Sydney Place will come to life for the festive season, offering a vibrant mix of activities for workers, visitors and families. From 2 – 20 December, the precinct will host a series of exciting prize giveaways, roving entertainment and festive-themed fun.
Event Highlights:
Roving Entertainment
What: Live roving entertainment throughout the precinct includes The Shoppers, a troupe of retro, juggling performers, and The Gagliardies, a group of circus performers, along with gingerbread men on stilts.
When: 11:30-1:30pm every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 2 – 20 December.
Santa’s Mailbox
What: A festive installation inviting visitors to write and deposit their ‘naughty or nice’ lists into Santa’s Mailbox. Plus, for those visiting after hours, a QR code on the box offers entry into a giveaway for a series of exciting prizes.
When: 11:30-1:30pm, 2 – 20 December.
Prize Wheel
What: Shoppers who spend $10 or more at Sydney Place can head over to the festive pop-up Prize Wheel with a chance to win some exciting prizes including free drinks (up to $15) from Jacksons on George, Bar Besuto, Sil Bi Jip and more; special edition festive chocolates from C9 Chocolate and Gelato, and Sydney Place vouchers up to $50.
When: 11:30-1:30pm every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 2 – 20 December.
Where: Sydney Place, 180 George St, Sydney 2000
About Sydney Place
The best of Sydney, in one place. Where innovation meets culture, day meets night and Sydney welcomes a new destination for work and play. Sydney Place represents the latest thinking in design, architecture, placemaking and hospitality, bringing together world-class thinkers and makers to elevate the way we experience the city. The new precinct, located within the rapidly evolving Circular Quay district, has reshaped the Sydney skyline with the 55-storey Salesforce Tower – the city’s tallest office building and a new environment for innovation and the future of work.
The transformation continues on the street, with three new, intimate city laneways adding a diverse and curated mix of day and late-night destinations to Sydney’s food scene. Ah Toy Lane, Sai Ying Lane and Underwood Street will showcase 23 destinations ranging from must-visit after-hours bars, artisanal grab and go lunch spots and new-concept diners from some of the country’s hottest names in food. Maurice Terzini’s (Icebergs, Otto and Cicciabella fame) Sydney icon Jacksons on George, opened in 2023 – a 3-level temple to food and drink, with casual all-day dining on the piazza level, a restaurant on Level 1 and glam cocktail bar on the rooftop terrace, open day and night. Joining Jacksons at Sydney Place is Joel Best’s Bar Besuto – a Japanese Omakase restaurant and whisky bar and Lode Pies & Pastries, by Sydney chef Federico Zanellato (of LuMi Dining and Restaurant Leo).
More than half of the new precinct is dedicated public space, seamlessly connected to George Street Light Rail and easily accessed by nearby trains and ferries. Sydney Place is a new meeting place for visitors and foodies; an inspiring new workplace for innovators and entrepreneurs; and a new space for Sydney and the world.
Image credit: Daniel Chloe