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Support a worthy cause and meet like-minded people in Sydney. The best events, attractions and things to do from the City of Sydney’s official event guide.

KGV Sports Competitions

KGV Sports Competitions

Play your way to a better day, enter a social or corporate basketball team
Today 11.30am to 10.30pm
Mindfulness Training: The Art of Being Present

Mindfulness Training: The Art of Being Present

Science-based Techniques for Mental Health and Well-Being
Today 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Movement & Meditation Classes

Movement & Meditation Classes

Relieve stress, shift energy and find focus during your lunch break.
Today 12pm to 11.15am
Fitness class for older adults

Fitness class for older adults

New weekly lower impact class including strength training and aerobic exercise to improve balance and flexibility.
Today 1.15pm to 2pm
Journaling for wellbeing - Glebe

Journaling for wellbeing - Glebe

Gain valuable skills and insights into how daily journaling to improve your wellbeing.
Today 10am to 12pm
Pyrmont Sings!

Pyrmont Sings!

A non-audition, community choir. New singers are always welcome
Today 6.30pm to 7.45pm
Youth Boxing at Redfern

Youth Boxing at Redfern

Free after school sports and fitness program for ages 12-16 years
Today 4pm to 5pm
Book exchange

Book exchange

Donate your preloved books or grab a book or 2 to take home for free.
Today 9am to 5pm
Learn to read music and sing

Learn to read music and sing

Free singing and theory class. No experience needed
Today 2pm to 5pm
Seniors table tennis competition

Seniors table tennis competition

Join this friendly singles and doubles competition during Seniors Festival for anyone aged 55 or older.
Today 10am to 5pm
Social art class

Social art class

If you love art and a chat, then pop down to the Juanita Nielsen Community Centre
Today 10am to 12pm
Yoga class for all ages and experience

Yoga class for all ages and experience

Weekly class for all ages and skill levels from beginners to advanced
Today 9.40am to 10.40am
Body blast at KGV

Body blast at KGV

A 45 minute, all body workout that will challenge you and leave you on a high
Today 5.15pm to 6pm
Harmony Week storytime (3-5 years) - Darling Square Library

Harmony Week storytime (3-5 years) - Darling Square Library

Join us as we mark Harmony Week with a special storytime celebrating how cultures celebrate community and friendship
Today 11.30am to 12pm
Meditate in Chatswood

Meditate in Chatswood

Our weekly Chatswood meditation class includes two guided meditations and a teaching
Today 12am to 3.30am
Meditate in Glebe

Meditate in Glebe

Our weekly Glebe meditation class will include two guided meditations and a teaching
Today 12am to 3.30am
Seniors Festival at City of Sydney pools

Seniors Festival at City of Sydney pools

Aged 55+? Receive free entry into the City of Sydney pools and fitness centres for the duration of Seniors Festival 2024
Today 6am to 8pm
Social Group for Chinese speaking seniors

Social Group for Chinese speaking seniors

Join this friendly group of older people each week at Ultimo Community Centre
Today 10am to 11.30am
Sydney Monthly AI Safety Meetup - March 2024 edition

Sydney Monthly AI Safety Meetup - March 2024 edition

A way to meet & discuss AI safety, security, and societal implications with people also interested in the topic.
Today 6pm to 9pm
Tai chi

Tai chi

Come and join our free Tai chi class
Today 10am to 12pm
With One Voice community choir: Chatswood

With One Voice community choir: Chatswood

Come join our community choir! No prior experience required.
Today 5.30pm to 7pm
Informal coffee and chat sessions

Informal coffee and chat sessions

Come join us if you'd like to make new friends in an easy environment
Today 1pm to 3pm
Forms and case management

Forms and case management

Free service provided by Chinese Australian Services Society trained volunteers and caseworkers
Tomorrow
Seniors social group

Seniors social group

Meet new people and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee, board games and a chat each week
Tomorrow
Breathwork and Narrative Breakthrough

Breathwork and Narrative Breakthrough

Experience the power of breathwork combined with useful tools to change your day to day narrative
Tomorrow
Harmony Week storytime (3-5 years) - Surry Hills Library

