The Best Virtual Events to Hit Up If Cabin Fever Is Starting to Set In
Get 'out of the house' with live opera, gallery tours and couch choirs.

The Best Virtual Events to Hit Up If Cabin Fever Is Starting to Set In
If you're currently spending a bit more time at home than usual — because you're practising social-distancing or self-isolating — it doesn't mean you need to forego your usual arts and culture fix. Thanks to the internet, and many digitally savvy folk, a whole heap of your usual in-person events are now available online. Want to watch a live opera show? Can do. Head to a nightclub one night? That too. Learn to cook from one of the world's best chefs? Yep.
If you're starting to get cabin fever and are sick of scrolling through Netflix, hit up one of the virtual events below.
Image: Salon Gallery at NGV International, photo by NGV Photographic Services.
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Arts & Entertainment
MIFF Play 2022
Can't make it to MIFF in-person? Keen to fit more movies into your day? This year's Melbourne International Film Festival is streaming 77 films over two and a half weeks.
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Arts & Entertainment
Virtual Indigenous Film Festival 2022 — NAIDOC Week
FanForce TV is showcasing Indigenous Australian stories and voices for NAIDOC Week.
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Arts & Entertainment
Virtual Indigenous Film Festival 2022 — National Reconciliation Week
FanForce TV is showcasing Indigenous Australian filmmaking for the fourth year in a row, complete with online screenings and live-streamed Q&As.
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Design & Style
Jungle Collective Mega Online Indoor Plant Sale
Browse more than 20,000 plants spanning 250-plus varieties at this huge online sale — with prices starting at $10.
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Arts & Entertainment
Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art 2021
Carriageworks is taking its program of experimental art exhibitions and conversations online this year.
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Food & Drink
Hot Takes & Takeaways
Score Uber Eats vouchers and listen to tales about the Aussie food industry from some of Sydney's top chefs at our very first live-stream.
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Arts & Entertainment
Queer Screen Film Fest 2021
Celebrate LGBTIQA+ cinema from your couch thanks to this 40-plus film lineup.
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Arts & Entertainment
Sydney Underground Film Festival 2021
Sydney's go-to event for all flicks weird, wonderful, out-there and anarchic is screening 30 features and documentaries during its digital-only 2021 festival.
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Travel & Leisure
Isolation Trivia 2021
Put your trivia skills to the test via this regular live-streamed quiz night.
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Travel & Leisure
Sea Life Melbourne's Live-Stream
During the city's latest lockdown, the Melbourne aquarium is live-streaming its sea creatures for all to see.
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Arts & Entertainment
Virtual Indigenous Film Festival — National Reconciliation Week
FanForce TV is showcasing Indigenous Australian filmmaking with online screenings and live-streamed Q&As.
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Design & Style
P.E. Nation Online Warehouse Sale
The popular athleisure brand is bringing its annual sale online — and with discounts of up to 60 percent off.
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Arts & Entertainment
Dylan Moran: 'Dr Cosmos' Stream
Stream this side-splitting gig 'Black Books' star's last tour of Australia.
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Food & Drink
Vinomofo Boxing Day Sale
Nab celebratory champagne, epic-value prosecco and plenty of rosé to help ring in the New Year.
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Arts & Entertainment
Eternal
This new Darkfield Radio production is inspired by Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', and is designed to be listened to alone, at home, while you're in bed.
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Arts & Entertainment
Shit Shirt Saturday
Don your best bad shirt, throw a backyard party and live-stream DJ sets — all in aid of men's health.
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Food & Drink
Vinomofo Black Friday Sale
The online wine-slinger is selling more than 100 vinos for a steal, so you can stock up for summer.
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Food & Drink
Pinot Palooza Side B
A day dedicated to tasting the best burgundy from the southern hemisphere — at home.
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Arts & Entertainment
MQFF Interrupted
MQFF is back for 2020 — with a mostly online program of top-notch queer cinema.
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Arts & Entertainment
Virtual Indigenous Film Festival — NAIDOC Week
FanForce TV is showcasing Indigenous Australian filmmaking with online screenings and live-streamed Q&As.
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Arts & Entertainment
Visions, Speculations and Dystopias: A Deep Dive Into 'Spaceship Earth'
Check out this fascinating documentary about a 90s biodome for free — then hear more from the filmmaker behind it.
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Design & Style
Jungle Collective Virtual Pop-Up Sale
Fill your home with new green babies from this online sale.
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Arts & Entertainment
Korean Film Festival in Australia 2020
This year's festival is going digital, screening 18 Korean features online for free.
