What’s On In Sydney: Upcoming Events & Gig Guide
The Upcoming Events and Gig Guide will keep you up to date with Australia’s hottest ticket events, concerts, and What’s On In Sydney in arts and entertainment. If you’d like to submit an event for inclusion, you can upload it below. Note: New event listings go live on Fridays. If you don’t see your event after this date, please refresh the page in your browser to see the latest update.
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04/05/20XX
Star Wars Fans Encouraged To Walk A Mile For Scott Loxley
Pitt Street Mall, Sydney NSW
With International Star Wars Day upon us, Sydneysiders are encouraged to descend on Pitt Street Mall on Monday May the 4th and ‘walk a mile’ for Scott Loxley – the Melbourne man who has been ‘storming Australia’ in his full 501st Legion Sandtrooper Star Wars costume since 2013. As an avid Star Wars fan himself, Scott’s mission is to raise vital funds for the Monash Children’s Hospital, with an aim to secure $100,000 for kids in need. Throughout his 18-month journey, Scott will visit every State and Territory and cover around 15,000kms in total. Visitors to Pitt Street Mall are encouraged to donate a gold coin and hop on a treadmill to do their bit. From 12:30pm – 2:00pm, the team at Fit & Fast will be providing treadmills and fitness instructors, with Stormtrooper helmets and light sabers also on hand to provide to some ‘force’ to each mission!
For more info, visit https://www.sydneyunleashed.com.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Now until 31/12/2026
The Botanica Vaucluse
2 Laguna St, Vaucluse NSW 2030
Sydney couples are rethinking the traditional ballroom wedding in favour of intimate, candlelit garden celebrations that feel romantic, design-led and deeply personal. One venue quietly leading this shift is The Botanica Vaucluse, a lush, garden-filled space tucked away in the eastern suburbs. By night, cascading greenery, botanical murals and soft candlelight create an effortlessly cinematic setting for after-dark receptions. Rare for Sydney’s luxury wedding scene, The Botanica also offers a fully gluten-free fine dining menu, allowing every guest to share the same refined experience without compromise. It is modern romance, redefined through atmosphere, inclusivity and impeccable taste.
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DST ends, long lunches begin: Mother’s Day planning just got easier at Sydney’s 100% gluten free fine dining destination
The Botanica Vaucluse: 2 Laguna St, Vaucluse
As Daylight Saving Time ends and Sydneysiders shift back indoors, The Botanica Vaucluse is leaning into the return of the long lunch with a curated Sunday entertainment series, arriving just in time for Mother’s Day planning.
Recently Coeliac Australia audited and confirmed as a 100% gluten free restaurant, Botanica is one of the few premium dining venues in Sydney where guests can enjoy a refined long lunch without navigating dietary compromise, something still relatively rare at this level of dining.
Led by chefs Abby James (ex-Quay) and Thai Sams (ex-Bentley), the seasonal menu is designed for relaxed, extended dining, making Botanica a natural choice for celebratory occasions, group gatherings and Mother’s Day experiences that feel considered rather than crowded.
With cooler afternoons encouraging longer indoor dining occasions, Botanica’s Sunday programming introduces subtle live entertainment moments that elevate the experience while keeping the focus on food, atmosphere and connection.
Upcoming Sunday experiences
– Sunday 14 June – Magician
– Sunday 16 August – Magician
– Sunday 11 October – Magician
Set within a light-filled dining room designed by globally recognised designer Evette Moran and surrounded by lush gardens, Botanica offers a destination-style setting suited to milestone celebrations and leisurely weekend dining.
With the end of DST bringing earlier evenings and cooler Sundays, the venue provides a timely option for those looking to plan ahead for Mother’s Day or simply embrace the return of slower, more social dining occasions.
Botanica is open Friday to Sunday, with long lunch sittings across the weekend.
Now until 3/10/2026
Two Psychics and a Medium – Australian Tour
Tour Dates Below
• Thursday 14 May – Newcastle • Saturday 16 May – Sydney • Sunday 17 May – Penrith • Thursday 21 May – Gold Coast • Friday 22 May – Brisbane • Saturday 23 May – Melbourne • Sunday 24 May – Melbourne • Saturday 30 May – Perth • Sunday 31 May – Perth • Saturday 20 June – Kalgoorlie • Saturday 29 August – Bunbury • Wednesday 2 September – Townsville • Thursday 3 September – Townsville • Friday 4 September – Toowoomba • Saturday 5 September – Darwin • Saturday 3 October – Albany.
Following sell-out performances globally, the acclaimed live production Two Psychics and a Medium is touring Australia, bringing its powerful blend of live readings, spiritual connection and unscripted audience moments nationwide. Featuring internationally respected psychic mediums Julia Cartagena and Donna Maree, alongside Australia’s renowned “Ghost Whisperer” Anthony Grzelka, the show delivers a deeply personal and emotionally charged evening where messages, insights and unexpected moments unfold live on stage. Blending warmth, humour and raw emotional connection, audience members may receive live readings, witness powerful validations, or simply experience the collective atmosphere of connection and curiosity that has drawn thousands to the show worldwide.
