Love the Place You Live
The Festival of Place is an inaugural celebration of public spaces across NSW.
The Festival celebrates the breadth, beauty and possibilities of NSW’s public spaces. We encourage people to re-emerge and engage safely with public spaces. Over the next 12 months you will see a rolling program that highlights the importance and beauty of great public spaces. This is no ordinary festival, but one that celebrates our connection to place, 365 days of the year.
View our latest programs
The Festival of Place... in your streets
Learn more about the funding available for councils to reimagine and reconfigure their streets as places for people.
FUNPARK
Bidwill transforms into a vibrant outdoor community festival celebrating place, culture, local talent, and creativity.
Summer Night Walks
Tim Ross invites leading thinkers, artists, comedians, performers and public figures to take him on a 'Summer Night Walk' to a special place in their neighbourhoods. Watch the first episode.
Sydney Square Dance
In April, Darling Harbour's public spaces was energised through epic dance performances and interactive classes during the Sydney Square Dance.
Dance Locale
Watch five films celebrating the beauty and diversity of public space in Greater Sydney and rural New South Wales performed by the Sydney Dance Company.
Places to love
Places to Love is a program of demonstration projects to create and test concepts for better public spaces across NSW. Read about council pilot projects in your area.
Public Spaces Ideas Competition
We partnered with the Committee for Sydney to ask for your ideas about how to transform public space across Greater Sydney. Find all the winners here.
NSW Public Spaces Charter
The NSW Public Spaces Charter has been developed to support the planning, design, management and activation of public spaces in NSW.
Great Public Spaces Toolkit
The Toolkit is a collection of resources for local government, government agencies, industry and the community to support improved and activated public spaces.
The Festival of Place... in your streets
You don't have to travel far to enjoy our great public spaces. There are a variety of ideas and activities that you can do in the comfort of your home and local neighbourhood.
Falling in love with your Country
A podcast series featuring stories of place hosted by Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones. Find out more about Jonathan Jones and the upcoming program.
Stories from the field
Coming in 2021, stories about the people who care for our public spaces on the ground in a year of great turmoil, the silver linings and the struggles.
Make Music Day
We partnered with Create NSW as part of The Festival of Place and offered Small Project Grants of $15,000 specifically to support events or activities celebrating Make Music Day 2021.
