The Erskineville Tiny Stadiums Festival ain’t your average high-brow art exhibition. Run for two weeks from the 2nd until the 15th of May, emerging artists from all over Australia will invade the streets, parks, pubs and shops of this little inner-west suburb with their talent, messing around with the relationship between art and the public space using video, performance, music and live art.

During the festival, grab a coffee and wander around the streets counting how many artworks you can stumble upon without even trying, they are everywhere. The ‘Gigloo’ a giant, handmade inflatable igloo is one of the main attractions of the Live Art Weekend (14th -15th May), not to mention a short film celebrating Sydney’s most controversial bird, the dirty, dirty Ibis. A cool-sounding ‘zine cart’ will also be in attendance, a mobile cart assisting writers and artists experiment with text and images in print format. Talk directly to the artists at ’The Experts Project’ in the Erskineville town hall and learn exactly what makes them tick. 

The best thing about the festival is that it’s free, free as an Ibis.

Tiny Stadiums Festival

2-15 May, Erskineville Village

A full program of events can found HERE

By Sophie McComas