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NewsBuns and Balls to Relocate in Response to New Licensing Laws
One of our favourite bars is packing up shop and moving to safer ground.
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NewsDave Chappelle Heads Out on First Australian Tour
It's Rick James, bitch. No wait, It's Dave Chappelle.
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NewsWhat the New Liquor Licensing Laws Would Mean for Our Favourite Bars
How do we create a vibrant, all-hours city that's also safe? We ask some of the pros.
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NewsMarch into Merivale Festival Returns with a Unique Spin on Food and Wine
A 'Things on Sticks' banquet, Mafia-themed Italian dinners and plenty of cocktails.
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NewsSydney’s Ten Best Australia Day Long Weekend Events in 2014
Featuring tinnies, snags, lamingtons, thong-throwing, rainbow dust and an 'epic water trampoline'.
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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 films 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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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, Aussie westerns and expressive dance flicks.
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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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NewsThe Top Ten Things to See and Do at Sydney Chinese New Year 2014
Gallop away with the year of the horse.
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NewsConcrete Playground’s Sydney Festival 2014 Diary
We're seeing everything we can see and bouncing on everything we can bounce on.
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NewsMeet Five Australian Fashion Designers Fighting to Keep It Local
Now more than ever is the time to support labels that manufacture in the same place where they design.
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NewsAdriano Zumbo Brings Back the Old-School Aussie Bakery with Fluffy’s Pop-Up
You'll find Zumbo's Australia Day pop-up down on Memory Lane.
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NewsEight Things That Made the 2014 Golden Globes Totally Worth It
Don't worry, one of them is J-Law.
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NewsYou Can Now Brunch With Harbour Views at the Opera House
There's no time of day that's not an Opera House time of day.
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NewsDo Sydney Festival Without Paying a Dime
The best free events of the Sydney Festival - plus one trick to get into the others for cheap.
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NewsEnjoy Dinner and a Show with Fast Festival Feasts
Sample some of the city's finest cuisine at special festival prices.
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NewsThe Ten Best Things to See at the Sydney Festival 2014
An even bigger festival hub, a dance-powered party and a version of Stonehenge you can bounce on.
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EventToko Restaurant x Suntory Whisky Dinner
Wed, 4 Jun, 2025
Toko Restaurant, Sydney
Dine on acclaimed izakaya cuisine, then sip back some of the most exclusive Japanese whiskies in this paired feast.
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EventCoravin World Wine Tour: Love, Tilly Devine
Thu, 1 May - Sat, 31 May 2025
Love Tilly Devine, Darlinghurst
Sip from every bottle on the menu by the glass for one month only — no corkscrew required.
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EventBarangaroo Artisan Market
Sat, 10 May, 2025
Barangaroo, Barangaroo
Spend a day browsing creations from more than 70 stallholders — in-between catching live bands and getting immersed in roving performances.
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EventMargot's Bottomless Brunch at Luke's Kitchen
Multiple single dates
Luke's Kitchen, Waterloo
This isn't just a bottomless brunch — it's a party, with music, trivia, themes and your chance to win the best-dressed prize.
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EventCherry Bomb at Goros
Wed, 2 Apr - Sat, 10 May 2025
Goros, Surry Hills
This lively party will transport you to Japan's cherry blossom season via pink installations, lanterns, karaoke, DJs, cocktails and eats.
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EventFresh Harvest Beer Week at Frenchies
Mon, 5 May - Sat, 10 May 2025
Frenchies Bistro and Brewery, Rosebery
Six days of IPA tastings, tap takeovers, food pairings and limited-edition brews are on the program.
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EventPenfolds Immersive Wine Experience
Fri, 2 May - Sun, 11 May 2025
Sydney Arcade, Sydney
This event, which is making a comeback to Sydney in May, brings together tastings with visuals, lighting, sounds and storytelling.
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EventJafar Panahi: Cinema in Rebellion
Wed, 4 Jun - Sun, 15 Jun 2025
Various cinemas in Sydney
Sydney Film Festival's 2025 retrospective is celebrating this bold, brave Iranian filmmaker with all ten of his features, including 'The Circle', 'This Is Not a Film' and 'Tehran Taxi'.
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EventVivid LIVE at the Sydney Opera House 2025
Fri, 23 May - Sat, 14 Jun 2025
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Expect unforgettable gigs, underground dance floors and a technicolour light show on the sails.
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EventSydney Comedy Festival at Bondi Pavilion
Wed, 14 May - Sun, 18 May 2025
Bondi Pavilion, Bondi Beach
Get tickets to five nights of world-class comedy shows at Bondi Pavilion.
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NewsThe Abercrombie Hotel Calls Last Drinks
Bid farewell to 'deep-fried everything' and cult dance parties.
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NewsYour Last-Minute Guide to New Year’s Eve 2013-2014
It's never too late to make your night awesome.
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NewsLondon to See World’s First Edible Firework Display This NYE
Could this inspire Australia's first ever case of firework envy?
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NewsPlayground Picks: The Best of Sydney in 2013
We take a moment to reflect, reminisce and rank stuff.
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NewsWin a Night in the Spiegeltent with Limbo and [yellow tail] Wine
Your night at the circus just got a whole lot more adult.
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NewsHigh-End Kicks Emporium Sneakerboy Opens In Sydney
The high-end underground sneaker store of Kanye's wildest dreams.
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NewsMatt Moran Opens North Bondi Fish
North Bondi Italian's old home takes on a casual vibe and a fresh, coast-inspired menu.
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NewsNew Summer Pop-Up Bar by The Corner House Coming to Opera House
Enjoy laidback Mediterranean cool under the sails.
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NewsBelvoir Calls for 700 Volunteers to Help Stage Oedipus Schmoedipus
Playful performance group post are seeking creative collaboration - with you and 699 of your friends.
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NewsConcrete Playground’s Guide to New Year’s in Sydney 2013/14
Spending New Year's Eve without a plan? Not cool.
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NewsHave Christmas Harbourside with Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel
Panoramic views and a four-course gourmet feast.
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NewsGet Live Carols and Zumbo Macarons Delivered On-Demand for One Day Only
Brighten up things in the office at the push of a button.
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NewsPretty Shady Cares For Your Skin with Free, Well-Designed Sun Protection
Slip on a Lister tee and slap yourself down beneath a Basil Bangs shade.
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NewsBuy a Piece of the Opera House and Help Build Its Future
Own a tile for $100 - and you'll even get to play with it.
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NewsHipster Santa Takes Selfie with You
Santa Claus is coming to town, but he's not how you remembered him.
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NewsRaise the Stakes in Your Pretentious Convos with New Metagame
A game that asks the eternal question, 'Which feels like first love: Pride and Prejudice or Hungry Hungry Hippos?'
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NewsVolunteer to Star in Lo-Fi Remakes of Film Classics with the Redux Project
It's not too late to be a film star, of sorts.
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NewsLearn to Make the Ultimate Christmas Pudding with Black Star Pastry
One of the city's cult patisseries is giving us the chance to do Christmas right.
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NewsWin Tickets to a Preview Screening of The Railway Man
Get a jump on the big Boxing Day releases.
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NewsPerfect your Christmas with Victor Churchill’s ham glaze
Take advantage of this mouth-watering offer courtesy of MasterCard.