Carriageworks

Carriageworks
Carriageworks' Public Space
Carriageworks is located in Sydney
Carriageworks
Location within Sydney
Established2007; 17 years ago (2007)
LocationRedfern, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates33°53′39″S 151°11′30″E / 33.8942°S 151.1916°E / -33.8942; 151.1916
TypeContemporary multi-arts including visual arts, dance, performance, music, film, food and design
Visitors1,320,000 (2017)
Websitecarriageworks.com.au

Carriageworks is a multi-arts urban cultural precinct located at the former Eveleigh Carriage Workshops in Redfern, Sydney, Australia. Carriageworks showcases contemporary art and performing arts, as well as being used for filming, festivals, fairs and commercial exhibitions. The largest such venue in Australia, it is a cultural facility of the Government of New South Wales, and receives support from Create NSW and the Federal Government through the Australia Council for the Arts. The centre has commissioned new work by Australian and international artists, and has been home to eight theatre, dance and film companies, including Performance Space, Sydney Chamber Opera and Moogahlin Performing Arts, and a weekly farmers' market has operated there for many years.

On 4 May 2020, Carriageworks Limited, the company that operates the venue, entered voluntary administration and closed, citing an “irreparable loss of income” due to government bans on events during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the consequent negative impact on the arts sector. Carriageworks successfully emerged from voluntary administration and reopened its doors to the public in August 2020.