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Clean Up Australia Day 2024 in Randwick

February 29, 2024

Will you help us keep Randwick clean? Make a difference this Clean Up Australia day on Sunday 3 March 2024 by hosting or attending a clean up event. Join in Australia’s biggest community participation event where everyone is welcome! Get your clean up team together and register your site now. You can host or join a site on the day to meet other like-minded people and help make Randwick a clean and safe place. Clean Up Australia Day is held on the first Sunday of March every year and encourages people to clean up their local areas. Participants can host…

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Spice up Sydney at this year’s Malaysian Festival!

February 27, 2024

Get ready to be swept away by the vibrant sights, sounds, and smells of Malaysia as the Malaysia Festival 2024 takes over Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour, on Saturday, March 2nd! Mark your calendars for a day of unforgettable experiences that will transport you to the heart of Southeast Asia. Tantalize your taste buds with a gastronomic journey through the best of Malaysian cuisine. Think sizzling satay, aromatic rendang stews, and fragrant nasi lemak rice bowls – hawker stall heaven right here in Sydney! But the feast is just the beginning! Immerse yourself in a kaleidoscope of cultural delights. Explore interactive…

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POTTED POTTER

February 23, 2024

All Seven Harry Potter Books in Seventy Hilarious Minutes! International smash hit POTTED POTTER has been seen by over a million muggles worldwide, and in 2024 returns to Australia for its fifth tour, opening in Canberra on 3 April then touring to Sydney from 9 April, Melbourne from 24 April, Adelaide from 8 May and Perth from 23 May. This gloriously irreverent, lovable romp takes on the ultimate challenge of condensing all seven Harry Potter books (and a real-life game of Quidditch) into seventy hilarious minutes. This fantastically funny show features all your favourite characters, a special appearance from a…

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM ‘SHAKESPEARE UNDER THE STARS’ IN CENTENNIAL PARK

February 22, 2024

Australian Shakespeare Company director Glenn Elston OAM is delighted to announce that the jewel in Shakespeare’s comedy crown, A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be coming to Sydney! After receiving rave reviews from London’s Kew Gardens’ season in 2021, this production will be presented for the very first time ‘under the stars’ in Sydney’s beautiful Centennial Park from 9 to 28 April. Shakespeare’s delightful comedy will dazzle and delight audiences of all ages with the park forming the ideal background as audiences are taken on a riotous ride through the world of lovers, fairies and fools in this enchanting tale of…

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Queenie van de Zandt in BLUE: The Songs of Joni Mitchell at Bondi Pavilion

February 22, 2024

Settle in for a treat and be transported to Woodstock as Queenie van de Zandt, with her live band, performs the spellbinding show, BLUE: The Songs of Joni Mitchell. Australian cabaret chanteuse and musical theatre star Queenie van de Zandt, renowned for her artful storytelling and raw, emotive vocals, takes us on a sonic journey in BLUE, through the songs, stories and art of this musical legend. Affectionately reinterpreting Mitchell’s music, Queenie reveals the intimate stories behind Joni’s haunting songs such as A Case of You, River and Little Green from her iconic album, BLUE (one of Rolling Stone’s greatest…

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Recycle It Saturday

February 21, 2024

Recycle It Saturday makes it easy for Sydney, Woollahra and Waverly Council residents to recycle tricky household items. Drive and drop off clothes in great condition, old electronics, small metal items, bicycles, polystyrene, x-ray scans and more. Quarterly, free. Recycle It Saturday is a partnership between City of Sydney, Waverley Council and Woollahra Municipal Council. The council can only accept items from residents who live in these local council areas. Bring identification with proof of your address. You may be asked for this before we can accept your items. Prepare and separate your items using old cardboard boxes Before you…

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Australian folk jazz trio, Elixir, performing at Bondi Pavilion

February 20, 2024

Australian folk jazz trio, Elixir, have well and truly established themselves as a creative favourite on the Australian music scene. Featuring the ethereal voice of Katie Noonan and in collaboration with renowned Australian poet and cartoonist Michael Leunig, Elixir perform their new acclaimed album, ‘A Small Shy Truth’. The Elixir band also includes phenomenal jazz musicians Zac Hurren on saxophones and Ben Hauptmann on guitar, who, with input from some of Australia’s finest composers (such as Iain Grandage, Joe Chindamo and Steve Newcomb), give musical life to the philosophical musings of Leunig. This intimate night of original songs full of…

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Sydney Streets on Stanley Street

February 18, 2024

Stanley street is transforming the village high streets into spaces for walking, shopping and dining. Traffic is stopping on Stanley Street for a day of fun for the whole family. Businesses will be bringing their best – enjoy offers, pop-ups, activations and more. Expect festival vibes along the street with plenty of live music, entertainers, kids acitvities and alfresco dining. Remember to use #SydneyStreets and show us how you celebrate your ‘hood. Program For the kids 11am-4pm Circus Playground 11am-4pm Face Painting 11am-4pm Rosette Workshop Roving entertainment 11am-2pm The Seagulls 11:30am-2:30pm Dragon Stilts 12:30pm-3:30pm Sally Bubbles 1pm-4pm Style Police 1:30pm-4:30pm…

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

February 18, 2024

This Easter school holiday, experience an adventure like no other as Lewis Carroll’s absurd & wickedly clever classic ALICE IN WONDERLAND is brought to life in Glenn Elston’s acclaimed production in the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney 13 to 28 April. Meet your favourite assortment of curious characters; the skittish, constantly late White Rabbit, the Dodo and other birds who love a sing-along, the Duchess and her crazy cook, the Cheshire Cat who will leave you with a grin and Humpty Dumpty on his way to meet Tweedledum and Tweedledee. You can’t miss the silliness as the Mad Hatter arrives with the…

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Europa! Europa Film Festival in Randwick Ritz

February 17, 2024

Having scoured the globe for European cinematic gems, Europa! Europa 2024 presents a handpicked selection of entertaining, heartfelt, and thought-provoking films from compelling storytellers and new cinematic voices. Featuring 47 films from 28 countries, Europa! Europa celebrates the world’s best new European films over three jam-packed weeks filled with prestige European cinema and entertaining Australian premiere screenings. OPENING NIGHT AND CENTREPIECE GALA SCREENING In The Promised Land, Europa’s opening night screening and Denmark’s submission to the Academy Awards, viewers are transported to 1755 Denmark, where the impoverished soldier Ludvig Kahlen, played by Mads Mikkelsen, embarks on a quest to colonize the…

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