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Dive into Australia's largest ocean swim and secure your spot.
Take up the challenge and join thousands of swimmers as they gather at Manly to compete in the 30th annual Sydney Morning Herald Cole C...
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Parramatta is immersed in the sounds, tastes and colours of Parramasala, one of the world's unique international arts festivals. The eight day program features artists from all parts of the globe, eac...
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A ghostly sighting more than 180 years ago, has gone on to inspire not only a legend, but one of Australia's biggest annual community celebrations - the Festival of Fisher's Ghost.
The Festival, hel...
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The Great Waiters Race ( La course des Garcons de Cafe) is based on the traditional Race from Paris at the beginning of the 20th Century.
Today it is possible to find waiters races in more than 50 C...
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The line-up for the 22nd Darling Harbour Jazz and Blues Festival has been announced with special international guests Dr Lonnie Smith (USA) and Trevor Watts and Veryan Weston (UK) headlining the festi...
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Multicultural Eid Festival and Fair (MEFF) is a showcase of Islamic unity in diversity and Australian multiculturalism in action. A big family event, largest gathering of Muslims in the southern hemis...
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The Sun-Herald City2Surf, presented by Westpac is not just Sydney's favourite sporting event, it is the world's largest run, with 85,000 registered participants in 2011 - a greater number than the Lon...
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Held every two years, the Biennale of Sydney is Australia's largest contemporary visual arts event, showcasing bold and innovative contemporary art from around the world. The free exhibition is presen...
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Your Northern Beaches Expo comprises five expos in one - all located in the same area - offering entertainment and more than 200 exhibits. Entry and parking are free.
You'll see the Home Show, Campin...
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The 2012 NRL Final Series will once again be a fiercely contested series with eight teams vying for the chance to be crowned Premiers.
Following the completion of the Preliminary Finals in week thre...
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Now into it's seventh year, the annual Cancer Council NSW Seven Bridges Walk will return this October bigger and better than ever. You can register for the event by following the links on this site. T...
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Festival features stalls operated by dozens of top names in food and wine dotted along Manly's incomparable Ocean Beachfront, along The Corso (Manly's main pedestrian thoroughfare) and in Sydney Road ...
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Riverfest is a celebration on the natural environment and cultural diversity of the Campbelltown area. Riverfest, which is held in the same week as World Environment Day, offers interactive displays, ...
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Vivid Sydney is a unique annual event of light, music and ideas, featuring many of the world's most important creative industry forums, a mesmerising free public exhibition of outdoor lighting sculptu...
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Spend the Queen's Birthday with English National Ballet.
English National Ballet's exclusive Australian season opens at the brand new state-of-the-art Performing Arts Centre on The Concourse, Chatswo...
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There's no better place to welcome the new year than in Sydney - the New Year's Eve Capital of the World.
Be one of the first in the world to welcome the new year as Sydney dazzles you with its world...
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The Sydney International Gymnastics Festival is a four day event designed to promote the benefits of gymnastics to the greater community. It offers an exciting opportunity for teams of all ages from a...
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'Aida' is the stuff of operatic legend. Gold-clad warriors and lithe dancers traverse the stage, and pyramids emblazoned with mysterious hieroglyphs loom from the shadows, while Verdi's moving arias t...
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The Sydney Morning Herald Crave Sydney International Food Festival, presented by Citibank is a month of extraordinary food events including the all-star World Chef Showcase, Barbecue Madness and the i...
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Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly' is one of the world's favourite operas, and this is one of Opera Australia's most celebrated productions.
It returns in 2012 for ten performances at the Sydney Opera Hous...
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The Rock Wallaby's main act will be a 50 kilometre half marathon mountain bike event, with a support act of a 25 kilometre event with a number of sub-categories within each one.
The course will entai...
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The Sydney Film Festival is one of the longest running events of its kind in the world. Each year the festival brings the best new films from around the world to audiences right here in Sydney. As wel...
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The Addams Family, Broadway's New Smash Hit Musical Comedy based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its Australian premiere in Sy...
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Join Zurga and Nadir on the shores of the Indian Ocean. Hear their solemn vow. See their friendship tested by an uncontrollable passion. Revel in the music, the drama, the glorious trappings of this b...
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The third annual Sun-Herald Surf Swim is set to return to picturesque Dee Why Beach.
The event aims to raise much needed funds for more than 600 charities, including the Dee Why Surf Life Saving Club...
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Begin the Christmas season by joining the Campbelltown community at the Campbelltown Christmas Carols event.
Celebrate with an evening of song, dance and Christmas spirit with choirs and bands and t...
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For one night only at Sydney’s magnificent State Theatre and returning from sold out U.S. and Australian shows, Mark Anthony is one of the top Elvis performers on the planet. He looks like, moves like...
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Rocky Trail brings Sydney's premier MTB endurance race to Sydney's best race track for an awesome 2012 season finale. On the first weekend in December Rocky Trail will be summoning Australian mountain...
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Join in the celebrations as Campbelltown welcomes the New Year.
Festivities include two firework spectaculars, the first at 9pm for the children and the second after the midnight countdown - the big...
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Rev up your racing spirit and make tracks to a TAB Saddle-Up Sundays meeting.
Featuring one Sunday meeting a month, TAB Saddle-Up Sundays will visit all the unique regions of New South Wales highligh...
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Want the ultimate sneak-peek inside Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House?
