A former international Wushu competitor leads free 20-minute Kung Fu workshops for kids aged 5-12 at the Chinese Garden of Friendship, weekdays 6-17 July 2026. Spaces are first-come, first-served.
Learn to dye a silk scarf using plants from the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney at a hands-on winter workshop led by artist and herbalist Alacoque Dash on 18 July 2026.
Art historian Dolla Merrillees explores the unseen world of private French fashion collections and their role in couture culture at the Art Gallery of NSW on 15 August 2026.
The Australian National Maritime Museum’s free Horizon Line space invites visitors to slow down with a single artwork, custom soundscapes and accessible sensory calm in Darling Harbour.
James Morrison Quartet with Mat Jodrell at AGNSW on 2 August, including private Archibald viewing. Tickets $95-$120. Past concerts sold out.
For 10 nights only, a lawn in The Rocks becomes a winter cinema with private fire pits, unlimited marshmallows, and Christmas movies under the stars.
The Australian National Maritime Museum opens free on Sunday 5 July 2026 for NAIDOC Week, with a Welcome to Country, dance, art, music and hands-on workshops. All drop-in, no bookings required.
Northern Beaches bus real-time tracking will be unavailable for two weeks from 18 June due to industrial action. Commuters should check Transport for NSW and allow extra travel time.
AWI’s 102nd exhibition ‘Moods, Moments, Memories’ opens at Royal Botanic Garden Sydney 13–28 June, featuring Australian and international watercolourists.
Sydney becomes the first city worldwide to host Global Wellness Day on 13 June with a free, ticketed harbourfront session featuring Barry Du Bois and sound baths on Bennelong Lawn.
The NSW Government will allow amplified music until midnight and increase Forecourt capacity to 7,000, ending a “Sydney sport” of noise complaints from nearby residents.
Torres Strait artist Brian Robinson’s Cosmic Chase transforms the Maritime Museum rooftop into an animated Pac-Man battleground for Vivid Sydney’s largest Indigenous program.
Vivid Sydney 2026 showcases 60,000-year Indigenous culinary traditions through intimate dining experiences led by Aboriginal chefs using native ingredients from finger lime to wattleseed.
Professor Clare Wright OAM wins Book of the Year and Douglas Stewart Prize at NSW Literary Awards for her history of the 1963 Yirrkala Bark Petitions, a 640-page work already in its fourth print run.
King Stingray makes their Sydney Opera House headline debut on 22 May, the first Arnhem Land-based band to command the Concert Hall stage in the venue’s 53-year history.
Vivid Sydney 2026 introduces daytime programming for the first time, making the festival accessible to families with young children before the lights switch on at dusk.
David Szalay and Yann Martel headline free livestreams to Sutherland and Central Coast libraries from 21-24 May, as Sydney Writers’ Festival expands regional access to 152 venues.
NSW secures the Southern Hemisphere’s largest tourism trade event for 2027, with ATE returning to Sydney as Western Sydney Airport opens and the Rugby World Cup begins.
Vivid Sydney leads a winter festival season offering 80% free programming across seven major events from May to August, with extensive family entertainment requiring no advance booking or tickets.
The renovated Flynn on Bligh Street now offers full table service and chef Justin North’s restaurant-quality menu with $12 spritz cocktails during 5-8pm happy hour.