Sydney Festival 2010 (1 Viewer)

[johony]

Sydney Festival 2010 - About

In just two years Festival First Night has become a Sydney tradition! In 2010, the story continues with visionary director Nigel Jamieson creating an epic theatre of music, spectacle and surprise in our city centre.

Hyde Park is transformed into a spice garden, a feast of sumptuous delights. In the afternoon, families can learn to juggle, dance or hula, watch daredevil performances at the outdoor circus or sit back and enjoy family-friendly music from Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill and The Little Hillbillies. As dusk falls, a magical world comes alive in the park’s avenue of trees and 43 Rajasthani musicians take the stage for a preview of the lush visual and musical celebration, The Manganiyar Seduction.

The Qantas Domain Concert opens with an inspirational message of hope and understanding from Indigenous supergroup The Black Arm Band. Their show Hidden Republic features a line-up of 25 songwriters and musicians including Jimmy Little, Archie Roach, Ruby Hunter and Dan Sultan, accompanied by a full orchestra. Then legendary soul and gospel singer Al Green takes the stage in his first ever Australian performance. Green made the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with hits like ‘Let’s Stay Together’ and ‘Take Me to the River’ and is sure to be spreading the L-O-V-E.

Down in Martin Place Big Bad Voodoo Daddy head a line-up to get you swinging, while at Chifley Square Uber Lingua’s global urban sounds play across a cluster of stages.

al green for first night! fucking excellent.

as for throughout the festival:
- A.R. Rahman
- Neko Case
- Grizzly Bear
- Patrick Watson
- Dirty Three & Laughing Clowns (!)
- The Books
- The Middle East
- Severed Heads (!)
- The Very Best
- Radioclit
- Camera Obscura
- The Mess Hall
- John Cale (!)

obviously not all the artists, but i listed those people might be most interested in
Sydney Festival 2010 - Music

 

[Born Dancer]

laura marling is doing a show too. pretty excited for grizzly bear, someone told me jens lekman is supporting

 

[chelsea girl]

John Cale John Cale John Cale John Cale John Cale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[aimhigh10]

i like this lineup
and its during holidays toooo (Y)

 

[chelsea girl]

this

Sydney Festival 2010 - Circa 1979: Signal to Noise


is basically the real life version of an orgasm for me.

 

[L]

Seymour Centre
January 16
FREE

 

[A High Way Man]

There's going to be a lot of Indians

 

[L]

wat


who went last year btw to the first night becuasei remember it was pretty good and wierd

 

[Tulipa]

Fucking yes.

Grizzly Bear, Camera Obscura, Slow Club, Dirty Three, Laura Marling, Neko...

Epic line up.

 

[chelsea girl]

Seymour Centre
January 16
FREE

16-24


I will probably go like three times.

 

[Tulipa]

Also, yes yes yes to stagings of both Six Characters in Search of an Author and The Arrival.

I don't care if The Arrival is for kids. I loved that book.

 

[Born Dancer]

Also, yes yes yes to stagings of both Six Characters in Search of an Author and The Arrival.

I don't care if The Arrival is for kids. I loved that book.

yes six characters in search of an author!

 

[chelsea girl]

yes six characters in search of an author!

yes yes!

and

Sydney Festival 2010 - Oedipus Loves You

Sydney Festival 2010 - Olafur Eliasson

Sydney Festival 2010 - Smoke & Mirrors

Sydney Festival 2010 - Isy Suttie



i reckon this would be fucking awesome to watch/hear while stoned.

Sydney Festival 2010 - The Manganiyar Seduction


also somewhat interested in these

Sydney Festival 2010 - Optimism

Sydney Festival 2010 - Giselle

Sydney Festival 2010 - Party

 

[politik]

laura marling is doing a show too. pretty excited for grizzly bear, someone told me jens lekman is supporting

That *could* be true, he does live here. At the moment he's just playing weddings though.

I'm mostly excited about seeing Grizzly Bear, Camera Obscura (with the amazing Slow Club), and The Books. I don't have enough money to buy all of these on Monday, so I'll just buy a ticket to GB in the Recital Hall and I'll hope the others don't sell out soon.

 

[johony]

That *could* be true, he does live here. At the moment he's just playing weddings though.

I'm mostly excited about seeing Grizzly Bear, Camera Obscura (with the amazing Slow Club), and The Books. I don't have enough money to buy all of these on Monday, so I'll just buy a ticket to GB in the Recital Hall and I'll hope the others don't sell out soon.

lol totally didn't know jens lekman lived in melbourne/sydney. checked his blog and he did a backyard show in the inner west last month :mad1:

grizzly bear should be awesome in the recital hall. def going to be checking out laughing clowns/dirty three since i missed out at ATP last time, probs cale and severed heads too.

 

[s-p-a-c-e-d]

oh shhiiii severed heads