Community Billboard 7th-14th February
This weekly community gig guide is proudly sponsored by the City of Sydney’s Plan for the future – Sydney 2030 – making our city more green, global and connected.
Chinese New Year Festival
When: Until the 9th of February
Where: Sydney CBD
Cost: Free
Release your inner animal and Celebrate the Year of the Horse with the Chinese New Year Festival right here in Sydney.
As the Chinese New Year festivities draw to a closing, make sure you experience the last of the events and head down to the city this weekend.
Lunar Feast
Sydney’s finest restaurants serving up tantalising, set-price meals during this period.
Reward your tastes buds desires and immerse yourself into the Chinese New Year Spirit
Dragon Boat Race
(Sat 8th Feb 8.00am – 5.00pm)
(Sun 9th Feb 9.00am – 3.00pm)
The Dragon Boat race is a fun way to celebrate the roots of the dragon in Chinese Culture.
Witness the spirit and power of the dragon come alive in our own infamous Cockle Bay Wharf.
12 metre long boats fitting up to 20 paddlers will battle it out to the beating of the drums.
Come and experience the hype of Chinese New Year and see who takes out the number one place for the Dragon Boat Race.
For more information, check out https://www.sydneychinesenewyear.com
The First Ladies of Soul-Valentines Day
When: 14th February
Where: 16 Cross Street Double Bay
Blue Beat Nightclub
Cost: $20
Why not spend Valentines Day with The First Ladies of Soul and come to Blue Beat night club.
Tickets are just $20 & free Lindt Chocolates for all.
They will showcase the hits of Randy Crawford, Gladys Knight, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Etta James, Roberta Flack, Natalie Cole, Freda Payne, Chaka Khan, The Emotions & Tina Turner. Sensational Sydney singers, JO ELMS, KIM HART & LIZA OHLBACK, will be backed by a super band!
For more information, check out www.bluebeat.com.au
Rozelle Markets
When: 8th February
Where: 663 Darling st, Rozelle
Cost: Free
Head down to the Rozelle Markets this Saturday and grab yourself a bargain.
Rozelle is the closest Sydney gets to old European flea market. From vintage fur coats and Elton John on vinyl to rusting collectors’ coins, dog-eared paperbacks, dusty china teacups, ’80s denim jackets and clunky old suitcases – Rozelle is a bargain-hunter’s lolly shop.
Ludovico Einaudi: In a Time Lapse
When: 9th February
Where: Sydney Opera House
Cost: $39.20-$84.00
Record-breaking piano maestro Ludovico Einaudi follows his euphoric GRAPHIC Festival finale with a world-beating tour alongside his epic six-piece band – delving into his 25-year-old catalogue, legendary film scores (Black Swan, Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar) and his biggest album yet – the monastery-born masterpiece, In a Time Lapse (2013). Don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime event.
For more information and tickets, check out www.sydneyoperahouse.com
War is Over (If you Want it) :Yoko Ono
When: Till the 23rd February
Where: Level 3 Galleries
140 George St, The Rocks
Cost: $9.70-$19.90
Ono is an artist of extremes. Key member of the influential Fluxus movement, pioneering conceptual, performance and video artist, experimental musician and activist, her work encompasses a full spectrum of human experience.For Australian audiences unfamiliar with Ono the artist, War Is Over! will shed light on a remarkable and far-reaching practice that after five decades of work shows no signs of slowing down.
For more information and tickets, check out https://www.mca.com.au