Home » Events

Sydney International Piano Competition

Featuring exceptional pianists from all over the world, the Sydney International Piano Competition is one of the major international events of its...

Sydney International Piano Competition

Sydney Events

The stunning harbour city of Sydney sparkles with exciting events held all year round. From the world-famous New Year’s Eve celebrations to iconic theatre acts, Vivid Sydney’s festival of light, exciting sports tournaments, and everything else, Sydney’s event calendar has something to offer everyone.

When you combine all these events and factor in Sydney’s incredible weather and beautiful beaches with a dash of cosmopolitan culture, you have the perfect recipe for a magical experience.

 Upcoming 2024/2025 Sydney Music Festivals & Sporting Events Calendar




It’s no secret that Sydneysiders love the outdoors, especially when there is wine and food in the picture. The Hunter Valley Wine and Food Festival is a well-loved annual event that only grows each year, showcasing the diverse food and wine culture of this part of Australia. Indulge in the best regional produce, downed with premium local wines at the Taste of Sydney festival. At the same time, the Bastille Festival adds a deliciously rich culinary experience that only the French can provide. So make sure to bring along an appetite and come thirsty.

Sydney is a hot spot for creatives from around the world, which is celebrated in the numerous art and film events held throughout the year. Scare yourself silly at A Night of Horror International Film Festival, be amazed at fascinating flicks at the Sydney Film Festival, or watch a classic film at one of the open-air cinemas. Sydney is known for being home to some of the best film experiences in the world.

Like the rest of Australia, Sydney has its fair share of diverse festivals, too. Each of them is unique and special in its own way; these festivals are worth travelling for. Thousands fly across the globe to attend the legendary Mardi Gras festivities, but don’t forget to bring your dancing shoes for the St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival.

Adrenaline, you say? There’s lots of that here, too: The Australian Open of Surfing is undoubtedly the ultimate sports festival. Surfing is the main star, while BMX comps and skating are the supporting cast. The Sydney Harbour Regatta is a breathtaking display of over 200 keelboats competing in the sparkling seas of the Sydney Harbour.

Check out what’s happening this weekend, or spontaneously join in a festival or event! Check out the calendar, as Sydney’s events are always changing.



Sydney International Art Series

Sydney International Art Series

Multiple Venues, Sydney, NSW
04 November 2023 to 28 April 2024

The Sydney International Art Series showcases ground-breaking past and present artworks from all over the world each summer. The event, an initiative of the New South Wales Government, takes place over several months at...

Read More
Surfest

Surfest

Merewether Beach, Newcastle, NSW
10 February 2024 to 17 March 2024

Surfest is the largest surfing festival in the southern hemisphere. The event sees over 700 competitors from more than two dozen countries who attend the event. Surfest will commence at the Reflections Cadet Cup at...

Read More
Greek Festival Of Sydney

Greek Festival of Sydney

The Enmore Theatre, Newtown, NSW
TBA - February - May 2024

The Greek Festival of Sydney is an annual event held around Sydney from February to June. It’s a massive celebration of Greek culture organised by the Greek Orthodox Community of New South Wales. Greek Festival of...

Read More
Biennale Of Sydney

Biennale of Sydney

Multiple Venues, Sydney, NSW
09 March 2024 to 10 June 2024

The Biennale of Sydney is a visual arts festival that provides a platform for commissioned pieces of art to be displayed to the public. Aimed at presenting thought-provoking art pieces, the Biennale of Sydney first...

Read More
St Patricks Day

St Patricks Day Festival

The Rocks, Sydney, NSW
14 March 2024 to 17 March 2024

The St. Patrick’s Day Festival is a cultural festival held in March 2024, which celebrates Saint Patrick, the patron Saint of Ireland. In Sydney, St. Patrick’s Day is often celebrated by getting together...

Read More
Rouse Hill Town Centre

Sydney Autumn Racing

Rosehill Gardens & Royal Randwick, Randwick, NSW
16 March 2024 to 20 April 2024

The Sydney Autumn Racing Carnival is a fabulous racing event on the NSW racing calendar, including the ‘Golden Slipper Carnival’ and ‘The Championships’. With over $40 million in prize money each...

Read More Book Your Accommodation
Sydney Royal Easter Show

Sydney Royal Easter Show

Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW
22 March 2024 to 02 April 2024

Over the Easter school holidays, the Sydney Royal Easter Show is celebrated over 12 wonderful days and includes everything from exciting rides and family entertainment to arts, crafts and barnyard animals. The Royal...

Read More
Golden Slipper

Golden Slipper

Rosehill Gardens, Rosehill, NSW
23 March 2024

The Rosehill Gardens Racecourse is a premium horse racing venue in the Western suburbs of Sydney. It is best known for hosting the Golden Slipper thoroughbred horse race, one of the most popular destinations for race...

Read More Book Your Accommodation
Sydney Family Show

Sydney Family Show

Entertainment Quarter Showring, Moore Park, NSW
23 March 2024 to 01 April 2024

Over the Easter school holidays, the Sydney Family Show is celebrated over ten wonderful days. It includes everything from exciting rides and family entertainment to arts, crafts and barnyard animals. The Sydney Family...

