Alchemy of a Rainforest (Entry by donation) (Reviewed)
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!
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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!
Embark on a journey to the past that has already been enjoyed by more than 1 million others with Horizon of Khufu!
Life Chronicles in Sydney takes you on a breathtaking journey through the Earth's history, from the origins of life 3.5 billion years ago to the rise of humans.
Colour is transformative, magical and political.
Step into the heart of a high-stakes trial with The Jury Experience in Sydney.
Bubble Planet is an immersive experience in which you'll surround yourself with bubbles like never before! Read our review here.
Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty has arrived in Sydney! This beloved tale is brought to life through classical dance, stunning choreography, and beautiful glow-in-the-dark costumes. Get your tickets for Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty in a Sparkling Show in Sydney!
Experience Peter Pan reimagined with Ballet of Lights! Six performers in illuminated costumes bring this classic story to life through dance, light, and color. Get your tickets now for Ballet of Lights: Peter Pan in a Sparkling Show in Sydney!
The Tony®, Olivier®, and Grammy® award-winning production THE BOOK OF MORMON will return to Sydney from July 2025. Read our review here.
With a mix of carefully chosen classics and spontaneous improvisation, this feel-good live music performance takes you on a journey to the roots of this revolutionary genre.
The first state art museum retrospective of one of Australia’s great artistic visionaries
A celebration of family and community across painting, video, photography and installation. Read our review here.
The Jury Experience is back with a thrilling new case in Sydney! In this live theatre show, the audience is the jury. Listen to testimonies, examine the evidence, and deliver the verdict: guilty or innocent? Get your tickets for The Jury Experience: An Immersive Courtroom Trial - Case 3 in Sydney!
Listen to famous arias from Bizet, Puccini, Rossini, Verdi and more performed by some of Opera Australia’s finest opera singers, accompanied by piano.
Vintage objects meet miniature LEGO® worlds in RELICS, an extraordinary exhibition created by LEGO® Masters winners. Opening 16 August at the Australian Museum.
Step into 1304 and defend medieval Europe's largest fortified city, Carcassonne, in a pulse-pounding virtual reality experience, The Last Stronghold: An Epic Medieval Adventure. Explore a city on the brink of revolt, train for battle, and shape history from inside the fortress walls.
Key works from the Kaldor Collection feature in an exhibition space created by Thomas Demand. Read our review.
Anything is possible with papier-mâché, paint and a sprinkle of magic.
With timeless classics like Mr Archimedes’ Bath, Mr McGee and Alexander’s Outing, Pamela Allen has captured the hearts of readers for more than 40 years.
A presentation of recent and new installations by Yasmin Smith.
Make yourself at home in an underground art park. Read our review here.
One of the world’s best team-based virtual reality experiences has finally come to Sydney! Blending the escape room concept with a full 3D cinematic experience, Virtual Room delivers a unique, immersive and mind-blowing adventure.
Explores the art and lives of 50 trailblazing women artists
La Ronde - A captivating new experience for the bold and the curious is heading to Sydney’s
Grand Electric this October
See nature in a whole new light in The 2025 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year, a South Australian Museum exhibition.
Embark on a journey through a realm of cutting-edge, captivating technologies that will blow your mind.
These works by Australian women artists are both a celebration and a challenge.
Sydney Tower Eye offers a chance to stand at Sydney's highest point and see the New South Wales capital with high-powered binoculars.
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.
Get ready for Mind Games - Art Alive! in Sydney with over 65 mind-bending installations by 15 artists that twist perception through light, sound, and motion. Discover illusions, shifting rooms, and living art that make reality feel delightfully uncertain.
Opening in December 2025, Unearthed will display a fascinating selection of objects excavated from the site.
The internationally celebrated artist returns to Australia with a major new exhibition.
For the first time on the stage, Monkey Baa Theatre Company brings the theatrical adaption of beloved Australian classic to life; Mem Fox’s and Judy Horacek’s Where is the Green Sheep?
The Jazz Room is hosting a night of soul music! With live musicians, stellar vocalists, and a feel-good vibe from start to finish, this is the night out you’ve been waiting for. Get your tickets for The Jazz Room: Tribute to Soul in Sydney!
Set Off on a Citywide Adventure in One of the World’s Most Beautiful Cities!
The party of the summer returns following a sell out season, don't miss your chance to be on the guest list at the hottest club in town.
