Saturday, 10th January 2009

various venues, Sydney

featuring: Grace Jones, The Gypsy Queens & Kings, Santogold, The Cat Empire, Dan Zanes & Friends, Fuzzy Stages, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, A-Trak, Java, Uber Lingua, Mikelangelo & the Black Sea Gentlemen, The Big Tassie Devil, ERTH, Sydney's best breakdance crews, The Cycologists, Music is Magic!, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Chunky Move, Australian Dance Theatre + more to be announced Following the enormous success of its inaugural year, Festival First Night returns with an epic, all-embracing celebration of our Festival and our city to mark the opening of the 2009 Festival. With the streets again cleared of cars, the Festival explodes onto open-air stages across the CBD. Major international artists from all over the world kick off three weeks of inspiration, jubilation and perspiration, giving everyone an opportunity to catch some of the biggest names in the Festival for free.

Our theme for 2009 is 'Sydney Dances'. There will be irresistibly funky music from around the world, a precinct created by di