The Factory at the Library
Help The Factory celebrate its contribution to the Waterloo community

Fresh food markets at Cook + Phillip Park - Official Launch
Taste, buy and savour the region’s finest local and seasonal produce at the new Hawkesbury Harvest Farmers and Fine Food Markets.

Lord Mayor's Community Access Day - Biennale of Sydney
A daylong event which opens up the exhibition’s key themes and artworks for people with disabilities and their carers. A free bus is available between three venues.

Sydney Design 08
17-day festival packed with exhibitions, seminars and speakers, film screenings, design markets, walks and tours, awards and exhibitions.

Sydney International Piano Competition - First Prize Winner's Recital
Come and enjoy the only virtuoso performance by the winner of the 9th Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia.

Green Entrepreneurs - Ventures that Last: Panel Talks
A free public lecture - Discover what makes green concepts a success and how entrepreneurs engage the community and consumers.

Mediterranean Magic with Ben Hills
Join us as we meander through the Mediterranean with Ben Hills, author of "Island of the Centenarians"

City of Sydney Business Awards Gala Awards Presentation Dinner
Nominations and voting in the City of Sydney Business Awards have now closed and judging will take place from 29 July to 22 August. Tickets for the Gala Awards Presentation Dinner are now on sale.

ANZSES Free Information Evening
'Can we make existing apartments more sustainable?'

Motel (Inn) Photographic Exhibition
Exhibition featuring stunning photographs of South Korean "Love Motels" by artist Eun-Jong Lee

Celebrate Redfern
Come and celebrate Redfern's new park and public art. Celebrations include free live entertainment, lunch and fun events for all the family.

Ultimo Science Festival 2008
Harris Street, Ultimo will be bubbling up and frothing over with strange laboratory noises for the third annual Ultimo Science Festival.

Ultimo Science Week at your Library
Do 'freaky forces', 'bubbles' and forensics sound like your thing? Or perhaps you'd rather watch 'the colour of sound'? All this and more at the City of Sydney Library during Ultimo Science Week.

Sydney PEN lunchtime reading with Anna Funder
Hear Anna read from "Stasiland": stories of people who heroically resisted the communist dictatorship of East Germany, and of people who worked for its secret police, the Stasi.

Annual History Lecture, Elocution Lessons: A history of Australian speech and accents
This lecture will look at Australian speech during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when the practice of elocution - the art of speech and eloquence - was at its peak. It will examine this phenomenon when the idea of 'Australian speech' was evolving, and being debated.

History Week 2008 - The Water's Edge Open Day at Customs House
Talks, film screenings, workshops and exhibitions in this free full day program presented by the City of Sydney to celebrate the start of History Week

Millers Point Festival 2008
An inaugural community festival filled with activities and events to celebrate the rich cultural heritage of Millers Point

Biennale of Sydney 2008
The Biennale of Sydney is Australia's largest and most exciting international visual arts event.

China Witness: Voices from a Silent Generation author talk
Xinran, formerly a successful journalist and radio presenter in China and the author of The Good Women of China, will give her personal testimony of a generation whose stories have not yet been told.

History and Culture of Food: Banquets and Feasts at Sea - Library Talk
Come along to hear Heather Bentley, food enthusiast and U3A lecturer, continue her journey through time and cuisines of the world.

Mediterranean Magic with Marc Llewellyn
Join us as we meander through the Mediterranean with Marc Llewellyn, "Finding Nino".

Bioblitz08
Want to be part of an outdoor search party exploring plant an animal wildlife with a scientific expert?

'Through Your Eyes' Homeless Exhibition
Participants in this project captured photographic images that reflect what being homeless means to them.

Sydney Children's Festival
In the October school holidays, Sydney Children’s Festival rocks into CarriageWorks and transforms every corner of this immense building into an artistic playground for Sydney children aged 5 – 15.

City of Sydney Spring Cycle 2008
The City of Sydney Spring Cycle is Sydney’s premiere annual cycling event where riders of all ages and abilities can cycle across Sydney, and the Harbour Bridge traffic free! Entries now open!

Metropolis Congress 2008
For the first time in Sydney, 100 leaders from the world’s major cities will meet for the 9th World Congress of Metropolis.

Danks Street Festival 2008
Following its enormous success over the last three years, Danks Street Festival returns with lots more entertainment, fun and food than ever before, including live music, DJs, gourmet food stalls, an Artists Market, kids interactive Arty Pants area and roving entertainers.

Art & About 2008
Now in its 7th year, Art & About is the largest public art festival in Sydney with three weeks of events and exhibitions in public spaces and venues across the City.

Glebe Music Festival
The 19th Annual Glebe Music Festival highlights the Italian concert pianist Marco Rapetti, the Albion Quartet from Manchester UK and guitarist Simon Powis from Yale University

2008 Sydney New Year's Eve
Join the celebration and take a front row seat to enjoy the best Fireworks display in the world. Sydney - New Year's Eve Capital of the World.

2009 Chinese New Year Festival
Featuring more than 50 events over three weeks, the City of Sydney's 2009 Chinese New Year Festival will be the largest celebration of the Lunar New Year outside of Asia.