The first two weeks of January have been a busy start to the 2012 Sydney Events Calendar with world class events kicking off a month long celebration of arts, culture, film, music and sport in Sydney.
The Apia International Sydney is currently being played at Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre; whilst the Indian cricket tour of Australia drew enthusiastic summer crowds.
In the entertainment world, a new production of Annie the musical opened in Sydney last week and will run until 29 March. The sequel to Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies starts tomorrow (Thursday 12 January).
Sydney Festival First Night took over the streets and parks of the city on January 7 with around 200,000 attending. This year’s Sydney Festival extends to Western Sydney with a free open street party in Parramatta CBD on Saturday 14 January.
The Flickerfest short film festival kicked off the summer cinema season under the stars at Bondi Beach on 7 January, screening the best short films from Australia and the world every night until 15 January in the iconic location of the Bondi Pavilion.
City of Sydney’s Chinese New Year Festival marks the Lunar New Year with cultural activities, markets, exhibitions and entertainment from 20 January – 5 February 2012. In 2012, we celebrate the Year of the Dragon, one of the most powerful and lucky signs in the Chinese zodiac. The Festival showpiece is the spectacular Twilight Parade which will light up Sydney streets on Sunday 29 January with 12 giant zodiac lanterns, magical illuminated floats, building projections, and over 2500 dancers, acrobats, martial artists and performers. The Festival concludes with the Dragon Boat Races on Darling Harbour (4 – 5 February).
In 2012, two brand new major events will debut in Sydney and NSW. The Australian Open of Surfing which will take over Manly Beach from 11-19 February. Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour will begin its three week season from the 24 March, and is set to be one of the world’s largest outdoor opera experiences.
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