The Sydney Festival 2014 is made up of both ticketed and free events.

BBC: Sydney��s epic arts fest returns

Meanwhile, Smith will take the squad to Australia on 20 July for the inaugural Sydney Festival of Football to play pre-season matches against Sydney FC, Blackburn Rovers and AEK Athens.

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Spreading the Sydney Festival throughout the city, Kaldor Public Arts Projects, an Australian arts organisation that transforms spaces with emotive art, has taken its most recent project to Parramatta Town Hall in the western suburbs.

BBC: Sydney��s epic arts fest returns

Always a summer highlight, the epic Sydney Festival is back with an even bigger bang in 2014, presenting a plethora of new Australian works that will have both Sydneysiders and visitors eager to get in on the action.

BBC: Sydney��s epic arts fest returns

Today, it has been reborn as a cultural haven, with cavernous warehouses that host concerts and exhibitions, including the spectacular Biennale of Sydney, a visual arts festival.

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Vivid Sydney runs until 10 June and is the biggest festival of its kind in the southern hemisphere.

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In 2000, Sydney will stage the Olympic Games and an associated cultural festival.

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