For the first time ever you can go on a special Vivid LIVE Stage Door Tour before the show. With a private tour group go backsta...
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Latest event details are yet to be confirmed.
Celebrate the Lunar New Year at City of Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival. Running from 20 January - 5 February 2012, this vibrant arts Festival has a p...
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Asia Pacific’s top pole dancers take over Luna Park for Pole Dance Championships.
This is Sydney’s year to host the pole dance championships which is open to both male and female competitors from ac...
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Mix the world's best surfers with action sports, music, art, fashion and skateboarding all for free and all on Manly Beach and you get the Australian Open of Surfing!
The ASP tour's best will hit Man...
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The Picton Creative Traders Markets are held at the Picton Shire Hall, Menangle Street, on the first Sunday of the month 9am to 2pm.
Showcasing the creative talents of the Wollondilly Shire, the Pict...
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El' Circo is a truly spellbinding experience marrying sophisticated dining and stunning performances from fire breathers, aerialists, acrobatic artists, live singers and a magician.
Housed in a tran...
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Encore! Sydney Pole Show is an entertainment event where pole dancers can unleash their creativity and raw talent!
Pole dancing is becoming renowned as a sport and an art form which combines grace, ...
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For round 2 of the SHIMANO MTB Grand Prix, Rocky Trail takes you to the Enduro Trail at The Australian Botanic Garden at Mt Annan. Located only one hour south of Sydney, this challenging custom-built ...
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The Sydney International Boat Show is Australia's premier boat show that started in 1968. The show includes six halls of undercover displays as well as a specially built marina in Cockle Bay that can ...
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The Sydney Mardi Gras Parade is an unforgettable night in Sydney, when the LGBTQI communities come out in full force. It is a colourful and outrageous demonstration of pride and diversity. Join them f...
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Women with Clever Hands: Gapuwiyak Miyalkurruwurr Gong Djambatjmala is an exhibition of the fibre work made by women from Gapuwiyak in Arnhem Land. Gapuwiyak (Lake Evella) is an inland community on th...
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Hillsong Conference is about you and your Church. It is for people of all ages, and interests; including pastors youth and children's ministries, worship, community action, musicians, television, medi...
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Alexander the Great: 2000 Years of Treasures is the most exciting and prestigious classical culture exhibition ever to be hosted by the Australian Museum in Sydney and features the largest collection ...
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Australia's most famous annual art exhibition is now on at the Art Gallery of NSW - the 2012 Archibald Prize.
See this year's winning self-portrait by Tim Storrier alongside 40 finalist works, includ...
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Sydney becomes the perfect playground for passionate Aussies to celebrate what makes our vibrant country great.
What better way to pay tribute to our unique cultural identity than amongst Sydney's ...
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The Avalon 2012 Tattoo starts at midday with the Australian Federal Police Pipe Band, NSW Fire and Rescue Band, NSW Ambulance Band, Clan MacLeod Pipe Band, NSW Police Pipe Band, NSW Rural Fire Service...
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Chand Raat Eid Festival (CREF) is a unique event of its kind in Australia which has been organised for past 12 years.
CREF celebrates end of Ramadan and Eid ul Fitr festivity, engaging with multicul...
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The Thirlmere Creative Traders Markets are held at Memorial Park across the road from Trainworks the newest and biggest rail experience in Australia. Trainworks also offers other activities for the vi...
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The House Music 2012 series presents some of the finest Australian and international classical chamber musicians performing in the remarkable and intimate setting of the 19th-century ballroom at Gover...
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Rozelle Markets began in 1991 and has evolved into Sydney's favourite second hand market. It is held in the leafy grounds of historical Rozelle Public School where there are up to 100 stalls every we...
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Experience Sculpture By The Sea at its best against the stunning backdrop of the Tasman Sea. Australia's largest annual outdoor free to the public
exhibition of contemporary sculpture.
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In some parts of the world it's getting harder and harder to get children into the more interesting places. British parents had so much trouble getting their kids to culture they set up a Kids in Muse...
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The Winter Festivals aim to recreate the unique atmosphere and cosy feeling of alpine celebrations combining winter sports activities like the only central business district based, open air ice rink a...
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After the success of the inaugural Sun Run, The Sydney Morning Herald are pleased to bring back Sydney's new summer fun run, The Sydney Morning Herald Sun Run. The fun run is held the day before the C...
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Come along to the 2012 Toy and Game Expo at Sydney Olympic Park, supporting The Children's Hospital at Westmead.
The Toy and Game Expo is the premier public event within Australia for the exhibition ...
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Sydney will once again be transformed into a spectacular canvas of light, music and ideas when Vivid Sydney takes over the city after dark from 25 May - 11 June 2012.
Vivid Sydney will colour the cit...
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Heralded as "pure genius", "hysterically funny" and "amazing", Brady's show is a spectacular night out. If you have seen him before, then you will know the show is different every time. Be there for a...
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Choreographed by Liz Lea and featuring dancers Natalie Ayton, Melanie Faydherbede, Liz Lea, Maudave and Miranda Wheen, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival hit 120 Birds is playing at Riverside Theatres.
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City Recital Hall Angel Place and Kathryn Selby present the popular A Little Lunch Music series - diverse monthly concerts featuring some of Australia's finest musicians.
A Little Lunch Music 2012 is...
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Sydney will host the World Premiere of An Officer and a Gentleman at the Lyric Theatre.