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Arts & Entertainment
Visitors
This new Darkfield Radio production begins with a dead couple inviting themselves into your house.
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Food & Drink
Virtual Burrata, Bocconcini and Ricotta Workshop
Your next new 2020 skill: making your own cheese.
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Arts & Entertainment
In Fabric: A Long Weekend for Fashion Victims and Film Fetishists
Watch this standout flick about a haunted dress, catch a live chat with the director and listen to a masterclass about the consumption-driven nature of fashion.
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Travel & Leisure
Isolation Trivia: 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Edition
Show your love for the Nine-Nine crew at this dedicated online trivia night.
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Arts & Entertainment
Queer Screen Film Fest 2020
This year's queer cinema celebration is virtual and national — or, if you're in Sydney, you can head to the drive-in.
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Arts & Entertainment
Brisbane Writers Festival 2020: Room to Dream
BWS moves online with seven events over seven days.
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Arts & Entertainment
Totally F*ct Trivia: 'Hamilton' Edition
Don't throw away your shot at this quiz night — in-person, or via live-stream.
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Design & Style
Big Fashion Sale Online Pop-Up Event
Pick up samples and one-offs from cult Australian and international designers.
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Arts & Entertainment
Sydney Underground Film Festival 2020
Sydney's weirdest film fest is heading online this year with a huge lineup of nationally available short films.
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Design & Style
Big Fashion Sale Online
Pick up samples and one-offs from cult Australian and international designers.
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Travel & Leisure
Isolation Trivia: 'The Simpsons' Edition
Can I borrow an answer? Can you lend me a jar of luck?
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Food & Drink
Flow Festival
This new — and free — online festival is all about alcohol-free craft beers.
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Arts & Entertainment
Couched Online Film Festival
Perth's Revelation International Film Festival has gone virtual — and national.
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Design & Style
Bassike Online Warehouse Sale
Nab some of the label's cotton jersey pieces, denim and basics at discount prices.
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Travel & Leisure
Isolation Trivia: 'Shrek' Edition
Be an all star while answering questions about everyone's favourite green ogre.
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Arts & Entertainment
St Kilda Film Festival 2020
The annual short film festival is screening online this year — and for free.
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Arts & Entertainment
National Reconciliation Week 2020: In This Together
Celebrate the culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with a jam-packed lineup of music, film, panel discussions and art.
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Food & Drink
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival: The Online Edition
The virtual lineup includes talks from world-famous chefs Massimo Bottura and René Redzepi, plus some IRL food specials for Melburnians.
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Arts & Entertainment
Virtual Indigenous Film Festival
As part of National Reconciliation Week, FanForce TV is showcasing Indigenous Australian filmmaking — with online screenings and live-streamed Q&As.
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Arts & Entertainment
'James and the Giant Peach' with Taika and Friends
Listen to the filmmaker read through the Roald Dahl classic — with help from Chris Hemsworth, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Meryl Streep and more.
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Arts & Entertainment
Isol-Aid
A live-streamed music festival series raising money for Aussie artists who've had gigs cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Travel & Leisure
Groove Therapy Live-Stream Classes
Australia's judgement-free dance school goes online with nightly classes for less than $10.
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Design & Style
Big Fashion Sale Online
Pick up samples and one-offs from cult Australian and international designers.
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Food & Drink
Fever-Tree Online Gin & Tonic Festival 2020
Sip your way through different gins, enjoy guided tastings and watch gin masterclasses — all from home.
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Arts & Entertainment
Brisbane Street Art Festival: Superordinary Live-Stream Painting
Watch 19 artists paint their away around a Brisbane building.
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Arts & Entertainment
Humankind Film Festival
The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival is heading online this year.
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Travel & Leisure
Live from Aus
Watch the sunset over Uluru, learn to make cheese and see a (very cute) penguin parade — for free.
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Food & Drink
Gami 20 Percent Off
The Korean fried chook favourite is offering discounted dishes for ten days.
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Travel & Leisure
QAGOMA Store Online Design Market
A two-week online showcase of Brisbane's best artistic design.
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Travel & Leisure
Isolation Trivia: 'Seinfeld' Edition
Show your love for the sitcom about nothing — while you're sitting around doing nothing.
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Food & Drink
Keep Cooking and Carry On
Culinary legend Jamie Oliver is helping you level up your cooking game — for free.
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Arts & Entertainment
Melbourne International Film Festival: MIFF 68 1/2
This year's MIFF is moving online, courtesy of an 18-day streaming program featuring new movies, emerging talent and plenty of shorts.
