Metro Hotels have partnered up with Sydney Festival 2014 to celebrate a summer of art, fun, shows and exhibitions all around Sydney.
The best of our city is back with a vengeance as Sydney Festival returns to its favourite indoor and outdoor venues throughout Sydney and beyond to present a huge and diverse program of free events. Comprised of 104 events, a staggering 21 are free in the 2014 Festival.
There’s no better way to get into the swing of summer in Sydney than by enjoying a free outdoor concert in the heart of the city, with 60,000 of your closest friends. Headlining Summer Sounds in The Domain and our opening weekend celebrations in style is the disco queen, Chaka Khan. Join us in a singalong extravaganza of hits spanning from the early 70s right up until the present day.
Bring the whole family and catch some of the Festival’s hottest acts free on January 10!
At Sydney Festival 2013, Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman’s 15-metre high yellow Rubber Duck made quite the splash in Darling Harbour, so we’ve brought it back. Parramatta residents and visitors are invited to Parramatta Park to get up-close-and-personal with Sydney’s favourite five-storey yellow bird.
Merchants Store may look like an ordinary 19th century Sydney building from afar, until you spot the people dangling from the windows, climbing up the walls and crawling on the roof…The life-size building façade is overshadowed by a giant mirror positioned at a precise 45 degree angle to the ground allowing the general public to play on the building layout, marvelling at their gravity-defying tricks and newfound ability to scale walls and perch on the rooftop.
Taking over a third of our newly expanded Festival Village in Hyde Park, Sacrilege, will be enjoyed equally by kids and kids at heart. Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller’s life-size bouncy castle version of Stonehenge has delighted kids of all ages around the UK, and is heading down under for Sydney Festival 2014. Boxwars will also bring its elaborate cardboard battalion to Festival Village to present hands-on workshops for kids of all ages.
Immersive installations will pop up across the city during the 2014 Festival including free events FUNPARK and The Very Near Future. The amusement parks that once graced Mount Druitt are long gone, but in January we will be welcoming back the crowds in the serious-minded fun of FUNPARK, whilst at Artspace The Very Near Future will find you in the backlot with the cast and crew of a film noir in the making.
Inviting you to explore the idea that all human life is the result of chance, Christian Boltanski presents his first major Australian installation, Chance. Responding to the architecture and scale of Carriageworks, this immense and complex installation allows you to witness lives unfolding, following the rhythm of births and deaths across the globe.
Here is the list of amazing FREE events to enjoy:
Boxwars (Australia)
Festival Village, Sunday 12 - Friday 17 January from 10am–2pm (closed Monday 13 January)
FREE, suitable for all ages
www.sydneyfestival.org.au/box
Chance | Christian Boltanski (France)
Festival Village, Friday 10, Friday 17 & Friday 24 January at 11.30pm
FREE, 18+
Donny Benét & The Donny Benét Show Band (Australia)
Festival Village, Friday 10, Friday 17 & Friday 24 January at 11.30pm
FREE, 18+
Ferrython
Sydney Harbour, Sunday 26 January at 11am
FREE
FUNPARK (Australia)
Bidwell Shopping Plaza, Carlisle Avenue, Bidwell, 18 & 19 January from 6pm
FREE
Merchants Park | Leandro Erlich (Argentina)
Darling Harbour, 9-23 January 9am-9pm daily
FREE
Paradiso Lates
Sydney Town Hall, 16-18, 22-25 January at 11.30pm, 19 & 26 January at 10.30pm
FREE, 18+
Project 28 : Roman Ondak (Slovakia)
Parramatta Town Hall, 10 January 10am-10pm, 11-24 January 10am-6pm
FREE
POP 2014
Parramatta City Streets and Parks, Friday 10 January 6-11pm
FREE
Rubber Duck | Florentijn Hofman (Netherlands)
Parramatta River in Parramatta Park, 10-19 January
FREE
Sacrilege | Jeremy Deller (UK)
Festival Village, Preview: 8 January 5-9pm, Season: 9-26 January, 9am-9pm
Except Baby Bounce and Accessibility Sessions: 14 & 21 January, 9-10am
Closed Mondays
FREE, suitable for all ages
Sky Terrace
The Star Event Centre, 9-26 January 6pm-late daily
FREE
Summer Sounds in the Domain | Chaka Khan (US)
The Domain, Saturday 11 January at 8pm
FREE
Symphony in the Domain
The Domain, Sunday 26 January at 8pm
FREE
The Very Near Future
ARTSPACE, 16 January-16 February 11am-5pm (Closed Mondays & 26 January)
FREE
To view each act in detail, please visit Sydney Festival's website:
http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2014/
Staying in Sydney for the 2014 Sydney Festival? Metro Hotels has got you covered, no matter where you want to stay in the city.
As a partner of the Sydney Festival, we have created hotels packages:
