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Arts & culture
Shaping a lively and creative city
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Leading with pride
How Luciano Svagelli is strengthening Redfern through mentorship, community work and sport.
Art and About calls for bold ideas in 2026
Oxford Street and Taylor Square could be the blank canvas you’ve been looking for
Create the visual identity system for Sydney Lunar Festival
Help us create a new look for one of the biggest Lunar New Year celebrations outside Asia.
Meeras Pavilion: An immersive celebration of Rohingya creativity and spirit
A new temporary public artwork invites you to step inside Rohingya stories – beyond narratives of exile, towards culture, generosity and connection.
Soft Forest invites you to connect to the natural world
Meet Fauna, your playful guide on a mission to entertain and educate.
Trace the currents of Sydney’s past for History Week
The ebb and flow of time told through our city’s waterways.
Always learning, always sharing
Uncle Charles ‘Chicka’ Madden reflects on 80-plus years serving his community.
Standing up for culture and community
A proud story of connection and advocacy from Wiradjuri and Walbunja activist Jinny-Jane Smith.
Here are our 2025 Little Sydney Lives finalists
Sydney’s youngest photographers have been creating lively new works that capture their fresh perspectives. These images were taken by kids aged 5 to 12.
Finalists for the 2025 Australian Life photography competition have been announced
Take an intimate journey through contrasting scenes of connection, resilience and play and vote for your favourite photo below
Create, make and collaborate at our place
Use a space in Green Square and our accommodation grants can subsidise up to 100% of the rent for up to 5 years.
Making space for creativity: inside Sydney’s artist apartments
An affordable live/work spaces program is giving 6 Sydney creatives space to live, work and bring their art to life.
Free gig at Sydney Town Hall for NAIDOC Week
The next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander hip hop, R&B and indie pop artists will play an all-ages live show on Thursday 10 July.
Weaving a way to knowledge and healing
Community educator and traditional weaver Karleen Green shares her story.
5 things you can discover in the City Archives
We keep more than one million records about Sydney dating from the 19th century. International Archives Week is the perfect time to explore them.
Discover Sydney’s stories with free exhibitions
Step into the past, present and future of our city
8 ways to connect with First Nations cultures and communities
Discover ways to engage with First Nations cultures this Reconciliation Week.
Empowering women through education
Discover how Dixie Link-Gordon’s life journey led to her work supporting women to be safe, healthy and strong.
Hidden in plain sight: revealing the overlooked stories of Sydney’s inner suburbs
Shining a light on the untold stories of our local area.
Sydney's lesser-known war memorials
Some quiet corners in our city carry the memory of Australians who served in the armed forces.
Capture the essence of Australian Life
Enter our national photography competition for a $10,000 grand prize.
Young eyes, big stories: Kids invited to Little Sydney Lives photography contest
Budding photographers aged 5 to 12 can make their mark and show us their world.
On the road to justice: remembering the Freedom Ride
Four photographs from the exhibition at 119 Redfern Street.
Super snakes of Sydney
What Lunar New Year means for 6 people born in the Year of the Snake
Our Sydney Festival highlights
Music, dance, performance art and kid-friendly events to help you plan your festival from 4 to 26 January
The women empowering Sydney’s New Year’s Eve
Meet the female force behind Sydney’s New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Add these to your reading list: the most popular library books of 2024
You’re bound to find your favourite new read in this list.
Rare photos shine a light on pride
The people, parties and parades that made LGBTIQA+ Sydney from the disco era to the fight for marriage equality in the 21st century.
How to mark Remembrance Day in Sydney
Honouring the fallen and reflecting on the sacrifice of generations past.