Harmony Week storytime (3-5 years) - Surry Hills Library

Join us this Harmony Week with a special storytime celebrating how different cultures celebrate community and friendship
Tomorrow
How To Become A Highly Successful Coach

How To Become A Highly Successful Coach

Join Our FREE Event & Get The Proven, Step-By-Step System That Helped Me Earn $124k In My FIRST Year As A Coach
Tomorrow
Meditate in Sydney

Meditate in Sydney

Discover practical solutions to our daily problems drawn from Buddhist wisdom
Tomorrow
Polish High Tea

Polish High Tea

Indulge in a selection of European inspired savoury and sweet canapés
Tomorrow
Accessible yoga class

Accessible yoga class

Everyone is welcome to this yoga class, no experience necessary
21 Mar 2024
Chinese painting for beginners to advanced

Chinese painting for beginners to advanced

A free weekly class for beginners, led by an experienced Mandarin speaking tutor
21 Mar 2024
Free fitness class and bingo

Free fitness class and bingo

Get fit, make new friends and have fun at this event to celebrate Seniors Festival.
21 Mar 2024
Movement and dance

Movement and dance

Learn different styles of dance including line, square Chinese folk in this class for older adults.
21 Mar 2024
Wrap with Love knitting group

Wrap with Love knitting group

Join this friendly knitting group to make wraps for people in need.
21 Mar 2024
After dinner walking group for older people - sold out!

After dinner walking group for older people - sold out!

Would you like to be active and make friends while seeing the city and its cultural events in the evening?
21 Mar 2024
Fortnightly walk and talk for all ages (various locations)

Fortnightly walk and talk for all ages (various locations)

Free walking exercise program to get to know your local community workers and meet new people
21 Mar 2024
National Close the Gap Morning Tea

National Close the Gap Morning Tea

Morning Tea at Redfern Community Centre for National Close the Gap Day
21 Mar 2024
Sufi Movement & Dance

Sufi Movement & Dance

Immerse yourself in the world of Sufi movement and Sacred Dance, as we come together for a soul-stirring evening.
21 Mar 2024
Sydney City Farm volunteer working bees

Sydney City Farm volunteer working bees

Help out with farm activities, from watering and weeding to planting and harvesting
21 Mar 2024
Tai chi advanced

Tai chi advanced

A great learning and practice class
21 Mar 2024
Tai Chi beginners

Tai Chi beginners

Improve your balance and prevent falls
21 Mar 2024
Thursday Night Interactive Trivia

Thursday Night Interactive Trivia

Get your game face on at the Polish Club Ashfield's free interactive trivia night
21 Mar 2024
Yoga class at the Rex

Yoga class at the Rex

Improve your strength, balance and flexibility in this weekly 1-hour class
21 Mar 2024
Zumba Gold

Zumba Gold

Get fit, make friends and have fun
21 Mar 2024
Community dinner

Community dinner

Join friends and neighbours and make new ones at this monthly dinner
22 Mar 2024
Maybanke basketball workshops for ages 8 to 14

Maybanke basketball workshops for ages 8 to 14

Come and join the fun with our experienced basketball coach every Wednesday afternoon
22 Mar 2024
Seniors board games afternoon

Seniors board games afternoon

Join us for a fun afternoon of free board games and tea and coffee in our Elders lounge.
22 Mar 2024
Stitching Circle

Stitching Circle

A social group that gets together to knit, crochet and long stitch
22 Mar 2024
Street soccer

Street soccer

Free community social sports program for people over 16
22 Mar 2024
Intergenerational pancake morning tea

Intergenerational pancake morning tea

Join student council representatives from local high schools for pancakes to celebrate Seniors Festival.
22 Mar 2024
Move for all fitness class

Move for all fitness class

A weekly 1-hour class combining light resistance training and aerobic moves suitable for all levels of fitness
22 Mar 2024
Music and movement

Music and movement

Still your mind and build strength and flexibility
22 Mar 2024
Tai chi class

Tai chi class

Increase your flexibility and become calmer
22 Mar 2024
Understanding the Asylum Seeker Journey

Understanding the Asylum Seeker Journey

Join us for a meaningful Harmony Day event, hosted in collaboration with the Asylum Seekers Centre!
22 Mar 2024
Clothes Swap Party

