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NewsComedy Theatre Charges Audiences ‘Per Laugh’ Using Facial Recognition Tech
It's Pay as You Go for the theatre.
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NewsThe Ten Best Things to Do at Sydney Craft Beer Week
There's more than 100 ways to drink beer this October.
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NewsFive Day-Brightening Things to See Before the End of Art and About
Friday workers and Saturday shoppers, your day is looking up.
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NewsKen Done and Scott Ludlam to Read at the Next Men of Letters
An unlikely lineup, but one we can totally get behind.
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News13 Best Book Releases to Read This October
This month's fiction haul includes Soviet nepo babies and a starving spectacle inspired by a real 20th-century sideshow act. Plus, the return of a 2010s-famous author.
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GuideUnconventional Outings to Round Up the Crew for Something Different
Hands-on outings across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne for the group chat that's already bored of brunch, bar-hopping and the same old dinner booking.
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GuideTheatre and Live Performances to Build a Whole Night Out Around
Theatres, cabaret rooms and live-music stages across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, from new Australian drama to West End-scale musicals — plus where to eat before curtain.
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GuideLate-Night Cocktail Bars Made for Just One More Round Before Ubers
Twelve bars built for the hour when "one more round" turns into three, spanning a Godfather-themed basement, a moon-lit Shanghai den and a bar that distills its own fernet.
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GuideKid-Friendly Spots Where the Whole Family Will Love Spending Time Together
Nine family-friendly venues where a pig named Kevin Bacon, a cubby house inside a brewery, and gluten-free doughnuts do the heavy lifting of keeping everyone happy.
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GuideJazz Bars to Settle Into and Lose Track of the Whole Night In
The jazz bars across Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney drawing crowds with world-class acts, great drinks and a distinct lack of signage out the front.
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GuideIndependent Cinemas with Interesting and Unexpected Screenings
Characterful independent cinemas across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne where the room, the bar and the backstory matter just as much as the film.
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GuideGalleries to Spend a Rainy Afternoon Wandering Around
Twelve galleries across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne that earn a proper look, not just a walk-by — made for filling a slow, rainy afternoon.
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NewsThe Best New Australian Books to Curl Up With This August
A time-travelling news agency, fables about digital dystopias, the grief of losing a best friend and more.
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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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NewsMountain Sounds Festival Returns for 2015
An independent boutique festival returning? Rare news.
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NewsSee the World’s Strangest Architecture with These Award-Winning Photographs
Straight up weekday escapism from the World Architecture Festival.
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NewsWin Tickets to Concrete Playground’s Private Screening of Son of a Gun
A thrilling Aussie heist film starring Ewan McGregor and newcomer Brenton Thwaites.
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NewsBondi Icebergs’ Exclusive New Year’s Day Party Open for Bookings
Free-flowing Veuve Cliquot and a hefty price tag run one of Sydney's most ostentatious parties.
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NewsFive Underappreciated Studio Ghibli Films You Should Hurry Up and Watch
If you love Totoro and Spirited Away, then these should be right up your alley.
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NewsMiranda July Has Made You a Handbag with Some Very Specific Uses
It's exactly as strange as she is.
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NewsUber Sydney is Offering Free Rides in Luxury Cars This Weekend
It's time to live out all your Grand Theft Auto fantasies.
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NewsImmersive Theatre App The Hungry Ghost Walk Takes a New Look at Surry Hills
Theatre that you keep in your pocket.
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NewsLearn to Draw Like the Masters with This Colouring Book for Grown Ups
Feel free to colour outside the lines.
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EventHellcat Speedracer: Forever Never Here Halloween
Sat, 31 Oct, 2026
City Recital Hall, Sydney
Hellcat Speedracer bring their Forever Never Here tour to City Recital Hall for a Halloween party in the foyer.
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EventCarriageworks Summer
Sun, 1 Nov 2026 - Sun, 31 Jan 2027
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
An Australian premiere from David Hockney, warehouse sets from Overmono and Armand Van Helden, and a solo performance of Wake in Fright are among the highlights of Carriageworks Summer.
