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Experience community life by the ocean through the works of First Nations artists in Coomaditchie: The Art of Place at the Museum of Sydney. Read our review here!
Dive into the 1837 wreck of the whaling ship South Australian.
The MCA’s annual exhibition of work by early-career artists living and working in Australia.
In 2024, almost 50 years since his work was presented at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in the 1976 Biennale of Sydney, Lee Ufan returns to Sydney. Within spaces designed by the artist, this new exhibition distils over six decades of considered experimentation into a series of new paintings and sculptures created especially for the Art Gallery.
Through the work of ten artists from around Australia, the 2024 edition of the Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial focuses on the compelling and allusive languages of abstraction.
Explore a vibrant tapestry of life! Step inside this immersive, sensory exhibition featuring spectacular rare and unusual tropical and subtropical rainforest plants. Read our review here!
Angelica Mesiti is creating an immersive installation for the former wartime oil bunker beneath the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ North Building.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA Australia), will open Isaac Julien's compelling cinematic installation Once Again... (Statues Never Die) (2022) from 27 September 2024 until 16 February 2025.
Kwatja Kngarritja Tnyirlalhama (Big Rain Falling) invites children and families to drop in to create your own shapes or designs to add to Robinya’s immersive desert landscape wall.
Leyla Stevens is an Australian–Balinese artist whose films and photographs uncover alternative histories, including of people, rituals and objects connected to the Indonesian island of Bali. Developed through extensive research and community collaboration, her works carry a potent emotive charge in their sensitive yet affecting retellings.
Drawing on both historical and contemporary references, Qureshi works in the space between tradition and experimentation, in a practice that extends to collage and photography. Born in Pakistan, she trained at the National College of Arts in Lahore, where she learnt the painting traditions that had been brought to the Mughal courts from Persia in the 16th century and developed in the region.
Follow Santa Claus as he makes his way through the city to switch on the Martin Place Christmas tree.
Discover a Christmas wonderland right in the heart of Sydney as you stroll along Pitt Street Mall underneath a canopy of suspended lights.
The tallest Christmas tree in NSW is decorated with more than 110,000 LED lights, a 3.4-metre colour-changing star and 330 specially created glossy baubles.
Enjoy roving performers, carollers and decorations.
Sydney’s biggest travel event of the year is coming to Carriageworks on Saturday 30th November. Klook Travel Fest is a free, open-world travel adventure for you to power up your travel game.
It’s time to dust off your reindeer ears, put on your party shoes and kick off Christmas at our free concert in Pyrmont.
It’s time to dust off your reindeer ears, put on your party shoes and kick off Christmas at our free, family-friendly Christmas concert.
Come along and get into the festive spirit.
It’s time to dust off your reindeer ears, put on your party shoes and kick off Christmas at our free concert in Rosebery.
It’s time to dust off your reindeer ears, put on your party shoes and kick off Christmas at our free concert in Rushcutters Bay.
Visit Mosman's annual Christmas Night Market to celebrate the tastes and flavours of the festive season.
Christmas at the Cathedral has become a Sydney tradition. It is an annual event which draws hundreds of thousands of families, children, community groups and tourists together to experience the lights and sounds of Christmas. For well over a decade, it has established itself as Sydney’s favourite FREE family Christmas event.
A contemporary exhibition interrogating the importance of water
It’s time to dust off your reindeer ears, put on your party shoes and kick off Christmas at our free concert in Glebe.
It’s time to dust off your reindeer ears, put on your party shoes and kick off Christmas at our free concert in Alexandria.
During the Festival, you’re invited to share messages of hope for our collective environmental future. What is your wish for our lands and waterways? What can we do now for a sustainable tomorrow?
Roll up, roll up, the circus is in town, and it’s free! The aerial experts at Sydney Trapeze School are bringing their high-flying, jaw-dropping best to Darling Harbour for two shows a day during the Festival.
This graceful giant of the ocean, the whale, has inspired cultures around the world holding a special place in stories and legends. The sight of a whale in the water moves even the most stoic heart to wonderment.
Hive Festival returns this summer – a festival for children and families.
Hive Festival returns this summer – a festival for children and families.
Soak in a magical summer evening featuring some of our nation’s most talented musicians.
Honouring a long lineage of shell artists
The New Beginnings Festival transforms the Australian National Maritime Museum into a vibrant canvas of contemporary expression for one extraordinary day each year.
