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NewsArtist Spencer Tunick's Plans to Stage a Mass Nude Work on a Melbourne Rooftop Have Been Quashed
The Prahran Woolworths has refused the artist access to its rooftop carpark.
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NewsAussie Town Yass Has Received a Fabulous 'Queer Eye' Makeover
And the Fab Five were officially crowned Yass Queens.
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NewsFive Pioneering, Industrious Women to Put on Your Radar
Accomplished ladies breaking traditions to create a new norm.
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FeatureSydney After Dark Guide
Being a culture vulture is part and parcel of living in Sydney. But when winter arrives, it can be mighty tempting to crawl into our blanket forts and not re-emerge until spring rolls around. Well, not on our watch.
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NewsFive Spots Where You Can Find Late-Night Arts and Culture in Sydney This Winter
Been to a gallery recently? These ones stay up late so you can do some after-work art adventures.
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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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NewsThree After-Dark Workshops in Redfern to Help You Upskill This Winter
Get out of the house and pick up a new hobby. It's a win-win.
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NewsFive Events That Will Actually Make You Want to Go Outside This Winter
Rather than letting the next few months pass by in a haze, let these tempt you away from the couch.
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NewsHow Musician Ali Barter Taps into Her Creative Process
For the Melbourne-based singer-songwriter and former Triple J Unearthed winner, finding her creative self has been a long-honed one.
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NewsHow to Turn Your Favourite Pastimes into a Career
For the true crime podcast enthusiast, avid food 'grammer and meme scroller alike.
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NewsTen Must-See Films at the 2018 Sydney Film Festival
Including a lesbian romance set in Nairobi, a compilation of previously censored clips and a stunning Japanese animation.
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NewsFive Films from Cannes 2018 We Can't Wait to See in Australia
Some of them are already on their way to our cinemas; others we'll have to cross our fingers for.
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NewsMelbourne's NGV Is Opening a Brand New Contemporary Art Gallery
According to the Victorian Government, it will be the biggest contemporary art gallery in Australia.
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NewsWestern Sydney Is Getting A Huge New Annual Winter Festival
It'll be the west's answer to Vivid and it's kicking off next year
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NewsBarangaroo Has a New Immersive Pop-Up that Surrounds You with First Peoples' Stories
The installation's world premiere coincides with Reconciliation Week.
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NewsSydney Film Festival Adds Eight Films From Cannes to Its 2018 Program
Including the winner of the acclaimed Palme d'Or and the latest film from Jean-Luc Godard.
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NewsHow to See the Most Popular Vivid Installations Without Fighting the Masses
See the big lights sans the big crowds.
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NewsFive Hidden Gems to Seek Out at Vivid 2018
Venture deeper into the light program to uncover some glowing treasures.
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EventHayu FanFest
Sat, 15 Aug, 2026
Secret Location in Sydney, Sydney
Bringing reality TV into the real world, this streaming platform's landmark event is headed to Sydney for the first time.
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EventRon Mueck: Encounter
Sat, 6 Dec 2025 - Sun, 12 Apr 2026
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
AGNSW’s larger-than-life summer blockbuster is the biggest exhibition of acclaimed sculptor Ron Mueck's work ever staged in Australia.
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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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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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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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EventSydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade
Sat, 28 Feb, 2026
Oxford Street and surrounding areas, Darlinghurst
Sydney's biggest street party returns for its 48th edition, celebrating joy as power, protest and connection.
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NewsWhy Bendigo Is the Ultimate Arts and Culture Escape This Winter
Their trams have crochet blankets, for one thing.
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NewsHow to Navigate Vivid Sydney 2018's Bright Lights
This year there are nine light precincts to explore — here's a rundown on each one.
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NewsArtist Mike Parr Will Spend 72 Hours Buried Under a Hobart Road During Dark Mofo
He'll descend into a box measuring just 4.5 metres by 1.7 metres by 2.2 metres for three days, with traffic driving over the top.
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NewsAll the Music Acts You Can Catch at the Snow This Winter
Thredbo's music lineup for the 2018 season is set to be massive.
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NewsSixteen Glowing Installations Have Popped Up in the Royal Botanic Garden for Vivid Sydney 2018
Expect a forest of colour-changing trees and bars serving glow-in-the-dark cocktails when the lights turn on on Friday.
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NewsA Look Inside the Creative Process of Melbourne Artist George Rose
From living a transient existence to dad clothes.
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NewsShakespeare's Historic Globe Theatre Is Popping Up in Sydney
Partyeth like it's 1614 with performances of 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'Othello' at this full-scale replica of the historic theatre.
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GuideTen Gigs Not to Miss at 2018's Vivid Sydney
From 90s rap to a 'Romeo + Juliet'-themed rock masquerade.
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NewsSydney's Taronga Zoo Has Been Spectacularly Illuminated for This Year's Vivid Festival
It's the first light installation of Vivid Sydney 2018 to be revealed.
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NewsA New HBO Documentary Series Will Revisit the Case Against Serial's Adnan Syed
It's being made by the director of true crime doco 'West of Memphis' and will have a score by Nick Cave.
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GuideThe Best Things to Do After Work in Sydney Tonight
Looking for something to do at tools down? These are the shows that aren't sold out, the places you don't have to book and the events that require little-to-no prior planning.
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NewsThe Festival of Dangerous Ideas Is Coming Back — But This Time It'll Be Held on Cockatoo Island
After a year off, FODI will return to Sydney for two days of thought-provoking discussion in a new harbourside venue.
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NewsBroad City's Ilana Glazer Is Coming to Australia for the First Time
She'll perform a one-off stand-up show at Melbourne's Hamer Hall.
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NewsThis Patch of Land by the Harbour Is Reopening to the Public as an Urban Park
Sub Base Platypus will add a new foreshore walkway and public park to the lower north shore harbour.
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NewsA Look Inside GOMA's Weird and Wonderful 'Patricia Piccinini: Curious Affection' Exhibition
Installations of a field of 3000 flowers, alien-like mushrooms and vast array of peculiar yet beautiful creatures will let you explore the intricacies of the acclaimed artist's mind.
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NewsBob Dylan Will Return to Australia to Play Seven Stadium Shows
The living legend will return to our shores for a string of shows that will showcase six decades of songs.
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NewsA Concert Series Pairing National Geographic Footage with a Live Orchestra Is Touring Australia
The images will draw upon Nat Geo's 130-year archives, while the score will feature the work of composers such as Hans Zimmer, Austin Fray and Andrew Christie.
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NewsThis Sydney Exhibition Explores the Eye-Catching Architecture Behind Your Favourite Japanese Anime Films
Explore the process behind transforming hand-drawn cityscapes into big-screen backdrops.
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NewsClient Liaison Have Launched Their Own Curated Music Festival
For their next venture, the duo are masterminding a full-scale music festival that'll tour the country this winter.
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NewsJapan's Kaleidoscopic New Digital-Only Art Museum Is Your Next Reason to Visit Tokyo
Featuring a forest filled with lamps that respond to human interaction and a virtual tea party that pairs your hot beverage with digital blooming flowers.
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NewsSydney's Getting a New Music and Snow Sports Festival Fittingly Headlined By Snow Patrol
The Air + Style Big Air Competition is coming to the southern hemisphere for the first time.
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NewsFive-Time Finalist Yvette Coppersmith Has Taken Out the 2018 Archibald Prize
Her self portrait has won the prestigious competition.
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NewsThis New Writer's Residency Will Put You in a Tiny House in the Wilderness to Get Shit Done
Unyoked is offering up one of its off-grid homes for five nights so you can finish that novel/story/poem/script.
