Hi, wondering if anyone can help. I'm trying to find interesting things to do in Sydney on Saturday nights.

My husband and I are trying to get off the pub/night club merry-go-round and are just wondering what else we can do . . .

Happy to go to a restaurant - but then what???

Theatre and cinema are great - but there must be other, more unique and interesting things to do than that every week. (Already looked into the Rocks Ghost Tour and we go to the footy whenever we can).

We live inner city so obviously things around town are no problem and we don't have kids.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Jeez - I live in Sydney and I watch television on Saturday nights!

There are any number of live music performances, if you're that way inclined. There's usually something on at the Opera House, Angel Place, Sydney Town Hall, and countless other smaller venues and pubs.

There's theatre or opera, at the Opera House, Wharf Theatre and any number of smaller theatres, such as Belvoir Street, Seymour Centre, Enmore Theatre.

There may be football or basketball.

There are night harbour cruises.

There are assorted nightclubs and/or bars (bit out of my depth here!)

Get the Sydney Morning Herald on Friday and look at the Metro section - it lists a whole range of things to do on Saturday nights, indeed the whole week and weekend.

Failing that, try the entertainment section of the Saturday newspapers.

Or watch television - a range of BBC programmes on ABC television!

When are you here?

Hi Margo - thanks for your input, but that's the problem, We live here in Sydney. Just finding that anything and everything revolves around Pubs and Nightclubs. As I said we do the theatres and cinemas (and we go to concerts and whatnot when they interest us), but we are just looking for unique things that we can do and thought someone, somewhere might have some bright ideas (rather than sitting at home watching "The Bill", or sitting in smokey pubs guzzling beers and wine). We, ourselves, have just sold a rather large boat and are about to purchase another, and have had our share of harbour "cruises" - so spoiled as we may be, we're not terribly interested in the plethora of tourist cruises on the harbour.

I saw on getaway or similiar program a night tour that includes history with a little myth and magic. Seemed like a lot of fun. The transport is in a hearse with a morticia type(adams family fame)driver. I was quite amazed at some stories regarding buildings I have walked by on a daily basis and never gave a second thought.

I think after a search it is called "destiny tours".

Also another sort of "ghost tour" is at Quarantine station, North Head and is run by National Parks and Wildlife.

Also Luna Park is open again...yipppeeee

or even a visit to the observatory to watch the night sky is really magical.

Another option (trying to get my hubby to do this) is to stop looking for entertainment and instead become the entertainment!!!

Hello - you live here, yes? Have you always lived here? If not where were you before, and what did you do for Saturday night entertainment there? That might give us a hint as to the kind of thing you are looking for.

I really can't imagine what you could do any night if you are bored with cinema, theatre, music (esp live music in pubs), and dining. Seances, perhaps? When push comes to shove it's all about people, isn't it?

On second thoughts - tenpin bowling? ice-skating? You can probably go night-time snorkelling if you really want to.

Hi Alice13,
Night time snorkelling sounds great, where can I do that . . .
But seriously - no we haven't always lived in Sydney (lived in Melbourne, Brisbane and on the Gold Coast as well), but have spent a hell of a lot of Saturday nights in Pubs and Bars and Nightclubs and we are just trying to quit that scene.

Finding cinema, theatre and concerts every weekend becomes as boring as sitting at home watching the tube.

Also as I said we had a boat, so a lot of of our Friday nights to Sunday nights were spent out on that, anchored in a quiet little harbour with food and wine and good music, good conversation and sometimes a group of friends to join us.

I think I've solved the problem myself. We'll just buy another boat....

Thanks everyone for your help.

and just what's wrong with "The Bill"?

a boat - how wonderful! Re night time snorkelling - I think you really can! Well of course you can if you are water-savvy enough to just wade in and swim from the shore - I believe Maroubra is the place. But I just have a faint recollection of reading something (prob in the SMH) that implied a 'group' thing. More than that I cannot say!!

Another idea - play bridge, if you can find like-minded people to make up the required four. I spent many happy evenings with a pack of cards and a bottle or two when I was younger (funny - it has this reputation as an old person's game) but haven't come across anybody who plays recently.

Does this strike a chord with anyone else?

Happy sailing, Daneille.