How To Grow Your Garden is an immersive story built by the performers AND the participants, exploring what it means to nurture who we are and the people we care about through the seasons of life.
Celebrate the 2025 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras with a free dance class for LGBTIQA+ community of all ages and all abilities!
Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of May Gibbs when you join us for a delightful day at the Gumnut Fair. May Gibbs magic comes to life as you meet and greet beloved characters, discover unique Christmas gifts, indulge in homemade slices, cakes and refreshing lemonade, and explore charming garden stalls.
Join us to celebrate the new North Sydney CBD at the inaugural North Sydney Festival, Saturday 2 November.
Powerhouse Castle Hill presents a free day of demonstrations, workshops, tours, drop-in activities and fun for people of all ages, inspired by the Powerhouse collection.
Diwali at Powerhouse Castle Hill is an all-ages event celebrating the Festival of Lights.
The concert will kick off at 5pm with One Hit Wonders, Sydney's ultimate party band playing unforgettable songs by forgotten artists.
Sculpture by the Sea will return to the Bondi to Tamarama Beach coastal walk as the world’s largest free to the public sculpture exhibition in 2024.
Make and decorate your choice of wearable rock lobster claws or pearl clammy hands before choreographing and performing a group dance routine in our Centre for Creativity!
Come and enjoy a guided tour where a member of our heritage team will lead you around the museum and talk about our wonderful displays and the history of firefighting in New South Wales.
These school holidays, Museums of History NSW is partnering with the Parliament of NSW and State Library of NSW for Family Fun Day.
To help Aussie kids get out and about this school holidays, Hasbro - the creators of Furby, have announced a series of FREE Furby-inspired yoga and meditation sessions during the New South Wales school holidays.
Play with colours and lines in this free drop-in art-making workshop in the children’s art library.
Join the Sydney Opera House team in the foyer between Waru shows to create your own turtle artwork and learn about the Torres Strait Islands.
Go for a little explore around The Pavilion to find our range of giant games!
Travel back 200 million years these spring school holidays as Sydney’s 'Dinosaur Museum' is taken over by a roaring program!
Powerhouse Castle Hill presents a free day of demonstrations, workshops, tours, drop-in activities and fun for people of all ages, inspired by the Powerhouse collection.
Experience the major winter exhibition Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine as a family with a day of free activities.
With a jam-packed agenda of immersive story dinners, oceanic storytelling and the long-awaited Australian Poetry Slam National Finals (13 Oct) in Sydney, audiences are in for a lively celebration of spoken words and shared human experiences.
Make memories and experience the magic of live theatre at our 2024 Spot On Children’s Festival.
Join us at Gunpla Expo Australia 2024, the premier event for all things Gunpla! Whether you're a seasoned builder or just starting your Gunpla journey, this event offers something for everyone.
In this workshop, you’ll make garlands, wreaths, dancing sticks or lanterns that celebrate seasonal change using forms and shapes from nature or the night sky.
Join this kids workshop and create your own city shapes and skylines using different types of card and textures.
Join the Art Gallery of NSW these school holidays for a world of imagination and activity.
This month, Kinder is bringing a touch of magic to Australian shores with its NEW Kinder Joy Harry Potter Funko POP! collection. To celebrate, Manly Wharf will be transformed into Platform 9 ¾ on Sunday, 29th September.
Your next free opportunity to explore White Bay Power Station is here! Get ready for 3 supercharged days of local art, food, music and more.
Join us at the Centre for Creativity for an epic art odyssey!
Immerse yourself in the vibrant cultural tapestry of Japan at the Matsuri Japan Festival in Chatswood! Join us for a day filled with traditional performances, tantalizing cuisine, and captivating cultural displays.
The Australian Production Design Guild takes us ‘In Between Worlds’ for a family-friendly day filled with workshops, tours and insights into the magic of production design.
The annual Chatswood StreetFair will be held on Saturday 7 September 2024 from 10am to 6pm in the heart of Chatswood.
Enjoy FREE entry for dads or carers and spend the whole day at the Australian National Maritime Museum.
Get ready for Fringe Kids at Darling Quarter this September and a dedicated week in October. Enjoy sensory displays, interactive music, bubble magic, mad science, and more at the Village Green Festival Garden. Family fun awaits!
