Laughs and laneways: what we thought of the inaugural Sydney Comedy Festival Comedy Crawl

Ray Badrun was one of the comedians who performed at the inaugural Sydney Comedy Festival Comedy Crawl on Tuesday, May 6.

New for this year, the Sydney Comedy Festival Comedy Crawls have already sold out, signalling huge appetite for the concept. We went along to the first one to find out what it’s all about. On Tuesday night, we went to Sydney Comedy Festival’s (SCF) inaugural Comedy Crawl, part of the festival’s 20th anniversary. The premise … Read more

Co-founder of Oxford Street’s most notorious nightclub has big plans for ARQ

ARQ nightclub in Sydney

Two years ago, “influencer”-stuffed nightclub Noir drew the (justified) ire of Sydney’s LGBTQI community for changing the landscape of Oxford Street. Now, the club’s co-owner is taking over the city’s most famous gay club, ARQ. “Oxford Street is more than just a street in Sydney, it’s an outlet, it is a culture, it is a … Read more

Exclusive: Sydney’s nightlifeย tsar reveals plans as city comes alive with new venuesย 

Sydney is rapidly modernising and genuinely stepping up its lifestyle and hospitality offerings. Not since Carriageworks opened in 2007 has the city felt so profoundly different, willing and oh-so-able to fling us the into a new era for both locals and visitors. Nowhere is this more obvious than the frequently discussed “Night Time Economy,” as … Read more

Darlinghurst nightclub named one of the best in the world

People dancing in Carousel nightclub in Oxford Street in Sydney.

Sydney’s nightlife was dead and it had been for years following the notoriously misguided, small-minded and ineffectual lockout laws, then the double-whammy from the Covid pandemic felt like a nail in the coffin. So it’s a great sense of pride for Sydneysiders that one of the city’s most advanced and tech-forward nightclubs has just been … Read more