The best Christmas lights in Sydney for 2025
Looking for Christmas lights in Sydney? We’ve rounded up the best Xmas displays in each of Sydney’s major areas.
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How Featherdale’s intimate wildlife encounters bring you closer to Australia
In partnership with Featherdale Wildlife Park There’s something uniquely special about meeting an Australian animal for the first time. The slow blink of a koala in the gum trees. The curious hop of a wallaby edging closer for a sniff. The bright-eyed stare of a quokka that always looks like it’s smiling back at you.
22 best Christmas markets in Sydney 2025
The best Christmas markets Sydney has to offer are transportive. They’ve been curated to a specific atmosphere, feeling like festive time capsules that blanket you in holiday cheer. Sydney Travel Guide has done some due diligence and presents you with a handy list of the best Christmas markets in Sydney for 2025 so you can
Plan ahead: Christmas comes early for Sydney with these annual events
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
Sydney prepares for epic New Year’s Eve fireworks display
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
So Sydney: Premier and Lord Mayor battle over whether you can drink standing up outside a bar!
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
Twilight at Taronga 2026 will feature The Preatures, Bliss N Eso and more
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
Sydney Opera House confirms all-star cast for New Year’s Eve Opera Gala
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
Sydney’s wellness era continues with Roseville’s Escape Bathhouse
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.
Wu-Tang Clan are heading to Sydney for the very last time
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.
