Lights, camera, action! The 2026 Vivid Festival schedule has officially been released, and Sydney Travel Guide has scoured the program to highlight the absolute best of the fest for your entertainment. Vivid has fast become the golden highlight of Australia’s annual festival schedule. It’s a dazzling spectacle of interactive exhibitions and events that captivates locals
The 2026 Sydney Mardi Gras Festival is lining up to be a colourful explosion of events, tied together by a wild, proud and utterly unstoppable energy. The 48th year will be titled ECSTATICA and is “an act of euphoric rebellion… a collision of glamour, grit, and raw joy that burns brighter when we stand together.”
It’s Halloween on Friday, meaning this weekend is all about freaky, festive fun.
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
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
Can you imagine what this city would be without the Sydney Opera House? Just the very sight of those pointy sails invokes our harbourside lifestyle. But while Jørn Utzon’s iconic building is always quite the showstopper, it’s what’s inside those sails that really matters. The Sydney Opera House is constantly teeming with a love for
The Sydney New Years Eve fireworks display is famous across the world, with thousands travelling to see it. Don’t leave planning to the last minute — here’s what you need to know ahead of the big day. Ask me about New Year’s Eve and I’ll probably say it’s the most anticlimactic night of the year.
Don’t book that flight to Bali just yet – here are some of the best activities to do during the colder months, from Christmas celebrations to live music and more.
Looking for the best things to do in Sydney on St Patricks Day? We’ve scoured the city to find most exciting events happening around town. An estimated 12,600 Irish-born people moved from the Emerald Isle to Australia between April and December in 2024, according to NexVentur. And Sydney has one of the largest Irish-born populations
The Sydney Opera House is not just a venue for performance, it’s an international cultural icon, a piece of architectural brilliance, and a symbol of Australia’s vibrant identity. Located at Bennelong Point on the edge of Sydney Harbour, the building’s dramatic design, set against the sparkling waters and surrounded by the Royal Botanic Garden, captures
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work, live, and play. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and acknowledge this always was and always will be Aboriginal land.
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