Community Billboard 29th November – 6th December
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.
Pop Up Pyrmont Market Day
A roving personal training team, performers and retailers across the area will set up shop in Union Square and Harris, Miller, and Union streets for the Pyrmont Village Market Day this Friday 29 November.
There will be free entertainment that will include Christmas carols and songs to get everyone into the Christmas spirit.
Urban Oasis, Jade’s Fashion, Secret Attic and St Frock fashions will feature in the Square with unique produce stalls and Christmas puddings for your Christmas gift shopping. There will be free Christmas gift wrapping at the Market.
The Christmas Village Market Day is being organised by the City of Sydney and is supported by Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce as part of the Shop Local campaign in October and November. The Friday market day marks a weekend of special events in Pyrmont and Sunday 1 December will culminate with Christmas in Pyrmont a great new event in John Street and surrounds from 12 noon to 7pm.
When: Friday 29 November from 11am to 7pm
Where: Union Square, Harris St Pyrmont 2007
Cost: Free
How to get to this event: Call 131 500 or visit www.131500.com.au
For more information visit https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/ or email at margot@eventproject.com.au.
Live and local – Celebrating Sydney’s live music scene
APRA AMCOS and the AHA NSW are pleased to present Live and Local – a week long showcase of Sydney’s inner city live music venues kicking off as part of ARIAWeek from Monday, November 25 through to Sunday, December 1.
See the inner city of Sydney transformed into a bustling melting pot of live music, showcasing everything from singer songwriters in cafes and jazz trios in hotel foyers, through to punk bands in pubs and indie rockers in bars.
Venues that already have live music booked can register
to participate in Live and Local by submitting details of the gigs on the ARIAwebsite. Pubs, clubs, cafes that want to get involved can contact Nathan Farrell, the Live and Local curator by emailing nate@nfentertainment.com.
When: Between Monday 25 November and Sunday 1 December from 9am to 11pm
Where: Various Locations – see https://ariaweek.ariaawards.com.au/gigs for details
Cost: Free
How to get to this event: Call 131 500 or visit www.131500.com.au
So if you think Sydney is up there with the cultural hubs of the world, make sure you get involved! To find a gig near you, visit the ARIA Week website’s Live and Local gig guide.
COFA ANNUAL 2013
The COFA ANNUAL 2013 exhibition features a stunning array of animation, ceramics, drawing, digital imaging, environments, graphics, installation, interactive media, jewellery, motion graphics, objects, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, sound, textiles and video works by COFA’s more than 350 graduating students.
It marks an exciting moment of transition. It’s a celebration of metamorphosis as graduating students leave COFA’s classrooms and prepare to enter the professional arena.
The COFA ANNUAL 2013 is an amazing opportunity to see Australia’s next generation of creative talents before they make it big. After the ANNUAL, COFA’s graduates go on to do great things.
This year, Del Kathryn Barton won the Archibald Prize, making her a two-time winner of this prestigious gong. Design graduate Rachel Vosila was selected to feature in Wallpaper Magazine’s Next Generation issue of those world-talents to watch and invest in. And director Rowan Woods, hot on the heels of success with the mini-series Rake, released his new TV movie, The Broken Shore.
When: Between Friday 29 November and Sunday 8 December from 10am to 4pm
Opening: Fri, Nov 29, 6-8pm
Screening: Mon, Dec 2, 6-10pm
Where: College of Fine Arts COFA-UNSW, Cnr Oxford St and Greens Rd Paddington 2021
Cost: Free
How to get to this event: Buses to Oxford St
Visit https://www.cofa.unsw.edu.au/events/cofa-annual/ for further information.
Fashion Matters: Fashion, Art and Society (Lecture Series)
A ten-part lecture series with Dr Peter McNeil
Today few individuals would deny the powerful role of fashion in everyday life. The media presents us with an array of images from the real to the fantastic. Large multinational corporations and powerful fashion houses shape the language of fashion, influence public opinion and build global production and distribution structures.
Fashion is a specific vision of change that is shaped by cultural practices, economic systems and many players, not just designers. Fashion is also heavily contested, opposed and criticised. It retains in the public mind strong connections with vanity, frivolity, waste and folly. It can be conveniently blamed for everything from psychological illness to nastiness on reality television.
Access rare and beautiful items of fashion, including many from private collections. Learn about the fashion worlds of men and women alike, from the middle ages to today. Find your own identities through fashion.
Dr Peter McNeil is Professor of Design History at University of Technology Sydney and Foundation Professor of Fashion Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden.
