Things to do in Sydney for January 2025

People watching a movie in Bondi Beach.

As New Year’s hangovers wear off, Sydney starts to slip into its prime months. Summer is kind of our thing, and you’ll see the city at its very best over the next few weeks. We know January can sometimes feel like the Monday of the year, but there’s plenty of action to help keep the … Read more

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.

What’s Open on New Year’s Day?

Woolworths pick up

What’s open and closed on New Year’s Day? Are supermarkets open on New Year’s Day? Yes. All Coles, Woolworths and Aldi supermarkets will be open on New Year’s Day. When it comes to IGA, they are operated independently so all individual stories choose their own hours. Don’t worry, if you need a box of Pizza … Read more

Best places to watch the Sydney to Hobart yacht race

Hundreds of yachts racing on Sydney Harbour

You’ve got three choices on Boxing Day. First, you could wallow in your own overindulgence and watch Xmas movies on the couch while nursing a food hangover from Christmas lunch. You might want to corral the family to head to Sydney’s best cinemas and pick through the Boxing Day releases (hot tip: Better Man is … Read more

Gildas and The Glendronach partner up for whiskey and pintxos

Three pintxos with whisky tasting at Gildas

The Glendronach, a revered Scottish distillery, has teamed up with Gildas, a Basque-inspired bar, to curate a series of Spanish small plates. Launching in line with International Sherry Week, the distillers behind The Glendronach whisky have Gildas’ Head Chef, Zach Elliott-Crenn to create a limited-edition menu that puts a unique spin on the venue’s iconic … Read more

Sydney’s 42.2-kilometre race is now the official 7th World Major Marathon

Sydney Marathon finishing line at the Sydney Opera House

Did you know that people are travelling the world to run in beautiful locations? Marathon Tourism has been a major trend over the past few years. Also dubbed “exercise tourism,” the hardier, more active evolution of wellness tourism has cities around the world scrambling to register their biggest races. And Sydney just got a big … Read more

Soak Bathhouse is opening two ambitious wellness spaces in Sydney

Soak Bathhouse in Alexandria

Queensland-based Soak Bathhouse are set to open two ambitious new spa concepts for Sydney in response to ongoing demand for more wellness experiences in the harbour city. The rapidly growing bathhouse brand continues its nationwide expansion with Soak Bathhouse Bondi and Soak Bathhouse Alexandria, the latter only announced this week with plans for a sprawling … Read more

You can do your own Royal Tour of Sydney and retrace the steps of King Charles & Queen Camilla

Royal tour of Australia.

With a trail of fans—and protestors—behind them, King Charles and Queen Camilla are in the midst of a whirlwind five-day tour that has seen them jump from Canberra to Sydney with a packed itinerary that includes the Australian War Memorial, Kirribilli, Parramatta and the Sydney Opera House. Supporters have been scrambling to trace the royal … Read more