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Dinos Alive is a dinosaur exhibition featuring life-size animated replicas in an immersive Jurassic venue. Walk alongside the massive creatures that roamed our world millions of years ago!
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. See photos of the exhibition here.
Australia's biggest dinosaur experience opened this weekend at Scenic World with even more fun for the whole family. Read our past review here!
Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru transports you to ancient Peru with breathtaking artefacts and immersive storytelling. With over 130 artefacts and one of the most impressive collections of gold to ever tour the globe, this is an exhibition not to be missed.
You’ve seen Squid Game on Netflix, now play it in real life! Squid Game: The Experience in Sydney is the ultimate test of survival, strategy, and skill as you go head to head with other contestants in a series of challenges masterminded by the infamous Front Man. Let the games begin…
A contemporary exhibition interrogating the importance of water
Badu Gili: Healing Spirit is the second iteration of the partnership between the Biennale of Sydney, Sydney Opera House, and the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, a free, nightly First Nations lighting of the eastern Bennelong sails on the Opera House, open to the public from 13 December.
Families of all ages are invited to draw inspiration from Julie Mehretu: A Transcore of the Radical Imaginatory at our free drop-in activity space this summer. Photos of the Family Space: Drawing Together and activities available here.
Another world awaits this school holidays as we dive into the ocean’s depth with our exciting summer program. From budding marine explorers to creative spirits, there’s something for everyone.
The Powerhouse Summer School Holidays program runs from 21 December 2024 – 30 January 2025. It provides a range of in-depth workshops including popular gaming, coding, Minecraft and family workshops.
The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale, the stage production based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic trilogy beloved by generations of readers, will make its Australian premiere at the State Theatre Sydney from 7 January 2025.
Join Muru Mittigar for a fun and simple basket weaving activity. Families are welcome to drop in and craft their own baskets to take home.
Guided by artist Claudia Nicholson, create your own sticker collage in this workshop held in conjunction with the exhibition Magritte at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
The prestigious Chatswood Year of the Snake Festival is an annual festival celebrating Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival.
Experience the heart-thumping beats of Lunar New Year as dancers from Lion Dance Kids perform remarkable acrobatic stunts and storytelling through dance in front of the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ north building, Naala Badu.
Celebrate Lunar New Year and the Year of the Snake with our friendly volunteer guides on a roving art-making tour of the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection.
Outstanding artworks by Year 12 visual arts students from across New South Wales
Celebrate the 2025 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras with a free dance class for LGBTIQA+ community of all ages and all abilities!
The Intelligence of Painting throws a spotlight on the energy of contemporary painting in Australia today through the work of 14 Australian women artists.
Join us as Disney in Concert returns to the Sydney Opera House in this new, spectacular concert experience.
An interactive card exchange celebrating the pleasure of birthdays and community
The first solo museum exhibition by Kamilaroi artist Warraba Weatherall.
Join Opera Australia for Sydney’s best night out. With fireworks every night, take your seats under the stars for a Broadway musical spectacular.
Museums of History NSW is delighted to announce a dramatic new art installation by renowned multidisciplinary artist Hiromi Tango at the Hyde Park Barracks from 11 April 2025.
DreamWorks Animation, Universal Destinations and Experiences and TEG Life Like Touring are delighted to announce the World Premiere season of GABBY'S DOLLHOUSE LIVE! opening Down Under in 2025. The Australian tour will play Melbourne’s Princess Theatre ahead of tour dates in Perth, Canberra, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Hobart from March to April 2025.
In a world full of musical instruments, delicate props, cut-out images, maps and small objects, two performers weave stories of adventures big and small, with a play space for children after the performance.
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Colour is transformative, magical and political.
Cerith Wyn Evans creates epic contemporary environments of light and sound in our major winter exhibition.
The art of Yirrkala is inextricably intertwined with its cultural, political and social history.
A madcap musical about childish grown-up men, featuring two performers, songs, funny quarrels, a bit of bickering and eventually a happy ending.
