Events

Discover the tropical gems of the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney's glasshouse collection on this behind the scenes tour.

A free, outdoor display, showcasing library stories from across NSW.

Alliance Française French Film Festival returns. A French cinema celebration!

Journey to the past.

Make yourself at home in an underground art park at the Art Gallery of NSW

Experience the largest exhibition of Ron Mueck’s work ever seen in Australia.

Fill your basket with beautiful, seasonal produce and gourmet treats.

Train and get fit while exploring The Rocks. It's a win-win!

Group social tennis for players of all ages and levels of ability

Explore a vibrant tapestry of life

Dive into a world where imagination meets the sea!

Let out the tension in a fun and friendly environment.

Become a botanist these school holidays!

Hit the court and keep fit

Grab your mates and come and try the fastest growing sport

Voyage back in time to the early stories of Australians in Antarctica through the journeys of SY Aurora.

Through intimate guided tours, we tell the stories of everyday families who helped shape Sydney.

Our guided walks are the perfect way to experience the very best of the Garden over a 1.5-hour stroll

Household names, comedy cult favourites, and the best new talent

Ingenia Holiday Parks Sydney Family Easter Show returns with all your show favourites for a great family day out!

Love basketball? Enter a social or corporate basketball team

Enter a social or corporate futsal team in this regular competition in The Rocks.

A progressive strength and balance program designed to improve your strength, balance and mobility.

Discover rare and beautiful works by contemporary artists, from the Library’s little-known collection of artists’ books.

A free exhibition on show at the State Library of NSW.

This fun racquet sport will improve your health and fitness while making new friends

Experience the Royal Botanic Garden and its fascinating night-life on this adventure by torch-light

Exhibition at White Rabbit Gallery

Discover the fascinating world behind one of Sydney’s most important urban planning tools.

The leading 'ladies' of Sydney drag!

A class designed to bring your mind and body together

Join our daily activities for high school students, ages 13 to 18

Holiday Camp with engaging fun games, cute crafts, typical French recess games, discovery of France and French culture

A free festival of contemporary art, ideas and unforgettable experiences.

A trans internet rom-com musical crashes into the Old Fitz

Unleash your child's creativity!

‘All the World’s Memories’ brings together ten artists from Australia and Aotearoa exploring image-making.

Explore the Contemporary Australian Best Restaurant - NSW Winner at NSW Parliament House

Journey through the MCA with this activity trail designed for kids and their families.

We invite younger artists to be inspired by artists in the Biennale of Sydney

16 Day festival celebrating Asian Culture. See the illuminated installations, Shop & dine to win cash, prizes and more

Looking for a fun and active way to keep the kids entertained these Autumn school holidays?

A playful way to connect with body, breath and senses to support deeper self-connection and presence

Art without Boundaries

April soccer camp for youth aged 6 to 17

A deliciously wicked two-hander

Discover the stories behind the art with our daily Rememory Art Tours.

Explore works in the 2026 Biennale of Sydney with University of Sydney art and art history students

Weekly Burger Special at The Sussex Hotel

Discover the secrets behind one of the world’s best margaritas in this hands-on masterclass at Cantina OK!

Play one of the fastest growing sports in Australia

Exhibiting now in the ‘you're okay’ window at the City of Sydney Creative Studios is ‘Chest Reveal’ by Felix Jackson.

A selection of sweet and savoury favourites, fresh scones and chocolate-led creations.

New Class at Juanita Nielson Community Centre

Got a burning tech question? Get 1:1 tech help at the library

Tell your story through art and meet new people

Improve your writing, meet fellow writers and get inspired

Live Jazz at Curtains Jazz Club

Chase your running goals while exploring Darling Harbour, totally free!

First of its kind in a major Australian museum and is presented as part of the Sydney International Art Series 2025–26.

Pamela Rabe and Eamon Flack take on the Nobel Prize-winner’s whodunnit

Enjoy our decadent Easter Afternoon Tea at The Fullerton Hotel Sydney

Kids at Hay St: Find 5 Easter signs, score free ice cream and enjoy a fun inflatable kids zone these school holidays

An exhibition of tree portraits and Australian bush textures by Tetiana Koldunenko.

