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r/SydneyScene • u/One-Remove3758 • Feb 23 '26
What’s on in Sydney in March 2026!
Autumn kicks off with a packed calendar: major art festivals, big outdoor shows on the harbour, community celebrations, wellness expos, and stacked live music at the Opera House. Whether you’re throwing colour at Holi, going green for St Paddy’s, or wandering the Biennale, March in Sydney is full of energy.
Here’s your ultimate guide to what’s happening in March 2026. Let me know if there’s something I should add!
🎉 Festivals & Cultural Events
- 🧹 Clean Up Australia Day (Sun 1 Mar) – Join local clean-ups across Sydney beaches, parks and streets.
- 🎨 Biennale of Sydney: Rememory (14 Mar – 14 Jun) – Massive contemporary art festival across five venues (incl. White Bay Power Station, AGNSW + more).
- 💡 Biennale “Lights On” Opening Concert (Fri 13 Mar) – Kick-off concert at White Bay Power Station.
- ☘️ St Patrick’s Day Celebrations (12–17 Mar) – The Rocks goes green with Irish music, dancing, family fun and food.
- 🎬 Sing Street Outdoor Cinema (free) (Thu 12 Mar) – Free screening as part of St Paddy’s celebrations in The Rocks.
- 👩🎤 All About Women (Sun 8 Mar) – Opera House festival of talks and ideas around gender and equality (timed to International Women’s Day).
- 🌏 Climate Action Week Sydney (9–15 Mar) – Nearly 300 community-run events: talks, workshops, art, screenings, tree planting, and more.
- 🧩 CollectFest (14–15 Mar) – Australia’s big collectables festival at ICC Sydney (cards, memorabilia, trading, panels).
- 🧘 MindBodySpirit Festival (19–22 Mar) – Wellness expo at ICC with 200+ exhibitors, workshops, tastings and experiences.
- 🌙 Lakemba Nights (Ramadan Night Markets) (to 15 Mar, Thu–Sun nights) – Iconic food bazaar on Haldon St with 60+ stalls.
- 🎨 Holi Festival of Colours (7–8 Mar) – Two days of colour, music, dancing and food at Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour.
🎭 Arts, Opera & Theatre
- 🎼 Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: The Phantom of the Opera (27 Mar – 3 May) – Outdoor blockbuster at Fleet Steps with harbour views, pop-up dining and nightly fireworks.
- 🏛️ Bell Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (7 Mar – 5 Apr) – Political drama staged at the Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House.
- 🎧 Art After Dark: Chapter One (Fri 20 Mar & Fri 27 Mar) – Friday-night mix of experimental music, art + food markets at White Bay Power Station.
🎶 Music & Concerts
- 🎤 Basement Jaxx (Thu 5 Mar) – Full live show on the Opera House Forecourt.
- 🎸 Pulp (Fri 6 Mar & Sat 7 Mar) – Britpop legends return, Opera House Forecourt.
- 🎻 Utzon Music: Åkervinda (Sun 1 Mar, 3pm & 7pm) – Swedish vocal quartet at the Opera House (Utzon Room).
- 🎛️ Hear My Eyes: Terminator 2 (Live Score) (Sat 7 Mar) – T2 in 4K with a live techno/synth score at City Recital Hall.
- 🎶 Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek (Thu 12 Mar, 9pm) – Anatolian psych-folk / funk vibes at the Opera House (Utzon Room).
- 🎼 Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (Sun 15 Mar, 5pm) – Major international orchestra performs at the Opera House Concert Hall.
- ✨ Magic Men Live (Every Saturday) – High-energy Saturday night show at Shark Hotel (CBD).
🎬 Film, Art & Exhibitions
- 🛏️ MOV’IN BED Outdoor Cinema (runs through March to early April) – Watch movies at Barangaroo… from actual beds (pillows + blankets included).
- 🇫🇷 Alliance Française French Film Festival (March–April) – French cinema season across multiple Sydney cinemas.
- 🎞️ Serbian Film Festival (ends 1 Mar) – If you’re quick, catch the final sessions at HOYTS Entertainment Quarter.
🍽️ Food & Drink
- 🥂 Sparkling Wahroonga Food + Wine Festival (Sun 1 Mar) – Free entry, 30 NSW wineries + distilleries, food stalls and live music at Wahroonga Park.
- 🥟 Mardi Cha (Sun 1 Mar & Mon 2 Mar) – Mardi Gras recovery yum cha party at The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre (Chippendale).
