Talks & ideas in Sydney
60 events around Sydney over the next two weeks.
Today, Monday 24 August
+6 more · From $210
Festival of Dangerous Ideas
Carriageworks · Eveleigh
6pm · From $10
Richard Denniss – More Fool Me
Glebe Foreshore - Bridge Road · Glebe
6pm · From $27.78
Think Fast and Talk Smart-Matt Abrahams of Stanford & Dr Susan Zhang NVIDIA
University of Wollongong (UOW), Sydney CBD campus · Sydney
7pm · From $39
Liane Moriarty: Big Little Truths
Sydney Opera House · Sydney
Tomorrow, Tuesday 25 August
11:30am · Free
[Bilpin] Connect to Your Community - Free Lunch - Bushfire Preparedness
2648 Bells Line of Rd · Bilpin
1pm · From $10
Cybre protection and cybre warfare lecture + ENIGMA demo
Anzac Memorial · Sydney
6pm · From $10
Penguin Noir – A Crime Author Showcase
Gleebooks · Glebe
6pm · From $10
Inspire Series:Chris Astill, Awe & Rescue in Sea, Land&Skies
Abraham Mott Hall · Millers Point
Wednesday 26 August
11am · Free
Collection Conversation - National Science Week, Ultimo
Powerhouse Ultimo, Research Library · Ultimo
11am · Free
City Model talks with model maker Richard Braddish
Town Hall House · Sydney
12:30pm · From $10
BAD Sydney Crime Book Club at SMSA | August
Sydney Mechanics School of Arts · Sydney
1pm · Free
One Fire film - 150 years of Theosophy
Blavatsky Lodge of the Theosophical Society · St Leonards
2pm · From $10
Special Speakers Talk - The WRANS (Women's Royal Australian Naval Service)
Australian National Maritime Museum · Sydney
5pm · From $38.37
Cocktails & Conversation: Artists Nell and Tom Polo with Stephen Todd
Good Chemistry · Sydney
6pm · From $10
Hugh White – Hard New World
Gleebooks · Glebe
6pm · Free
Fellows' Forum: The Library as muse
State Library of NSW · Sydney
6:30pm · Free
Grief, Loss and Bereavement
Waverley Library · Bondi Junction
7pm · From $30
Pause to Unpause: Know Your Numbers
Woollahra Sailing Club · Rose Bay
Thursday 27 August
9:45am · Free
Women’s Reconciliation Network – Redfern Yarning Circle
Redfern Community Centre · Redfern
10am · Free
Migrating Modernism, Migrating Ideas: Art in Architecture Symposium
Chau Chak Wing Museum · Camperdown
12:30pm · Free
Vodka in a Vegemite Jar
Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts · Sydney
1pm · Free
Community chat: Kings Cross
Juanita Nielsen Community Centre · Woolloomooloo
6pm · From $15
Talk: The Cult of Gloriana
Paddington Uniting Church · Paddington
6pm · Free
Storytelling Night | The Connection Collective
Darlington Activity Centre · Darlington
6pm · Free
Migrating Modernism, Migrating Ideas: Keynote Lecture
Chau Chak Wing Museum · Camperdown
6pm · From $10
Storytelling Nights
Darlington Activity Centre · Darlington
7pm · Free
Asphalt words and ocean dreams
Hopsters Cooperative Brewery · Enmore
Friday 28 August
Saturday 29 August
Sunday 30 August
1am · From $10
她乡HerLand第四期 | 语言实验室：被说出来的我
Green Square Library · Zetland
1pm · +1 more · Free
Soapbox orators in The Domain
The Domain · Sydney
2pm · From $26
Festival of Dangerous Ideas: Afterlives Interrupted
Chau Chak Wing Museum · Camperdown
4pm · From $106.14
Altered States Experience | NEWTOWN | Afternoon Session
Temple on the Park · Newtown
Monday 31 August
Tuesday 1 September
9:45am · Free
Surry Hills Probus Club September meeting
Rex Centre · Potts Point
4pm · From $38.37
Cocktails & Conversation: Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran and Ben Law
Good Chemistry · Sydney
5:30pm · Free
Allegra Spender MP to launch the novel 'The Hidden War'
Mallesons · Sydney
6pm · Free
Collecting the intangible: Libraries and digital archives
State Library of NSW · Sydney
6:30pm · From $4.99
Eating Food and Telling Stories: Malaysia & Singapore
Malacca Straits on Broadway · Ultimo
Wednesday 2 September
10am · Free
Healthy Longevity Workshop: Food as Medicine
Waverley Library · Bondi Junction
10:45am · Free
Hearing loss management information session
Ron Williams Community Centre · Redfern
12:30pm · Free
Ideas Exchange: Nighttime Ecology
Library Rd, Kensington NSW 2033, Australia · Kensington
12:30pm · Free
Recipe for Murder: The Leongatha Mushroom Murders
Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts · Sydney
6pm · From $7.50
Abang Anada Othow – Buckets of Hope
Gleebooks · Glebe
7pm · From $22.49
The Black Hand in Sydney.
East Village Hotel Sydney · Darlinghurst
Thursday 3 September
10am · From $45
Merioola talk by Dr Edith M Ziegler
S. H. Ervin Gallery · Millers Point
10:30am · Free
Road safety workshop
Kings Cross Community Centre · Potts Point
5pm · Free
First Thursdays
Michael Crouch Innovation Centre · Kensington
6:10pm · From $5
Decision Clinic
Barangaroo House · Barangaroo
6:30pm · From $7
Bread & Butter Poetry Slam - SEPTEMBER 2026
The Nest Creative Space - Eora / Sydney · Alexandria
6:45pm · From $30
Beyond Borders Patagonia: ENCORE Screening + Q&A
Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace · Cremorne
Friday 4 September
10am · From $17.19
Coffee & Conversation: Remy Faint in Conversation with Cassandra Bird
Good Chemistry · Sydney
7:30pm · From $48.96
Between Worlds with Olive Graham - Lithgow, NSW
Lithgow & District Workmen's Club Ltd · Lithgow
7:30pm · From $64.84
A Night with the Spirit - Celebrating Father's Day
8/2 Castlereagh St · Penrith
Saturday 5 September
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