Looking for the best things to do in Sydney/Eora this weekend? There's never a shortage of exciting activities in Sydney to keep your calendar full.
Blue skies and warm weather are still going strong, with heaps of events to get around—treat Dad this Father's Day by taking him to one of these local thrifty markets, hilarious theatre shows, jaw-dropping exhibitions, or unmissable food events finishing up at the end of September.
Father’s Day 2025
Various Locations | Sunday 7 September
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Father’s Day has sprung up on us this year. But don’t fret, if you haven’t made any plans, we’ve sorted a list of Sydney’s best things to do this Father’s Day, including activities, events and more ways to celebrate. From fancy seafood feasts to footy games and everything in between, there’s a pick in there that every dad will enjoy. And, if you still need to secure a present, check out our Father’s Day 2025 Gift Guide.
Raise A Glass To Dad: Rekōdo And North Bondi Fish
Level 1/35 Barangaroo Avenue, Barangaroo, and 120 Ramsgate Avenue, North Bondi | Sunday 7 September
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A little late to the Father's Day booking party? Rekōdo and North Bondi Fish have you sorted—whether he's a whiskey or tequila kind of guy.
Head into Rekōdo for a complimentary whiskey tasting table, featuring rare and unique drops that will certainly impress even the snobbiest of drinkers. And if he wasn't spoiled enough, Dad's first drink is on the house: choose from any wine by the glass, beer or cocktail on the menu. For food, they are dishing up fried potatoes with beef tartare and cured egg yolk, chicken and prawn wontons, grilled sirloin with sancho peppercorn sauce, and whisky and dacquoise truffle—the spread of any man's dreams.
Meanwhile, at North Bondi Fish, you can sample a complimentary tequila tasting table— and once again, Dad's first drink is a freebie. The menu here is less turf and more surf—choose between their iconic Lobster smash burger or ultimate Father's Day seafood tower. Bookings are available at both venues for lunch and dinner, so why not make a day out of it?
Messina Eats: Olympic Meats
Messina HQ, 1 Rich Street, Marrickville | Friday 5 September And Saturday 6 September
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Head to the car park (yep) of Messina HQ this Friday and Saturday for an epic collaboration with Olympic Meats, bringing two nights of delicious Greek cuisine to the inner west. From 12pm until late, you can chow down on portions of charcoal lamb shoulder and belly with Messina garlic yogurt, decadent spanakopita, loukanika rolls, and fresh halloumi salad. To top it all off, Messina is dishing up warm, honey-soaked loukoumades and a scoop of creamy honey gelato—the sweet treat to end all others. This kitchen is pumping for one weekend only, and it's first in best dressed, so get in early and get ready to be wowed.
Negroni Month At Esteban
1 Temperance Lane, Sydney CBD | Until Tuesday 30 September
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For the entire month of September, Esteban is honouring the humble Negroni with a lineup of three next-level drinks—in partnership with Campari and YCK Laneways. Alongside the tried-and-true classic, there'll be two exclusive Esteban creations, putting their signature spin on the iconic cocktail—and as one of Sydney's best Mexican restaurants, they know their way around a bar. Try the El Coco, featuring coconut-infused Campari, smoky Applewood gin and a hint of chipotle for heat; or the Tepache de Negroni, with staple Campari, orange peel, Katún gin, and a lightly fermented orange tepache.
Breakfast Point Spring Festival
Village Green, Breakfast Point | Sunday 7 September
For gourmet food, artisan goodies, chic homewares, fashion fits, unique accessories, arts, crafts and eco products, Breakfast Point Spring Festival is the market to hit. Spreading across the Breakfast Point Village Green in Sydney’s west, the Spring market will also feature live entertainment, community performances and family-friendly activities.
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Mary's Weekend Brunch & Bottomless
Victoria Cross, Tenancy T16/155-189 Miller Street, North Sydney | Every Saturday And Sunday
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Mary's VX is launching an epic brunch and bottomless menu this weekend, perfect timing to get a little tipsy with Dad. Co-founder Jake Smyth reckons this is one "worth crossing town on the Metro for"—sky-high pancake stacks, brekkie burgers, unlimited spicy pickle margaritas (don't knock them until you've tried them) and bottomless filter coffee to keep the old man going. The bottomless menu comes in at a pretty $55 per person, or you can keep things breezy and order à la carte.
