Overview
The long weekend is just around the corner and, really, it couldn't come sooner. Especially since this upcoming break is brought to you by Easter — a time where eating chocolate eggs and hot cross buns morning, noon and night is completely acceptable. But if you're looking to fill yourself up with something other than sweets, we've tracked down where you can have a bit of competitive fun, get a big ol' dose of culture and catch a live music gig. Also, if you're looking for all of the above in one spot, plus heaps of food and some cute baby animals, then you should set your sights on the Sydney Royal Easter Show. A classic, the Show returns to Sydney complete with heaps of rides (over 100), all sorts of carnival eats (from meat pie doughnuts to fried cheesecake) and a whole menagerie of animals (from puppies competing for the Best Baby Puppy award to prized pigs to a whole indoor paddock full of baby farm animals for you to cuddle). If you call Sydney home and haven't gone to the Sydney Royal Easter Show yet, then this is your time. So plan to hit the Show at least once this year and keep the Easter good fun flowing at one of these joints below.
Sydney Royal Easter Show.
A BIT OF FUN (AND COMPETITION)
While the joys of Easter egg hunts may have dwindled with the last years of your childhood, the competition that came from finding the most (and best) chocolates has mostly like not. So, we've tracked down where you can enjoy a bit of friendly competition this long weekend.
9 DEGREES ALEXANDRIA
Friday: 9am–10pm; Saturday: 8am–10pm; Sunday, Monday: 9am–10pm
9 DEGREES LANE COVE AND PARRAMATTA
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 9am–10pm
ARCHIE BROTHERS CIRQUE ELECTRIQ
Friday: 12pm—12am, Saturday: 10am—12am, Sunday: 10am—10pm, Monday: 12pm-11pm
BUBBLE SOCCER
Saturday, Sunday, Monday: by appointment
ENDURO
Friday, Saturday: 9am-10pm, Sunday, Monday: 10am-8pm
FLIP OUT CASTLE HILL
Friday: 10am —10pm, Saturday: 9am—10pm, Monday: 10am-8pm
NOMAD ROCK CLIMBING
Friday: 6.30am—10pm; Saturday, Sunday: 8am—9pm; Monday: 6.30am—10pm
OLYMPIC PARK, SYDNEY ROYAL EASTER SHOW
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 8.30am—late, fireworks conclude at 9pm, Showbag Pavilion closes at 9.30pm
SKYPEAK
Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 11am—4pm
SKYZONE
Friday, Saturday: 9am—10pm; Sunday: 9am—8pm
ST PETERS CLIMBING GYM
Friday, Saturday: 9.30pm—9pm, Sunday, Monday: 9.30am—7pm
STRIKE BOWLING AND LASER TAG
Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 11am—2am; Monday: 11am—10pm
TIMEZONE CENTRAL PARK
Friday, Saturday: 10am—12am, Sunday, Monday: 10am—11pm
Lu Yang: Electromagnetic Brainology. White Rabbit Gallery.
A DOSE OF CULTURE
A long weekend is the best time to break free from routine weekend activities. It's the perfect occasion to visit the exhibitions and creative spaces that have fallen prey to "I'll go at some point" that often accompanies Saturday mornings. Whether you're strolling the galleries in the AGNSW or lounging in a vintage theatre watching Dead Poets Society at Golden Age Cinema, this Easter weekend there's plenty on to help you feel like the cultured cosmopolitan you are.
ART GALLERY NSW
Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 10am—5pm
ARTSPACE
Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 11am—6pm
AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 9.30am—5pm
BRETT WHITELY STUDIO
Saturday, Sunday: 10am—4pm
CARRIAGEWORKS
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 10am—6pm (The National: New Australian Art); Saturday: 12pm—6pm (Mark Shorter Performance)
CASULA POWERHOUSE
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 9am —5pm
COOEE ART GALLERY (BONDI AND PADDINGTON)
Friday, Saturday: 10am—5pm
GOLDEN AGE CINEMA
Saturday: 2.30pm—late (Free Solo, The Kindergarten Teacher, Dead Poets Society plus performances by Mimi Gilbert and Reddenhollow)
MCA
Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 10am—5pm
MUSEUM OF SYDNEY
Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 10am—5pm
POWERHOUSE
Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 10am—5pm
WHITE RABBIT GALLERY
Saturday, Sunday: 10am—5pm
WORK-SHOP
Sunday: 10am (Welding for Beginners); Monday: 6pm (Djembe Drumming for Noobs) and 7.30pm (Ukulele for Noobs)
Bad Friday.
A NIGHT (OR DAY) OF LIVE MUSIC
Despite recent happenings, Sydney still has a mix of live music venues scattered around town. Hunt down a nearby music hall and to sate your music cravings this weekend. From inner west music festival's tenth anniversary to dancing it out in everyone's favourite late-night pizzeria, Sydney is turning up the volume this Easter for your listening pleasure.
BAD FRIDAY 10TH ANNIVERSARY
Friday: 1pm
CAMELOT LOUNGE
Saturday: 9pm (Malo Malo and The Aretha Franklin Songbook)
ENMORE THEATRE
Saturday: 7.30pm (Parliament Funkadelic featuring George Clinton); Sunday: 8pm (Snarky Puppy)
FRANKIE'S PIZZA
Friday: 12pm—3am; Saturday, Sunday, Monday: 4pm—3am
THE LANSDOWNE
Saturday: 8pm (Philadelphia Grand Jury), Monday: 12pm—3am
METRO THEATRE
Saturday: 8pm (Nahko & Medicine for the People), Sunday: 8pm (Evolve Origin)
OXFORD ART FACTORY
Saturday: 8pm (Gasper Sanz), Sunday: 10.45pm (Twenty Three), Monday: 10pm (LOOSE ENDS Easter Sunday Party)
SODA FACTORY
Friday: 5pm—10pm, Saturday: 6pm—2am, Sunday: 6pm—3am, Monday: 5pm–late
THE IMPERIAL IN ERSKINEVILLE
Friday, Saturday: 11.30am—3am; Sundays: 11.30am—12am, Monday: 4pm—12am
OLD 505 THEATRE
Friday, Saturday: 8pm-late
THE VANGUARD
Saturday: 7pm—1am
VIC ON THE PARK
Friday: 11am—10pm, Saturday: 10am—3am, Sunday: 11am—10pm, Monday: 11am—10pm
WAYWARDS AT THE BANK
Friday: 11am—10pm, Saturday: 11am—late, Sunday: 12pm—12am