The Academy Award-winning 1982 film starring Richard Gere and Debra Winger has become a phenomenon in cinema hi...
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The annual Helpmann Awards® recognise distinguished artistic achievement and excellence in the many disciplines of Australia's vibrant live performance sectors, including musical theatre, contemporary...
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WHAT IF?...
Ten years ago, you asked yourself - what if the City's public spaces were taken over by artists? In response the City of Sydney came up with the first Art and About program. Ten years lat...
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The Australian Baseball League (ABL) is an Australian initiative supported by Major League Baseball and the Australian Baseball Federation.
The ABL, which commenced in November 2010, features six tea...
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The 14th of July isn't only a date, but a symbol. The 14th July 1789 marks the beginning of the French revolution with the storming of the Bastille. Symbolising the end of the absolute monarchy and th...
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Palm Island - an Aboriginal man is arrested, allegedly for insulting a police officer. Within 90 minutes, he lies dead on the watch house floor, his liver cleaved in two. The community protests, the p...
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Athlete or weekend warrior, it's the run that's fun for everyone. Elite international and Australian entrants get their running shoes on as they are beckoned to the starting line. Less competitive par...
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The most fiercely contested trans-Tasman showdown in sport is back at ANZ Stadium when the Qantas Wallabies take on newly crowned world champions New Zealand as part of The Castrol Edge Rugby Champion...
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Take the plunge in the Final ocean swim of the Body Science Great Australian Swim Series and compete for your chance to take out the Series Champion honours. The Final in the 2012/13 Series takes plac...
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Campbelltown Steam and Machinery Museum NSW - operated by the NSW Steam Preservation Co-op Society.
Oil, Steam and Kerosene Field Days celebrate Australia's past with working displays of industrial, ...
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Are you tough enough?
Can you conquer the mile? Cancer Council NSW presents the 2012 City Mile Dash, a challenging lunchtime corporate speed race and the first of its kind.
City Mile Dash are challe...
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In every show they strive to be breathtakingly original. Choreographer Lucy Guerin's new show for Belvoir takes this to an extreme by striving to be breathtakingly original every night.
A group of ac...
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Will you take that phoney dream and burn it before something happens?
Willy Loman is feeling his age. He and his wife Linda are struggling to make their mortgage repayments. The company he works for ...
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Photographs, paintings, a lock of hair. Paul clings to the memory of his dead wife, caught between a happy past and an uncertain future. Can Marietta, who bears an uncanny likeness to his dead wife, h...
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The Rocks Discovery Museum will host the exhibition Discovering Country - A Sense of Place as part of the annual Head On Photo Festival.
Celebrating the relationship between Aboriginal identity and l...
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"You can think of me as Ruby Wagtail Big Noise Anderson Rangi Ando Heifer Andy Langford."
Ruby Langford Ginibi's Don't Take Your Love to Town is one of Australia's great and abiding books. Everything...
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In 2012, Harvey Norman State of Origin Game II will be played at Sydney's ANZ Stadium.
Game II will be crucial as the series victory will be up for grabs after Game I in Melbourne.
With six series...
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On Australia Day 2013, thousands of Aussies will hit the beach to flog their neighbouring states in the fifth annual Havaianas Thong Challenge world record attempt. On 26 January, bring your friends, ...
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Head On Photo Festival.
Australia's biggest photographic festival will commence in Sydney on Monday 4th May 2012. Head On Photo Festival has grown exponentially now attracting presenters and partic...
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Accidents happen! On railways, innovations follow to prevent further accidents and make rail travel safer. With a compelling series of historical photographs and railway objects the exhibition demonst...
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Based on the hit movie of the same name starring Reese Witherspoon, LEGALLY BLONDE the Musical was created by a top-of-their-class creative team, led by Tony Award-winning director and Olivier Award-n...
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The STC strips back this familiar tale of revenge, seduction and cruelty to its essential layers in an intimate production starring Hugo Weaving and Pamela Rabe.
The sexual politics at work in this g...
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Lewin: Wild Art is about the life and times of John William Lewin (1770-1819), the first free professional artist to settle in Australia. Arriving in NSW in 1800 from London, Lewin's mission was to co...
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Motherland is performance artist Liam Benson's social and political commentary on identity and nationhood and the alliances of monarchy, motherhood and masculinity.
Liam Benson uses queer identity t...
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Late one night, under a storm-clad sky, two lovers meet in secret. Stalked by fate, haunted by tragedy and kept apart by the heartless machinations of two feuding families, their vows of devotion seem...
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Two young children on a stage play games to distract themselves. Off-stage and unheard their parents are having a very famous showdown. At some inevitable moment in the next hour the children will be ...
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Sydney Opera House presents More Fun than a Wii by the List Operators for Kids
Recommended for children five years and over.
The show is not: a show about fairies and elves, a puppet show, a circus ...
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Daniel wakes up. Something is missing. The phone is not working, and the kids' toys are not in their usual spot under the television. In fact, his wife and children seem to have disappeared. Old Man i...
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Direct from the creative team of the Opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, Opera Warriors will premiere in Australia with a cast of over 60 for an epic dance production showcasing the best of Chin...
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The censors did their best to ban the play when Coward wrote it in 1930 (as a vehicle for himself) and it has been refusing to behave for 80 years now. Its wit is definitive, its plotting almost perfe...
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10 days celebrating the best wine, food and art from Pyrmont and the Mudgee Region in Sydney's premier dining precinct.
