By Jay Chabon
There’s a surplus of reasons to visit Sydney in the middle of summer. The beaches are abuzz, the beer gardens are humming and the walking paths are hives for personal bests. But if you want some culture with your sun, chief among your reasons to visit the city this summer ought to be Sydney Festival. … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Graffiti. Street art. Often the two are only distinguishable by legal status. In Sydney however, there is certainly plenty of support for spray-can artists. The lucky ones are commissioned to paint the streets and some are travelling the globe to do so. Of course, Sydney’s public art scene comprises more than just murals. Sculptures, installations … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Snow is synonymous with Christmas mythology but modern Australia is steeped in signature Christmas traditions all its own. Backyard cricket, meat sweats, wasps on the seafood and granny snoring on the spare bed after a potent eggnog are all commonplace. And Christmas Carols on balmy nights are too. In some neighbourhoods today, you’ll find Christmas … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Sometimes one of the most liberating ways to experience a new city – or to rediscover the same one – is to lace up your walking shoes, pop open the front door and just do it. That’s true of Sydney. From Song Hotels’ doorsteps, you can set off on a number of themed waking adventures … Continued
By Jay Chabon
If you have a soft spot for all things comic culture, Oz Comic-Con is the place to be this September. Oz Comic-Con, which takes place on September 29-30 at ICC Sydney, is a mecca for fans eager to see the best exhibitors, celebrities, cosplay competitions, anime screenings, family experiences and panel events the culture has … Continued
By Jay Chabon
A rooftop bar is always a unique setting to down your favourite drink in. Indeed, open-air vistas that showcase skylines, horizons and street scenes imbue the city with a theatrical environmental quality that the ground-level can not. Sydney’s circuit of rooftop bars is characterised by its diversity too. With spring in full swing, you can … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Sculpture by the Sea, a knell for spring in Sydney for more than 20 years now, will transform the Bondi-to-Tamarama coastal walk into a stage of 100 sculptures once again this October 18 – November 4. If you’re setting off from Song Hotel for a day out in Bondi already, it’s a great tie-in, but … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art is a relatively new addition to Sydney’s arts and culture calendar but it’s quickly emerging as an enthralling destination to discover some of Australia and Asia-Pacific’s most progressive and intrepid experimental art performances. The festival, which is presented at cultural centre Carriageworks by resident arts organisation Performance Space, zooms in … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Tossing on a bed sheet with holes for eyes and ambling down your street for the neighbours’ expired Fantales is one way to spend Halloween but there are plenty of other ways to get in the spirit too. Whether you’re into Halloween for the laughs, the screams or the parties, Sydney’s Halloween scene is thriving … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Recreational bowls for the young and the shoeless has well and truly outlived fad status today. Social bowls is on the rise this decade, according to 2017 Bowls Australia figures, and the under-40s and 40-59 age groups account for about a third of the overall participation in the sport. The sport is still big with … Continued
