Access & general information

Travel

Public transport is strongly recommended. Light Rail (Town Hall), Town Hall train station and Gadigal Metro station all serve Sydney Town Hall. If you need to drive, Wilson Parking at St Andrews House — Town Hall car park has cheaper rates on Sundays.

Access to Sydney Town Hall

Wrist bands are required for all singers and volunteers. These will be handed to you at the Stage Door (off Druitt Street) on arrival. Volunteers wearing bright pink wrist bands and name badges will be there to assist you.

Disability access

Drop-off is at the loading dock off Druitt Street — please do not stop on the street, and follow the directions of the City of Sydney officers on duty. Please email us if you need this facility, so that the people on duty can expect you.

There are lifts to Centenary Hall to the right after you enter the Stage Door (Door C). A volunteer or Town Hall staff member can provide directions and assistance.

Entry

Walk to the Druitt Street side of Town Hall — the opposite side to Cathedral Square — and enter through the Stage Door. A volunteer will be there to greet you, and can give you a wrist band if you don’t have one.

Inside Town Hall

Take the stairs to the left, fifteen metres in, leading to the next level, Centenary Hall. Take a seat towards the front of the hall, in your vocal part. If you are early or uncertain, please wait for directions from volunteers.

Toilets are at the front (stage) end of the hall, in both the left and right corridors.

Bags and changes of clothes may be left on the audience seats in the body of the hall; await further instructions from staff.

Hall exit and entry throughout the day is via Stage Door C.

After the rehearsal (from 12:30) you can rest, regroup and recreate until 3:30, ready to take your allocated seats for the first half of the concert.

Concert dress

White tops, black bottoms, and optional modest cultural colours if desired — a non-reflective brooch, bangles, earrings, hair band or fabric swatch, for example.

Music books

To make your music easier to handle and to hold, consider stiffening the covers by taping or gluing cardboard inside.

On the day

Volunteers and Town Hall security are on duty throughout. Look for one of the “three Johns” managing front of house — everything in the hall except the stage and backstage — and assisting with stage managing: John Hibbard, John Pickering and John Butchard.

Thank you to all, for your joy, support and many hours of music learning.