Clothes Swap Party

For people who love great company and great clothes, and hate fashion waste
23 Mar 2024
AlHiro live

AlHiro live

Live music by jazz duo AlHiro
23 Mar 2024
Bairro Portugues - Petersham Festival

Bairro Portugues - Petersham Festival

Get ready as Bairro Português returns to the streets of Petersham in 2024!
23 Mar 2024
Guided Ride - Inside Sydney's Cycleways

Guided Ride - Inside Sydney's Cycleways

The City is inviting community members to hear the behind the scenes stories of the City’s bike network, for free.
23 Mar 2024
Saturday Sound Meditation for Wellbeing

Saturday Sound Meditation for Wellbeing

Be bathed in sound waves to soothe your mind & nervous system and come back into more peaceful alignment with yourself.
23 Mar 2024
UPS Reading Corner

UPS Reading Corner

Children's reading corner at Sydney Streets on Harris Street
23 Mar 2024
Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival 2024

Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival 2024

Australia’s largest cultural and science celebration of the ocean
23 Mar 2024
Affordable Art Fair and Market Day

Affordable Art Fair and Market Day

Shop over 1,000 artworks and ceramics at this North Shore institution!
24 Mar 2024
European Easter Market

European Easter Market

Sharing the magic of a European Easter through inspired foods & goods
24 Mar 2024
Tabletop games afternoon (16+)

Tabletop games afternoon (16+)

Play fun contemporary favourites with fellow gamers in the city
24 Mar 2024
Walk Me Home 2024

Walk Me Home 2024

A 25km coastal walk to support sick and injured children.
24 Mar 2024
Balmoral swim

Balmoral swim

A unique open water swim held within the beauty of Sydney Harbour, making it a safe event for all
25 Mar 2024
Cooking and nutrition course

Cooking and nutrition course

Fun nutritional activities, practical good cooking lessons and a social meal
25 Mar 2024
Journaling for wellbeing - Redfern

Journaling for wellbeing - Redfern

Gain valuable skills and insights into how daily journaling and mindfulness can improve your wellbeing.
25 Mar 2024
Social art & craft group

Social art & craft group

Knit, crochet, paint or draw with like-minded people
25 Mar 2024
Women's yoga class

Women's yoga class

Join this free hatha style yoga class suitable for beginners and advanced.
25 Mar 2024
Zumba Gold

Zumba Gold

Get fit, make friends and have fun in this weekly class suitable for beginners and older adults.
25 Mar 2024
Beginner ukulele class

Beginner ukulele class

Learn how to play the ukulele in this fun class for Mandarin and Cantonese speakers
25 Mar 2024
Chair yoga at Ron Williams

Chair yoga at Ron Williams

Yoga movements have been adapted to be performed while seated in a chair
25 Mar 2024
Forms and case management help in Mandarin and Hokkien

Forms and case management help in Mandarin and Hokkien

This free service is provided by Chinese Australian Services Society (CASS) trained volunteers and caseworkers.
25 Mar 2024
Meditate in Balmain

Meditate in Balmain

Our weekly Balmain meditation class includes two guided meditations and a teaching
25 Mar 2024
Meditate in Neutral Bay

Meditate in Neutral Bay

Our weekly Neutral Bay meditation class includes two guided meditations and a teaching.
25 Mar 2024
Settlement services

Settlement services

Free face-to-face casework for newly arrived Chinese-speaking and Korean-speaking migrants
25 Mar 2024
With One Voice community choir: Redfern

With One Voice community choir: Redfern

Come join our community choir! No prior experience required.
25 Mar 2024
Art Therapy for a Creative Life and Self Care

Art Therapy for a Creative Life and Self Care

Take part in these 3 wellbeing sessions and increase your self awareness, sense of self and self care.
26 Mar 2024
Sewing class

Sewing class

Get help with your sewing projects in this 2 hour fortnightly session
26 Mar 2024
Sketching and painting class

Sketching and painting class

Develop your skills in these fortnightly classes led by an artist for all levels of experience
27 Mar 2024
Green Square community barbeque

