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Silent discos in car parks and street fiestas: here’s what’s on at Parramatta Lanes
Parramatta Lanes kicks off this week for four days of Eats, Beats and Art. Here's what's on at the huge free street festival.
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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 ...
Less than 60 sleeps to go: 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 ...
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My top picks for the 2025 October Long Weekend in Sydney
While the start of the year is peppered with public holidays, the second half stretch is fairly quiet until we hit the Christmas holiday break. And that’s why the October…
An underground art park? Art Gallery of NSW’s inventive new exhibition arrives
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…
Review: Scientology The Musical — see it before the lawyers move in
When a show has “see it before we get sued” in its performance description, it’s hard not to be intrigued. But this show is about Scientology, the so-called religion better…
Things to do in Camden: The ultimate guide
Camden acts as the bridge between the suburbs of Western Sydney and the farms of the surrounding Macarthur region.
Things to do in Bankstown: The ultimate guide
This vibrant suburb in the southwest of Sydney is known for its food, community spirit and lovely streets of heritage houses.
The Big Design Market is a shopper’s dream – here’s how to make sense of the chaos
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…
Flying from Sydney Airport in 2045: You’ll be at your gate in 15 minutes
Sydney Airport is aiming to make your journey through the airport faster, easier, and far less stressful. A newly released Master Plan 2045 promises to transform how millions of passengers…
Potts Point Precinct Guide
Potts Point is a dichotomy. On one side, you have the leafy, upscale strip of Macleay Street with its strong sense of community, iconic restaurants, luxury boutiques and performing arts…
