You’ll never be short of things to do in Inner Sydney, with an extensive array of events taking place throughout the year. Enjoy exhibitions and displays at a gallery, and live music at festivals, theatres and bars, including The Enmore and The Vanguard. Learn about the city’s past and present on a walking tour or peruse a bustling weekend market.

A guide to Inner Sydney

Area guide

It’s home to students, hipsters, a large LGBTQIA+ community, artisans, architects, designers, fashionistas, and generally a whole bunch of alternative-living advocates, so it’s little wonder Inner Sydney suburbs like Newtown, Glebe, Surry Hills, Darlinghurst and Chippendale are such bastions of cool.

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Couple drinking, Busby's, Oxford House, Paddington - Credit: Steven Woodburn
Groups enjoying outdoor dining at Vic on the Park in Marrickville
The Old Clare Hotel in Chippendale, Inner Sydney
Women walking through an exhibition at the White Rabbit Gallery in Chippendale
Friends enjoying a day of shopping, Zimmermann, Paddington
Inside Sydney's first queer museum, Qtopia Sydney, Darlinghurst