SUNDAY, JULY 21
ART
Shaun Gladwell: Pacific Undertow (until October 7) is the largest-ever survey exhibition of the Australian artist, showcasing two decades of his practice with paintings, video and augmented and virtual reality pieces to view. 10am-5pm, MCA, 140 George Street, The Rocks, free, mca.com.au
FAMILY
Big top troupe Zirk! Circus have extended their Sydney season for one final week, giving audiences a last chance to see contortionists, trampolinists and clowns in the intimate show. 11am, 3pm and 6.30pm, The Showring, Entertainment Quarter, Lang Road, Moore Park, $55-$145/$45-$105, ticketmaster.com.au
MUSIC
Gondwana World Choral Festival comes to an end with closing gala Sounds of the World featuring the vocal talents of Sydney Children's Choir, Boston Children's Chorus, Guangdong Experimental Middle School Choir and more. 3pm, Sydney Opera House, $39-$99, sydneyoperahouse.com
BOOKS
Michael Mohammed Ahmad, author of the Miles Franklin Award-shortlisted The Lebs, joins poet Omar Sakr to discuss the Lebanese-Australian literature currently coming out of western Sydney. 3pm, Better Read Than Dead, 265 King Street, Newtown, free (bookings essential), betterreadevents.com
MUSIC Los Angeles skate-punk outfit Fidlar perform tracks from their energetic and eclectic third album, Almost Free, which Kerrang! called "an absolute joy to behold". 8pm, Metro Theatre, 624 George Street, city, $64.90, ticketek.com.au
MONDAY, JULY 22
TALK
The Politics of Mental Health has British political aide and journalist Alastair Campbell speaking about the high incidence of mental illness versus how little of the global healthcare budget is allocated to it, and how improvements can be made. 6pm, City Recital Hall, 2 Angel Place, city, $35, centreforideas.com
TUESDAY, JULY 23
MUSIC
New York power pop band Charly Bliss received rave reviews for their recently released sophomore record, Young Enough, and now fans can hear the tunes live on their debut Australian tour. 8pm, Lansdowne Hotel, cnr City and Broadway roads, city, $44.90, thelansdownepub.com.au
WEDNESDAY, JULY 24
MUSIC
Grammy Award-winner Childish Gambino, the hip-hop alter ego of creative polymath Donald Glover, has scheduled an arena sideshow while here headlining Splendour in the Grass, joined in the support slot by producer and rapper Channel Tres. 7.30pm, Qudos Bank Arena, cnr Edwin Flack Avenue and Olympic Boulevard, Sydney Olympic Park, $69.90-$162.90, ticketek.com.au
THURSDAY, JULY 25
FILM
Taiwan Film Festival (until July 28) opens with the Australian premiere of Ohong Village, which follows a man's return to the oyster-farming community he grew up in after not finding success in the big smoke. 7pm, Event Cinemas, 505-525 George Street, city, $18, taiwanfilmfestival.org.au
FRIDAY, JULY 26
STAGE
City of Gold (until August 31) sees creator and star Meyne Wyatt examine the modern Indigenous experience in a play partly inspired by his own experiences as an actor, with a story about a young thespian who has angered his mob after starring in a controversial Australia Day advertisement. 7pm, SBW Stables, 10 Nimrod Street, Kings Cross, $52, griffintheatre.com.au
SATURDAY, JULY 27
MUSIC
Peter Carey's Booker Prize and Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Oscar and Lucinda has been turned into an opera (until August 3) in a production featuring tenor Brenton Spiteri and soprano Jessica Aszodi in the lead roles. 8pm, Carriageworks, 245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh, $35, carriageworks.com.au