MELBOURNE
Melbourne Town Hall Christmas Projections
When: Everyday until Christmas (9pm-11pm)
Where: Melbourne Town Hall
The Primary
When: Monday 8 December
Where: Northcote Social Club
Imperial Comedy featuring Fiona O’Loughlin, Rhys Nicholson and Simon Keck
When: Tuesday 9 December
Where: Imperial Hotel, CBD
Exhibition: Iconic Paris – Photography by Jon Rendell
When: Monday 8 December- Friday 30 January
Where: Sofitel Melbourne On Collins
Exhibition: Sticky Fingers Art Prints Cambodia
When: Monday 8 December- Tuesday 9 December
Where: Space@Collins, CBD
Brightside Music Showcase
When: Tuesday 9 December
Where: The Espy, St Kilda
Night Market
When: Wednesday 10 December
Where: Queen Victoria Markets
Fed Square Live featuring Josh McDonald, Beth and the Brave, and Sara Jane
When: Thursday 11 December
Where: Federation Square
The Love Junkies
When: Sunday 14 December
Where: Yah Yah’s, Collingwood
Will Wagner Residency featuring Jamie Hay and Jess Locke
When: Sunday 14 December
Where: Reverence Hotel, Footscray
CANBERRA
Impressions of Paris: Lautrec, Degas, Daumier
When: Monday 8 December- Sunday March 15
Where: National Gallery of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra
SYDNEY
Darling Harbour Santa Fest including:
-Christmas Movie Nights on Friday and Saturday nights (screenings 5.30 and 6.30pm) and a special screening on Christmas Eve of Miracle of 34th street- Darling Quarter Village Green
-Christmas Music Series: Carols sung every Friday and Saturday evening from 7-9pm
– Music on Thursdays and Sundays from 7.00pm to 9.00pm. On Saturdays, it will be the hilarious Jingle Bellies, Bouncing Santas, Giant Candy Canes and others roaming around between 3.30pm and 5.45pm, as well as on Christmas Eve between 6.30pm and 8.30pm
Harbourside Fireworks
When: Saturday 13 and 20 December, as well as Christmas Eve, Wednesday 24 December
Where: Darling Harbour
Michael Griffin Quartet
When: Wednesday 10 December
Where: LazyBones Lounge, Marrickville
Twilight Christmas Market
When: Thursday 11 December
Where: St. Johns Darlinghurst
Gypsys of Pangea with Glass Skies
When: Thursday 11 December
Where: Frankie’s Pizza By The Slice, Sydney
Sunbeam Sound Machine Album Launch, with Yon Yonson and Methyl Ethel
Free before 10pm/$10 after
When: Friday 12 December
Kings Cross Hotel, Kings Cross (Bandroom)
Carols Under The Bridge
When: Saturday 13 December
Where: Bradfield Park, Kirribilli
BRISBANE
Exhibition: Burst Open
When: Tuesday 9 December- Wednesday 24 December
Where: Gallery Artisan
Comedy
When: Friday 12 December
Where: Turbine Platform, Brisbane Powerhouse
Jan Power’s Farmers Market
When: Saturday 13 December
Where: Powerhouse Plaza, Brisbane Powerhouse
Christmas Carols
When: Sunday 14 December (7pm)
Where: St Brigid’s Church, Red Hill
Suitcase Rummage Pop-Up Markets
When: Sunday 14 December
Where: Powerhouse Plaza, Brisbane Powerhouse
ADELAIDE
West End Brewery Riverbank Christmas Lights Display 2014
When: Everyday until December 31
Where: on the banks of the River Torrens, West End Brewery
The point and An Island
When: Wednesday 10 December
Where: The Metro
Full of Hell, Idylls, Machina Genova, Starvation and featherweight
When: Thursday 11 December
Where: The Metro
Twilight Carols and Christmas Market
When: Friday 12 December
Where: Dunstone Grove Linde Reserve, Stepney
Stranger things have happened, Pink Noise generator, Meg Bells and Tiger can Smile
When: Saturday 13 December
Where: The Metro
PERTH
Free Christmas movies under the stars:
Four Holidays
When: Wednesday 10 December
Where: Northbridge Piazza
The Santa Claus
When: Friday 12 December
Where: Northbridge Piazza
Timothy Nelson & the Infidels, DJ Rhian Todhunter and DJ Mark Neal
When: Saturday 12 December
Where: State Theatre Centre of WA Courtyard, Northbridge
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
When: Saturday 13 December
Where: Northbridge Piazza
Symphony In The City
When: Saturday 13 December (7.30-9.30)
Where: Langley Park