Nightlife

The queen of pop-rap herself, Doja Cat, is coming to Australia and New Zealand later this year with the Ma Vie World Tour.

If you don't believe Sydney's nightlife is thumping in 2025, well, you haven't read this list. 

From scuzzy basements to grand theatres, jazz cocktail bars, warehouse nightclubs, and more, get ready to rock out with the sickest IRL tunes Sydney/Eora has to offer. 

Save on drinks and snacks with the best happy hours you can hit in Sydney.

Sydney is no longer a snow-less city this winter, with Greenwood Hotel hosting 10 days of winter wonderland fun from Friday 27 June until Sunday 6 July.

Everyone knows that the best pubs in the world are in Australia—and though Melbourne will try to fight us on this—the best of the best are really in Sydney. 

Discover the best cafes, bakeries, restaurants, bars and pubs open in Sydney during the Easter long weekend this year.

Whether New Year’s Day is about recovery or relaxation, you can continue the celebrations at one of these venues on New Year’s Day.

We've rounded up some of the best restaurants, cocktail bars, and takeaway joints around Sydney offering amazing food after that dreaded 9pm cut-off.

Big news, Sydney. The heroes of house music at Ministry of Sound are back to host an outrageous party next month to celebrate the EDM outfit’s three-decade stretch of good vibes and great tunes.

From scenic flights to night kayaking, luxe harbour cruises, haunted ghost tours, and more. 

As well as hosting WorldPride 2023 for the first time it's come to the Southern Hemisphere, we're also celebrating the 45th anniversary of Sydney’s Mardi Gras parade in 2023.

The best free and cheap date ideas for loved-up Sydneysiders.

Sydney WorldPride 2023 will kick off on Friday 17 February and run for a mega 17-day sprint. 

If you're looking to shake up your cocktail game, head to one of these Sydney bars and order a Pisco Sour. 

Inspired by a Southeast Asian culinary trip, Dan Hong's MuMu and its street food-focused menu is the latest venue to join the buzzing Ivy Precinct. 

How to support your favourite Sydney hospo businesses through the current Omicron outbreak. 

Splendour in the Grass—the mud, the noise, the music, and the flight to Ballina or the 12-hour road trip—is a rite of passage for us Sydney kids. With COVID still in play here in Australia, the legends behind the iconic east coast festival have come up with a few ideas to keep the vibes alive.

Right now, Sydney is entering a new era of nightlife. The red tape and restrictions that once earned us accolades like “10th worst city in the world” are being replaced with late-night licenses, city-wide festivals, and new venues keen to tap into the government’s grand scheme for a 24-hour city.

If we’re looking for signs of nightlife and a return to normality in Sydney, then the brand new Sydney Solstice festival is a shiny bright star on the horizon.

Daft Punk’s December 2007 Sydney show is the stuff of legend. Called Neverland, the mini-festival worked through a roll call of all the major local electronic music talent of the time (Cut Copy, The Presets, Van She, and Muscles), before Paris’ ultra-cool Ed Banger crew took to the stage (Busy P, SebastiAn, and Kavinsky). Then, Daft Punk’s neon pyramid lit up Sydney Showgrounds for the first and last time.

Blue Mountains Stargazing has just revealed a brand new astronomy tour that pairs two of our favourite things: stargazing and wine.

Editor's note: The 24 Hour Party event has been postponed due to COVID restrictions currently in place. Sign up here to learn about the new date. 

Today, it's been revealed that the lockout laws will be dropped in Kings Cross from Monday 8 March, 2021. 

You might not be able to doze in the European sun this year, but you can still soak up the magic at this relaxed eatery taking the Brunswick Heads dining scene by storm: Honour.