Artisans In The Park
Dr HJ Foley Park, corner Glebe Point Road and Pyrmont Bridge Road, Glebe | Saturday 6 September
The Artisans In The Park market is back in Glebe this weekend, just in time for some last-minute Father's Day shopping. With a wide range of stalls available, you can peruse everything from ceramics and woodwork to jewellery and homewares, with live music talent playing throughout the day. The market runs from 10am to 3pm with free entry, and is a not-for-profit endeavour, distributing funds to charities and schools—so a purchase here directly benefits the local community. Potter down the road afterwards for a peek at Glebe markets and some secondhand wares.
Free Snapchat X ButterBoy Cookie Blind-Box
Pitt Street Mall, Sydney CBD | Sunday 7 September, from 10am ‘til sold out
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Snapchat is teaming up with the cookie masters at ButterBoy and cookbook author/Snap Star Jasmin Weston for a free, one-off, blind-box cookie drop at Pitt Street Mall on Sunday 7 September.
Inspired by new Snapchat-commissioned research showing 94% of Gen Z use food to show care and more than a third saying they enjoy casual catch-ups over big milestones, the collab celebrates the joy of sharing small moments.
There are four limited-edition, Snap-worthy flavours, including matcha and white chocolate, fairy bread, chilli choc, and marshmallow crunch. To snag one, simply show the Snapchat app on your phone. Cookies will be available from 10am, until sold out.
Bennelong In 45 Minutes
Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney CBD | Daily
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There's certainly no fast-track to a luxury lifestyle, but Bennelong is doing its best—this $50pp experience speed-runs sophistication in a 45-minute session, offering three refined bar snacks and a signature cocktail. Ideal for those needing a quick pre-theatre snack or just short of time, the dishes are drawn from Bennelong's pre-existing menu—Maremma duck pithivier with black garlic; Wagyu bresaola panisse, brown butter aioli; Chestnut, truffle and shiitake arancini; and much more. Head in from 5.30pm onwards, and you can experience the best seat in the harbour for a palatable price.
Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition
Fever Pavilion, Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park | From Friday 29 August
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Explore Renaissance Rome without leaving Sydney at Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition, open from Friday 29 August at Fever Pavilion in Sydney Showground. The immersive 60-90 minute experience brings to life 34 of Michelangelo’s frescoes, including The Creation of Adam and The Last Judgment, in true-to-size, high-definition reproductions.
Whether you’ve seen the originals or not, the exhibition provides a rare chance to walk through one of history’s greatest masterpieces from a never-before-seen perspective, letting visitors admire every brushstroke up close without the busy Vatican crowds around.
Aprés On The Harbour
Pier Bar, 11 Hickson Road, Dawes Point | Daily, 12pm–9pm
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A floating winter wonderland has taken over Pier Bar on Sydney Harbour, complete with crackling firepits, sparkling lights, chic cocktails and cosy outdoor cabanas overlooking the water. The winter menu is filled with warming favourites like a cheesy potato bake and truffle jaffle, steak frites, oven-baked camembert, and a candle-lit Biscoff fondue served with pretzels, toasted marshmallows and fresh strawberries to dip.
A half cabana fits 4 guests with $150 minimum spend, a full cabana fits 8 with a $300 minimum spend and the entire cabana area fits up to 14 with a $600 minimum spend. Aprés On The Harbour is open daily from 12pm to 9pm.
Art And Culture Month At The Rocks
The Rocks, Sydney CBD | Until Tuesday 30 September
Spring has sprung in The Rocks, and they are launching the inaugural Art and Culture Month to celebrate. This weekend, take your pick from a variety of free events celebrating the best that Sydney has to offer: leave your sad sandwich behind this Friday and grab a bite from The Rocks Markets, while listening to a lunchtime set handpicked from Sydney's vibrant music scene. On Saturday, there's free plein air painting nestled between the vibrant scenery of The Rocks and Sydney Harbour—learn composition, colour and brushwork from an expert.
Recovery Sundays
Baptist Street Rec. Club, Corner of Cleveland and Baptist Street, Redfern | Every Sunday
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Wanna end the weekend right? Redfern’s Baptist Street Rec. Club is slinging complimentary spring rolls all day for Recovery Sundays alongside $7 beers and $8 house wines. From 2pm, you can also grab $15 Margaritas and Palomas, plus $10 Bloody Marias and West Coast Coolers ‘til 10pm. There'll be DJs spinning groovy tunes, board games to rally around and a mouthwatering menu on the lineup, too.
