crash course in 90s music history as Boyz II Men, Salt-N-Pepa and Bell Biv DeVoe tour Australia and New Zealand.
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EventWild Things at Sydney Opera House
Sat, 26 Sep - Sun, 11 Oct 2026
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
From towering swings to circus premieres, this inaugural international festival is set to delight kids and grown-ups alike.
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EventCassian: Day-to-Night Australia Tour 2026
Sat, 7 Nov 2026
Various locations, Sydney
This Grammy Award-winning producer is headed home this spring, transforming parks and club grounds into euphoric openair dance parties.
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EventTwo Door Cinema Club at Hordern Pavilion
Sun, 22 Nov, 2026
Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park
Having just announced a second Sydney show, this era-defining indie-dance band will perform their acclaimed debut album in full.
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EventSydney Symphony Presents Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone In Concert
Wed, 2 Dec - Sat, 5 Dec 2026
Concert Hall, Sydney
Step back in time to the beginning of an iconic franchise, brought to life by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
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NewsBondi Icebergs’ Exclusive New Year’s Day Party Open for Bookings
Free-flowing Veuve Cliquot and a hefty price tag run one of Sydney's most ostentatious parties.
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NewsMiranda July Has Made You a Handbag with Some Very Specific Uses
It's exactly as strange as she is.
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NewsUber Sydney is Offering Free Rides in Luxury Cars This Weekend
It's time to live out all your Grand Theft Auto fantasies.
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NewsLearn to Draw Like the Masters with This Colouring Book for Grown Ups
Feel free to colour outside the lines.
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NewsYour Guide to the Sydney Long Weekend
Spend three glorious days feasting, partying and wining; long weekend ho!
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NewsNewtown Festival Has Expanded to an Entire Glorious Week
That's seven days of warm fuzzy community vibes and excuses to eat highly-Instagrammable festival food.
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NewsDavid Walsh Wants to Open a Casino at MONA
Despite David Walsh labelling gambling as "mostly immoral".
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NewsRage Against the Machine Guitarist Pulls a ‘Don’t You Know Who I Am?’ on Cafe
Then went on a rampage about workers' rights after being denied.
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News‘Eat Like You Give a Fuck’ With the New Thug Kitchen Cookbook
All other cookbooks are now irrelevant.
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NewsSecurity Guard Injured by Gatecrashers at Listen Out Sydney
Police are asking for anyone with information to come forward.
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NewsSpectrum is Launching Its Own Festival, Directed by Richard Roxburgh
Roxburgh calls it a "degustation of delights." Ooo.
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NewsJurassic Lounge Will Be Resurrected for Day of the Dead
Pinata workshops, Mexican dance-offs and your favourite Silent Disco.
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NewsIntern at Concrete Playground
Here's a place to direct your firsthand research on Sydney's small bar scene and excessive feelpinions on that latest play or movie.
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NewsLena Dunham is Your New Agony Aunt in This 12-Part Web Series
Some free advice: screaming 'vagina' in a chocolate shop is apparently a bad thing.
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NewsKirsten Dunst’s New Short Film Flips Selfies the Bird
Dunst wants you to put your bloody phones away.
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NewsMcDonalds Is the Muse for Queenies’ Second Annual Stoner Dinner
Give in to your cravings and do smoked chicken nuggets with All The Sauces.
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NewsThis Dancing Red Light Man Could Stop Pedestrians Walking into Traffic
Wait, did that red light man just dance?
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NewsGet Your Gold Coins Ready, Newtown Festival’s 2014 Lineup is Out
Deep Sea Arcade, Straight Arrows and Astronomy Class — all still for a gold coin donation.
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NewsNick Cave Has Created an Online Museum of Important Shit
Nick Cave thinks your drawerfuls of memories are important.
