Festival News & Updates

The biennial Festival of Mosman makes its return from Saturday 28 September to Sunday 20 October 2013. It will encompass a vibrant, creative, and engaging program of events for all ages to enjoy, bringing visitors and locals together to celebrate the best of Sydney and have an ‘unmissable’ experience.

A Full Program of Events will be available from 28 August and a new website will be online soon. In the meantime, read on for sponsorship for market stall opportunities!

The Festival of Mosman, including In Situ: Mosman Festival of Sculpture and Installation, are biennial events, and will be held again in 2013.

In the years between a small number of celebratory events will take place – for example, a series of outdoor concerts at Balmoral on Friday evenings during Spring. Also, the Children’s Fair, Pet’s Day Out, Mosman’s Big Lunch, and Hunter Valley Uncorked will continue to be held annually during October / November.

Check www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/events for up-to-date information about these events closer to the time.

Congratulations to the Mosman community for hosting an outstanding Festival. The Festival has been given incredible support by Mosman’s many volunteers and community groups who have worked in conjunction with Council staff and the event sponsors to make this one of Mosman’s best celebrations ever held.

Scenes from Allan Border Oval of Pet’s Day Out, Concert In The Park and Mosman’s Big Lunch, and the Contemporary Corroboree & Sandpainting at Spit West Reserve.

The Festival of Mosman and Mosman Art Gallery puts on its producer’s hat to stage a new Australian musical that premieres tonight.

Discover the artworks using Augmented Reality technology on your mobile device.

Newcastle based artist Peter Tilley and Brisbane based artist Lyndal Hargrave won the inaugural In Situ Art Prizes for Sculpture and Installation at the official opening of the exhibition on Saturday.

Eleven acts battled it out for the Mosman SuperStar title of 2011 on Sunday. The talent quest showcased a fantastic range of young performers.

Steve Coburn’s Flow is featured in this ‘one off’ open space at the top of Avenue Road.

Fantastic photos from our fabulous Festival photographer!

In Situ is Australia’s newest art trail with over sixty works by Australia’s leading sculptors and installation artists. Curator, Cassandra Hard Lawrie, talks about the objects you will see in the shop windows.

Stay up-to-date with what’s happening around Mosman during the festival. Follow these simple steps…

Julie Petersen, Mosman Art Gallery’s Exhibitions and Public Programs Co-ordinator, took to the streets yesterday to get a look at some of the In Situ pieces being installed in shops along Military Road.

Yesterday saw the launch of the 2011 Festival of Mosman Program and there to celebrate the launch were the Mayor of Mosman, Councillor Anne Connon, along with Mosman Art Gallery Director John Cheeseman, Mosman Council’s Events and Marketing Coordinator, Skye Paton and community members.

Not many would know The Replicators, a four piece rock band who recently reached the semi-finals of ‘Australia’s Got Talent’, were winners of the last Mosman SuperStar talent competition in 2009.

The Festival of Mosman will feature a new, vibrant, creative, and engaging program of events for all ages to enjoy, across ten days from Friday 28 October to Sunday 6 November 2011. It aims to bring visitors and locals together to celebrate the best of Sydney and have an ‘unmissable’ experience.