A poetic coming-of-age tale of desire, loss and the quiet power of where we come from.

A pulse-pounding adventure for dinosaur enthusiasts of all ages

Solo Exhibition

Artspace presents Event Horizon by renowned Australian conceptual artist Michaela Gleave

The original freestyle upcycling workshop for young creatives.

Ditch the screen, rediscover your inner creativity with this creative art class

Discover the fun and energy of salsa with our Wednesday and Thursday night classes in Moore Park.

Discover the fun and energy of salsa with our Monday and Wednesday night classes in Woolloomooloo!

An exhibition by Irish-born artist Lauren Baylor of paintings and installation works

Get ready for the ultimate glow-in-the-dark playground

A friendly session of light puzzles and challenges to keep minds sharp

Social indoor futsal competitions at Perry Park Recreation Centre

Sydney's ultimate splatter paint experience

Let your body and mind unwind

An exhibition of local creatives

Discover the personal stories, stunning Art Deco architecture and commemorative symbolism behind the Anzac Memorial.

Join this friendly 10 week course

Join us this autumn and become an insect champion through exploration, problem-solving, and fun!

An exhibition of 17 contemporary artists responding to place and climate change

Kirsten Tranter will take you through a deep dive of the six essentials of fiction.

Reconnect with your creativity, boost confidence and make your life more spontaneous

Get ready, Sydney. Global icon Jackson Wang has arrived at Madame Tussauds Sydney for a limited time only!

Swing with Sarah and this fabulous quintet!

A 45 minute, all body workout that will challenge you and leave you on a high

Reveal the world of music

Fun, drawing and painting workshop course hosted by Juliana

Step into a world of mystery, magic and natural beauty at the Chinese Garden of Friendship and bring your kids for FREE!

Create a vibrant, ocean-themed artwork in this school holiday workshop for children aged 9–12.

Jump into autumn fun at The Grounds of Alexandria!

Open to all ages, experience and fitness levels

A new international cirque-cabaret from the creators of Blanc de Blanc and LIMBO.

Gymnastics, dance, games, craft and fun activities your kids will love

The best comedians in Australia come to The Nelson Hotel.

Come and practice life drawing in an informal setting with fellow art lovers, at Peach Black Gallery

A glimpse of daily life through the eyes of young Sydneysiders aged 5 to 12

The small but meaningful things that make us happy

Qtopia Sydney and the European Union Delegation to Australia presents, ‘Loving’: A Photographic History of Men in Love

Enjoy a healthy 3-course meal

A 45-minute full body workout class with George that combines cardio and resistance training.

Mahjong for beginners

Where Australians and internationals meet

A perfect material to learn to sew at Kings Cross Library

A dynamic display that illuminates histories, trajectories and highlights of the MCA’s Collection.

Discover the Chinese merchants who built Sydney’s Chinatown and shaped Haymarket’s history.

A rare glimpse behind the lens of one of Australia’s most important photographers.

Explore acclaimed Japanese architect Toyo Ito’s first solo exhibition in Australia

a new exhibition exploring how the Navy has grown alongside Australia, from colonial defence to a modern maritime force.

Life drawing with professional models and a unique creative atmosphere

Experience beauty, drama and power

Bring your little ones along for an engaging storytelling session in Spanish

Author Emma Darragh will provide feedback on your story, enabling you to hone your skills over five months.

Sarah Malik will provide feedback on your essay/non-fiction work, enabling you to hone your skills over three months

Bronwyn Lea will provide feedback on your poetry, enabling you to hone your skills over five months.

A new installation by Patricia Piccinini exploring motion, hybridity and care through kinetic and hybrid forms.

Exhibition Tree Stories at Art2Muse Gallery 7 – 20 April 2026

Enjoy a delicious dinner banquet with a different cuisine each time and support refugees

Loti Smorgon Sculpture Terrace commission

Uncover interesting facts about RPA Hospital’s history

For first-time skaters – safe, structured and action-packed!

