Sydney Children's Festival

What makes the festival so special? It is a festival that emphasises participation, focusing on the Child as the Artist. The program is a mixture of performance, workshops, exhibitions, tangible experiences and special events lead by experienced professional practitioners, artists and companies.

The focus at Sydney Children’s Festival is on encouraging community participation, and inspiring creativity and imagination in children (and the child in all of us!). The Festival nurtures a love for the arts amongst Australia’s youngest generation of artists, patrons and cultural contributors.

It is designed for all kids up to the age of 12 to participate in with their families. Everyone can take part in theatre, circus, visual arts, storytelling, music, film, creative sustainability and dance activities.

Over 75% of the entire program is FREE, all tickets are classed as low cost.

The aim is to grow the Sydney Children’s Festival to become an iconic event, a permanent fixture on every Sydney family’s social calendar, and it will be an event that Sydney kids love, and look forward to all year around.

Where & When? Sydney Children's Festival runs across the September/October School Holidays, 2011 across five Sydney and greater Sydney venues. Festival open hours varies at each of the five venues as follows:

CarriageWorks Mon 26 Sep - Sat 8 Oct, 10am - 4pm (closed Sunday)

Seymour CentreTue 27 Sep - Sat 1 Oct, 10am - 4pm

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta Tue 27 Sept - Sat 1 Oct, 10am - 4pm

Newcastle Museum Tue 27 September- Thu 29 Sept, 8.30am - 5.30pm

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, PenrithFri 7 Oct - Sat 8 Oct, 10am - 4pm

Who & What? 2011 Festival Brochure

Festival Webiste? Sydney Childrens Festival

Sydney Festival News

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