Sydney Opera Host to host sing-a-long showtunes version of ‘Rent’

Rent being performed on stage

Dress up in your finest bohemian garb, strut your cultured-self down to Sydney Opera House and belt out some of the most iconic showtunes in Broadway history with hundreds of other musical fanatics. That’s what the scene will be when the Joan Sutherland Theatre plays host to a special one-night-only sing-a-long performance of Jonathan Larson’s

Gnocchi with potato gelato? Pork pie with ketchup sorbet? Welcome to Messina’s new restaurant

Messina's new restaurant, Erin.

Now that they’ve got the official Gelato Messina HQ sorted in Marrickville, the dessert deities have revealed the next step in the brand’s sugary evolution: Erin, a restaurant and wine bar with one big difference. Much like a director attempting to write a book, having a business predominantly known for gelato enter the world of

Lady Gaga 2025 Sydney Tickets: Dynamic Pricing Explained

Lady Gaga live

The news we all knew was coming finally reared its Poker Face last week when Live Nation revealed an Australian tour for pop iconoclast Lady Gaga. Cue fans screaming, parents prepared to spend a fortune on tickets for their kids, and Gaga’s “Down Under Monsters” already planning for the inevitable digital race for Lady Gaga

Sydney Fish Market announces extensive Easter trading hours

The Sydney Seafood Market

Christmas Eve is generally the busiest day of the year for Blackwattle Bay’s iconic Sydney Fish Market. But April can be just as hectic. The Friday before Easter alone will see around 50,000 people file through the markets, which will be shelling out more than 650 tonnes of seafood, including over 100 tonnes of prawns

Australia’s distilling legends set for Sydney Spirits Festival

Bill Lark with a bottle of Lark

You certainly won’t be left without variety at the second annual Sydney Spirits Festival, which returns to the Overseas Passenger Terminal after a successful sold-out debut in 2024. The taste for a large-scale local spirits festival is obviously there, and organisers have done plenty to ensure this showcase of Australia’s robust spirits industry is as

Vivid Sydney to shut down Surry Hills with massive street parties

The Hollywood Hotel in Surry Hills

Vivid Sydney’s food lineup has been dominated by news of Nigella Lawson’s dinners, but it seems the initial announcement was only the tip of a delicious iceberg. Revealed this week. Vivid Food will present its largest program to date, from a luminescent 1950s diner pop-up staged in Darling Harbour to vibrant laneway parties set to

An immersive Titanic exhibition sets sail for Sydney

The titanic exhibition

Tickets to see Titanic: The Human Story in Sydney are on sale today as the immersive exhibition sails into Walsh Bay Arts Precinct from Wednesday, May 30. The 1.5-hour experience uses modern technology and an impressive collection of historical objects to wrap guests in a tragic story that has prodded at people’s imaginations for decades.

Bar Freda’s joins Sydney’s big push for a more dynamic nightlife

Bar Freda's at The Abercrombie

Sydney institution Cafe Freda’s broke many hearts in December when the beloved team called last drink’s on their Darlinghurst home. But such sorrow was short-lived when it was revealed Freda’s would just be relocated back to its spiritual home of Chippendale, with Bar Freda’s popping up just down the road from the warehouse dance bar

Lady Gaga is shimmying down to Sydney this December

Lady Gaga live

Lady Gaga will bring her Mayhem Ball tour to Australia’s east coast this year, with stops in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Announced today, the pioneer of new-age avant garde pop is packing in some stadium shows her “Down Under Monsters,” scheduling a visit as part of her wider world tour starting in Las Vegas this