A culturally significant and important institution, Riverside Theatres offers programming that is diverse, inclusive and caters for audiences in Western Sydney.
Two amphitheatres (800 and 200 seats) present all year long an eclectic range of fully professional theatre, dance, musicals, live music, and children and family shows. It also contains a cinema where a rich on-screen programming present movies, documentaries, and art-on-screen exhibitions.
Riverside Theatres is the highlight of a great night out in Parramatta and currently positioned as the centrepiece of performance culture in Greater Sydney welcoming more than 180,000 visitors a year for a total of 750 events.
It is widely renowned for its annual Spot On Children's Festival.
It also has a strong educational program that supports the NSW Education curriculum, attracts 35,000 students from across the Sydney Region to attend events at Riverside Theatres.
Riverside Theatres is a unit of City of Parramatta Council and comprises the National Theatre of Parramatta (which has its own website) and works with a number of prestigious arts and musical theatre companies or festivals including Sydney Festival, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Opera Australia, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Theatre Company, and Packemin Productions.
Racing has always been at the heart of our great city, it’s time to bring the good times back and race away those winter blues.
Get your fun back on track at Rosehill Gardens Parramatta.
Bold fashion, fine-dining, and getting your fun back on track, Parramatta is Where It's At for a day at the races. With 25 race days a year, the Rosehill Gardens Racecourse is one of Sydney's premier racecourses.
Operated by the Australian Turf Club, Rosehill Gardens offers guests a really immersive race day experience, incorporating fashion runways, live DJs, and a vibrant dining scene.
There is no doubt that Parramatta is a football town. From the blue and gold who march proud for the mighty mighty Eels to the roar of a packed Wanderers and the umpires bounce at a GWS local derby, Parramatta is proud of its footy heritage, its victories and its fans.
This Season The Parramatta Eels Are Kicking Off The Season With A Mighty Game Against Reigning Premiers Melbourne Storm.
Since 1947, the EELS have been drawing locals and fans from further afield to Parramatta to celebrate the wins and commiserate the losses of this great team. The big win finally came in 1981, and then again in ’82 and ’83 despite their ground having being burnt down after their initial Grand Final Win.
Established in April 2012, The Western Sydney Wanderers football club proudly represents Western Sydney. Its founding principle is 'for the people of Western Sydney, by the people of Western Sydney'.
Its logo incorporates both the landscape of the Western Sydney region - mountains, valleys, and rivers - and the diverse community for whom Western Sydney is home.
Australian Football Leagues youngest club, GWS Giants have built a strong reputation in nine short seasons, making the finals four times and making their first AFL Grand Final in 2019.
After an interrupted 2020 season, the Giants are looking forward to once again hearing the roar of the crowd at Giants Stadium as they sing about the big sounds from the west of the town, the sound of the mighty Giants .
