Do it on a shoestring - Sydney Festival

Cozzy living crisis, how she bites. These free and affordable events are friendly to the summer budget.

Family

Kite Choir

Holly Austin

A chorus of dreams carried on the wind.

7–10 JAN

Sydney Opera House

FREE

Family

WAVERIDER

Joshua Thomson

Get swept up in an exhilarating ocean adventure.

7–17 JAN

Bondi Pavilion

FREE

Summer School

Silah: For as long as you are here

Wasielah Noorsjamsi

Turning a threshold into a communal recreation retreat.

7–25 JAN

The Cutaway

FREE

Workshop

Make a Kite & Record a Wish

Holly Austin

Join a global symphony of kites and dreams.

8–10 JAN

Sydney Opera House

Visual art & installation

EMILY IN SYDNEY

Emily Kame Kngwarreye

Rarely seen works from one of our most important artists.

8–31 JAN

S.H. Ervin Gallery

$15 - $42 + BF

Dance

Roof Piece

Trisha Brown

A postmodern masterpiece that changes the architecture.

9&10 JAN

Art Gallery of New South Wales

FREE

Dance

Soirée D’études

Cassiel Gaube

Study the joy at the heart of house.

9&10 JAN

Carriageworks

FREE

Family

Future Fiestas

Leeroy New

Turn waste into wonder at Darling Harbour.

9–23 JAN

Palm Grove, Darling Harbour

FREE

Talk

Test Kitchen: The Slow Digest

Yujin Kim & Jaha Koo

Fermenting food and story on shifting terrain.

10 JAN

Powerhouse Parramatta

$39 + BF

Talk

Of Busy Bodies Speaking in Tongues

Vicki Van Hout & Raghav Handa

Contemporary dance isn’t as scary as you think.

12&23 JAN

The Cutaway

FREE

Immersive

Mahjong Nights

Nø Flowers 麻将 Mahjong Club

Good tiles. Better company. No experience necessary.

13&21 JAN

The Cutaway

$30 + BF

Talk

Holding Space: Socially Engaged Practices

Leeroy New, Holly Austin & Benjamin Paul

Art doesn't always need an audience. Sometimes it needs accomplices.

14 JAN

The Cutaway

FREE

Theatre

Redfern Renaissance

Angeline Penrith

An engaging and vital tribute to Redfern’s revolutionary National Black Theatre.

From 30 NOV

Belvoir St Theatre

$35 + BF

Talk

Test Kitchen: What’s Cooking?

Shishir, Vanessa Marian, Billy Bain & S.Shakthidharan

Ideas on the boil with Western Sydney’s most sought-after artists.

16 JAN

Powerhouse Parramatta

$39 + BF

Talk

Long Distance Relationships: Asia Pacific Engagement in the Arts

Nithya Nagarajan

Does distance make the heart grow fonder?

19 JAN

The Cutaway

FREE

Summer School

Industry Matchmaking

Artist Mixer

Three dates. Thirty minutes. Endless possibilities.

19 JAN

The Cutaway

FREE

Summer School

Tarot Reading

Angela Dix (MYSDIX)

A little divination for uncertain times.

20&21 JAN

The Cutaway

FREE

Visual art & installation

Deep Surface

Jemima Wyman

An intricate dive into patterns of dissent.

21–31 JAN

UNSW Galleries

FREE

Talk

Western Sydney Spotlight

Wasielah Noorsjamsi, Marcus Whale, Toby Chapman & Talia Smith

No centre, no margins.

22 JAN

The Cutaway

FREE

First Nations / Blak Out

Vigil

Truth-telling by firelight. Listen. Remember. Heal.

25 Jan

Redfern Park

FREE

Workshop

Fiesta Aliens!

Leeroy New

Calling all earthlings, oddballs and aliens!

10 – 23 Jan

Palm Grove, Darling Harbour

FREE + BFFREE

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