2025 Sydney Travel Guide

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Usher’s Sydney tour 2025: Dates, Tickets, Venue & Set List

Usher Raymond, the architect of modern R&B, is coming to Sydney to perform four shows as part of his wider Past Present Future global tour. It’s an ostensible victory run for the legendary artist, who has been steaming up the charts for over three decades now. With Live Nation bringing the “Confessions” singer down to … Read more

Vivid Sydney harbour

Ultimate Guide to Vivid Sydney

The 15th annual Vivid Sydney is upon us, once again transforming the city into a smorgasbord of light, music, ideas and food with its world-famous projections, provocative installations and on-the-pulse programming. We know it can be overwhelming if you haven’t … Read more

Last laugh: the best shows at the last week of the Sydney Comedy Festival

Time is running out to join the fun at Sydney’s biggest celebration of comedy at it enters its last week. To help you decide what to book, we’ve selected the best shows on during the last week of the Sydney … Read more
Bad Bunny is playing a show in Sydney

Bad Bunny adds a second date to his exclusive one-off show in Sydney

Bad Bunny surprised Sydney with the announcement of a one-off show earlier this week, with no other Australian stops on the schedule (at the time). Australian Bad Bunny fans who don’t live in Sydney are fuming right now. The famous … Read more

Food & Drink

A Cuban sandwich

Sydney Opera House has curated its own Vivid Sydney food kitchen

Vivid Sydney’s fourth pillar, “Food,” was only added as a central focus for the multi-factor festival in recent years. And there’s plenty of room to grow it as one of Vivid’s defining features alongside light, music and ideas. That’s why there’s been such a substantial boost in the number of food-focused events making up Vivid’s … Read more

Sandwiches at AP Quay in Sydney

AP Bakery brings something different (but still carb-heavy) to Circular Quay

Not since Bourke Street Bakery and Black Star Pastry grew their presence in Sydney have we seen a bakery bonanza quite like this one. In fact, we’ve never really seen AP Bakery’s swift rise to carb-loading dominance before, with the … Read more
The Charles Brasserie

Is The Charles Brasserie & Bar the grand French restaurant Sydney deserves?

I wasn’t a fan of The Charles Brasserie & Bar when it first opened in October 2022. It’s not just because the food wasn’t nearly as good as it is right now, or because the cutting-teeth service was spotty and … Read more
Vivid Fire Kitchen where to eat at vivid

Tongs at the ready for Vivid Sydney’s smokey 23-day Fire Kitchen

For 23 flame-grilled nights, The Goods Line precinct in Ultimo will turn into protein paradise for Vivid Fire Kitchen, an all-encompassing food and light festival that celebrates the virtue of cooking on an open fire. Some of the world’s best … Read more

Essentials

A weathered stone lion sits beneath a vibrant red and gold Chinese archway; people stroll through a bustling Chinatown street

Chinatown

This area dates from the 1920s and offers a bustling array of shops and restaurants, plus bargain shopper heaven in Paddyโ€™s Market and a Chinese Garden.ย 

Four cyclists, wearing helmets

Barangaroo

Named after Bennelongโ€™s wife, an indigenous leader in colonial times, this new precinct showcases shops, restaurants, offices, the Crown resort and a harbour pool.
A coastal city is seen from above

Bondi Beach

A globally famous 1-kilometre stretch of sand and glittering water featuring great surf, ocean pools, coastal walks and nearby bars, restaurants, shops and markets.
A jacaranda tree blooms purple in a park overlooking Sydney Harbour, the Sydney Opera House

Royal Botanic Garden

Australiaโ€™s natural masterpiece and our oldest botanic garden, overlooks Sydney Harbour and embraced by The Domain, another urban oasis worth exploring.