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Randwick Christmas Festival – Twilight

30/11/2023

Celebrate at our Christmas Festival The popular Christmas Festival meeting is back with FREE entry for everyone. Get into the swing of the festive season and bring the family with plenty of activities to keep the kids entertained. There is plenty of free entertainment and rides featuring amusement rides such as Fantasy Cups, inflatables including Winter Wonderland Jumping Castle and inflatable maze. There’s also face painting, pony rides, petting zoo, Christmas craft activities, a carol performance from the Australian Girls Choir and a special visit from Santa and friends. Don’t miss your chance to take a photo with Santa at…

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Events, Inspiration, What to do

Best Gift Market Coogee

30/11/2023

Start your Christmas shopping early at this environmentally-friendly stocking filler winner at Coogee Beach The Best Gift Market is a new Christmas event showcasing local, handmade, environmentally friendly products. There will be market stalls with artisans and designers showcasing homewares, gifts and products from across the Eastern suburbs and wider Sydney. More than 160 stallholders will have their original work for sale. They include interesting ceramics, handmade glass gifts, original fashion, clothing, blankets, knitted and wooden toys for babies and children, amazing jewellery, plants, swimwear, unique homewares and much more. Handmade gifts stalls by local artists and designers Beachside Bargain…

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Health & Wellbeing, Kids, What to do

Open Day @ City of Sydney Pools

30/11/2023

Make a splash into a healthier lifestyle, while enjoying the celebration of Summer Open Day at swimming pools across Sydney. Need a way to entertain the kids and have some fun with the family? Looking to chat with a health and wellbeing expert about positive lifestyle choices? Or want to stretch, meditate and relax in a yoga class? Then look no further than our annual Summer Open Days taking place at all six aquatic and leisure centres across Sydney – and the best part, it’s all FREE! There’ll be a wide range of activities, in-centre events, and giveaways and prizes…

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Events

Matraville Carols by Candlelight 2023

29/11/2023

Matraville Carols in the Park is one of Randwick City’s most popular Christmas celebrations. It is always held on the Second Saturday in December. 2023 will be the 20th year of this iconic star-studded Christmas celebration held in Barwon Park, Franklin St Matraville. Each year Carols in the Park sees local talent who may go onto become Australia’s biggest rising stars come together to celebrate the spirit of Christmas with close to 8,000 people who join us on ground. WHEN? December 9th 2023 WHERE? Barwon Park, Franklin St Matraville. What to bring We encourage you to bring: Picnic rugs and…

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Kids, School holidays

Art, nature and play collide at a new children’s festival at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

29/11/2023

This summer school holidays, children and families are invited to explore a world of art, nature and play at the new Hive Festival. Part of Sydney Festival 2024, Hive Festival is created in partnership with the Art Gallery and Blacktown Arts in collaboration with creative producer Claudia Chidiac. Presented over two weekends, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on 13 & 14 January 2024 and then The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre on 19 & 20 January 2024, the free event will see both venues buzzing with interactive artworks, hands-on workshops, performances, storytelling and more. A centrepiece of the…

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Events, What to do

SANTA COMES HOME TO FREEDOM MOORE PARK

27/11/2023

With the countdown to Christmas now on – Santa is pulling up his sleigh at Freedom Moore Park for an exclusive two-day pop up.  Naughty or nice, customers are invited to book in for a meet and greet with the big man himself, where they’ll enjoy a photo in Santa’s living room, have a chat and share what’s on their Christmas wish list this season.  While they’re waiting children are invited to have their face painted and partake in the Christmas colouring in. Guests will take home their print, together with some artisanal festive floss from Flüffe.  Santa will take…

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Events

Unruly Seagulls and hot chips

26/11/2023

Hot chips. Items of clothing. Even the kids. Nothing is too big or small for an unruly seagull. Snuff Puppets’ giant Seagulls descend in a noisy quarrelsome pack. These unruly scavengers devour everything in their path. You might lose your hat as they fight each other for the finest spoils. Based in Naarm/Melbourne, the always anarchic Snuff Puppets have built an international reputation for puppetry that breaks down all barriers between performer and audience. Seagulls is classic Snuff: out and about, in your face and in this case, likely to be rooting around in your shopping bag, flying off with your…

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Events, What to do

Get set for our brilliant Martin Place Christmas Markets, launching tommorrow

23/11/2023

This the season for Christmas markets and one of our most popular events of the year is back on from tomorrow. The fabulous Martin Place Christmas Markets will kick off at 11am in Martin Place in the Sydney CBD, with 45 brilliant stallholders bringing their wares from across Sydney. Expect food, fashion, homewares, art, jewellery and personal goods plus plenty of festive cheer at these wonderful city events. Some of the stallholders at tomorrow’s event are Savannah Estate, boutique premium wine from the Hunter Valley, LiliPani, with vegan and organic makeup Nora J, bringing homemade felt Christmas decorations, Berliner, cooking…

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Events, Kids, What to do

Free inclusive fun at Redleaf

23/11/2023

Woollahra Council is hosting a free, inclusive afternoon of play, art and games with a difference on November 30. The Let’s Get Creative event is designed to lead up to International Day of People with a Disability on December 3, and is timed to coincide with the launch of local disability services provider Inala’s exhibition at the Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf. Whether you or your children have a disability or not, it’ll be a great evening for the whole family, with proceedings kicking off at 4pm with a collage workshop hosted by deaf artist Sue Jo Wright. She’ll run another…

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Inspiration, School holidays

5 ways to get into the Christmas spirit in Sydney

21/11/2023

From free family concerts to decorations that make you go ‘ahhhh’. Here’s a taste of what’s happening during the festive season. 1. Christmas concerts Dust off your reindeer ears, put on your party shoes and kick off Christmas at our free concert series across Sydney. The first of 6 free concerts will kick off in Pyrmont on Friday 1 December and roll out across Surry Hills, Rosebery, Rushcutters Bay, Glebe and Alexandria. Performers include Sydney Philharmonia Choir, Justine Clarke and The Listies. 2. The lighting of the Martin Place tree The largest Christmas tree in NSW will delight audiences from…

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