Darlinghurst

Make the most of your trip to Australian Design Centre with a free exhibition tour.

Go where the locals go

This daring and critically acclaimed play is a must-see for anyone who’s ever questioned the path not taken.

Hosted by Glitter King KevinInTheCity, have fun and win prizes every Thursday at the Burdekin Hotel

Jeff McCann experiments with cardboard to make wearable art! Celebrating the 2025 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

Paint and Sip classes offer a unique experience that blends the joy of painting with the pleasure of sipping your wine.

Go where the locals go

Australian Design Centre and JMGA-NSW present Profile 2025, the JMGA-NSW Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award.

Australian Design Centre presents the 2024 Robert Foster Metal Prize in partnership with Craft + Design Canberra.

Go where the locals go

Every Thursday night in the Universal Bar!

Australia’s leading prize for drawing, showcasing the work of 56 finalists from 965 entries nationwide

Brand X’s performing arts residency which supports and showcases performance makers with lived experience of disability.

A boutique food and fashion focused pop-up night market on the 3rd Saturday of every month.

Two hours of frocking good fun on the Burdekin Rooftop!

Drink and discover on Sydney's best nightlife tour! Perfect for locals, this is a fun and unique night out.

Survey says... It's time to play Glamour Feud – the fiercest family face-off!

Sydney's #1 Comedy Club on TripAdvisor with resident host Daniel Muggleton

Explore movement, feeling and creativity

The leading 'ladies' of Sydney drag!

To celebrate National Reconciliation Week 2025 we present an all ages weaving workshop.

Throughout 2025 ADC presents a regular Maker marketplace on selected Saturdays at the Centre in Darlinghurst

Gospel, African American spirituals, soul and original music from 8 diverse and talented artists

Join fellow designer makers for a lunchtime discussion and exhibition preview at ADC.

Kintsugi for clothing practice to cherish and extend the life of treasured clothing by visible mending with gold thread.

The unstoppable Skank Sinatra storms into Qtopia Sydney!

Join Wonder Mama for this poignant and fun show about growing up queer

Join artist Vita Cochran for an embroidery workshop that celebrates a beautiful nocturnal insect. The moth.

1 Night Only at Pride Fest

An experimental collaborative workshop printing with found materials to produce a personalised artbook!

An uplifting gospel house experience

Join us for a transformative dance experience that will inspire you to let go, move with freedom and express your soul!

Unravelling the impacts of colonisation, race & ethnicity between & within First Nations and Asian Australian peoples.

Come get crafty and make your very own Mini Sprouts with artist, illustrator and maker Jeff McCann.

Using gathered marine plastics learn simple jewellery making techniques to create beautiful wearable objects.

Drew Gasparini’s jaw-droppingly gorgeous music comes to life in this brand new theatrical song cycle

A story of Queer love, Pasifika identity and the struggle for family acceptance.

A new queer musical based on real female pirates of the 1700s.

A romantic (un)comedy about finding yourself falling in love, falling apart, and falling back together again.

A love story about resilience, community, queerness and how choosing to love and love freely, can be the most important.