Pyrmont's top chefs team up with Mudgee's finest wine producers with a series o...
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Step back in time as the Raga Dolls Salon Orchestra performs a dazzlingly original mix reminiscent of Viennese Operetta, Gypsy Mazurkas and Argentinian Tango at City Recital Hall Angel Place.
The Ra...
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Having performed over 1000 shows during sell out seasons across the globe since its inception in 2007, Rasta Thomas' Rock the Ballet returns to Sydney with its fusion of classic ballet technique combi...
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Salome is sexy. She is subversive. She is a femme fatale. Like an earthy spirit of decadence, her song blows the civilised sensibilities of the world apart. Tanz für mich, Salome...Dance for me, Salom...
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Relive the romance and remember those show-stopping numbers - 'Some Enchanted Evening', 'I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair', 'Bali Ha'i', 'There is Nothin' Like a Dame' - when Opera Australi...
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Three decades before he wrote Long Day's Journey into Night, Eugene O'Neill wrote a sprawling and adventurous masterpiece the likes of which Broadway had never seen. Almost a century later, there is s...
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Every Saturday, iconic Taylor Square in the heart of Darlinghurst is transformed into a bustling market square, with genuine farmers and producers offering outstanding seasonal, NSW produce to inner c...
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Sydney Opera House and Sydney Symphony Present
Sydney Symphony's Family Classics 2
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Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, Overture
Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
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In 2012 Taste Orange will be utilising Martin Place for its Sydney Promotion.
Orange is one of the state's leading wine regions, and Taste Orange at Sydney will give Sydneysiders the opportunity t...
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Internationally acclaimed Bangarra Dance Theatre presents a fusion of contemporary dance and storytelling commissioned by artistic director Stephen Page.
Described as a hymn to country, TERRAIN trans...
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The NSW Police Force was formed on 1 March 1862. It is the oldest and largest police force in Australia with operations on land, on sea and from the air. From wooden rattles and phrenology to taser gu...
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Retailers of The Metcalfe Arcade have again opened their doors to the artistic community. This time The Metcalfe Art Path features work by creative tenants of The Rocks and participants of The Rocks P...
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The world's most famous thriller is coming to Australia for the first time!
Agatha Christie's classic murder mystery, The Mousetrap will open in Sydney in June for a strictly limited season.
This l...
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Get your caffeine fix at The Rocks Aroma Festival, where you can go on a truly exotic journey filled with flavour and indulgence!
Presented by Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, Aroma will take over...
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The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney Cellar Door is held on the first weekend of the 2013 NSW Wine Festival.
One of the country's largest wine and food tasting events is now bigger than ever with a new l...
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This is the fifth UWS Sculpture Award and Exhibition which showcases major works by significant Australian artists, some of whom have created sculptures especially for the University's Campbelltown Ca...
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Following sold out tours across Europe and North America, Amon Tobin's audiovisual spectacle ISAM Live comes to Sydney Opera House - a landmark development in concert presentation. Taking projection m...
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Awesome Soup is hosted by the Awesome Foundation Sydney, who help turn awesome thoughts into awesome deeds. Every month the Awesome Foundation Sydney awards a $1,000 no-strings-attached grant to the m...
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Explore areas of fashion, photography, digital, media communications or interior design and discover how you can apply creative thinking to your life and community.
Register now for information to be...
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Are we prepared for the age of ideas? Are our educational institutions and businesses investing in digital skill development? Can you teach innovative thinking? How will e-learning change how - and wh...
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ETSY is the world's handmade marketplace. They connect shoppers with independent creators and collectors to find inspiring handmade and vintage goods and supplies, while providing a platform for peopl...
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One of Britain's brightest young things, and recent recipient of the prestigious British Fashion Council's Fashion Forward Scholarship, Henry Holland has charted an unconventional path from pop cultur...
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Cory Doctorow is a sci-fi author, hero of the open source and creative commons movements, and co-founder of boingboing.net.
In this exclusive event, Cory travels to Vivid Sydney from London to delive...
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August 2011 - After ten years together and three critically acclaimed albums, Danish band Efterklang began writing their next album with no foreseeable deadline - until a Vivid LIVE commission changed...
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There are 1.2 billion people under the age of 30 in China and India. In China alone, a blossoming cultural explosion represents a huge new market: there are 322 million people aged between 16 and 30. ...
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ETSY is the world's handmade marketplace. They connect shoppers with independent creators and collectors to find inspiring handmade and vintage goods and supplies, while providing a platform for peopl...
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It's time to stop being afraid of failure and start embracing it.
We all have founded, worked for or invested in startups that have failed. We're smart, we keep up with the latest in technology trend...
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Portable's Fashion on Film event will showcase beautifully curated films from top fashion filmmakers for this special event as part of Vivid Ideas Exchange. Following a special in-conversation with He...
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For Vivid LIVE 2012, FBi Radio and Penny Drop present an evening dedicated to a darker side of indie rock that has recently flourished around the world. the Studio will be taken over with the Australi...
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Following sold out shows across Europe and North America, Vivid LIVE presents Florence + the Machine with the Ceremonial Orchestra, an exclusive Concert Hall engagement. Featuring over 40 performers o...
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Garnering a reputation for their summer-celebrating ambiance as both record label and club host, Sydney collective Future Classic have presented and released a boutique selection of bands and DJs such...
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The advent of the e-book has sparked an intense debate around the future of publishing: for many, e-publishing is seen as a threat to established industry structures and the incomes of authors and pub...
