After Dark: Dis(order)

Join us for the 2023 edition of After Dark at the Justice & Police Museum. Guest speakers, artists, performers and filmmakers will delve into diverse subjects that shape our past, present and future.

This thought-provoking, adults-only experience will explore contemporary themes and bring to light historical cases, characters and issues. The program will feature talks, performances, interactive experiences, an onsite bar and after-hours access to the museum.

Sydney has been a gritty home to sly-grog, razor gangs, crime and police corruption, and also a buzzing harbour city with artistic flare and a bright future. But have government cultural and economic policies led to the eradication of much of Sydney’s nightlife and rendered our city a dull ‘nanny state’?

Post lockouts, post lockdowns and with current cultural policies trying to breathe life back into the city, is this enough or is it too late for the capital of our state? What else can be done to make sure Sydney really is a creative city with a thriving nightlife?

Join us for this year’s final After Dark, an evening of live music, discussion and dis(order).

After Dark is supported by Create NSW as part of Culture Up Late.