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NewsFive Queer-Friendly Spaces and Party Crews to Follow in Sydney
From secret warehouse parties to revamped Oxford Street pubs.
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GuideTen New Sydney Art Exhibitions to Jump-Start Your June
An eclectic smorgasbord of exhibitions open this month featuring dystopian cityscapes, warrior roosters and seven Turner Prize winners.
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NewsSydney's Silent Disco Ice Skating Festival Returns for Vivid
The frostiest, quietest event in the Vivid lineup is back.
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NewsA Handy Guide to Vivid Sydney's Light Precincts
A comprehensive overview to help you to effectively traverse the city to find all of the lights, all of the lights.
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NewsTen Must-See Films at the 2017 Sydney Film Festival
Aubrey Plaza and Alison Brie as nuns, Netflix-produced monster movies and the debut full-length feature from Afghanistan's first female filmmaker.
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NewsSydney's New Immersive Heist Game Lets You Casually Steal an Artwork
Live out your Thomas Crown Affair fantasies. Just don't get caught.
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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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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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NewsSydney-Based Artist Nikolaus Dolman on Making Art from Social Media
He's taken on the selfie, clickbait and what he calls 'the Western lifestyle economy'.
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NewsVictoria Is Getting a New Coastal After-Dark Winter Arts Festival
Headed for Apollo Bay in the Otways, WinterWild is made up of four Saturdays of music, film and storytelling themed around the elements.
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NewsPlacebo Are Coming to Australia for a National 20th Anniversary Tour
And yes, they'll play old songs like 'Pure Morning’ and 'Nancy Boy’.
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NewsS-Town Creator Brian Reed Is Coming to Sydney and Melbourne
The creator of Serial and This American Life's latest podcast will be doing two talks on his visit.
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NewsAn Interactive Performance Art Bar Is Popping Up at Carriageworks
La Rosa Social Club will come from LA to Sydney's Semi Permanent this month.
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NewsFive Films from Cannes 2017 We Can't Wait to See in Australia
Now showing in French Riviera cinemas between May 17 and 28, and hopefully coming soon to a screen near you.
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NewsThis Short Film Competition Gives Filmmakers the Chance to Work With Dominic West
Write a killer seven-page script and The Wire's Jimmy McNulty could star in it.
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NewsNetflix Is Finally Making an Original Australian Series
Tidelands' ten episodes, each running for 50 minutes, will be shot in Queensland in 2018.
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NewsSession Time: What's On in Sydney Cinemas This Week
These are the just-released films you should spend your pocket money on this week.
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NewsA National Geographic Animal Photography Exhibition Is Coming to Melbourne Zoo
It will be the first time Photo Ark has visited the southern hemisphere.
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NewsSydney Fringe Is Launching a Massive New Warehouse Festival Hub
The festival's announced a 7000 square metre space for exhibitions, installations and immersive art experiences.
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NewsSydney Film Festival Announces Stacked 2017 Program
See Sofia Coppola's new Civil War thriller, Ben Mendelsohn play a convicted sex offender and a slew of stars in an Austin music scene-set love story.
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EventThe Heritage Experience at The Fullerton Hotel Sydney
Mon, 3 Mar - Sat, 31 May 2025
The Fullerton Hotel Sydney, Sydney
The perfect outing for history enthusiasts.
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EventAffordable Art Fair Sydney
Thu, 6 Nov - Sun, 9 Nov 2025
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
Bargain alert: this global event is making is returning to Sydney across four November days, with artworks for sale from $100.
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EventIngenia Holiday Parks Sydney Family Show 2025
Sat, 12 Apr - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
The Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park
The best thing about Easter isn't always the chocolate.
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EventWaterfall High Tea and Edible Garden at Eternity Cafe
Get down for a bubbly catchup with your besties, featuring a secret indoor waterfall, a jam-packed high tea and an edible garden.
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EventSouth Eveleigh Holi Hai Festival
Thu, 13 Mar, 2025
Innovation Plaza, Eveleigh
Get immersed in this Hindu festival, where visitors get covered in colours, dance to Bollywood tunes and dine on tantalising bites.
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EventEuropean Easter Market
Sun, 13 Apr, 2025
Polish Club, Ashfield
Get to know how the Polish celebrate Easter, with traditional cuisine and culture at Polish Club Ashfield.
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EventThe Unbound Art Show 2025: 'Horizons of Hope'
Thu, 20 Mar, 2025
Cell Block Theatre, National Art School, Darlinghurst
Buy a local artwork for a good cause at this one-night-only charity art show.
