Sydney Festival January 7-29
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Sydney Festival, Australia's largest summer festival, begins today (Saturday January 7).
For three weeks every January, Sydney Festival presents an explosion of theatre, dance, music, exhibitions and talks that takes over the city, attracting up to one million enthusiastic locals and visitors.
The Festival uses more than 25 venues across the city including Sydney Opera House, Seymour Centre, Riverside Theatres and The University of Sydney, as well as parks, laneways and city streets.
This year, Sydney Festival will host 11 world premieres, 15 Australian exclusives and 14 Australian premieres. In any given year the Festival presents more than 1500 artists from Australia and around the globe.