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NewsMelbourne Is Now Home to a Harry Potter-Inspired Escape Room
Try to magic your way out of this, muggles
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NewsPalace Is Opening a 12-Screen Cinema in Surfers Paradise
Located a block away from the beach, it'll feature multiple lounge and bar areas, plus views over the city.
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NewsVictoria's Live Music Venues to Pilot Anti-Sexual Harassment Program
Nine venues across the state will take part in the pilot, which will run for 12 weeks.
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NewsMONA's New Exhibition Is an Immersive Ode to the Radical Artists of Post-War Germany
'Zero' will bring together — and reconstruct — works from the art collective of the same name and exhibit it for the very first time.
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NewsBarack Obama Is in Sydney Right Now
The former president of the United States is in town for a talk at the Art Gallery of NSW tonight.
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NewsSydney Just Scored a Lovely New Public Artwork by Tracey Emin
The tiny bird sculptures dotted around the city will remind you to slow down and think about loved ones, near and far.
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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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NewsVivid Sydney Announces Huge Tenth Anniversary 2018 Program
Ice Cube, James Cameron, Cat Power and Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.
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NewsCherryPicks Is the Rotten Tomatoes Alternative Focusing on Female Film Critics
Expected to launch later this year, it'll provide "perspectives on film, tv, music, and more... though a female lens."
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NewsSydney Is Getting Another Star Wars Screening with a Live Orchestra
Just in case you haven't had enough live orchestral 'Star Wars' action.
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NewsThe Best of Berlinale 2018: Ten New Films We Can't Wait to Hit Australian Cinemas
We hopped over to the Berlin International Film Festival to get the jump on what's coming soon to cinemas.
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NewsSydney Writers' Festival Announces a Powerfully Topical Program for 2018
This year's lineup features 'Call Me By Your Name' author André Aciman, 'BBC Dad', Christos Tsiolkas and a host of other literary talent from around the world.
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NewsThe Charlie And the Chocolate Factory Musical Is Coming to Sydney
The hit Broadway show makes its Australian premiere next January.
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NewsA Stunningly Sinister Ballet Adaptation of 'Snow White' Is Coming to Australia
The dark show by France’s Ballet Preljocaj will feature haute couture costumes by Jean Paul Gaultier.
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NewsJames Cameron Is Premiering His Huge Immersive Deep Sea Exhibition in Sydney
Challenging the Deep will dive deep into the Titanic and Avatar director's rather expensive hobby: deep-sea exploration.
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NewsAbility Fest Is Australia's Inclusive and Accessible New Music Festival
Paralympian Dylan Alcott will launch his charity with its a live music event that will be wheelchair accessible and translated into AUSLAN.
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NewsFive Gigs to See This Autumn in Your City
The gigs to catch in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as we move into the cooler seasons.
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NewsThe MCA to Host an Australian-First Retrospective of Photographer David Goldblatt's Works
The South African photographer is the focus of two major exhibitions coming to this year's Sydney International Art Series.
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NewsTen Must-See Films at the 2018 Alliance Francaise French Film Festival
Watch an AIDS activism drama, see Juliette Binoche star in a rom-com and follow Jean-Luc Godard's famed affair in a biopic.
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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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NewsEleven 2018 Oscar-Winning Films You Should Watch Immediately
Catch up on the best films of the last year, from 'The Shape of Water' to 'Get Out' to 'Call Me By Your Name'.
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NewsChildish Gambino Is Taking His Three-Day Concert Experience to New Zealand
Here's hoping the immersive virtual reality and multi-sensory concert experience makes its way to Australia too.
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NewsThis Immersive Film Experience Will Recreate the 'Alice in Wonderland' Mad Hatter's Tea Party
Go down the rabbit hole with wild costumes and bottomless 'potions'.
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NewsA Huge Marcel Duchamp Exhibition Is Coming to Australia
It's coming to Sydney's Art Gallery of NSW in April 2019 after stops in Tokyo and Seoul.
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News
Barack Obama Is Coming to Sydney Next Month
Following a talk in Auckland, the former US President will speak in Sydney on March 23.
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NewsSolange Is Coming to Sydney
She’s returning to Australia to headline Vivid LIVE at the Sydney Opera House in June.
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NewsThousands of People Are Set to Converge on Melbourne's Federation Square to Say "Wow" Like Owen Wilson
If you've ever wanted to gather in public to pay tribute to the Zoolander star, this is your chance.
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NewsA Major New James Turrell Light Installation Will Illuminate Brisbane's GOMA From April
It opens in April, and will light up the gallery from dusk till midnight every evening.
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NewsOxford Street Is Going Lockout-Free for Mardi Gras
The NSW Government is relaxing the usual lockout laws for the strip's 40th Mardi Gras celebrations.
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NewsTen Things to See, Do and Visit at Art Month Sydney 2018
Your arty hit list for the month starts here.
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NewsTaylor Square Is Getting a Flamboyant Inflatable Art Installation to Commemorate Mardi Gras
It'll grace the Sydney space for three months in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Mardi Gras.
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NewsFive Must-See Films at the 2018 Mardi Gras Film Festival
A NSW-wide program that demonstrates the depth and breadth of queer cinema.
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NewsA Live Concert of David Attenborough's 'Planet Earth II' Is Coming to Australia
The documentary will be narrated live by Eric Bana and accompanied by a live orchestral score composed by Hans Zimmer.
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NewsFree Books Will Be Scattered Across the Public Transport System This Week
Penguin Random House will add to the 'public libraries' of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
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NewsBill Murray Is Coming to Australia
Along with cellist Jan Vogler, Murray will tour his show New Worlds, which explores classical music and literature.
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Guide
Seven Sydney Art Exhibitions to See Before Summer Ends
Some of the very best exhibitions coming to Sydney this month.
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NewsWes Anderson Is Curating a New Vienna Art Exhibition
Along with partner Juman Malouf, the Moonrise Kingdom director curate an art exhibition for Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum.
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NewsComing Soon — Super Bowl Edition: All the New Trailers You Need to Watch
From Star Wars heroes to apocalyptic thrillers to The Rock versus a tall building.
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NewsYou Can Watch the Latest 'Cloverfield' Movie on Netflix Right Now
It's great news if you want to watch the film ASAP — but it could be indicative of a worrying trend.
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NewsTen Films from Sundance 2018 We Really Want to See In Australian Cinemas
Here's hoping we get to see the new Yayoi Kusama doco, the terrifying Toni Collette-starring thriller and the smart social satire that's been compared to 'Get Out'.
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NewsThe Program for Southeast Queensland's One-Off Commonwealth Games Arts Festival Has Been Revealed
Featuring an inflatable labyrinth, a celebration of Aussie female-fronted acts, beachside karaoke and more across 12 days of performances, exhibitions and gigs.
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NewsBrisbane Is Preparing to Say Farewell to the City's Last IRL Video Store
Oxley's Network Video will shut its doors for good this March, marking the end of an era.
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NewsNYC's Massive Mister Sunday Dance Party Is Coming to Sydney
It's just the second time in a decade the party has left New York.
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NewsGroovin the Moo Announce 2018 Lineup
GTM returns to regional Australia with Flight Facilities, Paul Kelly, Royal Blood and a whole lot of local talent.
