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From grand harbour spectacular to intimate perfection: the varied dance at Sydney Festival 2026

Of all the arts, dance has a special capacity to create worlds. Centred around the moving body, these worlds draw on other art forms – music, visual art, design, projection – to fill-out visions in time-space.

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Stoush over symphony concert move after spending shift

A western Sydney council has hit back at the decision to move a concert that's long been a key attraction of the city's arts festival.

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Half-century-old festival launches half-size program

One of Australia's biggest arts festivals is celebrating 50 years but has launched a smaller offering for audiences due to rising costs.

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Watching the doom loop: Sydney Festival artists witness climate change, and imagine our post-apocalyptic future

The first weeks of 2025 have seen catastrophic wildfires locally and internationally, record global ocean temperatures, and unprecedented coral bleaching events.

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With BMX and skating, who says theatre can't be street?

Performance company Branch Nebula is bringing street skills such as BMX, skating and parkour to the theatre in the upcoming Sydney Festival show, Air Time.

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Sydney Festival bucks cost of living with $49 tickets

Director Olivia Ansell's final Sydney Festival presents a slate of 130 shows, with free events and cheap early-bird tickets.

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Harbourside cabaret kicks off Sydney's 'summer of art'

This year's Sydney Festival will bring more than a thousand local and international artists to venues across the city.

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Sydney Festival cans music event blaming cost pressures

A three-day music event planned as part of the Sydney Festival has been cancelled with organisers blaming operating expenses and living cost pressures.

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Sydney Festival to set sail with opera staged on a ship

The Puccini opera Il Tabarro will be performed on the Carpentaria Lightship as part of the Sydney Festival, with the audience to stay on land for the spectacle.

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Featured jobs: Sydney Festival, Goodwill Projects & ToniMay

Sydney Festival looking for a digitally savvy, arts-loving Marketing & Social Media Specialist to join their Marketing and Communications Team for Sydney Festival 2024. You’re a skilled storyteller who can capture the essence of our Festival’s artistic magic and make it shine on social media. You know your way around…

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Featured jobs: Sydney Festival & B Seated Global

Sydney Festival is looking for a digital savvy, arts loving Marketing and Social Media Specialist to join their Marketing and Communications Team for Sydney Festival 2024. The role manages Sydney Festival’s Social Media channels, creates compelling content for audience engagement and assists with the delivery of paid digital campaigns. To…

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Sydney Festival: From Thomas Weatherall's Blue to Stephanie Lake's Manifesto and the harbourside Vigil, this year hit us in the feels

The best of this year's Sydney Festival included a "tattoo to optimism" featuring nine drum kits, an anxious opera on an indoor beach, a harbourside vigil, and a devastating debut play.

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Sydney Festival brings Frida Kahlo to Barangaroo, Sun and Sea and lucid dreams to the CBD, in program big on ‘immersive’ experiences

In its opening week, Sydney Festival pulled out all the stops to entice audiences with "immersive" and unique experiences in unusual locations — but how was the art?

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Joyously embracing the art of summer since 1977, Sydney Festival is a city-wide celebration of culture, creativity and the questioning mind. With a 46-year legacy of dynamic, conspicuous programming, the Festival draws the finest artists in the world to Sydney, and showcases our nation’s diverse storytellers to the world. As…

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Sydney Festival: Boycott, funding controversy and COVID-19 create perfect storm but artists stayed the course

Sydney Festival has been in the eye of a storm this summer, as a $20,000 sponsorship blew out into a boycott and culture clash of international proportions. Here’s how it felt for the artists.

The Conversation

Was the Sydney Festival boycott justifiable to support Palestine?

The remarkably successful pro-Palestinian boycott by artists of the recent Sydney Festival was a vibrant example of engaged citizens taking foreign policy into their own hands.

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Sydney Festival acts boycott over Israel

A controversial edition of Sydney Festival is drawing to a close, with the event partly marred by its Israeli embassy funding.

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