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Neighbourhood Earth
The ultimate space experience - combining the latest science with cutting-edge technology
Sydney's Open for Lunch
Take your seat at one of our lavish long lunches across the city on Friday 3 December
Live Sessions in the city: Uccello
Welcome back to the city with live music sessions in our laneways and bars
Sugar Republic
Relive your childhood at this giant candy land pop-up experience at The Rocks
The Swinging Cat Live Jazz - YCK Long Lunches & Late Nights
A mix of classic & modern funk and jazz. Proudly part of the YCK Long Lunches & Late Nights
'tis the season
Christmas in the city
Barangaroo Bells
Experience 3 giant Christmas bell installations that will light up the waterfront!
Laneway Cinema @ The Rocks - Christmas edition
Heritage surrounds, hot pizza, Christmas classics, wine, bean bags and blankets, this is not your average movie night
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...at MYER
MYER Santaland is the ultimate Christmas adventure for the whole family!
Choirs in the city: Martin Place
Street choirs singing carols will perform every night leading up to Christmas.
Darling Harbour Christmas
Enjoy interactive light installations, a live music festival, building-sized decorations and guaranteed holiday cheer
Sydney Christmas Fair
A great outdoor family fun event with markets, rides, games, showbags, live entertainment plus more
Bastille special edition: French Christmas Market
Sydney is about to get an authentic "French Christmas market” on Customs House Forecourt!
DIY Christmas for people and pets: a clothing reuse session
Learn how to upcycle unwanted clothes into decorations, gift wrapping and playful items for your furry friends
Things to do in the city
Matisse: Life & Spirit
Discover the colour, light and joy in the greatest single exhibition of Matisse masterworks ever to be seen in Sydney
Neighbourhood Earth
The ultimate space experience - combining the latest science with cutting-edge technology
Adventure Clues - Unlock The Rocks
Explore Australia's most historic area the fun way in a series of fun cryptic clues
ArtScreen 2021
An exciting visual art project has enabled professional artists with disability to develop new works of video art
Barangaroo Bells
Experience 3 giant Christmas bell installations that will light up the waterfront!
BLOOM at the streets of Barangaroo
A celebration of a new season - the rejuvenation & welcoming of life back to the Sydney CBD
Chinese Language (Mandarin) Tours
Discover the stories of the Hyde Park Barracks through a self-guided Mandarin-language tour.
Christmas party cruises
Harbourside Cruises offer a unique and stunning Sydney Harbour venue for your work Christmas party.
Curated by Banchō: Monthly art exhibit at Chinatown bar
We're back! Haymarket cocktail & whisky bar Banchō hosts a monthly exhibition of works by local emerging artists.
Doug Aitken: New Era
Plunge into the world of American artist Doug Aitken this summer in this Sydney-exclusive exhibition
Live music is back
Electric Keys
An important private collection of keyboards from the middle of the 20th century, prior to the rise of synthesisers
Beliza & Trio Teleboteco: Double Bill
Combining the sounds of traditional Samba, Bossa Nova, Groove and Funk
Dianne Cripps & Her Great Southern Band
Roll up,grab a glass of moonshine,and bathe in the juicy, aural bliss that is Dianne Cripps and her Great Southern Band!
Jammed Signal Sessions: Blank Space Live at Indie Thursdays
3 Captivating Indie Artists collaborate to put on a night of cutting edge new music
Live Sessions in the city: Felix
Welcome back to the city with live music sessions in our laneways and bars
Pinchgut Opera presents Platée by Rameau
Rameau’s clever comedic masterpiece makes its Australian stage debut
The Matt McMahon Quartet
The Matt McMahon quartet features the addition of award-winning saxophonist Matt Keegan
Weekly live jazz at The Swinging Cat with The Sazeracs
Throw away all notions of stuffy jazz music and think New Orleans Mardi Gras instead
Live Sessions in the city: Establishment Bar
Welcome back to the city with live music sessions in our laneways and bars
Christmas Wonder Queens Drag Spectacular
What happens when you combine Sydney’s most flamboyant drag queens and a dose of Christmas spirit?
Guy Strazz presents Acoustic Wonderland
Surf the music between tradition and innovation, presenting engaging original world jazz music
Art & exhibitions
Matisse: Life & Spirit
Discover the colour, light and joy in the greatest single exhibition of Matisse masterworks ever to be seen in Sydney
We Are All Astonishingly Wise by Katy B Plummer
An interactive fortune-telling video installation on Abercrombie Lane
Electric Keys
An important private collection of keyboards from the middle of the 20th century, prior to the rise of synthesisers
Neighbourhood Earth
The ultimate space experience - combining the latest science with cutting-edge technology
2021 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Immerse yourself in the beauty of the natural world in this stunning photographic exhibition.
A Sense of Movement: Japanese sports posters
A visual journey into the sense of movement through the eyes of Japanese graphic designers
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