Yolŋu Power: The Art Of Yirrkala
Art Gallery of NSW, Art Gallery Road, Sydney CBD | Until Monday 6 October
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Celebrating eight decades of works from the communities of Yirrkala, in north-east Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, Yolŋu power: the art of Yirrkala shares the community, culture and Country of the Yolŋu people through their eyes and over 300 works including video, sculpture, bark paintings, digital installations and prints.
The exhibition is a collaboration with the Aboriginal-owned Buku-Larrŋgay Mulka Centre, which was launched during the ‘70s as an act of Yolŋu self-determination in the midst of the land rights movement.
Adult tickets to Yolŋu power: the art of Yirrkala are $25, kids under 12 are free, and you can nab two-for-one tickets between 5pm and 10pm on Wednesday nights.
Cerith Wyn Evans....In Light Of The Visible
Level 3, Museum Of Contemporary Art, 140 George Street, The Rocks | Until Sunday 19 October
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Welsh contemporary artist and sculptor Cerith Wyn Evans presents his first ever exhibition in Australia, Cerith Wyn Evans….in light of the visible at the Museum of Contemporary Art. His towering neon light installations create an immersive environment of light and sound, inviting guests to discover the exhibition as if they are wandering through a garden.
Major works include Sydney Drift (2025), hanging sculptural forms inspired by Sydney Harbour; F=O=U=N=T=A=I=N (2020), a three-metre-tall white neon wall audiences can walk through; and Composition for 37 Flutes (2018), 37 glass pipes breathing sound into the gallery.
Suntory Bar
Whisky Thief, Prefecture 48, 230 Sussex Street, Sydney CBD | Friday 8 August–Saturday 8 November
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Premium Japanese beverage house Suntory is taking over Prefecture 48’s Whisky Thief for a three-month-long stint of Tokyo-level cocktails and elevated malts, alongside exclusive snacks by legendary chef Tetsuya Wakuda—marking the first chance to taste Tetsuya’s cooking since the closure of his eponymous Sydney CBD restaurant in July 2024.
Try a botanical Roku G&T, an ‘80s-style Japanese Slipper starring Suntory’s Midori melon liqueur, and the hero serve: a refreshing Hakushu Highball, made with crisp Hakushu Distiller’s Reserve whisky from the highest distillery in the world, paired with soda and fresh mint.
Cheese Making Class With Bottomless Bubbles
Shop 2a, 791–795 Botany Road, Rosebery | Various dates in September and October
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A hands-on cheese-making class is a perfect way to spend a not-so-sunny day in Sydney. Part of RedBalloon’s Best Of Guaranteed experiences, you’ll learn how to make burrata and bocconcini from scratch with expert instructors, all while enjoying bottomless bubbles. And the best part is: you’ll take home almost one kilo of handmade cheese. Tickets are $109 per person. Book online.
The Book of Mormon
Capitol Theatre, 13 Campbell Street, Haymarket | Tuesday 15 July–Sunday 30 November
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Labelled “the best musical of this century” by the New York Times, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy award-winning musical-comedy, The Book Of Mormon, has returned to Sydney at the Capitol Theatre.
If you’re not familiar with the plot of this smash-hit, it follows two young mismatched Mormon missionaries as they aim to spread the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to a remote village in Uganda, which quickly unfolds with hilarious improvisations and satirical sing-a-longs. Tickets start at $99, plus a booking fee.
RELICS: A New World Rises
Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Darlinghurst | Saturday 16 August, 2025—Tuesday 27 January, 2026
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Created by LEGO® Masters winners Jackson Harvey and Alex Towler, RELICS: A New World Rises is an immersive exhibition at the Australian Museum showcasing 14 mini LEGO® worlds inside vintage objects. Think lively LEGO® towns inside an antique piano, and newsroom scenes in old TVs.
Running until 27 January 2026, the exhibition also has an interactive build area, custom scavenger hunts and audio guides. Tickets are $29 for adults, $25 for concessions, $19 for children aged 4-15, and free for children aged 0-3 and Australian Museum members.
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