New South Wales Events and Festivals

1/10/2009 - 1/31/2009Sydney Festival

One of Australia's most important cultural events, the Sydney Festival attracts over 1.5 million people each year to the three-week programme of indoor and outdoor presentations bringing together the very best international and national performing and visual arts. Thousands of people come to enjoy performances of theatre, jazz, classical music, dance, opera and cinema. Guided tours of the city's corporate art collections offer a rare opportunity to see artworks not normally exhibited. Contemporary bands and artists are showcased with past performers including Nick Cave and 2005 Mercury Prize Winners Anthony and the Johnsons. Held in mid-summer, the festival has become synonymous with the energy, style, and cosmopolitan flair which so quintessentially define the city.