Read More
Good Friday

Good Friday

Multiple Locations, Sydney, NSW
29 March 2024

Good Friday kicks off the Australian Easter celebrations and will next be observed on Friday, March 29th, 2024. Good Friday is a public holiday with almost all shops and stores closing and people spending the day at...

Read More
Easter Saturday

Easter Saturday

Multiple Locations, Sydney, NSW
30 March 2024

Easter Saturday is part of the Easter celebrations and will be observed on Saturday, April 30th, 2024. Easter Saturday follows Good Friday and is a Christian festival that, according to tradition, celebrates the...

Read More
Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday

Multiple Locations, Sydney, NSW
31 March 2024

Easter Sunday is part of the Easter celebrations and will be observed on Sunday, the 31st of April 2024. Easter Sunday is the biggest day of this four-holiday weekend as it is a public holiday on which families and...

Read More
Easter Monday

Easter Monday

Multiple Venues, Sydney, NSW
01 April 2024

Easter Monday is a public holiday in Australia and will be observed on Monday, the 1st of April 2024. Easter Monday follows Easter Sunday, a Christian festival that, according to tradition, celebrates the resurrection...

Read More
Newcastle Writers Festival

Newcastle Writers Festival

Multiple Locations, Newcastle, NSW
05 April 2024 to 07 April 2024

First held in 2013, the annual Newcastle Writers Festival has grown bigger yearly. It now draws writers of all ages from far and wide to participate in various writing-themed activities and events. The Festival provides...

Read More
Orange F.o.o.d Week

Orange F.O.O.D Week

Multiple Locations, Orange, NSW
05 April 2024 to 14 April 2024

Orange F.O.O.D Week, also known as Food of Orange District, is a food festival held in the beautiful township of Orange each year. As one of Australia’s top food festivals, Orange F.O.O.D Week has been running...

Read More
Nepean Triathlon

Nepean Triathlon

Sydney International Regatta Centre, Castlereagh, NSW
06 April 2024 to 07 April 2024

The Nepean Triathlon is an annual event that combines the best of swimming, racing, and riding – all in the picturesque surroundings of Penrith. The Nepean Triathlon is held at the International Regatta Centre and...

Read More Book Your Accommodation
The Championships

The Championships

Royal Randwick, Randwick, NSW
06 April 2024 to 13 April 2024

Australians celebrate The Championships, a popular horse racing event held at Royal Randwick racecourse annually. Each year, on the first and second Saturday of April, 12 races are held, with over $20 million in prize...

Read More
Cinema In The Park

Cinema in the Park

Fontenoy Park, Macquarie Park, NSW
13 April 2024

Cinema in the Park is an annual outdoor movie event in Ryde, less than half an hour from the Sydney CBD by car. Various participating parks, such as Anzac Park, Yamble Reserve, and Gannan Park, set up inflatable screens...

Read More
Sail Port Stephens

Sail Port Stephens

d'Albora Marinas, Nelson Bay, NSW
15 April 2024 to 05 May 2024

Sail Port Stephens is a popular sporting event held in April-May each year where participants from all over Australia compete to win. Held at the renowned d’Albora Marinas, this event is one of the region’s...

Read More
Australian Heritage Festival

Australian Heritage Festival

Multiple Locations, Sydney, NSW
18 April 2024 to 19 May 2024

The Australian Heritage Festival is the biggest and longest-running event honouring Australia’s indigenous, natural, multicultural, and historical heritage. The first event was held in 1980, and today, it’s...

Read More
St Albans Folk Festival

St Albans Folk Festival

Main Street of St Albans, St Albans, NSW
TBA - April 2024

The St Albans Folk Festival is a three-day event that takes place in late April each year. Here you’ll hear all types of traditional and contemporary folk and Australian bush music and music workshops, dances...

Read More
The Gum Ball

The Gum Ball

Dashville, Lower Belford, NSW
TBA - April 2024

The Gum Ball is an annual music festival held in secluded bushland at Bedford in the middle of the Hunter Valley each year. It is a family-friendly weekend event filled with music, arts, food, beers, markets, yoga, and...

Read More Book Your Accommodation
Canowindra International Balloon Challenge

Canowindra International Balloon Challenge

Canowindra Showground, Canowindra, NSW
20 April 2024 to 28 April 2024

The Canowindra International Balloon Challenge is a spectacular event that turns the sky into a fiesta of colour with vibrant hot air balloons reaching up into the sky. Each year, the sky bursts to life when all of the...

Read More Book Your Accommodation
Chand Raat Eid Festival

Chand Raat Eid Festival

Rosehill Gardens, Rosehill, NSW
TBA - April 2024

The Chand Raat Eid Festival is one of the biggest multicultural celebrations in Australia. It follows the Islamic calendar, marking the culmination of Ramadan and the eve of Eid-Al-Fitr. The term ‘Chand...

