Art and About in Sydney. (First prize to Clover Moore for alliteration!).

Clover Moore must be feeling festive, because come next week the City of Sydney is going a bit crazy for festivals. “Crave” Sydney will be running all through October, celebrating Sydney’s “unmatched” lifestyle.

It’s 30 days of food, comedy, outdoor art, music and apparently even island hopping!!!!

The biggest part of the festival is Art and About, a mini-fest celebrating established and emerging artists in all kinds of mediums. Australia’s come a long way since scorning Whitlam’s purchase of the abstract Blue Poles, and this fest will see people knitting Kings Cross (collaborative knitting circles have been running for weeks!), creating installations in laneways, and building a completely green house in Taylor’s Square. Green the concept, not the colour. 

Sounds like there’ll be enough art and jazz and free wine to make every arty person want to grab some knitting needles and head on out to the Cross. The less arty among us may just want to check out some great Australian talent.