

Don’t miss the German Film Festival (Palace Norton and Central, the Chauvel, until June 19) or the Children’s International Film Festival (Ritz Cinemas, until June 13) for kids aged 3-16. F is for filmsįill up the soup flask for the 69th Sydney Film Festival (June 8-19, multiple venues) for acclaimed Australian artist Del Kathryn Barton’s feature debut Blaze, Baz Luhrmann’s high-octane portrait of the King, Elvis, and multi-award-winning Geelong theatre company Back to Back theatre’s film debut, Shadow. Gather with artists, designers and makers from community-owned art centres around Australia at the third annual National Indigenous Art Fair (Overseas Passenger Terminal, The Rocks, July 2-3). Credit:Louie Douvis, Daniel Boud, Hugh Stewart/Warner Bros E is for Eora Nationīangarra Dance Theatre traverses the desert homelands of the Walmajarri in SandSong: Stories from the Great Sandy Desert(Sydney Opera House, June 30 to July 23). Wong’s Dan Hong and Totti’s Mike Eggert, talks by journalist Julia Baird and artist Ken Done and music from trumpeter James Morrison and actor, writer and singer Virginia Gay.Ĭlockwise from main: Dan Hong has created the menu for Vivid Sydney Dinner Bangarra’s SandSong plays at the Opera House Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis (starring Austin Butler in the title role) is coming to the Sydney Film Festival. Nosh up at the inaugural Vivid Sydney Dinner (the Ivy Ballroom, June 4), with a table menu created by Mr. Grab Thor’s hammer, slip on a Spider-Man suit and charter your invisible plane to Supanova Comic Con and Gaming (Sydney Showground, June 18-19), a two-day pop culture fan fiesta of fan-clubs and exhibitors celebrating comics, sci-fi, fantasy, anime and gaming. Credit:AGNSW/Mim Stirling, Supplied, Marvel Studios B is for bloomsįlowers? In winter? Go forth petal-lovers to Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival (Auburn Botanic Gardens, August 20-28), NSW’s largest flower festival, featuring thousands of flourishing buds, Japanese music, pop culture and fusion food, with on-site Izakaya bar.
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Ervin Gallery’s alternative selection, Salon de Refuses (until July 24).Ĭlockwise, from main: Kim Leutwyler ‘Courtney and Shane’, oil on canvas, 102 x 76.3 cm © the artist Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival Supanova Comic Con and Gaming is one for Marvel fans. Ogle likenesses of artist Patricia Piccinini, journalist Laura Tingle, drag performer Courtney Act, Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott and Packing Room prize-winner, filmmaker Taika Waititi (NZ-born, yes, yes) and works by artists including Wendy Sharpe, Yvette Coppersmith, Anh Do, Blak Douglas, Vincent Namatjira and Kathrin Longhurst. The prized pinnacle of Australian portraiture, the Archibald, alongside the equally cherished Wynne and Sulman prizes (Art Gallery of NSW, until August 28), offers works by 115 artists in various mediums.
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