Sydney Festival 2015

Exuberant, exciting and forever effervescent – the best time to experience Sydney is in January, when the city is in full celebratory mode. Sydney Festival presents the biggest and best of the world’s performing and visual arts, all coming together in an avalanche of artistic activity.

From the CBD to Parramatta, Sydney Festival brings to life unique spaces including Honda Festival Garden in Hyde Park, Paradiso at Town Hall and The Domain, as well as making the most of Sydney’s best venues including Carriageworks, Riverside Theatres and Sydney Opera House.

The program is kaleidoscopic in its diversity, from late-night burlesque and cutting-edge dance to international theatre; from avant-garde classical to indie and world music, the Festival has something to cater to every taste and every budget. Sydney Festival is the best way to celebrate Sydney in summer.

There are also a series of installations that can be viewed at any time from now until the festival. Here is some info on one of our faves:

A WORLD OF CONVERGING ARCHITECTURE, BURSTING WITH COLOURS: HIGHER GROUND BY MASER

Known all over the globe for his vibrant murals and interactive sculptures, the Festival Village’s artist in residence has something extra special in mind for Sydney.

With a nod to MC Escher’s perspective-skewing artwork, Maser’s Higher Ground reimagines a world of converging architecture and geometry on a grand scale. Rising up from the Hyde Park lawn and reaching over two storeys high, this installation relies on you to bring it to life. Physical and visual boundaries collide, and explosive colours, shapes and stripes offer you plenty of reasons to explore space.

Part art installation, part photo playground, Higher Ground is a dream come true for those who always wished they could step inside a painting.