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Sydney Festival 2011
If we don't blow our own trumpet, no-one else will, so here goes...
Emmylou Harris' opening night gig on January 8th, plus her State Theatre appearances on the 9th and 10th; Sufjan Stevens two Opera House performances on January 27th and 28th, plus Paul Kelly's 4 epic A to Z shows between January 20th and 23rd.
As if that wasn't enough, there are even more musical delights on offer at the festival, which runs between the 9th and 29th of January next year...
Other musical acts performing across the city for free on the festival's first night include Arrested Development, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, and The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker.
As per usual, The Festival Bar will host a wide range of musical goodies:
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 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 **** & My Disco
January 28th – Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme, Benji B, Waajeed & Africa Hitech
January 29th – Mad Racket: Octave One (Live)
Other gigs of note include:
Gotye – City Recital Hall Angel Place, January 27
Los Lobos – Enmore Theatre, January 14
A full list of events can be found on the official festival website
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Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Detroit, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on Asthmatic Kitty, a label co-founded with his stepfather, beginning with the 1999 release, A Sun Came. He is best known for his 2005 album, Illinois, which hit number one in the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, and for the song "Chicago". Stevens has released albums of...
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