Program

Each evening in the season, audiences can chill to the global beats of emerging DJs and revel in different nightly performances.

THURSDAY NIGHTS - Bankstown Poetry Slam will regale with spoken word performances

FRIDAY NIGHTS - street dance crew Hybrid Formz will astound with their high energy moves

SATURDAY NIGHTS - BINDI BOSSES will light up Bankstown with their uniquely feisty blend of Traditional Indian Classical and Folk Dances and Street Dances from around the world

Gallery Space
In the Gallery, audiences can view Cultural Cartography: Creating Art at the Intersection of Cultures, curated by Guan Wei and featuring Cindy Chen, NC Qin, Chris Yee, Christina Huynh and Anney Bounpraseuth. Audio description is available for Cultural Cartography.

Theatre
In the Theatre, audiences can engage with Juxta Jam, co-produced by Felix Cross and Katrina Douglas.

During a club-style happening special guest D/VJs - Marlene Cummins, Nardi Simpson and Isaiah Kennedy – will mix live sound and images created by 46 artists to create new narratives.

Juxta Jam is a multi-artform DJ/VJ-led event, where audiences discover how art reflects and stimulates emotions. Juxta Jam is the live version of the website Juxta, which features 26 artists who created a sound or video work in response to the theme of WATER. These works are part of a unique game site that allows audiences to overlay videos on soundtracks to create new narratives.

At Home Program
If you can't make it to Bankstown Arts Centre in person, you can still experience these online experiences from the comfort of your living room as part of Sydney Festival's AT HOME digital program.

Juxta
Juxta invites you to choose from 16 sound compositions and 11 video works to craft new stories. Juxta originated and was conceived in 2020 by Felix Cross and Katrina Douglas during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, as a way to bring together artists and audiences. Find out more

Time Pass
Time Pass explores the experience of ‘passing time’. This exhibition offers us an opportunity to pause, slow down and pay attention to the moments that offer us joy and wonder, at the little things that we might take for granted in our everyday lives. Through the lens of two artists Mylyn Nguyen and Garry Trinh, Time Pass explores experiences of place, history and the passing of time in Bankstown and its surrounds. Find out more