Our digital program, SYDFEST AT HOME, brings live performance and culture to the comfort of your living room’s screen. From 12 – 25 January, you can tune in to livestreamed events throughout the Festival.
From inspiring talks with leading thinkers to all of the action from The Headland performances, there's so much to see from the comfort of your sofa.
nbn joins Sydney Festival as Regional Partner
This January SydFest is excited to livestream performances from The Headland, Barangaroo Reserve. Thanks to nbn, more regional and rural communities will be able to enjoy the Festival with their home’s nbn™ network connection.
SCHEDULE
12–13 January, 8.30pm
The [Uncertain] Four Seasons
FREE
Sydney Symphony Orchestra's performances are livestreamed from The Headland at Barangaroo Reserve. Climate data merges with Vivaldi in a collaboration between composers, designers and scientists.
Join online and watch live during the event only.
14 January, 10am
Dalarinji – Ours, Yours, Everyone's
FREE
Sydney Festival Artistic Director Wesley Enoch explores the possibilities with Jennifer Ganske, National Head of Arts and Tourism for Regional Development and Engagement at nbn Australia.
Register for a free ticket to watch this live.
14 January, 6pm
Memory, Memorials and Truth
UTS Big Thinking Forum
FREE
In a world of alternative facts, how do we establish the boundaries of objective truth? Join Yorta Yorta/Gunaikurnai theatremaker Andrea James, the creator of Sunshine Super Girl, in a timely discussion about how we remember, how we commemorate and why we build monuments in a post-truth world.
Register for a free ticket to watch this live.
14 January, 8.30pm
Songs of Don
FREE
This musical tribute to Don Walker of Cold Chisel is livestreamed from The Headland at Barangaroo Reserve. Katie Noonan, Christine Anu, Suze DeMarchi and Emily Wurramara join forces to perform some of his most iconic songs at The Headland, against the spectacular backdrop of the harbour.
Join online and watch live during the event only.
15 January, 8.30pm
The Rise and Fall of Saint George
FREE
Livestreamed from The Headland at Barangaroo Reserve. Paul Mac and friends celebrate the queer community and pay homage to a much-loved Inner-West mural.
Join online and watch live during the event only.
16–17 January, 8.30pm
RAPTURE: a song cycle of Desire and Ecstasy, Murder and Mayhem
FREE
Livestreamed from The Headland at Barangaroo Reserve. Paul Capsis and iOTA unleash a contemporary song cycle spanning ecstasy, godlessness, love and pain.
Join online and watch live during the event only.
19 January, 6pm
Impacts of Isolation
UTS Big Thinking Forum
FREE
A panel discussion exploring how the pandemic has changed our lives with Sydney Festival's own Artistic Director Wesley Enoch, UTS Associate Dean Robynne Quiggin and musician Liz Martin.
Register for a free ticket to watch this live.
19 January, 8pm
Into the Space Between the Notes
Ticketed Livestream
A showcase of music featuring musicians with disability, featuring Liz Martin Band and Tralala Blip.
Purchase a ticket to watch this live.
20–24 January, 8.30pm
Spirit: A Retrospective 2021
FREE
Bangarra Dance Theatre's stunning performance is livestreamed from The Headland at Barangaroo Reserve. Tune in for a powerful collection of dance stories from Bangarra Dance Theatre's 30-year repertoire.
Join online and watch live during the event only.
20–23 January, 8.30pm
PLEASUREDOME
Ticketed Livestream
An interactive, online-only livestreamed theatre experience from Grfiffin Theatre Company drawing on humour, pop, sex, history and iconography through a queer and feminist lens.
Purchase a ticket to watch this live.
21 January, 6pm
The Art of Nature
UTS Big Thinking Forum
FREE
Can artists shape the way we think about the environment? As anxiety grows over the effects of climate change on our world, soprano Jane Sheldon and artist Janet Laurence lead a discussion about the importance of narrative when it comes to the gradual transformation of attitudes and behaviour.