THIS IS OUR CITY IN SUMMARY MUSIC
sounds from around the world
Visitors 12 Eclipse 14 Hive + 100 Million Nights 18 Sun Ra Arkestra 20 Big Star’s Third 21
Festival Village Music 40–47 Lao Qiang 51 Classics 61–67 Summer Sounds in The Domain 67
PARADISO AT TOWN HALL NINE hot nights of music with free late night sessions 72–77
Matmos 68 Ambrose Akinmusire 69 So Frenchy So Chic 70 Spirit of Akasha 71 Paradiso at Town Hall 72–77
CLASSICS
From baroque to contemporary 61–67
The festival within a festival at Carriageworks 52–57
Ten days of music, magic and family fun 78–83
INSTALLATIONS Chance 24 Merchants Store 25 Sacrilege 37 The Very Near Future 58 Rubber Duck 80 Project 28: Roman Ondák 81
THEATRE/DANCE
Turn down the lights and be transported
Dido & Aeneas 6 Black Diggers 8 La Voix Humaine 10 Am I 16 Band of Magicians 22 The Shadow King 26
Othello: The Remix 27 Oedipus Schmoedipus 48 Ockham’s Razor 49 Chi Udaka 50 About an Hour 52–57 The Piper 57
FESTIVAL INFO
Family fun, music and cabaret from morning ’til late 28–47
PARRAMATTA
Interactive installations across the city
ABOUT AN HOUR
FESTIVAL VILLAGE
Funpark 58 All That Fall 59 The Serpent’s Table 60 The Turk in Italy 65
FAMILY Festival fun for all ages
Band of Magicians 22 Othello: The Remix 27 La Cucina Dell’Arte 34 Tom Thum 36 Sacrilege 37 Jazzamattazz! 38 Box Wars 38 Kaput 39 Squaring the Wheel 39 The Piper 57 Rubber Duck 80
AUSTRALIA DAY
Celebrate with Festival events for everyone 84 & 85
Venues, bars, restaurants, Where to stay, how to buy tickets, Accessibility and a calendar of events 86–112