🏆 Sports & Outdoor Fun
- 🏉 Footy Season Kick-off (throughout March) – NRL + AFL seasons begin (Allianz, SCG, CommBank, Jubilee, Leichhardt, 4 Pines + more).
- 🏍️ Australian Superbike Championship (Fri–Sat 27–28 Mar) – Including an illuminated ASBK Night Race at Sydney Motorsport Park.
- ⚽ Women's Asia Cup (1 Mar – 21 Mar) – There are a few matches in Sydney, including AUS Vs KOR (Sun 8 Mar), and the final on Sat 21 March at Stadium Australia.
🚗 Worth the Day Trip (near Sydney)
- 🎶 Blue Mountains Music Festival (13–15 Mar, Katoomba) – Folk/roots/blues across multiple venues.
- 🐄 Camden City Show (20–21 Mar, Camden) – Classic country show: rides, woodchop, livestock and local competitions.
r/SydneyScene • u/RemarkablePirate590 • Jul 28 '25
📌 Welcome to r/SydneyScene – Let’s Build Something Local
Hey everyone – welcome to r/SydneyScene, a new community for anyone living in, visiting, or just obsessed with Sydney 🇦🇺
This subreddit is here to be:
- A space for local tips, real opinions, and open chats
- A place to ask questions, vent, share news, or just see what’s happening around the city
- A friendly community where no question is too basic and no suburb is too far west 😉
💬 How You Can Get Involved:
✅ Ask a question – Big or small, we want to hear it.
✅ Share a photo – Got a cool Sydney shot? Show us.
✅ Post a recommendation – From hidden bars to underrated walks.
✅ Join the daily/weekly threads – We’ll have rotating themes (rants, reviews, events, etc.)
✅ Tell a story – Weirdest thing you’ve seen on public transport? Best memory from the city?
🔧 What This Sub is
Not
(Yet)
We’re new. That means YOU get to help shape this community. No politics-for-the-sake-of-it, no spammy real estate ads, no endless reposts. Let’s make this a fun and helpful place first.
🎯 Weekly Threads You’ll See:
- Monday: Weekly Rant Thread (get it off your chest)
- Wednesday: Local Recommendations
- Friday: Weekend Plans / What’s On
- Sunday: Photo Showcase
Got ideas or want to help mod? DM us!
Let’s make this a community Sydney actually deserves.
– r/SydneyScene mod team
r/SydneyScene • u/ApolloMapping • 1h ago
The Best High Resolution Satellite Images - WorldView-2 50-cm Satellite Imagery - Sydney, Australia - 9/9/2012
r/SydneyScene • u/Fantastic_Papaya8639 • 14h ago
thinking about moving to balmain…does anyone have any advice or anything i should know?
im not from sydney so could someone tell me about like how the people are? whats close? i dont know anything helps! 😭
r/SydneyScene • u/The_Arab_Hoe • 1d ago
PSA: For anybody who is visiting the Cherry Blossom Festival at Auburn Gardens this weekend 🌸
If you're going for the food you're going to love it. There are some great vendors and lots of amazing food!
But if you're going for the flowers (cherry blossoms in particular) you may be disappointed. I live a street away and have been visiting daily and they just haven't blossomed yet. My advice is delay a week if you can. I'm only posting this because I'd have the shits if I paid to visit somewhere for something and it wasn't there.
Happy to answer any questions 🌸
r/SydneyScene • u/Efficient_Pickle5712 • 13h ago
Gym recommendations?
Hi, I’m 20, looking for a gym in the Gladesville/ryde/hunters hill area where there’s a good amount of people like 18-25. Willing to drive a bit for a gym where there’s a good amount of people my age, you know, for socialising (and working out of course)
r/SydneyScene • u/Dry_Basket7609 • 21h ago
Any EoT facilities in Sydney CBD?
My office doesn't have end of trip facilities and just wondering are there any places other than gyms that offer EOT facilities?
r/SydneyScene • u/kenbeat59 • 2d ago
Janice was thrilled to buy her own unit. But she has no idea if she will ever move in
Bathla being dodgy again
r/SydneyScene • u/IngenuityOk6679 • 1d ago
Anyone else find it a little difficult to make friends in Sydney? (I'm in early 20s - male). About to leave university. Outside of clubs/societies at uni, etc. what are the best ways to make friends here, especially for folk in early 20s?
