Community Billboard 17th – 24th April
This weekly community gig guide is proudly sponsored by City of Sydney’s plan for the future – Sydney 2030 – making our city more green, global and connected
Girl in Tan Boots
Hannah is 32, single, slightly overweight and lives with her cat Cupid. She reads the love messages in the commuter magazine religiously with the hope that one day she will see a message just for her. But when she goes missing waiting for a mystery man, the detectives and her family are forced to reflect on how easy it is to ‘disappear’ when no-one is looking for you.
What: Girl in Tan Boots – theatre
Where: Stables Theatre – 10 Nimrod Street, Kings Cross
When: until Saturday 20th April, 7pm + 2pm (Saturday)
Cost: from $28
Record Store Day
Record Store Day Australia is open to all Australian specialist recorded music retailers with a bricks and mortar store. The focus of Record Store Day Australia is on the recorded music specialist store experience. It’s all about getting into the store and discovering great music! There will be in-store appearances, record launches, giveaways and more at loads of participating stores, so head along and support your local music store!
What: Record Store Day Australia
Where: All over the place
When: Saturday 20th April
13 Rooms
‘Like a sculpture gallery where all the artists go home at 6pm’
This installation follows on from 11 rooms (Manchester) and 12 Rooms (Germany) where artists fill a room with work involving the human body. 13 artists are allocated a room each which they create in using performers. The audience walks through each room, interacting with the human sculptures.
What: 13 Rooms- installation/ living sculpture
Where: Pier 2/3 Walsh Bay
When: until Sunday 21st April
Cost: free
Fatastic Planet Sci- fi & Fantasy Film Festival
This festival brings the latest and coolest sci-fi and fantasy films from around the world to the Dendy in Newtown. But if you find horror is more your thing, they have teamed up with the Horror Film Festival to have a truly exhilerating and diverse program of films. For more information about what films are playing go to https://.fantasticplanetfilmfestival.com
What: Fantastic Planet- Film Festival (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Where: Dendy Cinema, 261 King Street, Newtown
When: until Sunday 21st April, various session times
Cost: $16
East Side Ride
The East Side Ride is a free community event held in Centennial Park. Eastside DJ’s, Lily Dior, King Tide and Directions in Groove will lead the way in a day of great live music, workshops and stalls.
What: East Side Ride – Live Music festival
Where: Centennial Park, Loch Avenue South
When: Sunday 21st April, 9am – 4pm
Cost: free
The Motherf**cker with the Hat
Fresh from rehab and under the guidance of his smooth talking sponsor Ralph D, Jackie is clean, on parole and finally ready to begin his life with his volatile soul mate Veronica, who is fiercely loving but far from sober. Their love is pure and true, and has been since the 8th grade. Nothing can come between them … until there’s a hat. The Motherf**ker with the Hat is a high-octane, verbal cage match about love, fidelity, and misplaced haberdashery.
What: The Motherf**cker with the Hat- theatre
Where: Tap Gallery, 278 Palmer Street, Darlinghurst
When: Wednesday – Saturday 7.30pm, Sunday 5pm (until 5th May)
Cost: from $25
Elysium Antarctic Visual Epic
In 2010 a team of scientists, filmmakers and photographers began an expedition to Antarctica. This exhibition is a record of their journey; the world above and below the ice, flora and fauna, land and seascapes.
What: Elysium Antarctic Visual Epic- photography exhibition
Where: Australia National Maritime Museum, 2 Murray Street, Darling Harbour
When: daily 9am- 5pm, until 11th August
Cost: $3.50 concession, $7 adult
Windmill Project
Encounter a real windmill in the heart of The Rocks, and delve into a world of historical tales and new ideas.
Explore live art, lectures, performances, radio documentaries, guerrilla degustation dinners, botanical storytelling, children’s workshops, the colony’s first Shakespeare play and a wheat exchange. For more information about what’s on go to www.therocks.com
What: The Windmill Project – arts, culture & history festival
Where: Argyle Square, The Rocks
When: daily until 12th May, various performane and events times.
Cost: free