Well this is a huge relief, we can confirm that the Sydney Festival will be back and better than ever in 2021.
Every January, Sydney Festival brings the city to life, transforming it into a cultural celebration of cutting-edge art and performance.
In 2021, they’ll be ringing in the festival with a huge “Australian-made” program that celebrates inspiring and new art from our country’s finest local artists and companies.
Kicking off from Wednesday, January 6th, across 20 days, 130 events will breathe new life into the creative industries which have been among many to have been hit so harshly over the course of this year. And given that international borders are closed, it’s meant that the upcoming festival’s program has been able to acutely focus on the home turf.
Along with this year’s unprecedented times, public health and audience safety have naturally become of huge concern for the event organisers, with the festival embracing the outdoors this summer. Precautions and measures – both creative and essential have been put in place, coming into fruition with a new COVID-safe pop-up stage at Barangaroo Reserve: The Headland.
Set against the backdrop of Sydney Harbour, The Headland will be the beating heart of the festival, hosting some of its biggest theatrical performances. You can get in on the action here for $25 a ticket, with your ticket securing you a dedicated, socially distanced spot with access to on-site bars and food trucks.
An absolute highlight for the Headland Stage comes in with electro-pop icon, Paul Mac and a choir of Sydney’s finest singers paying homage to musical legend, George Michael in, The Rise and Fall of Saint George.
As always, the program is super diverse and includes everything from jaw-dropping cabaret to acclaimed theatre, modern Indigenous work, exhilarating music, and family-friendly fun.
Allowed And Local is another highlight of the 2021 program, seeing performance takeovers at some of Sydney’s most storied and treasured mosaic venues, from the Lansdowne to the Factory Theatre.
Artists to look out for include Of Leisure, Alice Ivy, E^ST, Ngaiire, Emily Wurramara and more. The full Allowed And Local program will be announced on Monday, November 23rd.
The pause button on Australian festivals has been on lock for way too long. Here’s hoping for way, way more of this in 2021.
In other Sydney news unrelated to the 2021 festival, somehow they managed to buy ferries that are way too tall to pass under bridges.