Green Square community barbeque

Get to know your neighbours and local services at this free monthly event.
29 Mar 2024
Dark Tales of Lost Leichhardt- Good Friday True Crime Ramble

Dark Tales of Lost Leichhardt- Good Friday True Crime Ramble

Find out about the dark history of Hawthorne Canal, Iron Cove and Callan Park on this true crime tour
29 Mar 2024
FREE Easter Egg in BEARE PARK

FREE Easter Egg in BEARE PARK

Get EGG-cited! come down to BEARE PARK on Easter Saturday for a little surprise
30 Mar 2024
Ron Josol: Award winning Canadian Fillipino comedian

Ron Josol: Award winning Canadian Fillipino comedian

Canadian-Fillipino comedy superstar, Ron Josol performs in Sydney for one night
30 Mar 2024
European Easter Lunch

European Easter Lunch

Enjoy a relaxing Easter Sunday Buffet Lunch
31 Mar 2024
Glebe community barbecue

Glebe community barbecue

Come and join us once a month for some food and fun
3 Apr 2024
Folk For Life

Folk For Life

Folk for Life is a social Polish folkloric dance class initiative
3 Apr 2024
Impact100 Sydney Panel Discussion and Networking Drinks

Impact100 Sydney Panel Discussion and Networking Drinks

Join us in a grassroots movement for change: passionate, like-minded people coming together to create a better Sydney.
3 Apr 2024
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz; Expert Talk by Lucy Adlington

The Dressmakers of Auschwitz; Expert Talk by Lucy Adlington

Join us for this fascinating session with bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz, Lucy Adlington.
3 Apr 2024
Re/ Woman: An art exhibition by Re/ Artists Collective

Re/ Woman: An art exhibition by Re/ Artists Collective

Celebrating the incredible talent of female artists. Supporting the Women's and Girls' Emergency Centre, Redfern.
6 Apr 2024
Summer Hill Sustainable Markets at Re Place

Summer Hill Sustainable Markets at Re Place

Sydney's only markets offering items and art made exclusively from reclaimed and reused materials.
6 Apr 2024
Bake Off

Bake Off

This Sydney institution makes a grand return to raise much-needed funds for the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation.
7 Apr 2024
Crafting Memories: Candle Making Workshop

Crafting Memories: Candle Making Workshop

Come, immerse yourself in an afternoon of creativity and leave with your own set of beautifully crafted candles!
7 Apr 2024
Discussion: Nazi-associated behaviours in Australian schools

Discussion: Nazi-associated behaviours in Australian schools

In this discussion, we will explore why Nazi-associated behaviour (eg drawing of swastikas) is on the rise in schools.
7 Apr 2024
Experience the good life with meditation - beginner class

Experience the good life with meditation - beginner class

Manage stress, remove troubling thoughts and emotions, and find long-lasting happiness with heartfulness meditation
7 Apr 2024
Reiki Group Share

Reiki Group Share

Join our Reiki Share: healing swaps, connection, community. All levels welcome for renewal and heartfelt connections!
7 Apr 2024
ROKduo | Between the Oder & Bug River

ROKduo | Between the Oder & Bug River

Between the Oder & Bug River is a musical project encompassing pieces by Polish composers from many historical epochs
7 Apr 2024
Green Square Community Crafters and Makers Meetup

Green Square Community Crafters and Makers Meetup

Do you like to knit, crotchet, embroider, paint or sew and share craft knowledge?
9 Apr 2024
Sound Meditation for Wellbeing

Sound Meditation for Wellbeing

Be bathed in sound waves to soothe your mind & nervous system and come back into more peaceful alignment with yourself.
9 Apr 2024
Redfern community barbecue

Redfern community barbecue

Meet your neighbours and get to know your local services
11 Apr 2024
The radical work of mourning

The radical work of mourning

Learn how taking time to dwell on loss can cultivate a richer sense of our planet and our place on it.
11 Apr 2024
Advanced Soap Crafting Class

Advanced Soap Crafting Class

Dive deeper into the artistry of soap making in this hands-on experience.
13 Apr 2024
Reconnect Project

Reconnect Project

Bring your mobile phones/tablets of any age or condition and laptops to be repaired and used by someone in need.
13 Apr 2024
Swimming Spots – Erskineville to Marrinawi Cove

