Fabulous Festival Features!
NB Please note - no reponsibility is taken for the accuracy of the times, dates or for that matter, even the worthiness of the events themselves! Please check with an authorative source PRIOR to excusing yourself from your dear ol' Gran's 95th birthday celebrations!
Otherwise - look forward to seeing you there!
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Date |
Start |
Finish |
Event |
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13/01/98 |
2000 |
2200 |
Joyful Noise Sons of THunder Opera House Concert Hall |
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16/01/98 |
2100 |
PLASTICIENS VOLANTS Get set for a mind-blowing street spectacular as a parade of extraordinary inflatables winds its wild, ecstatic way through The Rocks. The imagination of this celebrated French company knows no bounds. Since 1976 they have delighted crowds at literally dozens of festivals from Poland to Paris. Now they bring their astonishing carnival to Sydney Cove. | |
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18/01/98 |
2030 |
2130 |
Umbilical Bros Dont Explain The Metro $25 |
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19/01/98 |
1900 |
2100 |
Nude Night Surf Surfing Bondi Beach FREE Hardly surprising that naked people on surfboards drew a large crowd last year... Expect even more sports fans this time around. |
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21/01/98 |
2000 |
2200 |
THEATRE SPORTS Harold Park Hotel $15 See Deb Whippey live in TheatreSports - who knows what will go down! |
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22/01/98 |
2100 |
2200 |
TITANICK FREE Performing acrobatic feats rarely seen outside the Olympic gymnastic floor, are the members of Germany's Theater Titanick company. They build, launch, sail and sink a thirty metre replica of the Titanic, slap bang in front of the Sydney Opera House |
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24/01/98 |
1700 |
0 |
Sydney Drag Race Meet FREE Community event, Fair/fete/festival Festival/special event,Spectator sport Bondi Beach 5:00pm Blokes in frocks risk sand in their stilettos at this favourite Fringe event hosted by Vanessa Wagner. |
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27/01/98 |
2100 |
0 |
1998 Fringe Film and Video Competition Film showings FREE Bondi Pavilion Theatre 9:00pm Subtitled "democracy at work in the five-minute film jungle", it's mob rule as the rowdy clapping audience vote |
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30/01/98 |
2015 |
Festival (Mardis Gras) Launch FREE Opera House Forecourt | |
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31/01/98 |
2000 |
The Stars Come Out!!! State Theatre $55 Be there for the glamour, be there for the Stars, be there for the men! See what mardi Gras has in store for the month ahead when snippets of the months events are given advanced showings! | |
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1/02/98 |
2100 |
2300 |
POSSIBLE Harbour Cinema Lady MacQuaries Chair $15 "Wallace & Grommit" |
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2/02/98 |
2100 |
2300 |
POSSIBLE Harbour Cinema Lady MacQuaries Chair $15 "7 Years in Tibet" |
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7/02/98 |
1700 |
2200 |
One Fine Day BRONTE Smart Evening Dress You've heard about it, you've read about it, probably even your best friend has been there - but you haven't - so here's the chance for a housewarming in fine style. Join Penny and Finn for "One Fine Day" |
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8/02/98 |
1030 |
1700 |
Fair Day VICTORIA PARK FREE unmissable daytime event - a chance to gather, mingle, gossip, cruise and generally hang out under Sydney's gently shaded summer sun. Moving this year to Victoria Park (having outgrown the previous venue), Fair Day is the second-largest event in the Festival behind the Parade. Almost 200 stalls will be hawking their wares |
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9/02/98 |
2100 |
2300 |
POSSIBLE Harbour Cinema Lady MacQuaries Chair $15 "Men in Black" |
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11/02/98 |
2100 |
2300 |
DONE Harbour Cinema Lady MacQuaries Chair $15 "In & out" |
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14/02/98 |
2000 |
Pool Party VICTORIA PARK $20 There's more to life than techno. Here's your chance to find out what. Last year's Pool Party was the surprise hit of the Festival, this year we promisesimilar buzz to a different beat. Join Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre artistic director Raymond D. Blanco by the pool, for an event that is a celebration | |
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15/02/98 |
1200 |
1600 |
QUEER-sine on the Green GREEN PARK $0 - Free South Sydney Council's multi-cultural, cross-cuisine alfresco dingin and entertainment experience - aka a picnic with food stalls and shows - is now in its third year. Grab a rug, bring a bottle and spend a laid-back afternoon in the caring ams of your local council. Remember to say HI to Vic! |
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18/02/98
|
2000 |
2200 |
THEATRE SPORTS Harold Park Hotel $15 See Deb Whippey live in TheatreSports with "Seasoned Performers" (ED Does that mean the old farts?) - who knows what will go down, maybe even Deb!!! |
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20/02/98 |
1930 |
EASY OVER $25 The Metro Bob Downe sings the soundtrack of our lives,with special guests Miss Pastel Vespa and maestro John Thorne. An all singin' all dancin' all-wisecracking sashay down the supermarket aisles of solid gold easy listening, Bob checks into the Hotel California,just 24 hours from Tulsa and blows the Windmills of your mind. | |
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21/02/98 |
1000 |
1700 |
Shop yourself Stupid..... Oxford Street Definitely NOT free |
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22/02/98 |
1600 |
2300 |
Harbour Party BOTANIC GDNS $40 A dance party under the stars with a view of the Opera House and Harbour . . . why not? |
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25/02/98 |
2000 |
THIEVING BOY & LIKE STARS IN MY HANDS (6) $35 Belviour St Mardi Gras is proud to present this acclaimed Playbos production of Tim Conigrave's plays, after a sell-out melbourne season. "The Conigrave double bill pulses with life: it is immediate, affirmative and rings with authenticity, never denying for a moment the sexuality, proud identity and individuality fo tisch | |
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28/02/98 |
2100 |
0 |
Knitting Night at Home |
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2/03/98 |
900 |
Leave for Byron Bay |
Lets party - contact Finno.
OK I've had enough - take me back home.
