Inaugural Sydney City Limits

Following in the footsteps of legendary sister event Austin City Limits Festival, the team behind Splendour in the Grass and Falls Festival are thrilled to announce a brand new celebration of Australia’s happening harbour city, Sydney City Limits!

Launched in 2002, Austin City Limits Festival has grown to be one of the USA’s biggest community celebrations with a fiercely loyal audience that returns to the event year upon year.

Nestled amid the lush, inner city oasis that is Centennial Park in summer, Sydney City Limits is a one day, all ages, centrally located, creatively curated fiesta in the sunshine that combines the best of music, food, art and community into a Sydney block party like no other.

With 30 acts sprinkled over four stages, Sydney City Limits boasts a bill that’s hotter than a Bunnings sausage sizzle and ten times as tasty. From icons of music and indie rock royalty to home-grown heroes and the next big things, you’ll be feeling phat and happy in no time.

Sydneysiders, how do you like these apples…

JUSTICE, BECK, VANCE JOY, PHOENIX, TASH SULTANA, GRACE JONES, GANG OF YOUTHS, DUNE RATS, THE LIBERTINES, THE AVALANCHES, ALLDAY, OH WONDER, CAR SEAT HEADREST, BAD//DREEMS, THE HEAD AND THE HEART, OCEAN ALLEY, WINSTON SURFSHIRT, THE STAVES, ALEX LAHEY, SIGRID, THUNDERCAT and ZIGGY RAMO plus more to be announced!

Alongside the music there’s going to be some seriously good nosh on offer at Sydney City Limits. Curated by the foodie beasts behind Mary’s Newtown and The Unicorn in Paddington, SCL will offer a mouth-watering menu of eats and treats guaranteed to satisfy.

Sydney’s best chefs and restaurants will serve up signature dishes and SCL’s Foodie Fare, while all your favourite food trucks deal out a degustation derby.

When you’re not watching bands or grazing you might want to check out SCL’s open-air gallery space where painting, photography, performance, video and street art collide in glorious fashion. SCL has collaborated with some of Sydney’s most innovative artists to bring you vibrant visions and inspiring snapshots of the city seen through their eyes. Plus there’s the Makers Market where you’ll find an eclectic array of local artisans selling fashion, jewellery, art, merch and more.

Got a few tiny dancers or rugrat rappers at home? Bring them along! SYDNEY KIDDIE LIMITS offers a festival within the festival, just perfect for pint-sized party people and their parents. SKL is a dead set family wonderland, jam-packed with awesome activities, art workshops and some seriously scrumptious snacks. There’s even a chill-out lounge and a baby change area in case you have to deal with a poonami (it’s a real thing!). Mini-music lovers unite!

“Welcome to the inaugural Sydney City Limits!! As a Sydney sider I’m super excited to bring this new event to town. Direct from Austin, Texas and the flagship Austin City Limits Festival, sister event Sydney City Limits looks forward to presenting some of the most awesome international and Australian acts around. Offering up the best in show, it’s very much going to be a celebration of Sydney itself – the food, local artists and the community that makes it such a great place to live and visit. We have loads of ideas for this event and we can’t wait to welcome you to Centennial Parklands on Feb 24. See you there!” said Jessica Ducrou, Secret Sounds.

You might want to consider super-sizing your ticket to access SCLs VIP area The Grove, your very own private bar with craft beer and other specialty beverages, delish foodie fare, fancy super clean luxury dunnies, express entry to the festival, mini spa treatments and a bunch of other cool perks.

Presented by Secret Sounds, Live Nation and C3 Presents.