Now until 13/06/2026
Vivid at Market City: Free parking, dining & light installations, and neon face painting
9-13 Hay Street Haymarket NSW 2000
At Market City’s 1909 Dining Precinct (Level 3), “Floral Dreamscape” will transform the space through layered floral projections, animated displays and ambient lighting moments, creating a more relaxed alternative to the main Vivid crowds. Open 10AM-late daily. Meanwhile, Paddy’s Haymarket is launching a free Vivid pre-show experience featuring neon face painting, glow accessories, interactive photo moments and a scavenger hunt throughout the festival period. Open 10AM-6PM daily.
Now until 28/06/2026
Spago teams up with Lee Kum Kee
Date: Sunday 31 May 2026 Times: 11am – 3pm Location: Darling Square, in front of The Exchange building
To celebrate the collaboration, MasterChef alumnus Mimi Wong will host a free cooking demonstration for each of the three collaboration dishes. The activation will feature a roving Lee Kum Kee panda mascot. Guests can purchase any two Spago x Lee Kum Kee collaboration dishes and receive a token to collect a free toy capsule at the Gacha machine.
Now until 30/06/2026
Pride Fest
Oxford Street Precinct
2026 will showcase Pride Fest’s biggest program yet featuring over 300 events to celebrate International Pride Month from 1 to 30 June 2026, in a big, bold and beautiful celebration of community, culture and conversation. With a dynamic program of theatre, cabaret, music, comedy, visual art, workshops, talks, fitness, food, markets and community events, Pride Fest is ready to warm up your winter, and for the first time ever, will expand outside the walls of Qtopia Sydney, to take over the entire Oxford Street precinct in one epic display of pride. How will you show your Pride?
7/06/2026
Pup in Pubs
BrewDog South Eveleigh
Taking place on Sunday 7 June from 12-3pm, the event will transform BrewDog South Eveleigh into a pup paradise complete with doggy market stalls, free treat samples, giveaways and a Best Dressed Pup Competition from 2pm. Pawrents are encouraged to dress up their fur babies and bring them along to strut their stuff.
10/06/2026 – 14/06/2026
Skank Sinatra: The Name on Everybody’s Lips
The Loading Dock Theatre, 301 Forbes St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Award-winning cabaret sensation Skank Sinatra returns with a BRAND NEW glittering cabaret spectacle bursting with powerhouse vocals, biting comedy and Broadway bangers turned deliciously sideways. Prepare for an hour with one of Australia’s most magnetic live cabaret performers, featuring big hair, a live pianist and more costume reveals than Liza has sequins. From Cabaret to Hamilton, Evita to Sondheim, this is musical theatre elevated, unhinged and gloriously misbehaved. Skank Sinatra is the name’s on everybody’s lips. Come find out why.
18/06/2026 – 20/06/2026
Toy Symphony
Sutherland Pavilion 30 Eton Street, Sutherland NSW 2232
Toy Symphony is the eleventh play by Michael Gow, revisiting the character of Roland Henning, first introduced in Furious. Now, Roland has writer’s block. It’s not that he lacks ideas – he’s just frozen, trapped by every artist’s worst fear: the inability to put pen to paper. Dates: June 18-20, 2026 Location: The Sutherland Pavilion – 30 Eton Street, Sutherland NSW 2232 Tickets: $80 – Adult, $70 – Concession, $55 – Under 30s
18/06/2026
Dinner Roast Comedy Show
Potts Point Hotel – 33-35 Darlinghurst Rd, Potts Point NSW 2011
A first-of-its-kind comedy show by EveryPlate serving up stand-up alongside a hearty roast dinner. Bougie foodie culture has you splitting your sides? Outrageous recipes have you cracking up? Then come hungry and ready to laugh at EveryPlate’s Dinner Roast – the anti-foodie comedy show that brings stand-up to your sit-down dinner. Hosted by comedian, actor, and self-proclaimed anti-foodie Nikki Osborne, the one-night-only comedy event will serve up a night of big laughs, brutal roasts, and a playful take on the dinner-time drama. Joining Nikki Osborne, comedians Troy Kinne and Gen Fricker roast over-the-top foodie culture live on stage.
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20/06/2026
The Botanica Vaucluse is bringing the Hunter Valley to Sydney’s east for one night only
2 Laguna St, Vaucluse NSW 2030
Hunter Valley favourite Margan Wines and Restaurant will take over The Botanica Vaucluse this June for an intimate four-course wine dinner featuring bluefin tuna, dry-aged duck and estate-grown wines.
Usually, experiencing Margan means packing the car and escaping to the Hunter Valley for the weekend. Next month, Sydneysiders can skip the road trip altogether.
