10 Sydney Festival highlights to help start 2025 in style

A greek tragedy for the 21st Century at Sydney Festival

As the first major event of 2025, Sydney Festival once again kicks off the new year by filling the city with music, theatre, pop-up art exhibitions and lifestyle activations from some of the world’s finest talents. Over 130 performances and events are scheduled in for the 24-day festival, which runs until Sunday, January 26 and … Read more

The best things to do in Sydney this weekend (January 10-12)

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Looking for the best things to do in Sydney this weekend? We’ve got you covered with our weekly guide to the most exciting events happening around town.

Things to do in Sydney on New Year’s Day 2025

Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel in Sydney with the pier in the foreground.

Wondering what to do on New Years Day in Sydney? Not only are there several New Year’s Day events to get across but Sydney’s biggest attractions are also popping open to help you start 2025 right. It is, after all, the busiest season in Sydney for both locals and tourists so you’ve got plenty to … Read more

Sublime ocean photography on show at Australian Maritime Museum

Ocean photographer of the year winner

A critically endangered Cuban crocodile mouths the Shane Gross’s camera dome in Cuba, the detail on its teeth intensified by the glassy water. Over in the narrow watery stretch of Indonesia’s Lembeh Strait, photographer Ipah Uid Lynn catches an incredible, and slightly terrifying, portrait of a skeletal shrimp dancing with its prey. The beauty of … Read more

COMO to open new gallery space in Marrickville

COMA's new Marickville space

A new art gallery is coming to Marickville – the team at COMA will launch the new warehouse art venue on January 31, 2025 with a solo exhibition of new works by New Mexico-based Australian artist, Justin Williams. The space is inspired by the major warehouse-style galleries of Los Angeles. The 490-square-metre space is located … Read more

2025 Sydney Festival ticketing computer crashes as demand soars – here is all you need to know

Dark Noon Sydney Festival

It was billed as a way to give festival goers a cost-of-living break to ensure they didn’t make the January event part of their budget cuts. So when tickets for the 2025 Sydney Festival went on sale, some were priced at $49 until December 2, 2024. But organisers needn’t have worried. So many fans hit … Read more

Things to do in Sydney for November 2024

A mechanical horse and a large butterfly puppet are manipulated by performers on a stage covered in orange flowers, set against a large illuminated circular backdrop

As we move into the final month of spring, an action-packed November will fill Sydney with life before we get into the thick of silly season. The city just had a spooky few weeks in the lead up to Halloween, now it’s time to sit back in the sun, sip on some wine (or an … Read more

Why Sculpture by the Sea will be different this year

Sculpture by the Sea has kicked off for another year

The 26th annual Sculpture by the Sea launched over the weekend, transforming the famous 2km coastal walk from Bondi to Tamarama with 100 visually engaging sculptures from artists across 16 countries. Around 450,000 people are expected to attend across the art trail’s 18-day run before it wraps up another year on November 4. And with … Read more

Get tickets to see the incredible Magritte exhibition now (because the lines will be surreal)

Golconda (French: Golconde) is an oil painting on canvas by Belgian surrealist René Magritte

Art Gallery of New South Wales opens their exclusive Magritte exhibition this month. Don’t miss the 2-for-1 ticket offer every Wednesday from 5–10pm for an after-dark dose of mind-bending art. René Magritte has landed at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in an exhibition that’s got everyone from art-dads to gallery newbies feeling delightfully … Read more