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You've heard the buzzwords: now find out what they mean for you, your business and your career. From IPTV and gamification to steampunk and UGC, a panel of experts explores the game-changing mega tren...
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Over the past few years Goodgod Small Club has quickly become recognised as the underground cultural epicentre of Sydney nightlife, providing a communal environment for a new crop of Australian artist...
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As part of her visit for the 2012 APRA Song Summit, Imogen Heap will perform a series of stripped back renditions of songs from her globetrotting, in-progress album - 6 songs in 60 minutes - giving fa...
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The dizzying ambition of Janelle Monáe's The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III) gave the multi-talented 26- year-old the top slot in the Guardian's 'albums of 2010' list. After a show-stealing performanc...
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Seven years in the making and featuring over fifty artists onstage, Karen O's STOP THE VIRGENS is Vivid LIVE's most ambitious undertaking yet. Created by Karen O, the frontwoman of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs...
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Jake Nickell is the poster child for the age of the prosumer. His company, Threadless, now boasts a community of 1.8 million designers and design-lovers who post, vote on, and buy unique t-shirt desi...
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From huge 3D mapped projections on Sydney Opera House, Customs House and Museum of Contemporary Art to interactive light art sculptures, giant glowing dandelions, fibre optic sea grass and animatronic...
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Legendary Australian label Modular returns to Vivid LIVE, taking over the Studio to showcase three mavericks who tread the boundaries of rock, dance and pop - Tom Vek, Jonathan Boulet and Kindness. Lo...
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Described by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon as 'the voice of my generation', Shara Worden returns to Sydney Opera House to perform the full concert version of All Things Will Unwind, her third album under t...
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Niche Productions presents two of the most singular and exciting young voices to emerge in underground Hip Hop, Detroit's Danny Brown and LA's MED in their first Australian performances. Danny Brown r...
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Leading design educators and Industry business people join togther to share, exchange and challenge ideas relating to ” the required skills, attributes and creative processes that inspire, shape and ...
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Pecha Kucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening...
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The Portfolio Masterclass sessions were developed by The Loop for the VIVID Creative Sydney Festival in May 2011. The sessions are designed to provide aspiring creatives with the opportunity to have l...
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Feel as though you’ve hit the glass ceiling in your creative career? Have the qualifications and some experience but struggling to find work at all? Not nailing that final interview? This session is a...
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Since their selection by Brian Eno for the inaugural Luminous festival, PVT have established themselves as a beacon of our city's music scene. Renowned for their live performances, the trio have appro...
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The surprise breakthrough of Sydney based electronic trio Seekae has seen them come a long way since their initial bedroom experiments, spending the past year performing across Australia, UK and Japan...
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'If it's a funeral... Let's have the best funeral ever'. SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS captures the week before, the day after and the very occasion of LCD Soundsystem's Madison Square Garden Farewell Con...
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2012 Gold Medal Tour is proudly supported by the Australian Institute of Architect’s Principal Corporate Partner BlueScope Steel.
The Gold Medal is the highest honour given by the Australian Institut...
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With Special Guest Chet Faker.
Vivid LIVE 2012 marks the highly anticipated return of Australian rock band The Temper Trap to Sydney, breaking their near-two-year absence with two Concert Hall perfor...
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This year, Vivid LIVE has commissioned multi-award winning German design collective URBANSCREEN to create a new projected artwork, transforming Sydney Opera House with their reinterpretation of the sa...
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Woolworths Carols in the Domain is Australia's largest free Christmas concert. Every year tens of thousands of people come together to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas, while raising funds for ...
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An international call has gone out for firefighters to assemble in Sydney in October 2012 for the 12th World Firefighter's Games.
The 55-sport biennial event was spectacularly launched in Sydney in J...
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Come and see Manly's unique collection of swimwear and beach wear for this Manly Arts Festival.
You will be able to see all different types of swimwear from the ages.From the woollen ‘Ne...
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The Australian International Motor Show is the recognised industry showcase event, through which vehicle manufacturers choose to display the latest innovations and advances including safety, environme...
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Australian designer Aaron Seymour’s new exhibition, The Sorrows Multiply explores the power of design strategies to evoke the innumerable scale of contemporary events. A direct response to the...
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Apia International Sydney 2013 promises to be one of the best tennis experiences in the nation.
Apia International Sydney 2013, proudly supported by Apia, in association with Medibank, South African...
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A great way to take advantage of a tour of Historic Appin is to include a visit to the Appin markets in Appin Park right opposite the Appin Hotel in the heart of Appin.
The markets are held on the s...
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See Australia's most famous annual art exhibition that is now being held at the Art Gallery NSW.
See some of the best artists around with such artists as this year's winning self-portrait ...
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See contemporary German cinema at its finest in AUDI's festival of German films this April at the Chauvel Cinema.
The festival will display all sorts of genres to suit everyone's taste fro...
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Or was it earlier in the 19th century, when American traders, whalers and sealers roamed Australian waters?
In fact, the first American visitors to our shores were three crew onboard the Endeavour...
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The Australian Audio and AV Show returns for its second year and this time will be hosted at the incomparable Sheraton on the Park in Sydney. After its hugely successful launch in Melbourne last year,...
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Celebrating its 23rd year in 2012, the Australian International Music Festival is an educational event for school and community music groups. It is an extremely popular event with an average of 900 - ...
