| Sydney Festival | |
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 Part of Sydney Festival, Symphony in The Domain, pictured in 2007 | |
| Genre | Major arts, theatre, music and cultural festival |
| Begins | Second week of January |
| Ends | Final week of January |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Location(s) | Sydney |
| Years active | 47 |
| Inaugurated | 1977 |
| Participants | 964 artists (2019)[1] |
| Attendance | 365,000 to free events (2019)[1] 107,000 to ticketed events (2019)[1] |
| Patron(s) | Margaret Beazley |
| Website | www.sydneyfestival.org.au |
Sydney Festival is a major arts festival in Australia's largest city, Sydney, that runs for three weeks every January since it was established in 1977. The festival program features over 100 events from local and international artists and includes contemporary and classical music, dance, circus, drama, visual arts and artist talks. The festival attracts approximately 500,000 people to its large-scale free outdoor events and 150,000 to its ticketed events and contributes more than A$55 million to the economy of New South Wales.[2]
- ^ a b c "Annual Review". Sydney Festival Limited. 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Annual Review". Sydney Festival Limited. 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2012.