Read More
Wollongong Triathlon Festival

Wollongong Triathlon Festival

Beach Cove, Wollongong, NSW
TBA - April 2024

The Wollongong Triathlon Festival is a celebration of health, fitness, and family which usually takes place in April. Races are available for all abilities and ages, and individuals, as well as groups, are welcome to...

Read More
Sydney Comedy Festival

Sydney Comedy Festival

Multiple Venues, Sydney, NSW
TBA - April/May 2024

If you love stand-up comedy or just like to laugh, come to the Sydney Comedy Festival to witness one of the largest comedy festivals in Australia. Sydney has hosted the event since 2005, and it runs for four weeks each...

Read More
Anzac Day

Anzac Day

Martin Place, Sydney, NSW
25 April 2024

Anzac Day is an important special community event celebrated in Australia on April 25. Millions of Australians commemorate the anniversary of the first significant military pairing of Australian and New Zealand forces...

Read More
Multicultural Eid Festival And Fair

Multicultural Eid Festival and Fair

Fairfield Showground, Prairiewood, NSW
TBA - April 2024

The Multicultural Eid Festival and Fair in Sydney takes place on the Sunday after Eid-Ul-Fitr, the most important annual event in the Muslim calendar, marking Ramadan’s end. It is attended by thousands of Sydney...

Read More
Meatstock Festival

Meatstock Festival

Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW
TBA - May 2024

Meat lovers worldwide will gather at the Sydney Showgrounds for the Meatstock Festival three-day festival in May every year. This beloved meat-filled event will feature bands, beer, barbecues, and more! Meatstock...

Read More
The Sydney Fair 4

The Sydney Fair

The Kensington Room at Royal Randwick Racecourse, Randwick, NSW
TBA - May 2024

The Sydney Fair is returning to the Royal Randwick Racecourse with over 60 of Australia’s most outstanding dealers exhibiting Furniture, Decorative Arts, Jewellery, Art, Prints and Posters, Books, Vintage Fashion...

Read More
Pyrmont Festival

Pyrmont Festival

Pirrama Park, Pyrmont, NSW
TBA - JUNE 2023

The Pyrmont Festival is an annual event showcasing the best wines from the Orange wine region alongside various creative and artistic pieces. The 2-day food & wine festival features wine tasting, degustation dishes...

Read More
Polish Film Festival Sydney 1 1

Polish Film Festival

Mulitple Locations Around Sydney, Leichhardt, NSW
TBA - May/June 2024

The Polish Film Festival returns in May and June with a strong line-up of critically acclaimed films, screening across two cinemas, Palace Norton Street in Leichhardt and The Ritz Cinemas in Randwick. Get ready for...

Read More
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour

Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace, Cremorne, NSW
TBA - MAY 2023

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is an annual international film competition showcasing documentaries and short films about mountain culture, the environment, and sports. The event was launched in 1976 by the...

Read More
Blacktown City Festival

Blacktown City Festival

Various Locations, Blacktown, NSW
14 May 2023 to 28 May 2023

The Blacktown City Festival is back! Held over a week in May, the event will occur at various Blacktown locations. The beginning of the festival week will see the Nurragingy Reserve transformed into a medieval...

Read More
Mothers Day Classic

Mothers Day Classic

Phillip Precinct, The Domain, Sydney, NSW
14 May 2023

The Mother’s Day Classic is a walk/run fun run held in Sydney in May and an important fundraising initiative that raises millions of dollars each year for breast cancer research. The distances for the...

Read More
Fashion Week Australia

Fashion Week Australia

Carriageworks, Eveleigh, NSW
15 May 2023 to 19 May 2023

Fashion Week Australia is the nation’s premier fashion event. Hosted by Afterpay, this prestigious event draws international crowds. During Fashion Week, editors, buyers, designers, influencers and models all...

Read More
State Of Origin

State of Origin

Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW
TBA - May/June/July 2024

The State of Origin is one of the biggest events on the Australian sporting calendar. The event is a series of three rugby league matches between the Queensland Maroons and the New South Wales Blues, and the best...

Read More
Mindbodyspirit Festival

MindBodySpirit Festival

International Convention Centre Sydney, Sydney, NSW
18 May 2023 to 21 May 2023

The MindBodySpirit Festival is Sydney’s biggest gathering for health, well-being, and holistic treatments, taking place over several days at the International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney. The event is open to...

Read More
Ultra-trail Australia

Ultra-Trail Australia

Scenic World, Katoomba, NSW
11 May 2023 to 14 May 2023

Ultra-Trail Australia is a challenging 100km running event held in the magnificent Blue Mountains in New South Wales. Local and international runners come to NSW each year to participate in this endurance event, with...

Read More Book Your Accommodation
What are the most popular annual events in Sydney?
Where are the most popular annual events in Sydney held?
What areas are the most popular annual events in Sydney located?
The most popular areas for annual events in Sydney are located in:Check out the whole list of annual events in Sydney.

Weather Forecast

SYDNEY WEATHER

Upcoming Events