Swimming Spots – Erskineville to Marrinawi Cove

A guided ride from Erskineville via Prince Alfred Pool to the outdoor city swim spot, Marrinawi Cove, Barangaroo.
13 Apr 2024
Richard Stanley: Reflections

Richard Stanley: Reflections

Art2Muse Gallery presents 'Reflections' by Richard Stanley
16 Apr 2024
Young Gamers Take Customs House

Young Gamers Take Customs House

An open celebration of games as a unique artistic medium, and the young people who create and play them
18 Apr 2024
Workshop: Interior Effects as an Outcome of War

Workshop: Interior Effects as an Outcome of War

Artist Bonita Ely conducts a workshop to explore the ongoing, intergenerational effects of undiagnosed PTSD.
20 Apr 2024
Soap Making Class - Cold Process

Soap Making Class - Cold Process

Learn about your skin type and create any soap you want
21 Apr 2024
Jonathan Seidler: All The Beautiful Things You Love

Jonathan Seidler: All The Beautiful Things You Love

Be amongst the first to be acquainted with the writer and music critic's vivid and vibrant debut novel
30 Apr 2024
Expert talk with Dr Brangwen Stone

Expert talk with Dr Brangwen Stone

This talk will explore Jewish migration to Germany in the post-war era and how it influenced German-Jewish writing.
1 May 2024
Lou's Closet new and preloved women's clothing sale

Lou's Closet new and preloved women's clothing sale

Huge sale of new, designer, vintage and second hand women's clothing raising funds for Lou's Place Women's service
2 May 2024
Coastrek Sydney 2024

Coastrek Sydney 2024

Join Coastrek and walk 20km-50km along Sydney's spectacular Northern Beaches, supporting the Heart Foundation
3 May 2024
Mindfully Creative Writing Workshop with Walter Mason

Mindfully Creative Writing Workshop with Walter Mason

Combine the insights of meditation and mindfulness with the joy of creative writing.
4 May 2024
Posh 2024

Posh 2024

Cancer Council's POSH 2024 Gala Ball will be held on Saturday 4 May at The Fullerton Hotel, Sydney
4 May 2024
Traditional Australian Bush Dance

Traditional Australian Bush Dance

Join Rotary Darling Harbour "The Darlings" annual fundraising dance.
4 May 2024
Survivor Reflections: Lucy Chladek

Survivor Reflections: Lucy Chladek

Join us for a conversation with Lucy Chladek as she shares experiences of being a child survivor of the Holocaust.
19 May 2024
The untold Australian story of Maus

The untold Australian story of Maus

Join us as Holocaust survivor Mark Spigelman shares how a graphic novel helped him better understand his family history.
21 May 2024
Share the Dignity – DigniTea 2024

Share the Dignity – DigniTea 2024

Australia's favourite high tea aiming to end period poverty
26 May 2024
Indigneous Veterans Commemoration Service

Indigneous Veterans Commemoration Service

Annual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Servicemen and Servicewomen Commemoration Service
31 May 2024
Rights on Time

Rights on Time

Adam Spencer hosts a futuristic human rights panel show
6 Jun 2024
Inaugural Middle East Area of Operations commemoration

Inaugural Middle East Area of Operations commemoration

Inaugural service to commemorate Middle East Area of Operations between 2001 and 2021.
11 Jul 2024
Researching and Writing Difference with Roanna Gonsalves

Researching and Writing Difference with Roanna Gonsalves

Navigate the fraught issues of cultural appropriation, ethical writing, and freedom of speech and expression.
10 Aug 2024
Victory in the Pacific Day Commemoration

Victory in the Pacific Day Commemoration

Anniversary of the cessation of hostilities in the Second World War
15 Aug 2024
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Day Commemoration

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Day Commemoration

Commemoration service held in recognition of those who served in the Vietnam War
18 Aug 2024
Refugee Diaries

Refugee Diaries

Witness the resilience of young refugees who have the strength to not only survive but thrive
31 Oct 2024
Northcott fitness workout

Northcott fitness workout

Workout for community members living in social housing
20 Dec 2024