What's on in Sydney on Thursday 8 October 2026
315 things on around Sydney on Thursday 8 October 2026.
77 of them are free. Top of the list: All-Star Circus at The Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park (3pm), Disney Presents The Lion King (Australia) at Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Haymarket (1pm) and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at ICC Sydney (6:30pm).
Updated Thu 1 Oct 2026 · we look for new events every night
Thursday 8 October
From $49Wild Things International Kids Festival
FreeAustralian Life Exhibition
From $35Behind The Scenes: Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) Guided Walking Tour
From $50Escape Hunt Sydney
From $297Late Start Blue Mountains Nature, Waterfalls, Koalas Small Group
From $282Sea Cliff Bridge, Blowhole, Beaches & Farmlands- Escape the City
From $199Port Stephens Day Tour with Dolphin Cruise, 4WDtour, Sandboarding
From $325Darling Harbour Explorer - Sea Kayaking Tour
From $125Manly Snorkel Trip and Nature Walk with Local Guide
From $49Sydney Festival of Magic
From $5.70KGV cross train class
From $20Stocktake at Belvoir 25A
From $71.55School holiday swim intensives program - Ultimo
From $71.55School holiday swim intensives program - Zetland
From $71.55School holiday swim intensives program - Sydney CBD
From $15Fringe kids
FreeFelicity Schrader Exhibition 'I Fell In Love' at Art2Muse
From $129Tech & Creative Holiday Camps for ages 5–12
From $389School Holiday Pony Camp at Centennial Equestrian
From $10Thursday Tai Chi for beginners
From $35Spring School Holidays at the Maritime Museum
From $38044505Ensemble Theatre: Spring School Holiday Drama Workshops
From $85Spring holidays drama workshop with ITS
From $15Writing Studio
FreeMum walk
From $25Reimagined Toy, Share Joy!
From $24Ballet class: Dance with Me 1.5-3 yrs (Pyrmont)
From $13Gardening Gurus
From $5Shipwreck Odyssey
FreeJordan Gower: Does the moon know the well?
FreeHeather B. Swann: The Forests of Symbols
FreeRemy Faint: A Site of Unfolding
From $20School holiday activities with Museums of History NSW
FreeKeeper – a Brooch Club exhibition
FreeArtisan Crafts: Archival Woodblock Prints Reimagined
FreeFarm Animals: Meet your furry friends
From $2037.50Youth in the city school holiday program
FreeWrap with Love knitting group
FreeInsideOutside art exhibition
FreeSocial table tennis
From $5Yoga class at the Rex
From $10Thursday Tai Chi for experienced students
FreeCharacter Design
FreeNowra area Network Parents group
From $35Babies and Barbells
FreeSydney Eye Hospital Community Open Day
From $48Power Play Sydney：The ultimate arena
From $29Ballet class: Little Ballet 3-5 years (Pyrmont)
From $16.80Tai Chi classes
Tinkerbell and the Dream Fairies Sydney
From $25Season Squad The Musical
FreeSally Smart AM | The Space of Inventory
From $49Discover Bondi Beach: Walking Tour
FreeSchool holidays: Library labyrinth re-loaned (8-12 years)
From $5.40Mat pilates
From $30Fish and creatures of the sea - make your own Gyotaku prints
From $10Korean School Holiday Special Activities – Crafts & K-Food Workshops
From $43.50Luna, A Journey to the Moon
From $22Aboriginal Bush Tucker Tour
FreeZi Xin solo exhibition
From $139Cream Glue Workshop: Make Your Own Storage Box
From $5.50Yoga for beginners
From $24Jazz class 3-8 years (Pyrmont)
From $49Sydney Harbour Pancake Cruise
From $10ACO Relaxed Performance: Northern Lights
FreeLive and digitally guided mindfulness meditation
From $48.95Sydney Harbour Top Deck Lunch Cruise
Free'Natural Connections' – a group show
FreeGAS SYD presents The NXT1
FreeIntertwined
From $5.70KGV boxing class
From $55Epic school holiday adventures at Escape This
From $19.10Aqua Zumba classes
From $59The Dunny: An Outback Outhouse Escape
From $59Magic School: Awaken your magic, defend the realm
From $5.40Aerobics class
From $59Entombed: The Pharaoh Awakens
Disney Presents The Lion King (Australia)
My Fair Lady (Australia)
From $21Aboriginal Harbour Heritage Tour
From $30Mooncake -One Moon. Many Stories. A New Play for Children 5+
FreeOnce upon a time... en español
From $5.20Singing class for beginners
From $50Queer Sydney: Hidden Histories
FreeMahjong in Green Square
FreeShut Up and Write!
From $43.66Woollahra Super Small Sculpture Workshops
Keen pickFrom $29All-Star Circus
From $3Meet Bitza! Author Talk with Andrew Daddo
FreeFree Kids Boxing Class
18+Joker Jackpot // La La La's Wollongong
From $25Typo (Clockwork Circus) at Fringe Kids
From $20MCA Late
From $48.9518+Sydney Harbour Sunset Dinner Cruise
FreeVelvet Sax
FreeHalfpipe Anthems Unplugged
From $139Resin Art Class in Sydney
From $20Hoori Handmade: Exhibition of Embroidery, Story & Survival
FreeArtist to Artist: Remy Faint & Tom Polo
Free2026 Eurobodalla Literary and Art Salon - Moruya Library
From $20Drop-in drawing: MCA Late
From $9Get Crafty: Mindful Mark-Making at Clive James Library, Kogarah
From $5.80Makerspace Night @ St Leonards
Harry Potter: The Exhibition
FreeFirestick
From $69Mourn! Weep! Wail!
