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A madcap musical about childish grown-up men, featuring two performers, songs, funny quarrels, a bit of bickering and eventually a happy ending.
Join us as we celebrate Ku-ring-gai’s cultural diversity.
Version 2.0 will be an explosion of neon lights, art installations, music and food in Chinatown and Haymarket, kicking off from 15 March to 6 April 2025.
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.
The New Beginnings Festival transforms the Australian National Maritime Museum into a vibrant canvas of contemporary expression for one extraordinary day each year.
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.
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.
Soak in a magical summer evening featuring some of our nation’s most talented musicians.
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.
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.
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.
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 neon lights of Las Vegas are calling. Join us in January for the wild rise and dramatic fall of magic’s dazzling duo, Siegfried and Roy.
A chaotic nexus of wheels, dance and parkour
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.
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.
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.
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.
Children can unleash their creativity in this interactive maze of kaleidoscopic colours and choose-your-own-adventure art — from building blocks to swings to knitted playgrounds. Read our review and checkout our photos here.
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?
Loved for their high-flying antics and infectious energy, Cirque Alfonse spins childhood memories and rural cliches into Animal, a surreal circus experience set to an infectious live soundtrack of 'agricultural funk’. They’re flipping farm life on its head – and the barn upside down!
