SXSW Sydney has proven once again to be the most rewarding networking event for creative industry professionals in Australia.
It was great this year to see Chippendale activated with live music every night across a dozen venues there. Enmore Theatre venues hosted free public events in the inner west yesterday to spread SXSW vibes there too.
The cinema premier screenings followed by Q&A sessions with film directors and actors were highly insightful. The premier of Plum brought tears to my eyes, a brave look at actions that lead to brain disease in professional athletes here which is bound to create tough change in our local sports culture.
The games industry centralised around Ultimo with the impressive Fortress Sydney venue shining bright as the gamer capital of NSW, across the road from so much old real estate potential at UTS.
The complimentary food and drinks really added to the networking experience and impressive venues like the Chinese Gardens of Friendship and Pumphouse Sydney again delivered on providing lovely natural feeling places for interaction and collaboration.
I learnt last year this is one of those events where you just can't see it all. I didn't make time to eaves drop on panel conversations at ICC and the exhibition centre, a location that is saturated with free work trade shows on tech & innovation in Sydney, so it doesn't seem very festive to locals, but did hear the preprepared presentations were great there. Would be handy if SXSW Sydney went for a couple weeks like in SXSW Austin so you could see it all.
I think it's great that corporate sponsors with advertising stands at Darling Harbour invest in activating music, screen, games, tech & innovation across Sydney and have a lot of respect for all the companies that invest in making SXSW happen. Their investment in revitalising arts culture in Sydney post-lockout-lockdown decade is commendable.
Looking forward to next year, not to mention SXSW London launching there next June 👨🚀
And that's a wrap on SXSW Sydney 2024! 🎉
What a blast connecting with everyone — we're already counting down to 2025!
Until next time 🫡
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4moFantastic. Was a good event and thank you very much. That will be a blast.