What to do in Sydney this winter
City of Sydney
04 Jun 2021, 17:21 GMT+10
The heart of Sydney is once again pulsing with music, art, festivals and food. From ice-skating rinks to heated outdoor igloos and the inaugural Sydney Solstice Festival, there s plenty to see and do in the city this winter.
So zip up those coats and get ready to rediscover the myriad charms of the harbour city with a slew of activities and events for people of all ages. YCK Laneways Night Over Light for Sydney Solstice
Explore the brand-new Sydney Solstice Festival
8 to 20 June
Move over Vivid - there s a new winter festival in town, and it s set to become a major fixture on Sydney s cultural calendar. The Sydney Solstice Festival is a celebration of food, arts, nightlife and culture leading up to the shortest day of the year on 21 June. Events are spread across several hubs: the city centre, Darling Harbour and surrounds, the Oxford Street precinct, and Newtown and the inner west. The packed program
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Midnight Oil, Jimmy Barnes, Paul Kelly and Tash Sultana confirmed for rescheduled Bluesfest in October
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Subscriber only Midnight Oil will join the line-up of the rebooted Bluesfest in Byron Bay as they launch their next studio album. As the band flagged during their campaign for the Makarrata Project mini-album project with First Nations artists, the Oils plan to release their 12th full-length studio album, with the working title Show Of Hands, in October. They will headline the opening night of the Bluesfest Rises camping festival in Byron Bay on October 1. The Oils will follow-up their Makarrata Project with a new album in October. Picture: David Clark.
Midnight Oil and Paul Kelly to headline rescheduled Bluesfest event Photo by Awais Butt
Bluesfest has just revealed the lineup for its rescheduled 2021 event.
Following the heartbreak of that fateful April cancellation, Bluesfest Byron Bay has officially revealed the lineup for its recently-rescheduled 2021 event.
The festival, which is now slated to go down from Friday October 1 to Monday October 4 at its usual home at Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, has retained all Australian acts who were originally locked in to appear at the April festival, and now features two very special headliners on the bill.
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Bluesfest has just revealed the lineup for its rescheduled 2021 event, adding two special names to the bill
Music venues in Victoria have today taken their punters’ safety into their own hands by launching a NO QR, NO ENTRY policy. Initiated by Save Our Scene as a proactive measure to address the concerns of the Department of Health, music venues across Victoria are confirming their COVIDSafe compliance on a registry hosted by Music Victoria.
“We know that QR Code compliance is a big piece of the puzzle. We’re stepping up to show Health that music venues and music fans can be trusted to do the right thing.”
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