Sydney Festival 2015

Sydney Festival 2015

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Posted 2014-12-23 by Vanessa Mfollow

Thu 08 Jan 2015 - Mon 26 Jan 2015



The Sydney Festival is a huge, annual event that takes over Sydney in January. This year it will run from Thursday January 8 to Monday January 26, with music, theatre, dance, opera, visual arts, installations, talks and more. Plenty of free events and family activities make it accessible for families too.

The first big event is the opening party in Parramatta on Friday January 9. It will be a street party led by music legend Paul Kelly, who will be joined by heaps of other musicians.

The Festival Village in Hyde Park is an exciting place that will run the whole time, with plenty of restaurants (bars from 4.30pm too) and daily yoga sessions. However it's the last week when you'll want to take your kids. During this time it will be family week, with free workshops, music and art.

Other fun kids activities include the Waterfall Swing from New York. An impressive engineering feat, it involves water raining down until the moment you swing beneath it. The free ride will be at Darling Harbour throughout the festival, from 9.00am to 9.00pm.



New this year is Beat the Drum , Triple J's 40th birthday celebration concert. It will take place in The Domain on Friday January 16 and feature the likes of Gotye, Hilltop Hoods, The Presets, The Cat Empire, You Am I, Vance Joy and more.

Also held in The Domain will be the annual Symphony in the Domain and Opera in the Domain concerts (Sunday January 18 and Saturday January 24 respectively). Both are free events, as is Seu Jorge: Summer Sounds in the Domain, on Saturday January 10.

Heaps of other music performances too will be found in The Famous Spiegeltent and The Aurora in Hyde Park. A special deal has been created so you can see three of them for $69.00.

Riverside Theatres will host quite a few performances, including Timber!, a combination of circus, comedy, music and the lumberjack trade. There's also Puncture, with its beautiful dancing, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, just for the kids.

The Sydney Festival will finish on Australia Day, when the traditional ferrython will be held. This race around Sydney Harbour also includes a best dressed element and makes for a very grand sight. (Outside of the festival, other Australia Day events include the Havaianas Australia Day Thong Challenge , the annual Gnome Festival and the Yabun Festival .)

These are just some of the events set to take place during the two and a half weeks of the Sydney festival. Visit the event's website and have a bit of an explore if you want to find out more or buy tickets.

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