Chris Singh 
It’s the last week of Sydney Fringe Festival, with the brunt of the experimental event folding up the end of this month. And what a month it’s been, bringing in a tremendous amount of daring stage shows, saucy cabaret and immersive art with hundreds of events loading up the 2025 program. There’s been a lot
After three decades of sharing her knowledge of native Australian cuisine, Ngemba Weilwan woman Sharon Winsor is finally realising a long-held dream with Sydney’s inaugural Australian Native Food Festival, held at Carriageworks this weekend. Winsor, whose business Indigiearth is a widely used source of lemon myrtle, salted dukkah and bush tomatoes, first pitched the free
For more than 20 years, the Western Sydney suburb of Cabramatta has been a source of boundless energy, life and laughter in early October. That’s for the Cabarramatta Moon Festival, one of the most colourful, delicious and vigorous celebrations in the city all year. The communal-minded lunar festival has become such a hotly anticipated event
An under-radar waterfront favourite has been completely transformed over at South Sydney’s Kyle Bay, with beloved fine diner Jaaks falling in line with Sydney’s reinvigorated love for more casual Greek food. Jaaks is now a Greek tapas bar— a mezedopolio, if you will—that’s gearing up for late summer nights pairing souvlakia with ouzo and hopping
Hip hop legend Snoop Dogg has been to Australia many times before, but you’d be mistaken for thinking its the Doggfather’s first time down under given the controversy that keeps swimming around his AFL Grand Final pregame show. Critics have cited past lyrics from the rapper, deeming them homophobic, misogynistic and violent in an attempt
New Zealand-born, Sydney-based artist Mike Hewson is next in a long line of artists aching to take over The Art Gallery of NSW’s unique, subterranean Nelson Packer Tank space, turning the industrial bunker into a concrete jungle with a park, play space, construction site, and a communal area framed by sculptural works. Mike Hewson: The
After almost instantly selling out by shelling out for apex hyperpop star Charli XCX last year, Laneway Festival is doubling down on Gen Z’s role models with none other than Chappell Roan for its 21st anniversary lineup. The “Good Luck, Babe!” singer will headline Laneway Festival 2026, bringing her latest tour down under while the
Family time is right around the corner as we steam towards the spring school holidays (Monday, September 29 to Friday, October 10), bringing Sydney to life with all-ages activities that cleverly mix education with entertainment. Keep scrolling for a curated list of what to do with kids in Sydney over the next couple of weeks.
When it comes to Sydney, big hotel openings are usually clustered around the CBD and tourist magnets like Darling Harbour and Circular Quay. This trend has changed in recent years, with strong examples being The Eve Hotel, tugging at the seams of Redfern and Surry Hills, and the forthcoming 25Hours Hotel the Olympia, due to
Come September, Carriageworks is full of big, unwieldy things. Just this past weekend saw the enormous Sydney Contemporary attempt to stitch together every conceivable thread of the arts into one big form, showcasing the country’s best galleries and over 500 artists. It was a hit. It always is. But the Eveleigh institution isn’t done with
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