The Festival Precinct
Welcome to our Festival Precinct, located in the heart of Eveleigh at Carriageworks and nearby at the Seymour Centre in Chippendale.
The vibrant multi-arts centre, Carriageworks, housed in the old Eveleigh Rail Yards, is home of our new Festival Hub. There, you can visit the bookshop, grab a coffee, and sit down to read or discuss the Festival's highlights with friends. Make sure you try some of the delicious food on offer at the Festival's resident restaurants in the Festival Mess Hall at the Blacksmith's Workshop, or sit down with a wine from the Theatre Bar.
Over at the Seymour Centre, there are food stalls, bars and coffee carts. Get a bite to eat between sessions or enjoy an afternoon tipple in the leafy courtyard cafe. You can stop by the Gleebooks pop-up store and have a book signed by your favourite author. There's a shuttle bus to take you back to the Festival Hub, or you can join a volunteer-led walk that goes between venues.
Travelling to the Festival Precinct
Carriageworks is located at 245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh (a nine-minute walk from Redfern Station and a 10-minute walk from Macdonaldtown Station). The Seymour Centre is located on the corner of City Road and Cleveland Street, Chippendale (a nine-minute walk from Redfern Station).
Catching public transport is highly recommended as residential parking is strictly limited. For more information on transport, visit transportnsw.info
Walking from Redfern Station to Carriageworks
Walk out of the station onto Lawson Street and turn left. When you reach Little Eveleigh Street, turn left and continue to Wilson Street. Continue on Wilson Street for seven minutes until you arrive at Carriageworks.
Walking from Redfern Station to the Seymour Centre
Walk out of the station onto Lawson Street and turn left. Continue on Lawson Street until you arrive at Abercrombie Street, turn left, cross the road at the lights and turn right onto Ivy Street. Follow Ivy Street as it continues onto Blackwattle Creek Lane, which is inside the University of Sydney. Continue along the lane to the Seymour Centre.
Festival Shuttle Bus
Our Festival bus service operates from Thursday May 3 to Sunday May 6, and travels between the Festival Precinct venues (Carriageworks and the Seymour Centre) and Redfern Station. The buses are wheelchair accessible and depart approximately every 15 minutes between 9am and 6pm. You can buy your bus ticket from a volunteer when boarding, for $1 (one-way). Please note: as this is a charter service, Opal cards are not accepted
Bus route
Buses leave from the Festival Bus Stop on Gibbons Street in Redfern, then travel to Carriageworks and then the Seymour Centre. This service will operate in reverse for transferring patrons from the Seymour Centre and Carriageworks to Redfern Station. Please refer to our maps to see the location of the Festival Bus Stops.
Bicycles
Bicycle parking is provided at Carriageworks and the Seymour Centre.
Parking
Street Parking is limited in Eveleigh and Chippendale. Casual parking is available at Shepherd Street Carpark in the evenings and on the weekend. The carpark is a seven-minute walk from Carriageworks and a three-minute walk from the Seymour Centre.
Limited valet parking is available. Please contact: Gieves Valet Parking on 1300 880 839, or at info@gieves.com.au for booking details.
Venues
CARRIAGEWORKS
245 Wilson St, Eveleigh
Bay 17
Bay 20
Bay 21
Bay 25
Track 8
Track 12
Blacksmith's Workshop
SEYMOUR CENTRE
Corner of City Road and Cleveland Street, Chippendale
York Theatre
Everest Theatre
Reginald Theatre
Sound Lounge
Workshop room 1
Workshop room 2
Workshop room 3
PARRAMATTA
RIVERSIDE THEATRES, PARRAMATTA
Corner of Church and Market Streets, Parramatta
BLUE MOUNTAINS
VARUNA, THE NATIONAL WRITERS HOUSE
141 Cascade Street, Katoomba
Inner-City Venues
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Road, The Domain
The Church
9 Mitchell Road, Alexandria
City Recital Hall
2-12 Angel Place, Sydney
Knox Street Bar
21 Shepherd Street, Chippendale
Museum of Contemporary Art
140 George Street, The Rocks
Newtown Library
8-10 Brown Street, Newtown
State Library of New South Wales
Macquarie Street, Sydney
Sydney Jewish Museum
148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst
Sydney Town Hall
483 George Street, Sydney
Suburban and Regional Venues
ASHFIELD
Ashfield Town Hall
AUBURN
Auburn Town Hall
BANKSTOWN
Bankstown Arts Centre
BELROSE
Glen Street Theatre
BLACKTOWN
Blacktown City Max Webber Library
CAMPBELLTOWN
Campbelltown HJ Daley Central Library
CASULA
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
CHATSWOOD
Chatswood Library on the Concourse
The Concourse Concert Hall
DOUBLE BAY
Woollahra Library at Double Bay
GORDON
Ku-ring-gai Library (Gordon Library)
HORNSBY
Hornsby Central Library
HURSTVILLE
Hurstville Library
KOGARAH
Kogarah Library and Service Centre
KATOOMBA
Varuna, The National Writers House
Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
Carrington Hotel
Katoomba Library
NARELLAN
Narellan Library
PARRAMATTA
Coleman Grieg Lawyers
Matthew Folbigg Lawyers
Parramatta Artists Studios
Riverside Theatres, Parramatta
PENRITH
Penrith City Library
RANDWICK
Margaret Martin Library
RHODES
The Connection, The Event Space
ROCKDALE
Rockdale Library
RYDE
Ryde Library
WINDSOR
Hawkesbury Central Library
WOLLONGONG
Wollongong Art Gallery
Sydney Writers’ Festival offers access to the Festival to regional audiences by streaming in arts centres, libraries and writers' groups across the country through the Live and Local program.