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Arts & Entertainment
Sydney Film Festival 2020: Virtual Edition
For the first time in its 67-year history, SFF is heading online.
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Design & Style
Assembly Label Choose-What-You-Pay Sale
Nab some new WFH threads at up to 70 percent off.
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Food & Drink
Poof Doof Direct
This virtual dance party is turning up the heat with disco tunes, drag and lots of living room dancing.
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Food & Drink
Virtual Whisky Masterclass
Celebrate World Whisky Day with an expert-led lockdown tasting.
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Arts & Entertainment
We Are One: A Global Film Festival
Twenty of the world's best film fests are joining forces to curate a free ten-day online festival via YouTube.
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Food & Drink
Vegan NSW Marketplace
Sydney's 100 percent animal product-free market has gone digital.
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Arts & Entertainment
Beyond Cinema: The Magical Sing-Along
Sing the night away to songs from 'The Lion King', 'The Little Mermaid' and all your old-school favourites.
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Travel & Leisure
Guide Dogs Australia Puppy Zoom Meeting
Spend your lunch break zooming with cute guide dog puppies — and experienced guide dogs, too.
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Arts & Entertainment
Hot Dub at Home
Dance your way through the decades with this virtual biweekly party.
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Arts & Entertainment
Art Gallery of NSW Together in Art
Learn to draw a face with Ben Quilty, make a Dadaist poem with Tony Albert and watch Ngaiire sing in an empty exhibition space — all in the Gallery's new, uplifting online art space.
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Food & Drink
Yotam Ottolenghi: Keep Cooking Simple
Watch the game-changing chef talk about the joys of simple (and super-tasty) food at this Sydney Opera House live-stream.
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Arts & Entertainment
Breaking Glass — Sydney Chamber Opera and Carriageworks
A free online world-premiere of a four-part opera inspired by mythology, Sylvia Plath and rare birds.
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Arts & Entertainment
MONA Spectra Live-Stream
Watch this spectacular light show as it happens in Tasmania.
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Food & Drink
Nonna Live
Learn how to make your own homemade pasta from scratch in an online class led by an 84-year-old Italian nonna.
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Food & Drink
Printhie Wines Virtual Wine Tasting
Pop a bottle and settle in with this guided wine tasting and chat every Friday
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Food & Drink
Virtual Indie Beer Showcase
Get your craft beer fix sorted with these new virtual tasting parties.
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Food & Drink
Innocent Bystander's Virtual Tasting Bar
Sommelier-led online wine tastings hosted by a famed Yarra Valley winery.
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Food & Drink
Free Cookie Pie
Gelato Messina is giving away free cookie pies with Deliveroo orders over $32 — for a limited time, of course.
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Design & Style
P.E. Nation Online Warehouse Sale
The popular athleisure brand is bringing its annual sale online — and everything is 60 percent off.
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Travel & Leisure
Isolation Trivia: 'The Office' Edition
Stop putting staplers in jelly and start answering trivia questions.
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Food & Drink
Nigella Lawson: A Celebration of Home Cooking
Watch the culinary legend talk about the joys of home cooking at this Sydney Opera House live-stream.
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Travel & Leisure
Retrosweat VHS Workout Club
Shannon Dooley's beloved 80s-themed workouts are making their way to your living room.
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Arts & Entertainment
Shakespeare's Globe On Screen
Watch six of the Bard's plays performed at London's historic Globe Theatre.
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Arts & Entertainment
Australian Ballet 2020 Digital Season
Watch 'Spartacus' come to life on your screen — and learn how to plié.
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Food & Drink
Salt Meats Cheese Nutella Menu
Nutella espresso martinis, Nutella calzones and Nutella panna cotta delivered to your door.
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Arts & Entertainment
Fleabag for Charity
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s hit one-woman show heads online for charity.
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Travel & Leisure
Virtual Easter Egg Hunt
Join this online egg hunt to win $100 worth of croissants, chocolate, spa treatments and more.
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Arts & Entertainment
From Our House to Yours
Watch highlights — and never-before-seen footage — from the Sydney Opera House's 47-year history from your couch.
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Food & Drink
Beer Together Live Streams
The Crafty Pint and Ale of a Time are hosting daily virtual beer tastings and weekly beer quizzes, joined by guests from some of the country's favourite breweries.
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Travel & Leisure
ClassBento Craft Box Workshops
Learn how to paint your pet, make your own soap and whip up some candles — and make gnocchi at home, too.
