Friday 15 January
Beck’s Festival Bar w/ Music
Malian guitarist/singer/songwriter Vieux Farka Toure is the son of African music legend, the late Ali Farka Toure. Drawing on Malian traditions and incorporating his father’s signature desert blues style, Vieux’s ear for the future also sees his music traversing reggae, funk, rock and RnB.
Playing no-frills blues rock, Sydney duo The Mess Hall are renowned for their raw, explosive live performances.
With a sound that is equal parts blues, soul and country, Dan Sultan’s songs showcase his knack for storytelling. DJ Russ Dewbury mixes up the heaviest Afro-soul sounds.
When: 8pm
Cost: $38
More Info: http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2010/Music/Vieux-Farka-Toure-The-Mess-Hall-Dan-Sultan/
Saturday 16 January
Circa 1979: Signal to Noise (A day of free talks)
From 1979 to 1985, parish halls, abandoned warehouses and run down apartments rumbled and screeched with new sounds during one of the most creative periods in Australia’s music history. Avant garde, post-punk, new wave and early electronic styles of music cultivated a thriving underground scene, heard on Sydney-based labels M Squared and Volition. Circa 1979: Signal to Noise is a celebration of this unique and influential period.
(Excerpt from http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/)
Cost: FREE
Where: The Seymour Centre, Cnr City Road and Cleveland Street, Chippendale
More Info: http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2010/Talks/Circa-1979-Signal-to-Noise/
Sunday 17 January
Lynette Wallworth (Sensory Exhibition)
A little too real to be dream-like and a little too dream-like to be familiar, Wallworth’s environments are an exercise in unexpected concentration and unusual exploration, often involving wordless narratives that attempt to emotively fertilize a sense of intimacy and empathy between the moving image and the participants moving body. And although the Wallworth experience is usually no roller coaster ride, it may offer a moment of sensory gratification and some time for healthy reflection.
(Excerpt from http://concreteplayground.com.au/)
Where: CarriageWorks, 245 Wilson St, Eveleigh
More Info: http://concreteplayground.com.au/event/483/lynette-wallworth.htm
Monday 18 January
Joanna Newsom @ Sydney Opera House (Concert)
“This extraordinary harpist has a glorious, untamed voice and a sheaf of tricky song-poems…conjuring one startlingly vivid image after another.” – The New York Times
After beguiling audiences with her performance with the Sydney Symphony last year , California-based harp virtuoso Joanna Newsom makes a much anticipated return to Sydney Opera House for one Sydney show only.
Cost: $49-75
Where: Sydney Opera House
More Info: http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson/joanna_newsom_2010.aspx
Tuesday 19 January
Tot Mom
Steven Soderbergh has created Tot Mom – a compelling look into how a crime can come to grip an entire nation through intense media and public attention. Tot Mom seeks to hold up a mirror to our society, raising ethical questions about the way in which such a case is dealt with in the public domain.
(Excerpt from http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/)
Cost: FREE
Where: The Seymour Centre, Cnr City Road and Cleveland Street, Chippendale
More Info: http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2010/Talks/Circa-1979-Signal-to-Noise/
Wednesday 20 January
Where the Wild Things Are @ Moonlight Cinema
as recommended by our very own Siouxzi Mernagh
The highly anticipated adaptation by director Spike Jonze (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, ADAPTATION) of Maurice Sendak’s beloved children’s story. When Max, a young boy acting out, is sent to bed without his supper, he creates his own world – a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler.
(Excerpt from www.moonlight.com.au)
Where: Belvedere Amphitheatre, Centennial Park
More Info: http://www.moonlight.com.au/main.php?location=Sydney
Thursday 21 January
Dark Matters (Dance)
Dark Matters is a haunting portrait of the unknown, a performance that pulls itself apart in an attempt to discover what it’s made of.
When: 8pm
Where: Sydney Theatre, Walsh Bay
Cost: $55-$70
More Info: http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2010/Dance/Dark-Matters/
Ongoing Exhibition
Seen and Heard (Film Festival)
A free film festival that battles the celluloid ceiling, celebrating the diverse and extraordinary work of women filmmakers and their not-to-be-underestimated diverse and extraordinary audiences. Seen and Heard in 2010, its second year, will follow on from a showcase of questions on class, race, ability/disability, gender and sexuality.
(Excerpt from http://seenandheardfilms.com/)
When: 14 – 17 January
Where: Red Rattler, 6 Faversham St, Marrickville
More Info: http://seenandheardfilms.com/
But the idea of putting it on the back of a cereal box is creative.
