Surry Hills Festival

Overview

Thank the Gods of urban planning for Surry Hills, without which Sydney’s only claim to a hub of cultural diversity, decent culinary haunts, urban grit and faux-artsy yuppiedom would be … um … Melbourne. It gives credence to our posturing as a sophisticated metropolis, it grants us a filament of pride on an international stage, it supplies us with an adequate rebuttal to “there’s more culture in a tub of yoghurt than Australia". So how can we show our appreciation for one of Sydney’s most valuable patches of credibility? By doing what we do best: throwing a festival.

Thanks to Surry Hills Neighbourhood Centre, the annual Surry Hills festival is on once again. A more compact affair this year due to the renovation of its usual Prince Albert Park home, the event will take place across two smaller venues, Ward Park (Devonshire Street) and Shannon Reserve (Crown Street). The festival will therefore be a more intimate gathering with a "community picnic feel", but will still put on quite the spectacle with live entertainment, DJs, over 60 market and food stalls, rides, free activities for the kiddies and the famous Surry Hills Dog Show.

So go ahead, paint a banner (we know you’re dying to), step outside the square (yes I’m talking to you, Bondi) and explore Surry Hills’ neighbourhood delights on Saturday April 10.