ATE Media Information: Events in Sydney
ATE MEDIA INFORMATION | EVENTS IN SYDNEY EVENTS IN SYDNEY Following the recent World Festival & Event City Award from The International Festivals & Events Association (IFEA) for New South Wales (NSW), the state has another spellbinding season of cultural, artistic and sporting spectacles planned for 2015 and beyond. The NSW events calendar, developed by Destination NSW, outlines an outstanding selection of world-class experiences guaranteed to keep Sydney front of mind for visitors. Near the top of the must- experience list is Vivid Sydney, owned and managed by Destination NSW, and now the southern hemisphere’s biggest annual celebration of light, music and ideas, staged over 18 nights each year in May and June. Vivid Sydney was awarded Australian Event of the Year and Best Tourism Event at the 2013 Australian Event Awards and is a major contributor to the NSW economy. In 2014, more than 1.4 million visitors attended, 20,000 of them travelling on Vivid packages, generating more than $20 million. NEW EVENTS COMING UP FOR SYDNEY IN 2015 AND 2016 Netball World Cup August 7-16, 2015: Held every four years since 1963, Netball World Cup is the pinnacle event for international netball. While the Australian Diamonds go into the event as reigning champions, they’ll face fierce competition from arch rivals, the Silver Ferns, as well as rising powers England, Jamaica, South Africa and Malawi. Matilda The Musical, 2015: The Royal Shakespeare Company’s stage musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book, Matilda, will make its Australian premiere at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre from July 28, 2015.
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