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EventField Day 2027
Fri, 1 Jan, 2027
The Domain, Sydney
Field Day is kicking off its 25th year with a bang, adding Australian dance export Mall Grab to its already massive NYD lineup.
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EventGolden Hour 2027, Featuring Amyl and the Sniffers
Thu, 4 Mar, 2027
Bondi Beach, Sydney
Three of Australia's most exciting acts are heading to Bondi Beach for a sun-soaked summer send-off with plenty of punk-rock bite.
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EventClub Amalfi at Watsons Bay Hotel
Multiple single dates
Watsons Bay Hotel, Watsons Bay
Make Sundays feel a little more European, as this monthly Amalfi-inspired session returns to the harbourfront.
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EventMeadow X ABSOLUT TABASCO Hottest Brunch
Sun, 1 Nov - Sun, 29 Nov 2026
Meadow Music Room, Cronulla
Meadow Music Room is hosting a 90-minute bottomless brunch throughout November, with two-course dining, spicy cocktails and live music from its resident artists.
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EventHot Halloween at Meadow Music Room
Sat, 31 Oct - Sun, 1 Nov 2026
Meadow Music Room, Cronulla
Meadow Music Room is hosting a Hot Halloween party with Yolanda Be Cool, a red dress code and ABSOLUT® TABASCO™ cocktails.
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EventUNHOLY / DIVINE at Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Thu, 8 Oct 2026, Thu, 22 Oct 2026 and
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, The Rocks
This arts venue may have been evicted, but it refuses to stay dead and returns with three nights of art, drag and debauchery.
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EventBenson Boone Wanted Man Tour Australia 2026
Fri, 6 Nov - Thu, 19 Nov 2026
Various locations, Sydney
After demand prompted venue upgrades on his last Australian tour, Benson Boone is coming back for nine arena shows across Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.
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EventBoyz II Men Australia and New Zealand Tour
Thu, 26 Nov - Sun, 6 Dec 2026
Various locations, Sydney
Prepare for a crash course in 90s music history as Boyz II Men, Salt-N-Pepa and Bell Biv DeVoe tour Australia and New Zealand.
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NewsYour Guide to the Sydney Long Weekend
Spend three glorious days feasting, partying and wining; long weekend ho!
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NewsNewtown Festival Has Expanded to an Entire Glorious Week
That's seven days of warm fuzzy community vibes and excuses to eat highly-Instagrammable festival food.
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NewsLaneway Festival Drops Huge 2015 Lineup
Laneway's tenth birthday sees some seriously hyped-up names on the lineup.
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NewsDavid Walsh Wants to Open a Casino at MONA
Despite David Walsh labelling gambling as "mostly immoral".
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NewsRage Against the Machine Guitarist Pulls a ‘Don’t You Know Who I Am?’ on Cafe
Then went on a rampage about workers' rights after being denied.
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NewsTake Care of Business with Goodgod’s Suited-Up Birthday Playlist
Goodgod turns four this weekend, so the GG All-Stars offer up some suited-up anthems.
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News20,000 Days on Earth: Truth, Fiction and Never Asking Nick Cave to Do Things Twice
How much of the impossible doco-fiction epic was scripted? The answer may surprise you.
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NewsFive Life Lessons We Can Learn from Dance Movies
You learn more than just the running man when you watch All The Dance Movies.
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News‘Eat Like You Give a Fuck’ With the New Thug Kitchen Cookbook
All other cookbooks are now irrelevant.
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NewsSecurity Guard Injured by Gatecrashers at Listen Out Sydney
Police are asking for anyone with information to come forward.
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NewsThom Yorke Just Dropped a Sneaky Surprise Album
In true Yorke style, it's about to give the music industry a serious shake-up.
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NewsSpectrum is Launching Its Own Festival, Directed by Richard Roxburgh
Roxburgh calls it a "degustation of delights." Ooo.
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NewsWin Tickets to Harley Davidson’s Exclusive Kingswood Gig at Rising Sun Workshop
Chest hair growth desirable, but not compulsory.
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NewsJurassic Lounge Will Be Resurrected for Day of the Dead
Pinata workshops, Mexican dance-offs and your favourite Silent Disco.
