Sydney is turning up the heat this summer. The calendar is jam-packed with exciting events that are perfect for family fun. We’ve picked the top outings that will win you brownie points with the kids.
Ho, ho ho! Christmas is well and truly here and there’s no place better to celebrate all things festive than at Noël Sydney. This merry Christmas market will take place from Macquarie Street through to the Royal Botanic Gardens. The kids will love the whimsical, light-up Digital Christmas Forest and hunting for buildings being lit up with animated projection as part of the Noël Light Trail. Free, December 9-24, noelsydney.com
Come January, there’ll be plenty to do thanks to the Sydney Festival. Family-friendly events include the free Cupid’s Koi Garden, which features the world’s first inflatable fountain and a six-metre-tall water-play installation. Did someone say hours of entertainment?. Free, January 5-29, sydneyfestival.org.au
Part of the Sydney Festival, the Australian Museum in Darlinghurst will be showing Erth’s Shark Dive. If you have a fin-obsessed kid they will love this immersive audio and puppeteer experience, where they can pretend to take part in a shark dive, without the danger or getting wet. Tickets from $15, January 3-29, sydneyfestival.org.au
After an extremely successful run Van Gogh Alive is returning to Sydney for a short time at Sydney Entertainment Quarter. The immersive, multimedia experience will leave the kids and you mesmerised, as you experience Van Gogh art in a whole new light. Tickets from $39, December 8 – February 12, vangoghalive.com.au
Come school holidays the Moonlight Cinemas will be airing kid-friendly movies for older children in the lead up to Christmas. Think festive favourites like How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Home Alone, and Elf. The perfect way to spend an evening unwinding. Tickets from $25, December 6-30, moonlight.com.au/sydney
Eric Carle’s iconic book will be brought to the stage for The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show at the Sydney Opera House. The thoughtfully curated production features a menagerie of more than 75 magical puppets, including the beloved very hungry caterpillar. This production is perfect for tots 18+ months in age. Tickets from $29, December 13-23, sydneyoperahouse.com
Mysterious shipwrecks are brought to the surface in the new exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum, bringing creative LEGO® brick models together with maritime archaeology and real objects recovered from shipwrecks, in a fun-filled family summer activity program. Get involved with LEGO® building and augmented reality experiences, alongside a summer holidays activity program that includes shipwreck stories, maritime archaeology dig sites, ship model making, science experiments and a Minifigure™ kids’ museum trail. Tickets from $15, sea.museum