Learn the most popular latin dance in the world! Meet new people, make new friends and learn how to dance Salsa

Turn your midweek into a dance floor with Salsa Wednesdays at Hay St Market — lesson, DJ and live Latin music.

Artist and wharfie Sam Wallman’s provides a fresh, first-hand take on contemporary dock life.

Create something fun to add to your garden or home

Discover the art of origami in this two-hour workshop designed especially for teens.

Unleash your child's creativity these Autumn School Holidays

School holiday fun at Hay St. Kids can jump, dance and play in our Boombox Inflatable

Build a model house using recycled materials in this hands-on workshop

Make your very own computer-generated artwork using coding.

Explore the wonderful medium of clay in this half-day workshop for kids

Graffiti and contemporary art

An exhibition focused on the dramatic events of the Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour.

Savour our Signature Afternoon Tea, inspired by Victorian elegance era

Anyone who can hold a pencil can start drawing amazing Skulls!

Go where the locals go

Enrol yourself or your child in our Swim Intensives program to build confidence, skills and and fitness for all levels

Wednesday lunchtime yoga classes @180 George St Precinct (near Circular Quay)

Get ready for Sydney’s best-value family Easter show, returning to The Entertainment Quarter, from 12th–27th April 2025!

Lock in your football fun these school holidays.

Explore the city on a comfortable and informative tour, traveling in a climate-controlled bus with experienced guide.

Explore Sydney Harbour’s icons & the lively new Fish Markets on this 1-hour sightseeing cruise.

Experience an intimate guided tour of the iconic heritage-listed Sydney Observatory.

Discover Sydney's history, secrets and art hiding in plain sight

Hands-on activities in coding, robotics, Minecraft, Roblox, animation, crafting and more for fun learning these holidays

Learn how to make clay skulls in this ceramics workshop for teens!

Miriam Hechtman and Vashti Whitfield guide a small group through Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way.

The evolution of Australian military service, focusing on the personal stories of NSW service.

Step into the whimsical world of beloved author and illustrator Pamela Allen.

More than 300 original artworks of landscape and portrait paintings on permanent display at the State Library of NSW.

A heartbreaking & hilarious portrayal of a larger-than-life family struggling to come to terms with a changing world

Learn how to make the perfect margarita at Sydney’s Tequila headquarters.

Take a break and enjoy this lunchtime guitar recital by award‑winning artist Tommaso Girotto

Discover 90 treasures that have been donated to the Anzac Memorial from its opening in 1934.

Join us every Wednesday at Stone Restaurant for fun Trivia nights

Strum your heart out – for beginners and intermediate

A 3D photography exhibit detailing stories from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living with disabilities.

History becomes opera in Wael Shawky’s globally acclaimed work ‘Drama 1882’.

Weekly General Knowledge Trivia at Future Brewing – St Peters Hosted by ISO TRIV

Meet other local basketball players and have fun

Let’s explore the garden and make an original artwork!

In this one-week course with author Angie Faye Martin, participants will discuss the importance of setting in fiction.

This course from bestselling author Ashley Kalagian Blunt will make 2026 the year you finally write that book.

Build strength and flexibility through this mind and body practice

Join our daily activities for high school students, ages 13 to 18

Explore Sydney’s hidden laneways in a series of fun cryptic clues with Adventure Cues

Explore Australia's most historic area the fun way in a series of fun cryptic clues

At 11am each day, the Anzac Memorial pauses for a Service of Remembrance.

Go where the locals go

Free online trial class for kids to explore robotics and coding through fun, hands-on activities.

Learn to throw clay on a pottery wheel

Come join us if you'd like to make new friends in an easy environment

In this online writing course, author Jemima Shafei-Ongu will provide feedback on your writing for children.

Go where the locals go

Encounter Dating are hosting a Speed Dating event for singles aged 30-45 at The Crows Nest Hotel in Neutral Bay.

