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Six months into the 2010 NSW Master Events Calendar and it has been a stellar year for Sydney and NSW. Already we have hosted 45 events, 34 we directly invest in through Events NSW.
Over the last 8 weeks we have been working hard to secure another 8 events for the Calendar including Wintersun Festival from Queensland, the Danny Green versus Paul Briggs bout, the Sydney Festival of Football, with others to be announced over the coming months covering a spectrum of music, performing and visual arts and sport.
But before we move into the second half of the year we thought the time was right to reflect on 2010 and share with our key stakeholders what else is on the horizon from Events NSW. |
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| New Year in Sydney |
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| No place in the world does New Year’s Eve like Sydney and 2010 was no exception. Kicking off with a bang, the dazzling January celebrations continued with Sydney Festival First Night and the spectacular A.R. Rahman concert at Parramatta Park. |
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| City of Sydney 2009 Sydney New Year’s Eve |
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| A.R. Rahman Concert, Prudence Upton |
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| Musical Highs |
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NSW hit a musical high note when the Tamworth Country Music Festival and Awards reconfirmed its reputation as one of Australia’s premiere music events and world’s best festivals. The 21st Annual Byron Bay Bluesfest also did NSW proud by attracting a cumulative attendance of more than 70,000 people over five days and generating over $30 million for the local region. |
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| City of Sydney Chinese New Year Festival; Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, Hamilton Lund |
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| Horses for Courses |
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It was all smiles at Sydney’s Luna Park when Premier Keneally officially launched the 2010 Sydney Autumn Carnival in March. Broadcast to 22 countries, the Carnival consisted of 52 races across six superb Saturdays, concluding with Sydney Cup Day at Royal Randwick.
Overall crowd numbers for the Golden Slipper, Derby and Doncaster Days were up, while NSW TAB saw a turnover increase of more than 10 per cent. For the first time, Golden Slipper day bumped the Victoria Derby Day out of its usual place as the fourth biggest turnover for NSW TAB behind Melbourne Cup, Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup Days, showing off NSW’s true racing stripes. |
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| Triathlon comes home |
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| The 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series rolled into town in April with the opening round, held on and around Sydney Harbour and broadcast to the world. The series returns in 2011 and 2012 and is expected to attract more than 3,500 triathletes, mostly interstate and overseas competitors, and generate around $10 million in economic benefit for NSW over the three years. |
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| Barry Alsop, Eyes Wide Open Images |
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| Solid Frock |
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| Rosemount Australian Fashion Week and the launch of the Frock Stars exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum in May brought together Sydney’s A-list glamour to celebrate its 15th anniversary. |
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In March, Premier Keneally announced the appointment of John Conde AO as Chairman of Events NSW. John Conde’s extensive background across the private and public sectors, and as Chairman of a range of high profile business, arts, media and sporting organisations, is a great asset to the organisation.
At the same time the Premier created a dedicated portfolio at Cabinet level for Major Events, as well as a Cabinet Standing Committee. This move has served to elevate Events as a whole of Government priority for NSW. The Hon. Kevin Greene was appointed Minister for Major Events on 5 June. |
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| 2010 NSW Master Events Calendar |
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| The 2010 NSW Master Event Calendar is full of events that are unique to Sydney and NSW, highlighting our vibrancy, creativity and unmatched way of life. |
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| Watch video | Download Event Planner |
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| eventssydney.com |
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Created for our ever-growing community of event goers, event organisers, promoters and venues across Sydney and NSW, we invite you to jump online and add, discover and share events, create and join groups, as well as express opinions on events you might like.
For more information about how you can get involved, contact info@eventssydney.com. |
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| Community Tracker |
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| Gauging community sentiment towards the events landscape is paramount to Events NSW. That’s why we initiated a monthly online survey of NSW residents titled Community Tracker. A representative sample of approximately 500 respondents across NSW has been surveyed every month since October 2008, with nearly 8,000 surveys completed. |
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| The cumulative results are provided on our website |
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| In January, Premier Keneally announced the Australian Film Institute Awards (AFIs) will return home to Sydney in 2011 after 10 years in Melbourne. While in May, Events NSW launched the draft blueprint for the future of the Tamworth Country Music Festival and secured Australia’s largest annual rock’n’roll event – the Wintersun Festival for Port Macquarie and other regional NSW centres for 2011 onwards. The festival, which has been held in Queensland since 1978, will inject $25 million into the NSW economy every year. |
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Events NSW continues to enjoy a great working relationship with Business Events Sydney.
'The 93rd Lions Club International Convention recently held in Sydney attracted 12,000 delegates and is expected to deliver in excess of $16 million to the NSW economy.
And Sydney’s winning streak continues with a recent bid win of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Conference to be held in 2013.
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