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If you are ready to taste good food then come and enjoy the selection at the Avalon Village Growers Market. This is a newly developed event that is dedicated to providing the people of greater Sydne...
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Avoca Beachside Markets is held the 4 Sunday from 9am -2pm of each month at Heazlett Park Foreshore on the picturesque backdrop of Avoca Beach. With an overwhelming response from the community...
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Not your average food festival, Bankstown Bites celebrates the area's rich culinary diversity with the event showcasing a mix of gourmet food stalls, cooking demonstrations, celebrity chefs, live ente...
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The year 2011 was one of the most surprising, unpredictable and turbulent in Australian politics. It has provided political cartoonists with a plethora of opportunities. Take a satirical journey back ...
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Spend the last Saturday of every month down at the Blackbutt Rotary Markets this year where there will be a wonderful display of goods.
There is free parking for attendants along with great local ...
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This market will cater to any crafty and creative people who love to explore the unique things offered at such a local place.
Here you will find folk art, crads, jams, toys as well as light meals ...
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Every second Sunday of each month is the perfect time to go get some fresh groceries at the Growers Markets in Blackheath.
Get ingredients for your next dinner or just peruse which treats you may ...
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The Bondi Bergstation Winter Festival aims to capture the feeling of alpine winter events. It combines winter sports like outdoor ice rinks, winter cuisine from around the globe at the world famous be...
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Established in 1993, the Bondi Markets are open every Sunday in the wonderful, beachfront grounds of Bondi Beach Public School.
Head to the Markets and you’ll find original designer clothing, exotic ...
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These markets have something for everyone so come along and see what treasures you can dig up for yourself.
The best part is the timing as it occurs every month you can keep coming back for more.
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Bronzewing Markets at Tahmoor is a great local market and is held on the second Saturday of each month. The markets are located at the Uniting Church on Thirlmere Way and offers a variety of stalls s...
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Why not spend a night at the cabaret and enter the world of the magician’s imagination at the Chamber of Secrets every Saturday night.
Enjoy the art of song, dance and magic while indulging ...
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It all starts at Chatswood…
The much-loved Chatswood Mall Market brings a range of fun and eclectic market stalls to one of Sydney's most popular shopping destinations.
The Market is ...
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It all starts at Chatswood…
The much-loved Chatswood Mall Market brings a range of fun and eclectic market stalls to one of Sydney's most popular shopping destinations.
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Every day, countless children are transported without the correct restraints putting them and other passengers at risk of serious injury.
In order to reduce this practice and raise awareness of th...
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Throughout this year City of Sydney are offering a series of '101' workshops designed for small business owners and operators.
All the workshops are cover topics such as food and beverages...
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This exhibition includes relics of our whaling past, including harpoons, a whale cannon and a selection of sailors' scrimshaw (decorative carvings on whale bone or other animal's tusks and s...
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Explore the fascinating history of the World Heritage listed Hyde Park Barracks where thousands of convicts lived between 1819 and 1848. Learn about the daily lives of convicts and how they built the ...
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‘Convict Life’ explores the convict experience – from transportation to the forging of a new life in the colony of New South Wales. The exhibition – on display until May 2013...
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In two intimate concerts only, internationally renowned classical guitarist Karin Schaupp will perform Cradle Songs by Karin Schaupp – a captivating selection of instrumental lullabies for babes in ar...
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Creative Traders Markets are an opportunity to purchase local fresh produce direct from the farmer and handmade items produced locally.
On offer will be vegetables, honey, fruits, homemade jams and c...
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Down the Rabbit Hole is back at the White Rabbit Gallery with is beautiful display of contemporary Chinese art.
Be transported to an artistic wonderland with some amazing artistic diplays of moder...
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Embrace the favourite symbol in the arts of China for centuries 'The Dragon' and see it displayed at the Art Gallery of NSW this year.
The art will takes in all sorts of materials and canv...
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New Shanghai is excited to announce its half price Dumpling Happy Hour special is back!
Available for a limited time every Monday – Friday from 6.00 – 7.00pm at New Shanghai Bondi Junc...
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The 2012 Emirates Australian Open will again be held at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney from 6-9 December.
This year's Open will be played for $1.5 million prize money and tournament organisers are hop...
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture is strongly entwined with the sea.
This exhibition takes us on a journey from Tasmania to Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait, exploring this d...
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See Eugenia Raskopoulos' inspirational exhibition of language, the body and the process of translation at the contemporary project space.
Using a new form of art, Eugenia Raskopoulos' new ...
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Exhibition opening: 19 April 6pm - 8pm
Exhibition runs from 19 April - 2 May
This is an exhibition about the amazing patterns which arise when steel meets ink and other water based media. My can...
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From Indigenous rock paintings and scientific illustrations to 20th century still lifes and contemporary multimedia, the Australian National Maritime Museum is taking an unconventional look at Austr...
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Renowned as Sydney's first beachside cinema, Flickerfest kicks off the summer cinema season outdoors under the stars at Bondi Beach, screening the best short films from Australia and the world in a un...
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Perfect for a great night out, whether it be a hens night or a good girly catch up, you cannot go past the Girls Packages at Appetito!
You will be able to sip on a decadent cocktail on arriv...
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Come and see what this local Glenbrook market really feels like.
With a country atmosphere and held in the school yard of the local infants school this is the plcae to visit for all visitors and l...
