The Enigma of Miles Franklin Buy Tickets Here DO YOU WANT TO SUPPORT LOCAL ARTS AND VENUES? LOOK NO FURTHER. HEADED BY A SYDNEY-BASED DIRECTOR, WRITER AND DRAMATURG, KINGDOM OF EUCALYPTS IS SHOWING AT THE BONDI PAVILION! Come along to the cultural icon and second home of Eastside, the Bondi Pavilion! Kingdom of Eucalypts follows […]
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Friday Drive Interview with Lyn Ainsworth
In this episode, Emilie and John sit down with Holdsworth CEO Lyn Ainsworth to discuss how “dementia-friendly” events break longstanding stigmas, support carers of people living with dementia, and bring the community together. During Dementia Awareness Week, Holdsworth hosted various events with the Woollahra Dementia Alliance. Their next event, on the 16th of October, is […]
Urban Heat and Health
On this episode of The Sydneyist podcast we discuss urban heat. How hot is too hot? How does heat affect your body and what can we do about it? Elizabeth Farrelly spoke with Ollie Jay, Professor of Heat and Health at the University of Sydney to talk about what you can do to stay cool. […]
Short Courses at The Conservatorium Open Academy
The Conservatorium Open Academy offers a range of short courses tailored for adults seeking to enhance their musical skills and explore their interests, whether they are seasoned veterans or stepping into the wonderful world of music for the first time. Courses will specify whether they are conducted online or in-person, so feel free to select […]
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Inner West Jazz Fest 2024
Two nights of new jazz and improvised music on October 19 & 20, 2024, hosted at the Annandale Creative Arts Centre, Inner West Jazz Fest is a collaboration between the Johnson Street Jazz community, and the musicians involved. This is an unfunded, independently organised event. Please BYO drinks and food, there will be glasses and […]
Sydney Craft Week Festival: 11 – 20 October 2024
In its 60th anniversary year, Australian Design Centre (ADC) is delighted to present the 8th annual Sydney Craft Week Festival from 11-20 October 2024. Sydney Craft Week (SCW) is the first and only city-wide Festival in Sydney dedicated to presenting the latest in contemporary craft and offering a huge range of hands-on experiences for the […]
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Ella is Tuning in!
Introducing Eastside’s Newest Intern Before I could pick up an instrument, I was in a children’s choir. For five years, I donned my scratchy collared shirt every Saturday and went to the Rocks to mouth songs I had never heard of. During every performance, I would try to pull mum’s focus by singing more enthusiastically […]
The Sounds and Stories of James Morrison
Australian jazz music legend James Morrison has a career spanning four decades. He has earned a claim as a trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and conductor. James sat down to discuss his musical background and share some stories on Monday Drive with Alan Field ahead of his concert at the City Recital Hall with piano virtuoso […]
11 Magical Nights of Women In Jazz
Support your local music venue and experience the best of jazz at the umbrella SIWFJ events all over Sydney. The 2024 Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival (SIWJF) October 24th to November 3rd, will feature over 60 global and local artists across 7 Sydney venues this Spring. Now in it’s 13-year, SIMA has championed groundbreaking artistic […]
Bluesfest Tours Announces Six Artists’ Tour Dates for April 2025
Bluesfest Tours is proud to present six tours for Bluesfest artists: Rag’n’Bone Man, Allison Russell, RY X, Marc Broussard, Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram and BJ The Chicago Kid. Rag ’n’ Bone Man : Grammy-winning British artist Rag’n’Bone Man, born Rory Graham, returns to Australia in 2025 for his first tour down under since 2018. Known for his powerful blend […]
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Is Sydney failing us?
On this episode of The Sydneyist podcast we discuss if Sydney is becoming unliveable. The US-based Walk Score rated parts of suburban Sydney as low as 3% and Australia’s Place Score has found that Sydney’s liveability is declining. Are our cities becoming unfair, inhospitable, unliveable? Elizabeth Farrelly spoke with ‘Place Score’ founder and CEO, Kylie […]
Monsieur Camembert Leonard Cohen Show
On Saturday 21 September it would have been Leonard Cohen’s 90th birthday. How will you remember one of the most poetic and humanitarian musicians of the 20th century? In this interview, Monsieur Camembert vocalist, Yaron Hallis, draws on his memories of discovering the singer who went by the same name as his father. Hallis recalls […]