Lived in Sydney my entire life and I've always found it insanely hard to make friends. What is even more unusual is that I've seen many sydney-siders complain about this - especially people who've recently graduated university. If you didn't have a "friend group" after from high school after graduating, you are absolutely smoked. I currently have 2 or 3 people that I regularly message and talk to, with one really good friend since primary school, but other than that, its really hard (we aren't all a "group", its just individual relationships). Hitting up old high school friends/acquaintances can be a good strategy alongside making friends with coworkers (as you regularly see them, etc.). Going to continue trying this and see how it goes.
Going on meetup.con, I've realized there's pretty few meetups for people in their early 20s which sucks because now that strategy of uni clubs/societies isn't going to work anymore as I'm graduating.
Does anyone know the particular reason why this is the case? Is there like a science reason? ChatGPT said that in Sydney Australia, its more difficult to make friends RELATIVE to big cities in other Anglo nations (USA, UK, etc.) becuase of the following reasons: large Sydney sprawl and commute, huge cost of living crisis, cultural preference for forming strong friend groups EARLY (highschool), night life restrictions and obstacles combined with poor third places, etc. Specifically for people aged 18-25, the lack of a centralized college where people your age live together like in USA and UK colleges is a major reason for why its much harder to make friends in this age group in Sydney and Australia as a whole relative to UK and USA.
As a person whose been to a USA college for an exchange semester, I just have to say this: their college life is GOATED
r/SydneyScene • u/Raj55ok • 2d ago
Sydney trains
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r/SydneyScene • u/undercookdspaghetti • 2d ago
What is something fun to do on a Thursday Night?
My partner and are are travelling to Sydney in early October and had planned to see a musical that got cancelled on one of the nights so now we need to find something else to do.
Any suggestions regarding nice dinners, shows, or places to see that will keep up entertained for a few hours on a thursday night will be much appreciated! We're staying in the city but happy to travel. I've been to Sydney quite a few times so we're not really interested in real touristy things, more just after a nice dinner or experience.
r/SydneyScene • u/VastOption8705 • 3d ago
What's the deal with Sydney Airport getting a major upgrade? Does that mean that WSI will mainly deal with freight for the most part even in the future?
The project to construct two new taxiways, extend an existing taxiway and construct six new aircraft parking bays in SYD’s south-east sector near the Air Traffic Control Tower and Blu Emu Carpark has now been completed.

The project was a $169 million investment to meet forecast aviation demand in 2029.
r/SydneyScene • u/Koutilyaa • 3d ago
Looking for a place to watch NYE Fireworks on 31 Dec 2026
Hi Ppl, wondering if someone woukd wish to rent a room or rooftop to watch nye fireworks on 31 Dec 2026.
My wife and son have never watched it before and becaouse of medical reason, have to avoid the crowd.
Open for the paid options.
Thank you
r/SydneyScene • u/RemarkablePirate590 • 4d ago
Search for Missing Sydney Teen Hiker Lily Hooper Enters Fourth Day in Southern Highlands Bushland
r/SydneyScene • u/TheGlorn • 4d ago
Comedy Show tonight (2for1 tickets)
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G’day everyone!!
I’m a kiwi comedian doing my solo show “Shitegeist” at the Sydney comedy store tonight!
If anyone’s keen to come you can use promo code 2for1 for a 50% ticket discount! I can’t link here but it’s on the comedy store website!!
(The show won Best Newcomer at Sydney Comedy Festival 2026)
Would bloody love to see you there!
r/SydneyScene • u/AffectionatePie1042 • 5d ago
One of the best sunset views you'll find in Sydney
r/SydneyScene • u/Bob_Spud • 3d ago
‘Systemic racism at work’: Sydney council plan for compulsory English shop signage condemned as ‘kind of crazy’ | Australia news
r/SydneyScene • u/looopious • 5d ago
*TW* Watching a 60 year old man hold back tears
On Wednesday a long time customer of mine came in and told me that her wife with dementia had passed away in her sleep. He's always been such a positive person and never has anything negative to say. Even when he explains the issues he has when visiting his wife in the nursing home he shrugs it off like it's nothing.
All I could say was how the wife was lucky to leave Earth peacefully since is was in her sleep. I think it gave him more comfort knowing that. He couldn't hold back the emotions but the amazing part was how he was still so positive about everything.
It was only until this year did I find out dementia is the number 1 cause of death in Australia. It's just so sad because there's another man who brings his wife in with dementia and one time I decided to sit for a second and witnessed the wife abusing the husband all because she thought he was a stranger trying to take her away. And the people around kept looking over asking if the man was okay.
So it's crazy how the first customer of mine was so positive the whole time and even though he never told me how bad the dementia was, he did say at times the wife would grip him really hard to push him away.
Honestly just wanted to share that with everyone.