McNeil has published nine works on fashion, including the bestselling Shoes, and his current book projects include The ‘Long’ History of Luxury, supported by the UK Leverhulme Trust; _Fashion, Writing and Criticism From The 17th Century to The Present Day; and Fashion Journalism.
When: Friday 29 November and Saturday 30 December from 10.30am to 12.30pm (Friday lectures are repeated on Saturday)
Where: Art Gallery of NSW, Art Gallery Rd, The Domain Sydney 2000
Cost: $35 member, $45 non-member (Ticket price includes lecture entry, lecture notes, coffee during intermissions and a glass of wine after each session)
How to get to this event: Sydney Explorer Bus Stop 6, Bus 441, nearest train stations are St James and Martin Place
Ticketing 02 9225 1878
For more information visit https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/calendar/fashion-matters/.
Reel Sundays – Free Films every Sunday at AFTRS
Every Sunday afternoon from September 15, AFTRS is screening an eclectic mix of familiar film favorites and cinematic masterpieces, ranging from the very old, to films that are less than a decade old; spanning Hollywood classics to independent and foreign features and everything in between. Unleash your inner film critic, re-live your personal cinematic favourites or discover new ones, courtesy of AFTRS.
Current program:
December 1 – Chinatown Roman Polanski (1974)
When: Sunday 01 December (every Sunday ongoing) at 4pm
Where: AFTRS, Theatre 1, 130 The Entertainment Quarter Moore Park 2021
Cost: Free
How to get to this event: https://www.eqmoorepark.com.au/getting-there/
Visit https://www.aftrs.edu.au/reelsundays for further information.
All my Sons – Eternity Playhouse
One of the most celebrated plays of the twentieth-century, All my Sons catapulted Arthur Miller into the ranks of America’s greatest playwrights.
Directed by Ian Sinclair (Our Town), All my Sons is a compelling and heartbreaking story about family ties, patriotic duty and personal greed. Marshall Napier (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) leads a stellar cast in Darlinghurst Theatre Company’s inaugural production at the Eternity Playhouse.
When: Between Friday 01 November and Sunday 01 December from 8pm to 9.30pm
Where: Darlinghurst Theatre Co., Eternity Playhouse 39 Burton St, Darlinghurst 2011
Cost: Adult $43, Children $30, Senior $38
How to get to this event: Kings Cross train station (four minutes walk). 311 stops just across the road from the theatre, pick the bus up from Castlereagh St in the City
Visit https://www.darlinghursttheatre.com/whats-on/all-my-sons for further information.
Twilight Racing
Friday’s twilight racing is back and better than ever at Royal Randwick. Unwind from a long week at work and watch the sunset over the city while the gee-gees do their thing.
When: Friday 29 November 2013; Gates open 1.30pm, first race 3.04pm, last race 6.55pm
Where: 77-79 Allison Rd, Randwick, NSW 2031
Cost: $15 (general admission) $7,50 (concession admission)
How to get to this event: Call 131 500 or visit www.131500.com.au
Visit https://www.theraces.com.au/atchome.html for further information.
Macquarie Bondi to Bronte Ocean Swim
The Bondi to Bronte Ocean Swim is one of Australia’s largest and longest running ocean swims. The “B2B” has has become a “bucket-list” event due to the course; an incredible journey swim starting at the iconic Bondi Beach and finishes at the beautiful Bronte Beach, approximately 2.2km – 2.4km course.
This year there is an event for everyone: Macquarie Bondi to Bronte, the NEW – Bronte Bay adults 800m or the Banana Boat Bronte Junior Ocean Swim for kids!
Participants range from Elites, to first time ocean swimmers, Mums, Grandads, kids, weekend sports warriors and all the in-between!
When: Sunday 01 December 2013
Where: Queen Elizabeth Drive – off Cambell Parade, Bondi Beach, NSW 2026
Cost: $40
How to get to this event: Call 131 500 or visit www.131500.com.au
For more information and application visit https://bonditobronte.com.au/.
Tumbleweed “Live From The Other Side” Tour
Tumbleweed launch their brand new LP “Sounds From The Other Side” with special guests from Germany (Kadaver) and from Sweden (Blues Pills) plus Sun God Replica from Melbourne.
There are no rules with Tumbleweed, but there are a few things you can rely on. It can get heavy, but it’s got to groove. No tricks, either – Big Muffs and wah pedals only, and everything goes straight onto analogue tape.
When: Friday 6 December 2013, 8.30pm (doors open at 8pm)
Where: The Metro Theatre Sydney, 624 George St, NSW 2000
Cost: $38.50
How to get to this event: Call 131 500 or visit www.131500.com.au
For booking details and further information visit https://www.metrotheatre.com.au/events/2013/12/06/tumbleweed.