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NewsLCD Soundsystem Are Definitely Back Together and Releasing a New Album This Year
All your friends are back together.
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NewsWin Two Tickets to Flickerfest's Grand Opening Night and Afterparty
Help Australia's only Academy-accredited short film fest celebrate its 25th birthday on the beach.
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NewsSydney Harbour's Getting a Brand New Australia Day Festival
Count down the Hottest 100 on your own private island.
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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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NewsAi Weiwei Sets Up Studio in Lesbos to Draw Attention to Refugee Crisis
Plans include a memorial for refugees who lost their lives at sea.
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NewsHave a Listen to Radiohead's Unused James Bond Theme Song
We'll take this over Sam Smith any day of the week.
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NewsConcrete Playground's 2015 Boxing Day Movie Smackdown
Get maximum bang for your Kris Kringle gift voucher buck.
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NewsBehind the One-Man Comedy Industry That Is Dylan Moran
And no, he's not at all like his drunken, curmudgeonly Bernard Black.
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NewsConcrete Playground's 2015-16 Summer Reading List
Ten books to get stuck into by the pool, the beach or on the couch with an Icy Pole in hand.
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NewsFive Late-Night Art Adventures Happening in Sydney This Summer
Take advantage of Sydney's balmy summer evenings at these special after-hours events.
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NewsNick Offerman and Megan Mullally Are Coming to Australia
The dream on- and off-screen couple are touring their show, 'Summer of 69: No Apostrophe'.
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NewsSydney's Rock Surfers Theatre Company Announces Closure Due to Lack of Funding
Another independent arts organisation feels the sting of government cuts.
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EventChristmas at Hay St Market
Fri, 12 Dec - Sun, 21 Dec 2025
Hay St Market, Haymarket
Enjoy live Christmas music, festive-themed weekends, and plenty of family-friendly activities.
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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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EventSanta's Christmas Picnic at Tumbalong Park
Sat, 20 Dec - Sun, 21 Dec 2025
Tumbalong Park, Sydney
Santa’s heading to Tumbalong Park for a sunny festive picnic packed with food, fun and family magic.
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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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NewsJohn Cleese and Eric Idle Are Bringing Their Live Show to Australia
Two parts of the Python crew are together again at last... for the very first time.
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GuideThe Ten Best Sydney Festival Events That Will Give You the Most Bang for Your Buck
Top quality culture can come on the cheap.
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NewsMeet the Belgian Dance Company That Will Be Knocking Your Socks Off at Sydney Festival
Rosas will show you how moving contemporary dance can be.
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NewsSydney Is Getting a Summer of Free Waterside Gigs
See SAFIA at Coogee Pavilion and Saskwatch at The Newport. For free.
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NewsAn Epic Degas Exhibition Is Coming to Australia
The French Impressionist who took us into bars, saloons and backstage.
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GuideThe Ten Best Gigs at Sydney Festival 2016 to Buy Tickets to Right Now
Let the wild rumpus start.
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NewsConcrete Playground's Best of 2015 Nominees Are Here
We've handpicked our shortlist of Sydney's overachievers of the year.
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NewsPost-Punk Legends The Jesus and Mary Chain to Headline Spectrum Now 2016
Spectrum Now is back for another year — this time with Splendour's producers.
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Check Out the Photos from the First Ever Fairgrounds Festival
Australia's newest boutique music festival put Ratatat, Father John Misty and the small NSW town of Berry on stage.
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NewsNew Artworks by Banksy Focus on the Plight of Syrian Refugees
Artwork depicting Steve Jobs, son of a Syrian migrant, to be preserved by city of Calais.
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NewsAi Weiwei Gifts His Lego Installation to the National Gallery of Victoria
The work pays tribute to Australia's most outspoken human rights activists.
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NewsSydney Will Literally Fight for Their Right to Party In A Huge Anti-Lockouts Protest
Reclaim The Streets are planning a multi-stage mobile protest festival in Newtown this weekend.
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NewsThe Ten Best Movies Hardly Anyone Saw in 2015
Do yourself a favour and add these to your must-see movie list.
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NewsFive Must-See Works At The NGV's Epic Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei Exhibition
Two of the most significant artists of the last two centuries, one extraordinary exhibition.
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NewsTropfest Back from the Dead After Last Minute Sponsorship Deal
The festival will take place on Valentine's Day 2016.
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NewsHotham Street Ladies Have Created an Entire Christmas Dinner Out of Icing
Hotham Street Ladies like their ham made out of sugar.
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NewsAnnie Leibovitz's Powerful 2016 Pirelli Calendar Is One Big 'Yassss Queen'
Featuring a whole year of kickass women, from Amy Schumer to Patti Smith.
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NewsSt George Openair Cinema Announces Summer 2016 Program
Featuring all the Oscar contenders, summer blockbusters and best 2015 films you could want under the stars.
