The Best Things to Do in Sydney This Week
Wander through this immersive Monet exhibition, or catch a gig at a pop-up outdoor concert space.

The Best Things to Do in Sydney This Week
Heading back to the ol' daily grind can be pretty damn awful after a bright and shiny weekend of picnicking, bar hopping and patting dogs that aren't yours, but luckily Sydney's a 'keep the ball rolling' kind of city and has plenty of events, exhibitions, theatre, film festivals and live music for you to inject a little awesomeness into your week. Sure, use Monday for Netflix binges. Then get out there and sink your teeth into Sydney's best happenings this week.
Image: Monet & Friends
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Food & Drink
Kiss My Hass Avocado Festival
Fuel your avocado obsession with this special eight-week menu filled with avo-infused dishes and drinks.
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Arts & Entertainment
Collective
Nominated for two Oscars, this compelling and confronting Romanian documentary spirals from a tragic fire to corruption in the country's health system.
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Voyagers
This space-set survival-of-the-fittest thriller brings plenty of other movies to mind, but manages to still feel resonant enough.
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Willy's Wonderland
A silent and swaggering Nicolas Cage battles demonic animatronic mascots in this horror flick, which is never as entertaining or out-there as it should be.
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Gimlet at Cavendish House x Icebergs Bar
A new Melbourne culinary favourite is headed to Bondi for a night of fancy snacks and signature cocktails.
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Chiswick x Four Pillars Garden Table Experience
Chiswick's kitchen garden has been turned into a private dining area serving a seasonal set menu and gin cocktails.
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Yours and Owls 2021
Hit the dance floor and catch What So Not, DMA's, and Tones and I at NSW's first major music festival in over a year.
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Sunday Sessions with Morgan McGlone
Momofuku Seiōbo's Pauly Carmichael helps kick off Sunday's new series of chicken-focused collaboration feasts.
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YCK Block Party
Enjoy antipasto burlesque, poetry readings, wheelie bin art and 'Dungeons & Dragons' at this six-week CBD party.
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Sculpture at Scenic World 2021
After the 2020 event was cancelled due to the pandemic, this year's exhibition is once again placing large-scale sculptures and installations throughout the rainforest.
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The Father
With remarkable performances from Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman and a purposefully puzzle-like approach, this drama about dementia leaves a lasting imprint.
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Nobody
Bob Odenkirk stars in this 'John Wick'-style action-thriller, sliding into a gleefully OTT film with flair and texture.
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Food & Drink
Schnitty Fest
Ten weeks, ten creative schnitzel variations — and a cheeky $10 Wednesday special if you want to sample them all.
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The Painter and the Thief
This fascinating, thoughtful and moving documentary tells an astonishing true tale about an artist confronting the man who stole two of her paintings.
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Nicole Kidman Retrospective
Revisit 13 films from the Australian actor's lengthy career.
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Sounds in the Square
Dance to DJs, listen to piano tunes and watch dance-themed movies — all at this free Darling Square event.
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Godzilla vs Kong
This paws-versus-claws battle is at its best when it's going all-out on the action and fantasy fronts.
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Date with Fate
Golden Age Cinema is spending weekends in autumn screening classics about about twisty romances and thrilling encounters.
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Half-Price Tuesdays at Event Cinemas
Head to Event Cinemas and score 50-percent off your ticket price every Tuesday — including in Vmax and Gold Class.
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Night Owls Film Festival 2021
A free outdoor film festival in the CBD for kidults and adults alike.
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Zany, Cute, Interesting
AGNSW's latest free film season explores how movies make us feel.
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Travel & Leisure
Free Tree Giveaway 2021
The NSW Government is giving away free trees to 13,500 households in the Greater Sydney area.
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The Museum of Love
This heart-filled pop-up from the Sugar Republic team has a confetti shower and a Las Vegas-style Chapel O' Love.
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Final Girls
Golden Age is dedicating Friday nights to formidable horror movie heroines.
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Disney+ Drive-In 2021
Catch classic Disney and Marvel flicks at this pop-up outdoor cinema.
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Travel & Leisure
Sydney Family Show
Head to this fun-filled family affair for dodgem cars, OTT showbags and dog talent shows.
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Food & Drink
The Hottest Ritas
Sip your way through mango, watermelon, passionfruit and grape Nerds-flavoured margaritas.
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Iranzamin
An expansive survey of Persian arts and crafts will take over the Powerhouse Museum this autumn.
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Bayram Ali
Turkish-Cypriot immigrant Bayram Ali captured the Snowy Mountains' hydroelectric engineering in the 1950s–70s — see his 35 millimetre prints in this photographic exhibition.
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Narcissus Garden
Contemplate Sydney's — and your— history, identity and cultural belonging as you wander through Yayoi Kusama's immersive mirror ball installation.
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Food & Drink
Orange FOOD Week 2021
Spend a week feasting on local, gourmet produce in this burgeoning food region.
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Picnic Social
Close out your Sundays with drinks, free tunes and Opera Bar's harbour view.
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Sustainable Kitchen Workshops
Carriageworks Farmers Market is teaming up with Cornersmith to teach you new skills every Saturday morning from February–April.
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The National 2021: New Australian Art
The National returns for 2021 to exhibit works from 39 rising Australian artists across three Sydney venues.
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Parramatta Nights
Watch Briggs and Ruby Fields perform, hit up a roller skating rink or attend free jazz nights across Sydney's second CBD.
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Hamilton the Musical
Don't throw away your shot to see the blockbuster, Tony Award-winning musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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Frozen the Musical
The record-breaking Broadway musical, based on the smash-hit Disney film, is bringing Arendelle's frozen fractals and toe-tapping tunes Down Under.
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Travel & Leisure
Stargazing Tour with an Astrophysicist
Explore the night sky at this astronomical tour in the Blue Mountains.
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Breakfast in the Sky
Spectacular harbour views, breakfast and fine French bubbly make one extravagant way to start to the day.
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La Traviata — Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour
Verdi's famed Italian opera — and its nine-metre-high chandelier — is coming to Sydney Harbour's floating stage.
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Welcome to Marrakesh at The Grounds
The Grounds of Alexandria has given its garden a Moroccan-inspired makeover — and it's serving up Moroccan dessert boards, too.
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Steam Dreams: The Japanese Public Bath
This exhibition explores Japan's communal bathing culture.
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Dude, It's a Coen Brothers Retrospective
Screening everything from 'The Big Lebowski' and 'Fargo' to 'No Country for Old Men' and 'Inside Llewyn Davis'.
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Ritz Laneway Cinema 2020–21
Watch new and classic flicks under the stars — while sitting in a director's chair in a laneway.
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InBloom
This colourful living exhibition features a 'watercolour painting' made from over 20,000 plants.