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EventTraveller Whiskey Launch at Jolene's Sydney
Thu, 27 Feb - Thu, 27 Mar 2025
Jolene's Sydney, Sydney
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EventLakemba Nights
Thu, 27 Feb - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Haldon Street, Lakemba
Break your fast in the best way possible, with a sprawling street-food festival held throughout Ramadan.
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EventMoncur Cellars Wine Tasting Series
Multiple single dates
Bistro Moncur, Woollahra
Sip the best chardonnays in the land, with the first event in this wine lovers' tasting series featuring 80 renowned bottles.
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GuideFive Sydney Theatre Shows to Shake Up Your May
Autumn is the perfect time to see theatre in Sydney — so pick the shows folks are talking about.
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NewsBrisbane's GOMA Is Getting a Major New James Turrell Light Installation
It will be Australia's third permanent Turrell piece, with the others at Hobart's Mona and the NGA in Canberra.
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NewsThe Lord of the Rings Design Workshop Is Bringing an Insane Insect Exhibition to Australia
Get up close and personal with large-scale creepy crawlies at this immersive showcase.
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NewsThe Creators of Wallace & Gromit Are Coming to Australia
Peter Lord and David Sproxton will help launch ACMI's massive Aardman Animations exhibition with a series of talks and masterclasses.
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GuideTen Bold New Sydney Art Exhibitions That Will Make Your May
Looming asteroids, the end of an era for Stills Gallery and a pop-up barbershop.
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NewsThe New York Times Officially Launches Australian Coverage
With the launch of a Sydney newsroom, the publication will extend their coverage to Australian news and issues.
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NewsThis Is Your Chance to Cruise Through Vivid Sydney on a Pirate Ship
All in celebration of Starz's Black Sails, of course.
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NewsA Look Inside the NGV's Blockbuster Van Gogh Exhibition
Take a walk through the NGV's huge winter exhibition, featuring over 60 works from the Dutch post-impressionist master.
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NewsCarriageworks Announces Brand New Artist Residency Space
Seven contemporary artists and one architecture firm will take over The Clothing Store.
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NewsAustralia's Getting a Bingo Rave
The UK's wildly popular and highly unexpected cult event is launching in Sydney and Melbourne. Just yell "bingo" and wait for the drop.
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News'Wet Hot American Summer' Is Being Turned Into a Role-Playing Game
Make your dream of stepping into the 2001 cult hit a reality with this crowdfunded tabletop game.
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NewsHow Modern Filmmakers Are Tackling the Complex Topic of Psychological Manipulation
With the release of Cate Shortland's Berlin Syndrome, we look at how victims and perpetrators of psychological abuse are portrayed in modern film.
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NewsFive Must-See Films at the 2017 Spanish Film Festival
Our picks from the 39 features on the bill, from Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's latest Trip to a sumptuous period piece and a classic cat-and-mouse thriller.
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NewsBlues, Roots and Langos: A Journey Through Bluesfest's 2017 Food Lineup
From Yemeni bread to vegan pasta and those organic doughnuts — here's what we ate at Bluesfest this year.
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NewsAmerican Essentials Film Festival Reveals Indie-Focused 2017 Program
Two Greta Gerwig films, Australia's own Bond and Ewan McGregor jumping behind the camera rank among the second-year festival's 31 titles.
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NewsThis Immersive London Exhibition Will Put You Inside an Episode of 'Black Mirror'
Relive the anthology series' "Fifty Million Merits" episode as part of the Barbican's three-month science-fiction showcase.
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NewsNYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art Has Installed a Surreal Rooftop Dinner Party
Characters and objects from the Met's collection have been digitally scanned, cast as sculptures and spread underneath the Manhattan skyline.
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NewsA Huge Akira Kurosawa Retrospective Is Coming to Australia
The legendary Japanese director's work will screen in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra.
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NewsThe Museum of Everything Is Coming to Australia
The world's first dedicated showcase of ordinary art is heading to MONA for its first Australian visit.
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NewsSydney Tower Eye Announces Massive Vivid Live Music Lineup
Get down to some of Sydney's biggest DJs at the city's highest vantage point
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NewsDark Mofo Has Announced Its Spectacular Full 2017 Lineup
Large-scale lasers, an orchestra mixed with around 500 litres of blood, and a 200-kilometre pilgrimage to six different churches are all on the bill.
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NewsA Handy Guide to This Year's Splendour Sideshows
Not heading to Splendour? Just bring the festival to you.
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NewsSydney's Iconic The Ritz Cinema Is 80, So We're Giving Away Free Movie Tickets
It's the Randwick cinema's birthday and what better way to toast than with some Old Hollywood movies on the big screen.
