NEWS: Sydney Festival 2011 program launched…

The Sydney Festival program was anounced today and we’ve gone straight to the musical line-up to see what they’ve got planned for 2011. Opening Night will be headlined in the Domain by Emmylou Harris while Arrested Development, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis and others will perform across the city. The rest of the festival is packed as usual with great acts with Beach House, Sufjan Stevens, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Wire, Holy Fuck, Mountain Man and The Unthanks all catching our eye…

Sydney Festival 2011

Emmylou Harris – The State Theatre, January 9th, 10th
Sufjan Stevens – Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, January 27-28
Tomasz Stanko Quintet – City Recital Hall Angel Place, January 28
Paul Kelly A-Z shows – City Recital Hall Angel Place, January 20-23
Beach House – City Recital Hall Angel Place, January 27
Gotye – City Recital Hall Angel Place, January 27
Los Lobos – Enmore Theatre, January 14

Becks Festival Bar

January 9th – The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker, I Like It Like That Orchestra & Russ Dewbury
January 10th – Arrested Development & The Last Kinection
January 12th – The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion & Super Wild Horses
January 13th – Future Classic: Henrik Schwarz
January 14th – FBi Night: Djanimals and Kyü
January 15th – PICNIC: DJ Harvey & DJ Garth
January 19th – Scribe, Ru C.L. & Radical Son
January 20th – Wire, HEALTH & Popfrenzy DJs
January 21st – Matt and Kim & The Death Set
January 22nd – Cobblestone Jazz, Mathew Jonson & Murat Kilic (Reckless Republic)
January 26th – Beach House & Parades
January 27th – FBi Night: Holy Fuck & My Disco
January 28th – Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme, Benji B, Waajeed & Africa Hitech
January 29th – Mad Racket: Octave One (Live)