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Travel & Leisure
Isolation Trivia: 'Tiger King' Edition
You've binged the Netflix series — now put your knowledge to the test.
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Travel & Leisure
Live-Stream: Sea Life Melbourne
The Melbourne aquarium is live streaming its sea creatures for all to see.
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Arts & Entertainment
The Shows Must Go On
Watch Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals for free on this new dedicated YouTube channel.
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Travel & Leisure
Flow After Dark Disco Yoga — Live Stream
Salute to the sun while listening to tunes in your lounge room.
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Travel & Leisure
Goodnight with Dolly
The much-loved country singer is swapping her bedazzled jackets for pyjamas and her guitar for bedtime stories.
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Food & Drink
$9.90 Burritos and Bowls
Guzman y Gomez is offering seven days of cheap burritos and bowls — delivered.
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Arts & Entertainment
Online Paint and Sip Sessions
Learn to paint — with a glass of wine in your hand — at these live-streamed paint and sip classes.
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Arts & Entertainment
Te Papa: Online Jigsaw Puzzles
New Zealand's national museum has turned some of its collection into online jigsaw puzzles.
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Travel & Leisure
Isolation Trivia: 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Edition
Show your love for the Nine-Nine crew at this dedicated online trivia night.
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Arts & Entertainment
Clay at Home
Sydney's super-popular ceramics studio has brought its classes online — and will drop the clay and tools at your door.
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Arts & Entertainment
National Theatre at Home
The UK's National Theatre is streaming a selection of its hit productions, with a new show available each week.
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Design & Style
The Village Markets Insta Market
Shop for Australian-made fashion, art, homewares and handcrafted goods online.
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Travel & Leisure
'Friends' Virtual Quiz
No one told you that watching endless television reruns could turn out this way.
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Food & Drink
Meals for Mates
A new initiative giving 4000 free home-delivered meals to out-of-work hospitality workers across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
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Arts & Entertainment
Lockdown: An Interactive Livestream
Marathon your way through six hours of movies, including features and shorts, plus e-chats, Q&As and interviews.
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Food & Drink
Free Peanut Butter & Jelly Waffles
TGI Fridays is giving away free delivery waffles when you spend over $20.
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Food & Drink
Quar Eye: Cooking Lessons in Quarantine
'Queer Eye' food expert Antoni Porowski is hosting leftovers-inspired cooking tutorials while in lockdown.
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Travel & Leisure
Live-Stream: Feeding Time with Rocky the Crocodile
The Sydney zoo is live streaming feeding time with its 365-kilogram crocodile.
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Food & Drink
Digital Happy Hour
South Australia's Unico Zelo and Applewood Distillery are live streaming an interactive after-work drinks session, every night.
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Arts & Entertainment
The Great Australian Warehouse Sale
Record Store Day has been postponed, but you can still boost your vinyl collection this April.
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Travel & Leisure
Isolation Trivia
Put your trivia skills to the test via this regular live-streamed quiz night.
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Travel & Leisure
Free Sorry Thanks I Love You Instagram Yoga
Get bendy in your home with this free live-streamed yoga class.
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Arts & Entertainment
Courtney Barnett and Lucius & Friends
Performing live from their lounge rooms, they'll be joined by Sheryl Crow, Sharon Van Etten, Fred Armisen and more.
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Arts & Entertainment
NGV Channel
The Melbourne art gallery is launching virtual tours of all its current blockbuster exhibitions.
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Arts & Entertainment
The IsoLate Late Show — The Little Red Company
Catch a star-studded cabaret show from your couch — and support performing arts professionals.
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Arts & Entertainment
MSO Online
While Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is suspending all concerts with audiences for a month, it's now hosting an online concert series.
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Arts & Entertainment
Nightly Met Opera Streams
Stream a different opera from the famous NY institution every night.
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Arts & Entertainment
Room 2 Radio
Cut some serious shapes in your bedroom with this virtual dance party.
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Food & Drink
Massimo Bottura's Kitchen Quarantine
Catch nightly online cooking tutorials from one of the world's top chefs — while he's in lockdown.
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Arts & Entertainment
Virtual Cinematheque
ACMI and Melbourne Cinémathèque are hosting a weekly online movie night.
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Arts & Entertainment
Head On Photo Festival 2020
The internationally acclaimed photography festival is going fully digital for the first time.
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Arts & Entertainment
Couch Choir
Pub Choir's communal singing events are affected by the mass-gatherings ban, so it's bringing the sing-along into your home.