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Chris Singh 
Christmas events in Sydney for 2025 are now starting to pop up. Halloween marks more than the spooky season around the world, but it’s about this time that major cities start to plan their holiday season. Sydney is no different this year, already kickstarting what should be an exciting December as sketches of our Christmas
Few New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world can compete with Sydney on December 31. Our New Year’s Eve fireworks display is magnificent, and it’s still improving each year with more launch points, a wider scope and even more vantage points than ever before. Two epic NYE fireworks displays make full use of Sydney Harbour’s
Sydney: It’s an argument that would have the city’s millions of foreign visitors – and many from Interstate – scratching their heads. Should you be allowed to drink standing up without a table? A long-standing drinking rule in Sydney has punters not knowing whether they should sit down or stand up. Now Premier Chris Minns
Heavy on Aussie nostalgia with shows from The Preatures, Cloud Control and Sons of the East, the super popular series will also have Bjorn Again, Xavier Rudd and – possibly the biggest act to hit the stage – Emma Memma
Is it already that time of year? Nothing signals the approaching holiday season than watching our cultural institutions prepare for the New Year. Sydney Opera House has started looking to 2025’s home stretch by locking in a star-studded line-up for its annual New Year’s Eve Opera Gala in the Concert Hall. Hosted by Australian actor
A Spanish tapas gem overlooking Bondi Beach, Chinese food done differently, a local edition of one of London’s best eateries, and a long overdue sister to Melbourne’s famous Lee Ho Fook. This is a snapshot of Sydney’s new restaurant scene as of October 2025. Sydney’s dynamic dining scene is constantly changing, and that has never
Escape Bathhouse is opening in North Sydney, designed to take our wellness scene to the next level. The same team behind Mudgee’s Sierra Escape have taken over a heritage-listed building in Roseville for the ambitious project.
Iconic hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan have announced an Australian leg of their current farewell tour, The Final Chamber, marking the last time we’ll see all nine members on stage after 33 years of game-changing rap.
Fuzzy’s returning New Year’s Eve festival isn’t the only large-scale music event set to take over Bondi Beach in the coming months, with the UK’s cult Mighty Hoopla festival pitching its Australian debut on Sydney’s most iconic sands. And they’re doing it in a big way, bringing none other than pop superstar and LGBTQI+ icon
I took the first peek at Sculpture by the Sea 2025. These are my favourite works of the exhibition so far, with most shifting position due to weather damage on the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk.
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