Self-guided scavenger hunt

The world famous candy-makers at Sticky Lollies host a free candy-making show every day

Free-to-enter pub quiz in the city

A multi-disciplinary exhibition spanning printmaking, sculpture, video and graphic design.

We explore stories of wartime marriages in this museum exhibit

Biennale of Sydney: Picking Up The Pieces – Redfern Bingo

Admire the beauty and history of Sydney Harbour through the lens of the Gadigal people

Improve your fitness, flexibility and balance and have fun

Find you inner peace amidst the hustle of the city

Get your heart rate up and arms pumping with this lunchtime boxing class

Keep active and maintain your fitness

Play your way to a better day, enter a social or corporate team

Encouraging early art and fostering creativity, one craft at a time! Suitable for 2-5 years

Improve your strength, balance and mobility

Discover the joy of singing

jazz magick for women and gender diverse baddies

Help out with farm activities, from watering and weeding to planting and harvesting

Join this friendly knitting group to make wraps for people in need.

Improve your strength, balance and flexibility in this weekly 1-hour class

Join us for a 45 minute class, no experience necessary

For all fitness levels

Experience the world’s oldest living culture through an in depth tour

Movement to music

Amita Hachidori, Japanese Dark Cabaret Chanson Singer in a body stocking

Explore the distinctive style of chibi characters in this hands on drawing workshop for teens.

Balance, giggle and float with friends

Bachata is a popular Latin dance focusing on smooth footwork, body movement, and strong partner connection worldwide.

Bondi Firelight returns to Bondi Beach

Join us for the latest fully improvised performance by Collective Disorder (previously Chronology Arts Collective).

Discover the recipe behind Sydney’s most delicious spicy margarita in this hands-on masterclass at Centro 86.

Sip on bottomless bubbles while making close to 1kg of burrata and bocconcini to take home

Got a burning tech question? Get 1:1 tech help at the Library

Dance Therapy – Beginner Dance Class in Sydney for Stress Relief, Confidence and Community

Brush off the week with a fun drawing workshop hosted by The Fabulous Wonder Mama

Sketch in the galleries after hours.

Learn songs and drum with a community band of guitarists, singers and Dj's to then showcase at community events.

A celebrated new play asks: who are we when we speak in a language that isn’t our own?

Join us to celebrate Director of the China Studies Centre, Professor David Goodman marking 50 years of research in China

Strength training and aerobic exercise to improve balance and flexibility

We’re out and about on shared paths and cycleways in inner Sydney twice a week

Explore all things ghostly as we visit Sydney's most haunted pubs.

Learn about local species, their traditional uses and their role in caring for Country

New, fun and exciting social netball competitions in Alexandria

Two of Australia’s foremost improvising experimentalists will perform at Phoenix Central Park

Join us at the Banish Sustainability Hub for a 90-minute interactive recycling session designed for kids aged 8 and up

Unwind and enjoy weekly free mindfulness meditation session

Live on the Shady Pines stage every Thursday and Sunday

Come and meet your neighbours and enjoy a friendly game of mahjong every Monday afternoon.

Pilates is a low impact exercise class that incorporates breath focused movements focused on cultivating core stability

MCA now opening late on Thursdays

Free weekly walks to meet local mums

Each performer gets a free drink!

Learn how to play the piano with our music & singing short courses in Sydney

Sound Sorcery is a bi-monthly jazz jam dedicated to women and gender-diverse musicians.

This intense 1-hour class focusses on improving your overall strength and fitness through a range of exercises.

Get an introduction to Qigong at any level of experience and fitness

Learn how to create simple, sustainable skincare products in this interactive workshop for teens.

A special event for lower primary aged children in this workshop lead by Abdul-Rahman Abdullah.

For 8 to 12 years - create your own recycled library bag

Cosmic. Outspoken. Fab.

Come and play table tennis

Venture back to historic Sydney. A time when prisoners were the law

The complete filmography of Stanley Kubrick, screening April 2 - May 21

Join Australian illustrator Antonia Pesenti, in this special hands-on story and craft session.

