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Merry Christmas everyone.

With Christmas over, we all know New Year follows, and January is a big month for Sydney.

It's Sydney Festival month!

This year, Sydney Festival once again features theatre productions and concerts from all over the world. The highlights are of course, the FREE events, which include outdoor cinemas at the Overflow in the Olympic Park, the Domain concert series from the Sydney Symphony, Opera Australia and Jazz bands. Darling ...

An annual outdoor free event in Kings Cross, Pics in the Park showcase some of the feature documentaries as well as short films by local productions.  The program started on the 10th November and will run its last session this Saturday on the 24th November. So if you haven't got anything planned this weekend, head to the Fitzroy Gardens for a day of short films and enjoy the Sydney outdoors.

Saturday ...

Michael Leunig fans in Sydney would all want to flock to this special exhibition that showcases his thoughts and opinions in forms of his cartoon.

Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig is a man known for his many talents. He was a cartoonist, poet, philosopher and artist, his cartoons have been featured as light humours as well as bearing strong political messages in the press.

In the "Things are great" exhibition, his works explore ...

It's the annual Sculpture by the Sea where many local and international artists come together creating outdoor art for the cliff walk between Bondi beach and Tamarama beach.

The event runs from the 1st of Nov to the 18th Nov, so it would be the last week to catch a glimpse of the talented sculptors at work. This year, a line up from 100 different artists from 18 different countries, ...

Newtown Festival

Get out of the city center this Sunday and enjoy a day of food, music and craft stores in the inner west at the Newtown Festival.

Held annually, Newtown Festival is a fundraiser event for the Newtown Neigbourhood Centre (NNC), who provides community service to the aged, people with disabilities, people with mental illness, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people on low incomes.

The event will be ...

Some of Sydney's best music gigs and where to find them.

Stephen Schafer
Jazz
May 2
Wine Banq bar, Sydney
Tickets: $10

Diesel
Pop/rock
May 4
The Vanguard, Sydney
Tickets $28 + booking fee

Guy Sebastian
Pop
May 4, 5
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Tickets: $80 to $120

Dave Matthews Band, Xavier Rudd
Folk/pop/rock
May 5
Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park
Tickets: $99.90

Pink
Pop
May 11, 12, 13
Entertainment Centre, Sydney
Tickets: $89.90 (some shows sold out - ticket enquiry only)

Keith Urban
Country/pop
May 15
Acer Arena, Sydney
Tickets: $85.90 - $119.90

Sneaky Sound System
Pop/funk
May 17
Mean Fiddler, ...

Stories in the Dark
April 30 to May 11
A world premiere play by award-winning writer Debra Oswald, Stories in the Dark tells the story of Anna and a 12 year-old boy she befriends. Set against a backdrop of war, it mixes the magic of fairytales with a struggle to survive. At Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. More info

Ann Howard's Original Oil Paintings
1 May to 31 May
An ...

Darling Harbour is famous for being highly touristy. Who can blame this moniker? Walking to the city from my flat, I will always encounter the trolley cart which masquerades as a ‘train’, the street performers and people snapping pictures. My friend SmartAlec calls this place a tourist trap. As is with all tourist traps, prices are inflated and service lacklustre.

However, not all is that bad. Dig deep ...

Apologies in advanced for the week long hiatus. Once work piles, it piles. More documents coming in than going out.

Anyway, today is as good as any to introduce a restaurant I have come to love since arriving here two years back. My cousin told me of this place, and it was once featured Condé Nast Traveller a while back. I’m talking about Opium Den.

Opium Den is a ...

Some of Sydney's best music gigs and where to find them.

Herbie Hancock
Jazz
April 23, 24
State Theatre, Sydney
Tickets $129.90

Birds of Tokyo
Pop/rock
May 3
Gaelic Theatre, Surry Hills
Tickets tba
May 6
Spectrum Theatre, Darlinghurst
Tickets tba

Beyonce
Soul/RnB
April 26
Entertainment Centre, Darling Harbour
Tickets $103.40 - $134.40

Missy Higgins
Pop/ indie/ alternative
May 2
Roxy Hotel, Parramatta
Tickets $49.90
May 4, 5, 6
Enmore Theatre, Newtown
Tickets $59.90

30 Seconds to Mars
Pop/rock
May 4
Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Tickets $56.60

James Morisson
Pop/rock/soul
May 12, 13
Enmore Theatre, Newtown
Tickets $61.40
Silverchair
Pop/rock
May 9
Enmore Theatre, Newtown
Tickets $53.50 (by ...