The first state art museum retrospective of one of Australia’s great artistic visionaries
Key works from the Kaldor Collection feature in an exhibition space created by Thomas Demand
Contagiously upbeat and full of heart, the ever-innovative Mario the Maker Magician leads you through an explosion of handmade art and robot magic for all ages.
A presentation of recent and new installations by Yasmin Smith.
Make yourself at home in an underground art park
These works by Australian women artists are both a celebration and a challenge.
This exhibition is the first of its kind in a major Australian museum and is presented as part of the Sydney International Art Series 2025–26.
The New Beginnings Festival transforms the Australian National Maritime Museum into a vibrant canvas of contemporary expression for one extraordinary day each year.
Honouring a long lineage of shell artists
Join us for a celebration of Afghan culture, co-produced with artist Bibi Goul Mossavi, for Hive Festival at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Sensory storytimeStorytelling and art-making for all ages
Create the picnic scene of your dreams in this hands-on workshop with artist Bonnie Huang, as part of Hive Festival at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Join us from 9am on Sunday 19 January 2025 for a sensory-friendly early-entry visit to the Art Gallery of New South Wales as part of Hive Festival.
Meet one of our volunteer guides on the ground level of Naala Nura, our south building, for a roving art-making tour, and look up, up and away!
Join Wiradyuri artist Bria McCarthy for a shadow puppet and performance workshop, as part of Hive Festival at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Play, read and relax in a space for the whole family to enjoy during Hive Festival at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Explore the wonder and joy of flight in these workshops specifically designed for our littlest visitors and their parents and carers during Hive Festival at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Flights of fancy by artists Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro is at the heart of the Hive Festival at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Hive Festival returns this summer – a festival for children and families.
Design and decorate your own small version of a ship’s sail in this hands-on workshop with artist Nebbi Boii, as part of Hive Festival at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Learn how to play ukulele and perform alongside Toy Choir at Hive Festival at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Sit back, relax and catch a movie on the big screen as part of Hive Festival at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
Hive Festival returns this summer – a festival for children and families.
This engaging and accessible workshop is designed for children with disability and their families to experience art in a sensory-friendly, welcoming environment.
The world’s premier theatrical ice skating company, The Imperial Ice Stars, returns to Australia with its award-winning masterpiece Swan Lake on Ice.
Are you looking for fun things to do with the kids in Sydney during the school holidays? The
BullyBully is a hilarious musical for ages 3+ told in the style of West Side Story, with many songs, funny quarrels, a bit of bickering and (eventually) a happy ending.
Enjoy a free event screening of STUDIOCANAL's Paddington (2014) in the Australian Museum Theatre. Add this to your school holiday watch list!
Design a streamer-style kite in this hands-on workshop developed with artists Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro.
Hong Kong–based Japanese artist and architect Hikoko Ito is creating a series of decorative mailboxes for an exciting new project at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
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.
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?
This is a show that treats the Beatles songs with the love and respect they deserve - four brilliant singers accompanied by The Day Tripper Band and Strawberry Fields rock orchestra.
The Wiggles, Wiggle & Learn BIG SHOW! is an interactive and engaging live show experience, inspired by the hit YouTube series. An unforgettable musical extravaganza, Wiggle & Learn BIG SHOW! is set to spark creativity, curiosity and a love of learning through The Wiggles’ signature mix of education & entertainment.
Save the date for the Carriageworks Christmas Market, a festive wonderland featuring over 100 stallholders, including your Farmers Market regulars and special holiday guests. Discover handcrafted ceramics, festive foods, and ready-to-eat delights while FBi DJs and live kids' entertainment set the scene with holiday tunes. With extended hours and extra hall of market stalls to explore, it’s Sydney’s ultimate Christmas shopping event!
Master magician and illusionist Michael Boyd and special guest Prinnie Stevens arrive with the most magical holiday event of the season returning to the State Theatre from Friday 20 to Sunday 22 December.
Experience the Australian premiere of Elf: The Musical, a heartwarming adaptation of the beloved film. This hilarious show follows Buddy the Elf in his quest to find his true identity and the spirit of Christmas. Read our review here!
