What’s On: January 2015

SYDNEY

• Meet the Octonauts at Manly Sea Life Sanctuary, until 26/1
• Dirty Dancing Musical, until 22/2
• Pop to Popism, until 1/3
• Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO, until 19/4
• Field Day, 1/1
• Tattersalls Club Cup Day, 1/1
• All You Need Is Love, The Beatles, 2-4/1
• Liverpool C Q&A, 3/1
• Water Polo by the Sea, 3/1
• Movies by the Boulevard, 3-18/1
• Aztec Adventures, 3-26/1
• Disney Live! Presents Three Classic Fairy Tales, 3-4/1
• Movies by the Boulevard, 3-18/1
• Aztec Adventures at Sydney Museum, 3-26/1
• Sydney Backyard at Opera Bar, 3-30/1
• Toy Brick Fair, 4-14/1
• Kids in the Park, 5-27/1
• Ashes, 6-10/1
• The Snail And The Whale, 7-17/1
• The Wind In The Willows, 7-24/1
• St George Open Air Cinema, 7/1-21/2
• Sydney Festival, 8-26/1
• Kids Film Festival, from 9/1
• Convict Footprints@The Farm, 9-18/1
• Flickerfest, 9-18/1
• The Great Story Book, 9-23/1
• Night Owls Kids Film Fest, 9-25/1
• Legends Of Football 2015 Summer Tour, 10/1
• Sydney Urban Polo, 10/1
• Puppet Making Workshops at The Magic Flute, 10-17/1
• APIA International, 11-17/1
• APIA International Sydney Kids Tennis Day, 12/1
• Sweet Charity, 15/1-8/2
• The Big Issue Street Football Festival, 15-20/1
• Illawarra Folk Festival, 16-18/1
• So Frenchy So Chic in the Park 2015, 17/1
• Wil Anderson: Wiluminati, 19/1
• Make Your Own Way Children’s Workshop, 19-21/1
• AC Milan Junior Soccer Camp, 19-21/1
• Family Week st Sydney festival, 20-25/1
• Vili’s Pies Australia Day Cup, 24/1
• The Great Sydney Swim, 26/1
• Yabun Festival, 26/1
• AACTA Awards Presented by Cate Blanchett and Deborah Mailman, 29/1
• Hijinks at Sydney Aquarium, 29/1
• Summer Comedy Smackdown, 29-31/1
• Twilight At Taronga, 30/1-21/3
• The Sydney Morning Herald Sun Run & Cole Classic, 31/1

REST OF NEW SOUTH WALES

• Christmas Lights Spectacular, Hunter Valley, until 26/1
• Parkes Elvis Festival, Parkes, 7-11/1
• Mira Calix: Inside There Falls, CarriageWorks, 8 & 17/1
• The Leura Shakespeare Festival – Sport for Jove, 10-25/1
• Legends Of Football 2015 Summer Tour, Newcastle, 16/1
• Tamworth Country Music Festival, Tamworth, 16-25/1
• Thredbo Blues Festival, 16-18/1
• Toyota Country Music Festival, Tamworth, 16-25/1
• Strathfield Movies in the Park, 24/1-11/4
• Wines of the West, Blue Mountains, 24-25/1
• Oysters in the Vines, Port Macquarie, 25/1
• School holidays, until 26/1
• Saltwater Freshwater Festival, Taree, 26/1
• Kenny Rogers, NSW, 23-28/1

REST OF AUSTRALIA

• Falls Festival, Marion Bay, until 1/1
• Falls Festival, Lorne, until 1/1
• Woodford Folk Festival, until 1/1
• City of Perth Festival of Christmas, until 2/1
• The Falls Music and Arts Festival , until 3/1
• Taste Festival, Tasmania, until 3/1
• Carnival by the Sea, Mooloolaba, until 17/1
• Hopman Cup, Perth, 4-10/1
• Thredbo Family Adventure Festival, until 10/1
• Grease the Musical, Melbourne, until 11/1
• Racing at the Rock 2015, Melbourne, 1/1
• Perth Cup, 1/1
• Peace Train: The Cat Steven Story, 17/1-22/8
• Peninsula Summer Music Festival, Mornington Peninsula, 1-11/1
• Danger 1000 Ocean Swim, Torquay, 3/1
• The Illusionists 2.0, Brisbane, 4/1
• Brisbane International, 4-11/1
• So Frenchy So Chic in the Park, Melbourne, 11/1
• Gourmet Traveller Pop Up Restaurant, Mornington Peninsula, 4-31/1
• Magic Millions, Gold Coast, 7-13/1
• Lion King, Brisbane until 24/1
• New Year’s Day, Worldwide, 1/1
• AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015, throughout Australia , 9-31/1
• Jeep Magic Millions Carnival, Sale And Race Day, Gold Coast, 10/1
• Jeep Portsea Polo, 10/1
• Sandra Bernhard , throughout Australia, 10-13/1
• Hobart International Tennis Tournament, 11-17/1
• The Kooyong Classic, Melbourne, 13-16/1
• Les Miserables, Perth, 13/1-8/2
• Thriller Live, Brisbane 14-25/1
• MOFO, Hobart, 15-18/1
• The Illusionists 2.0, Adelaide, 16-25/1
• Bard on the Beach, 16/1-8/3
• Macbeth – Shakespeare in the Vines, Lancefield, 17/1
• Tamar Valley Beer Festival, 17/1
• McLaren Vale Harvest Festival, 17/1
• Santos Tour Down Under, Adelaide and other SA regions, 17-25/1
• Festival of Sails, Geelong, 17-26/1
• Midsumma, Melbourne, 18/1-8/2
• Australian Open, Melbourne, 19/1-1/2
• Roger Federer & Friends, Melbourne, 19/1-1/2
• Murray River International Music Festival, 19-30/1
• Strictly Ballroom, Melbourne, 20/1-15/3
• Cirque du Soleil, Melbourne, 21/1-15/3
• Ben & Jerry’s Open Air Cinema, throughout Australia, 22/1-1/3
• Crush Festival, Play it Cool, 23-25/1
• Port Lincoln Tunarama Festival, 23-26/1
• Ballarat Beer Festival, 24/1
• Kangaroo Island Gourmet Gallop, 24/1
• Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular, throughout Australia 24/1-15/2
• Australia Day, throughout Australia, 26/1
• Australia Day Races, Hanging Rock, 26/1
• Havaiana Challenge, throughout Australia, 26/1
• School holidays, until 27/1
• Billy Connolly “High Horse Tour”, throughout Australia, 27/1-11/3
• Thriller Live, Melbourne, 28/1-8/2
• Suzi Quatro: Final Australian Tour, throughout Australia, 28/1-24/2
• Kenny Rogers, throughout Australia, 30/1-3/2
• Sting And Paul Simon Together, throughout Australia, 30/1-22/2
• Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Brisbane, 31/1
• Eddie Izzard: Force Majure, Australia, 31/1-7/2