The ACO is proud to announce a brand-new ACO Families concert at our stunning harbourside home.
Introduce your little ones to the magic of Storytime Ballet: The Nutcracker – a festive, interactive ballet for children aged 3+.
An extraordinary new show from the creators of the global smash hits The Illusionists, Circus 1903 and Le Noir comes Cirque Alice.
Celebrate New Year’s Eve at the Sydney Opera House with the timeless Madama Butterfly. Enjoy an award-winning production plus dinner and midnight party options under the iconic sails."
Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Sydney Opera House with an opera gala, stunning harbour views, 9pm fireworks, and an exclusive Midnight Party with drinks and entertainment.
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly returns to the Sydney Opera House in Moffatt Oxenbould’s award-winning production. A breathtaking tale of love, loss, and tragedy with world-class singers and unforgettable staging.
This summer join our party of pirates on their quest to find the fabled Pants of Gold for the Captain’s Treasure chest!
A colourful, touchable, wearable play space created by artist HOSSEI
Putting It Together is a dazzling celebration of Stephen Sondheim’s greatest work. Set at a glamorous cocktail party, the show blends wit, charm, and razor-sharp insight as the cast navigate the complexities of love, ambition, and desire.
Circa, Australia’s trailblazing contemporary circus company, takes ballet’s most beloved classic and flips it on its head.
This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life.
Theatre is child’s play in this imaginative bicycle adventure from Ireland
Puccini’s Turandot returns in a spectacular new production by Ann Yee. Monumental sets, immersive visuals, and world-class voices bring this grand opera of mystery, courage, and the iconic ‘Nessun dorma’ to life.
Disney Jr. Live On Tour: Let’s Play!” is set to enchant families across Australia this January and February with FIVE spectacular tour stops: Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth. This immersive concert experience will bring beloved Disney Jr. characters to the stage in an interactive musical adventure perfect for young fans and their families.
You’ve been called for jury duty. Step into a thrilling courtroom drama where the audience is the jury. Listen to testimonies, analyze evidence, and ultimately decide… guilty or not guilty?
John Frost for Crossroads Live and Opera Australia today announced that the Broadway hit musical ANASTASIA, will have its Australian premiere at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne in December 2025 before touring to Perth and Sydney in 2026.
This is Bluey’s Big Play, for real life.
Following sensational sell-out seasons across Australia, the pop musical phenomenon SIX the Musical is set to make a triumphant return to Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane! Read our Sydney review here!
Josephine is a kangaroo who loves to dance. Despite the protests of her little brother Joey, Josephine ventures into town where the city ballet is performing Swan Lake. With the prima ballerina out injured, will all her dancing dreams come true?
Sydney’s summer will again be filled with back-to-back weekends of live music as the Twilight at Taronga 2025 Summer Concert Series returns!
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.
Book your 5–12-year old into a fun, creative workshop led by educators from Lion Dance Kids.
Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's treasured tale follows the story of five year old Sosuke who discovers a goldfish he names Ponyo near his seaside home. He rescues her, and fascinated with each other, they promise to stay firm friends.
The New Beginnings Festival transforms the Australian National Maritime Museum into a vibrant canvas of contemporary expression for one extraordinary day each year.
“What should I do? Plunge into the vortex of pleasure and drown there?” – Violetta
Holiday craft activities from the golden age of flight!
The Box Show: Excites the imagination of children and adults alike!
Get ready for a thrilling CommBank Women’s Ashes T20 International series, with the first match at the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground. Lock in your seats to experience world-class cricket in action!
Welcome aboard! Our ‘pilot’ will tour you around the building with layovers/stopovers (sights and commentary included) in a variety of destinations in the State Library.
Straight off the TV and onto the live stage, Andy and the Odd Socks bring their brilliant madcap mix of songs, slapstick and silliness to life with a show to entertain families of all ages.
Sandhya will share her award-winning picture book, Stay for Dinner, a powerful story that celebrates culture and connection through food.
TV’s favourite doctors return to Australia this January with a gigantic brand-new show. Join the twins on a dino-mite adventure to unearth the most dangerous, most powerful, most important fart in history—the Jurassic Fart!
Get ready for an unforgettable ocean adventure these summer school holidays!
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.
Straight off the TV and onto the live stage, Andy and the Odd Socks bring their brilliant madcap mix of songs, slapstick and silliness to life with a show to entertain families of all ages.
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.
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.