Volume festival reveals massive free program of music, film and dance

The Art Gallery of New South Wales is excited to reveal the second line-up announcement for the inaugural Volume festival, featuring a massive free program of local and international live music, moving image works and dance performances over 17 days.

Running from 22 September to 8 October, Volume festival brings 86 trailblazing musicians – 52 Australian and 34 international – together in Sydney with boundary-pushing filmmakers and cutting-edge performers for more than 50 music, film and performance events, by day and night, across the Art Gallery’s new North and original South buildings.

The highlight of the free music program is North and South, an extraordinary two-night series of world premieres and new music commissions by renowned musicians including Akio Suzuki (Japan), Alexandra Spence (Australia), amby downs (Australia), Annea Lockwood (NZ/USA), David Shea (Australia/USA), David Toop (UK), Ellen Fullman (USA), Hiromi Miyakita (Japan), JG Thirlwell (Australia/USA), JWPaton (Australia), Lawrence English (Australia), Lisa Lerkenfeldt (Australia), Loren Mazzacane Connors (USA), Philip Samartzis (Australia), Primitive Motion (Australia), Saint Abdullah (Tehran/USA), Theresa Wong (USA), and Vanessa Tomlinson (Australia). North and South takes places on Wednesday, 27 September and Wednesday, 4 October, 5–10pm.

Tickets $55–199, on sale now at volume.sydney