Stories

Festival Stories is where we go deeper on the shows and artists appearing at Sydney Festival.

Bookmark this page for interviews with the artists, behind the scenes stories, top picks from Festival programmers and arts critics, videos, podcasts, playlists and more.

It’s your window into the world of Sydney Festival.

Free events at the Festival

Start the new year with some epic art that’s totally free

Here’s your school holiday game-plan for Sydney Festival

Activities that will entertain and inspire the whole fam’

All your Christmas gifts, sorted

Consider your stockings stuffed with these 21 ideas – starting from $23

The hottest tickets (and free events) in Western Sydney

Parramatta, Bankstown, Blacktown and Casula are calling

Get your ears around all the Australian music at the Festival

The artists that’ll have you brimming with pride this Ausmusic Month

How Dark Noon is flipping the script on the Wild West

Everything you need to know about the provocative new production

LGBTQIA+ highlights we can’t wait to see this summer

Get to know 11 of the incredible shows and artists in the program

Everything along The Thirsty Mile this summer

A rundown of the best spot in town

10 unmissable experiences at Sydney Festival 2025

Your shortcut to some of the biggies in our lineup

Introducing Resonance: our classical music series

Delving into “birth, destiny and what we leave behind” with Australia’s beloved artists

Your guide to Antigone in the Amazon

Explaining the real-life events in Brazil and the link to tragic heroine Antigone

What the critics are saying about Dark Noon

The lauded Wild West saga has more five-star reviews than horses on a ranch

Get to know the Future Frequencies lineup

We've scoured the globe to find the next music act for you to obsess over

$49 tickets for our 49th birthday

Celebrate 49 years of Sydney Festival with this limited time offer

Welcome to Sydney Festival’s exhilarating summer of art

A message from our Festival Director

Hear from the creatives of Siegfried & Roy: The Unauthorised Opera

Learn more about this epic new production

The real Siegfried and Roy: Wild facts, photos and footage

Deep dive into the life and work of these larger-than-life characters.

Sydney Festival 2025 dates announced

Only one place to be for these dates.

Sydney Festival welcomes three new board members

Meet the new faces guiding your Festival

Who's up for new music?

Check out our rotating playlist of new releases from quality Sydney artists.

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