A gentle moving meditation for all levels of fitness

Tap into this ancient movement for better health

Celebrating four years of exhibitions in Enmore with 96 artists!

Bring your toddler to this fun session and connect with other parents

Co-presented by the Power Institute and MCA Australia, as part of the Visual Research Program.

A space to write, meet other writers, and share your work

Atmospheric duets for vibraphone and synthesizer

Acoustic Cult Classics Every Thursday

Explore the world of opera in these delightful weekly talks abundantly illustrated with audio and visual excerpts

Stay strong, active and connected!

Catch-up with peers and expand your network

A nature-filled night of camping and outdoor activities

Play for social and corporate teams, at lunchtime and after business hours

Improve your strength, balance and mobility

Learn how to bring full awareness to the present moment while being immersed in a natural garden setting.

A weekly 1-hour class combining light resistance training and aerobic moves suitable for all levels of fitness

Come explore robotics from the Makerspace collection

Join us for a cozy, creative afternoon

Experiment with dynamic and unconventional viewpoints in this animé and manga drawing workshop for teens.

New performance works by Mel O'Callaghan and Frances Barrett

Looking for a fun, low-impact way to stay active and meet new people?

A “genre-showcase” event to highlight the abrasive DnB sounds of RAVE CAVE.

Chapel Row Jazz brings Sydney’s next-gen jazz musicians to Reagh Bar every Friday night. Free entry, Sydney CBD.

The Brandenburg Choir in full voice performing epics by Handel, Bach & more

Experience Beethoven, Korngold & Brahms with Clare Juan (cello) and Nicholas Kennedy (piano).

Come work on your stitching skills in a relaxed, social environment!

A jam packed day of art and craft at the Reverse Garbage Education Hub

Stay active and enjoy a gentle full body workout in a safe environment

Roll out the red carpet, then burn it, because Gone with the Script is throwing down an entire movie made up on the spot

Meet Bud and Doug. Tonight is the most important night of their lives.

The Music of the Night soars across Sydney Harbour. Let the spectacle astound you…

Join us for our monthly walk to different parts of our beautiful city.

We are bringing back the dance heat with another season of Latin Nights by the Bay

Machine States. Where human touch meets mechanical life

Free weekly football program to support people in their mental health recovery

15 minutes of personalised boxing coaching

A diverse Friday night market in the heart of Sydney's Rainbow Precinct

Join us on a paranormal tour hunting for ghosts, poltergeists and strange encounters of the supernatural kind.

Join a buggy tour around Australia's oldest botanic garden and a 30-hectare paradise adjoining Sydney Harbour

Let’s turn small actions into big impact — one lid at a time

a celebration of the things usually left behind

Let the velvet drapes draw you into a world of smoky allure and sultry surprise

Come join fellow knitters together at Glebe Library fortnightly on Fridays

Join us for a casual catch up with other locals. Hear about what's on in our local area and at Pyrmont Community Centre

Explore the iconic Sydney Observatory with a tour designed for groups that include young children aged 6 and older.

Free, equipment provided

Exercise for the mind and body

See a world class magic show intertwined with intriguing stories about early Sydney town.

“The Citizen Kane of Bad Movies” – Entertainment Weekly

Indulge in an afternoon of elegance and history at the Parliament of NSW.

Our house teams improvise an hour-long comedy show 'Big House' based off your suggestions.

Living Still LIfe Photographic Artworks that celebrate Australian Flora and Fauna

A solo presentation of significant ceramic installations by Yasmin Smith.

Atmospheric duets for vibraphone and synthesizer

Friday Live Music at St Leonards Tavern

Experience the best of Sydney’s nightlife and meet new friends from all around the world on the Sydney Bar Crawl.

Join us for Sydney’s biggest hoedown as we bring you our version of the wild west

Delicious food, unique stalls, live entertainment & family fun!

Suitable for children aged 3 to 8 years