From $23Irish Film Festival 2026
From $15Kate Grenville: The Country Schoolmaster
From $101.90Roti Masterclass & Dinner Experience Thursday 8th October
FreeLine Dancing Thursdays at Hay St
From $2025This Show is a Joke
From $95Roti making masterclass & dinner experience
From $10DreamGood - Paris Novella (Fortune Teller) Album Launch w/ Fabels
FreeOpen Mic Night Newtown: Musicians, comedians and poets
FreeBoard games night
From $75.43We Mean Well x Hanselina and Gretel screening
From $6.61Poetry & Song Open mic and feature performances, Newtown
FreeResearch encounters: Museum exhibits through a new lens
FreeDJ Nights
From $15Qigong classes
From $45Honour Awards 2026
From $5.40Power hour full body workout
FreeMasculinity workshops with ACON
From $119The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
From $3018+Finn Rees
From $28.95Sunset and Sparkle Sydney Harbour Cruise
From $30Quest Bar Talk @ Glebe Hotel
From $20.4218+BATTLE OF THE TECH BANDS
From $27.50The Loud & Proud Choir!
FreeFree Salsa Classes in Surry Hills
From $129Makeup for beginners: Contour, blush & bronzer workshop
The Rocks & Circular Quay Secret Bar Crawl with Stories
From $69Cirque Alice
From $6918+Dingo Festival Opening Party - KOKOROKO
The Shark Is Broken
From $2018+Chris Masuak’s Dog Soldier (ex-Radio Birdman) in Wollongong w/ The Sugar Beats // Buzz Wagon
Cirque Alice
From $65Bugsy Malone - The Musical
From $83.6418+MACY GRAY LIVE Australian & New Zealand Tour 2026
18+KOKOROKO
Bugsy Malone
FreeBrew Haha at Hopsters
From $35Ronnie Joudo & The Whiskey Sodas+ The Flying Daggers + The Lady Beans
From $35Lvl 1 - Hawkes, Washingmachine & Marsh
From $2018+Breaking Sound ft. Flyss, SilvereyeZ, blake williams & Arthur Evans and the Common Misconceptions
From $13.2118+Good Music House Party @ Oxford Art Factory
From $29Nudenight Life Drawing at Doodler
FreeThe Man Who Fell In Love With The Moon by Tom Spanbaurer
From $86.02Blue Mountains Ghost Bus Tour
Aaron Chen - Technology
Lassù Gosford
From $39Ghosts, Grog & The Rocks: Haunted Pubs & Cellar Tour
From $54.20V8 Sleuth's Bathurst Open Night - With Neil Crompton
From $25Sydney's - True Crime Tour
From $25.50Katoomba Comedy Club
From $20Bachata classes for beginners at Tropical Soul Dance Studio
From $38.37RICK PRICE - Call On Me Tour
From $55Stargazing at Centennial Park
From $49Thieving Bastards - Card Cheats Exposed
FreeLive jazz Thursdays at Dulcie's
From $1218+ivy Thursdays - 8th October
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Keen pickFrom $6518+Alcotraz: Sydney's First Prison-Themed Cocktail Bar
FreeDefinitive Dupain
From $20Connections: MCA x Tate
From $46The Year in Tatters
From $30Nolan: Origins
From $20Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir
From $10Avatar: Forms of Vishnu
From $20Treasures of the Viking Age - The Galloway Hoard
From $20Hany Armanious: The Planets
FreeAustralian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
From $46‘The Elevator’ by Eloise Snape
From $37BODY WORLDS: The Anatomy of Happiness
From $20Bloodsuckers: Nature's Vampires
FreeMargaret Olley: Australian Intimiste
FreeLorrie Graham: Photojournalist
FreeAlchemy of a Rainforest exhibition
FreeJohn and Jacqui Mullen Collection
From $31Copa on The Rocks
From $20Nell, Holding Both, 2026
Free200th anniversary exhibitions
18+Rugby League - The Musical
FreeMervyn Bishop: Close Up
From $45Return of the Godz
FreeCelebrate Mid-Autumn Festival at Market City
FreeAi Weiwei, Mushrooms, 2026
From $69We Are The Tigers
From $30Museum of Illusions Sydney
FreeArtExpress
FreeWhen the dust settled
From $50The Official Sydney Opera House Guided Tour
FreeThe Infinite Look: A History of Gazing Skyward
FreeThe Centenary Exhibition
FreeTreasures of the Anzac Memorial
From $70Whale watching cruises
FreeBarani / Barrabugu (Yesterday / Tomorrow)
From $83Taronga Zoo Sydney: Entry Ticket + Return Ferry
From $100Escape Hunt Sydney - Exhilarating Escape Rooms
From $43.50Titanic: A Voyage Through Time
From $5518+Asylum: It's all in your head...
From $30Catch a Killer: An Immersive Murder Mystery Experience in Sydney
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