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A fabulous family festival with kite flying & competitions for all ages with $700 in prizes and lucky draws to be won. Jumping castle, merry-go-round and free face painting for the kids. Lo...
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On 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert Menzies broadcast to the nation that Australia was at war with Germany. Although the battlefields were thousands of miles away, the war also significantly a...
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Explore Sydney’s sights with your friendly and knowledgeable local tour guide at 10:30am and 2:30pm everyday. Experience the culture and lifestyle as we delve into the history, stories and sec...
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The Island Bar is back bigger and better than ever and will once again reclaim the crown of the hottest summer bar in Sydney!
The bar has been constructed from recycled shipping containers and has...
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Metomorphisis represents the unknown forces that shape and manipulate everything around us.
This collection features mostly steel structures that have been constructed to explore the ideas of prec...
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The Jack' pro-am 36 hole golf tournament combines 50 celebrities ranging from sporting greats, comedians, entertainers, film stars and television personalities with 50 professional golfers. The tourn...
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Hopping mad with the price-tag on activities these Easter school holidays?
Luckily Luna Park offers the best value Easter entertainment, with free entry and unlimited rides all day for the specia...
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A showcase of Lebanese arts and culture through film. The Lebanese Film Festival will include short, feature and documentary films from Lebanon and from Lebanese around the world. The Lebanese Film Fe...
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Lewin: Wild Art is about the life and times of John William Lewin (1770-1819), the first free professional artist to settle in Australia. Arriving in NSW in 1800 from London, Lewin's mission was to co...
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This exhibition is drawn from finalists of the Powerhouse Museum’s third International Lace Award that ran in 2010 featuring 130 pieces.
Unconventional materials including human hair, horse ...
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This market is run by the volunteers of the Public School and all proceeds go towards helping the school raise funds.
The school thanks everyone for their support as it is growing in popularity mo...
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Come see a beautiful display of architecturally shaped furniture this year at the Object Gallery.
Drawing inspiration from urban romanticism, Japanese designers Atelier Bow-Wow bring their archite...
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Mathilda's Market is Australia's premier children's boutique shopping event held once a month at the Byron Kennedy Hall.
The market is a treasure trove of high quality designer baby an...
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Mish Koh Photography specialises in photographing kids having fun and couples in love. A passionate photographer at capturing photos of children and families at different stages of their lives, Mish...
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See the colourful and enticing work of Nalini Malani of Mumbai as she brings her video art of emotive and political art work to Sydney.
Nalini's work draws on her up-bringing and the explorati...
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Tropfest, the world's largest short film festival - is a free, public, outdoor event held on the last Sunday of February, each year.
Set in the Sydney's beautiful domain, a summer calendar would be n...
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If you watch long enough, you can see them twinkle.
Successive waves of sailors and settlers have navigated to our shores over thousands of years.
Australia has been 'discovered' many t...
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A Fleet Air Arm helicopter hangs in 'flight' from the ceiling, a missile tracking radar dish protrudes from a wall, a curved wall evokes a submarine hull.
The Navy exhibition explores how...
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Come and see the new Contemporary Gallery at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
This new gallery space will be featuring a vibrant selection of works from the most comprehensive collection of int...
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Official classes commencing Friday 27th April, 5:15pm - 6:15pm, 19 Carillon Ave, Newtown. Hosted by our Vocal/Piano teacher Whitney Erickson (our new Glee Club Music Director)
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You get to chat to the farmer, find out where your food is made, how to cook it and even taste-test while you shop in the pavilions and around the village green atmosphere of the showground.
Along...
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See why the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Shopping Guide in 2011 awarded this produce market as the best in Sydney.
With its fresh foods ranging frome wine, artisan cheese, lamb, meat, pasta, ho...
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For a truly unique experience The O2 Bar Oxygen Station has over 15 exciting scents to be breathed for an amazing sensory experience!
Coffee lovers can grab an airborne cappuccino, or follow their...
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Observances is an exhibition of photographs by internationally acclaimed photographer and author, Emmanuel Santos.
Be moved by these images of everyday cultural rituals that not only enlighten, bu...
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Get ready to dance every Friday at Mr B's Hotel with Pachanga, Sydney's ultimate Latino experience!
Pachanga is the most popular party in Peru amongst young people, and for the first time...
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Most Australians have at least one relative who travelled by sea to settle in Australia, from convicts in the 18th century to refugees in the 21st.
That long sea voyage became the most important j...
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Persons of interest: the ASIO files explores the recently declassified dossiers of people whose every move was once closely watched by Australia's foremost intelligence agency. Previously secret...
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Peter Sharp's "Will to Form" exhibition is a major survey of the work of exploring nature on the smallest and largest scale.
Showing at the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, this exibition displays...
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See Sydney's funniest stand up comedy show with 75 minutes of pure laughter down at the Star Bar Theatre every Saturday night.
From beginners to professional comics share some laughs while the...
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The exhibition Remembering Titanic - 100 years presents the history of this epic tragedy from construction to fateful sinking and rediscovery, and the controversy surrounding it.
Drawing on replica o...
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Titanic was to be the greatest ship afloat, shining proof of the industrial power of the modern world. But tragically, this vision was shattered on its first voyage when it struck an iceberg and san...
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The exhibition Remembering Titanic - 100 Years presents the history of this epic tragedy from construction to fateful sinking and rediscovery, and the controversy surrounding it.
Drawing on replic...