For one night only on Saturday 20 June 2026, The Botanica Vaucluse will host the acclaimed Hunter Valley winery restaurant for an intimate four-course wine dinner bringing a taste of vineyard dining to Sydney’s east.
Known for its produce-driven menus and estate-grown wines in Broke Fordwich, Margan has built a loyal following around seasonal dining that feels deeply connected to the land it comes from. Now, in a rare Sydney collaboration, that same philosophy will be brought to Vaucluse alongside The Botanica’s refined garden-framed dining experience.
Designed by The Botanica’s co-head chefs Abby James and Thai Sams, whose experience spans Quay, Bentley and some of Sydney’s most respected kitchens, the winter menu moves through the full arc of seasonal dining.
The evening begins with bluefin tuna sashimi crostino before moving into Whitsundays coral trout with almond, cucumber and karkalla, followed by dry-aged duck with blueberry, pickled beetroot and black tea. Dessert finishes with Pink Lady apple, Dassai sake and walnut.
Each course will be paired with wines from Margan’s Hunter Valley vineyard, including the vibrant 2024 La Niña Sparkling Rosé on arrival, the crisp 2025 Ceres Hill Albariño, the rich and layered 2025 Ceres Hill Barbera and a luscious 2023 Margan Botrytis Semillon to finish.
The dinner will also offer something surprisingly rare in Sydney’s dining scene: elevated gluten-free dining without compromise. Recently certified 100 per cent gluten free by Coeliac Australia, The Botanica has become one of the few premium restaurants in Sydney where guests can experience luxury dining in a fully gluten-free environment.
“Margan felt like a very natural fit for The Botanica,” said Evette Moran, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Mark Moran Group. “Both venues are incredibly passionate about seasonal produce and creating thoughtful dining experiences that feel connected to where the ingredients come from. Bringing that shared philosophy together for one night felt really special.”
Hosted within The Botanica’s lush Vaucluse dining space, the intimate evening is expected to bring a little slice of the Hunter Valley to Sydney for one night only.
Tickets are priced at $169 per person, inclusive of matching wines.
22/06/2026
Hamsi x Paul Farag Takeover
Hamsi Taverna, 1 Bridge Rd, Sydney New South Wales 2037
Two of Sydney’s most respected Middle Eastern chefs are reuniting for one night only. On 22nd June, former Aalia colleagues Paul Farag and Erdi Akyol will join forces at Hamsi Taverna for an exclusive waterfront dinner at the new Sydney Fish Market. Showcasing their shared passion for bold flavours, cultural storytelling and exceptional produce, the evening will feature a bespoke multi-course menu blending contemporary Middle Eastern and Mediterranean influences, served against one of Sydney’s most spectacular harbourfront settings.
24/06/2026
Hooligan Hefs’ exclusive “Fans First” gig
Bat & Ball Hotel, Redfern
Hooligan Hefs is officially back in town and teaming up with Spotify for an intimate fan-first performance. Taking place ahead of the release of his hotly anticipated album, Sixth Sense, the gig comes at an exciting time for Hefs. Positioned as a bold and dynamic body of work, the nine-track album will blend hard-hitting anthems with introspective storytelling, exploring themes of struggle, ambition and personal growth. Now, Hefs is treating his top fans to an exclusive performance in the heart of Sydney as part of Spotify’s Turn Up Aus initiative.
29/06/2026
Juicy Riot
The Eternity Playhouse – 39 Burton Street, Darlinghurst Sydney, New South Wales, 2010
Award-winning theatre babes, prolific music makers & notorious bisexuals Kala Gare and Victoria Falconer are throwing a high-femme-fronted, queer-as-fuck variety extravaganza! Celebrating the close of QTopia’s Pride season with a thirst-quenching lineup of guest acts serving music, cabaret, performance art and pure heart-starting joy. And you KNOW we gonna dance. Come drink it up.
4/7/2026 – 11/7/2026
Pay No Attention
Sydney Opera House Bennelong Point, Sydney
The Flying Fruit Fly Circus returns this June – July with a brand-new show where knockabout comedy meets breathtaking aerials. Experience the incredible talent of young performers in this high-energy circus extravaganza!
Step into a circus of contradictions, where nothing is as it seems – a kaleidoscope of illusion, disguise and reinvention. Performed by the extraordinary young artists of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus, it features breathtaking acrobatics, theatrical trickery and shifting personas – where every identity tried on, discarded or reinvented leaves a trace of who we might become.
29/07/2026
Genesis Owusu’s exclusive “Fans First” gig
Bat & Ball Hotel, Redfern
Genesis Owusu is set to return to the state. teaming up with Spotify for an intimate fan-first performance. Genesis has just completed his REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE tour, in celebration of his third studio album. Known for pushing creative boundaries across rap, punk, soul, and experimental music, the artist will be treating his top fans to an exclusive performance in the heart of Sydney as part of Spotify’s Turn Up Aus initiative.