Sydney Festival
Multidisciplinary Arts · Sydney (Great Sydney), New South Wales, Australia
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The festival
The great summer rendezvous of the southern hemisphere: theatre, dance, music and visual arts throughout Greater Sydney, since 1977.
For its 51st edition, the festival aligns the new show of Hannah Gadsby, the world premiere of THE LINE by ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, the Dance Reflections series — for the first time in the southern hemisphere — and the ONEFOUR drill collective with the Penrith Chamber Orchestra; the free hub The Yard anime Barangaroo Reserve, and more than 10,000 tickets are offered at $49 AUD or less.
Good to know
Program 2027 unveiled on October 19, 2026 by festival director Kris Nelson; ticket office opened on Thursday, October 22, 2026 on the official website. The Yard, free outdoor hub at Barangaroo Reserve, January 8-24, 2027. Photo: the Austral Summer crowd, official Sydney Festival 2027 campaign (official website).