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The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2012 will be conducted on the waters of Sydney Harbour, the Tasman Sea, Storm Bay and the Derwent River.
Over the past 67 years, the Rolex Sydney Hobart has become ...
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Ruane Winery’s Cellar Door Open Day.
The Cellar Door is suppliers of Rose, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Sangovesei.
Enjoy the award winning gardens, taste the wines and try some local cheeses, breath t...
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A captivating performance of four beautifully affecting compositions including;
Mozart’s Symphony No 25, Ravel’s Pavane & Le Tombeau de Couperin
and Beethoven’s Symph...
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EVERY SATURDAY AND SELECTED FRIDAY NIGHTS
Part circus, part cabaret, part burlesque and entirely original, El' Circo is a truly magical experience that captivates, the moment you enter the roo...
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SMASH! Sydney Manga and Anime Show is a Japanese pop culture convention celebrating art, anime, manga, video games, and Japanese pop culture.
The primary focus is to allow fans to meet and interact w...
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Everyone is welcome to unite for a spiritual service and or Reiki and Spiritual healing session.
Enjoy Reiki & Spiritual healings from 2-3pm, you can sit in the healing circle or just watch.
Then en...
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Situated on Mrs Macquarie's Point against a backdrop spanning the Opera House, Harbour Bridge and city skyline, OpenAir Cinema is a premium lifestyle experience. Leading local caterers create a harbo...
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For three weeks each January, Sydney Festival offers a rich program of around 80 events involving upwards of 500 artists from Australia and abroad covering dance, theatre, music, visual arts, cross me...
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Since its opening in 1989 the Sydney Fish Market has played a large role in persuading more Sydney siders to eat fish and seafood as part of their diet. This market is the largest of its kind in the...
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Our twice daily (10:30am & 2:30pm) 3 hour walking tour takes you through the heart of Sydney. Explore the city’s rich Aboriginal, convict and colonial past with our unique guiding style of com...
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Seafood can feature in the most simple and complex of dishes and chefs who specialise in either or both can learn a few new tricks of the trade at these helpful classes.
The impressive line up of ...
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Meet the market that is not only offering fresh produce but a way to be sustainable through the celebration of slow foods and cooking with such ingredients.
Its aim is to become a genuine Farmers ...
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Antarctica's literary canon is rich and captivating. Join author, painter and photographer Alasdair McGregor for this fascinating talk surveying the literature of this intriguing region. Alasdai...
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Join us at the State Library for an exciting program of talks, seminars and movies on literary, historical and contemporary issues, as well as presentations about the Library's rich collections. We a...
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The forecourt of Parramatta Stadium plays host to the newest and most exciting Sunday market to emerge in a rather lean Sunday Market Feast.
Cumberland County Fair will showcase the best stallhold...
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The Lesbian Variations@ Slide
Season now extended due to popular demand.
A trio of comedies that puts lesbians centre stage and explores some critical moments in their lives. Forbidden lus...
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THE TRANSIT OF VENUS FORMS THE INSPIRATION FOR AN EXCITING NEW EXHIBITION
The extremely rare happening of the astrological phenomena, Transit of Venus forms the inspiration for a new exhibition a...
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Most designers pursue design training so they can do what they love for their career. Many talented local designers still have "other" day jobs, whilst producing thoughtful, innovative, and inspired w...
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An exceptional collaboration from perhaps three of the defining creative minds of New York's current music scene, this year's Vivid LIVE will see Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly & Sufjan Stevens performing ...
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In association with Vivid Ideas, Portable are pleased to present Frank Chimero, one of the biggest influencers in the design arena. Frank has worked with leading businesses worldwide; The New York Tim...
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Launched by APRA'AMCOS and the NSW Government through Destination NSW, the three-day Song Summit 2012 conference is a major creative, business-development and networking expo for the music industry - ...
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Metro Screen presents: Speed Networking for Screen and Content Makers
Little black book of screen professionals needs updating? Attend the largest screen networking event in Sydney to meet your next ...
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Watermarks explores a coastal culture's love of water, in the museum's most spectacular exhibition space.
In the ANZ Tall Gallery, a soaring 34-metre-high space, climb on board Australia&...
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Come and bring the family to the Greyhound races at Wentworth Park every Friday and Saturday for a fantastic night out!
This is TAB greyhound racing with totalizator and bookmaker betting availabl...
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A new Australian Animal Adventure opens in time for
September school holidays
To coincide with the September school holidays, Merlin Entertainments Group is bringing the ultimate Australian An...
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Willoughby Symphony Choir presents Sir John Stainer’s The Crucifixion, 8pm, Saturday 28 April, Our Lady of Dolours School, 94 Archer Street, Chatswood. Composed by Stainer in 1887, The Crucifi...
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The Wollombi Valley Short Film Festival is held every year in the arts end of Hunter Valley in New South Wales.
The Festival has been running since 1998, and encourages locals to show off their video...
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Yabun is the largest single day Indigenous festival drawing an audience of between 10,000 and 15,000 and is one of the most important Indigenous music events in the country reflecting the huge wealth ...
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Zugubal is a breathtaking dance from NAISDA, Australia's premier Indigenous dance college.
Zugubal is a word used by all Torres Strait Islander people to acknowledge the star constellations that dete...
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Join the party and dance yourself fit with Zumba Rhythm!
Zumba Fitness® is the only Latin-inspired dance-fitness program that blends red-hot international music, created by Grammy Award-winnin...
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