Sydney Festival
Sydney Festival opens the cultural year with three weeks of theatre, dance, circus, music and large-scale public art across the city each January. It has been running since 1977 and stages hundreds of performances, with a strong strand of free outdoor works built for summer evenings.
What to expect
The program mixes international premieres with Australian commissions, and the free events make it easy to sample without a ticket. January in Sydney is hot and busy, so evening shows and harbourside venues are the comfortable way in. It pairs naturally with the city's beaches and the tail end of the school holidays.
- Arts & Literature
- Major Event
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