Concert day

General information

All entry is through the Stage Door (Door C) near the corner of George and Druitt Streets. Collect your wrist bands at the Stage Door — there is a lift if you need it. Performers’ bags may be left in the main hall during the rehearsal, and should be placed in the Marconi Room during the performance.

Schedule

Time	What happens
8:00am	Stage Door opens. Bump in orchestral percussion and stands, set stage.
9:00am	Orchestra in position and rehearsing.
9:30am	Secondary and adult choir arrives, takes places in voice sections in the body of the hall.
10:00am	Secondary and adult choir rehearsal on stage risers, overflow in the northern and southern galleries, end bay. Conductors: Brett Weymark, Warren Fisher.
10:15–10:30am	Primary choirs arrive and go straight to the Lower Town Hall.
11:00am	Primary choir seated in Lower Town Hall — warm-up and initial rehearsal.
11:30–11:45am	Primary choir moves to Centenary (Main) Hall. Secondary and adult rehearsal continues; primary choir seated for the Medley rehearsal in the first ten rows (D to N).
11:45am–12:30pm	Combined rehearsal — the Medley, I Still Call Australia Home, and O Come All Ye Faithful.
12:30pm	End of combined choir and orchestra rehearsal. Secondary/adult choir released, orchestra bump out, stage reset. Primary choir toilet break, then take places on stage.
12:45pm	Primary choir rehearsal on stage risers plus 100 chairs on stage with piano.
2:45pm	End primary choir rehearsal; primary choir released to the Lower Town Hall to refresh and rest.
3:00pm	Individual items ready in Centenary (Main) Hall for sound check, then free to leave the Town Hall.
3:30pm	Sound checks complete.

Pre-concert

Time	What happens
3:00pm	Front doors open — Door A (George Street). Hall doors remain closed.
3:10pm	Disability patrons access concert hall seating. Additional ticket sales, raffle tickets and meet-and-greet in the Sydney Town Hall foyer.
3:15pm	Foyer doors open.
3:30pm	Centenary Hall doors open. Organ recital.
3:30pm	Primary choir moves into position from the Lower Town Hall. Individual item performers gather in the Marconi Room; all other choir members take their places for the first half.

Concert

Time	What happens
4:00pm	Concert commences with primary choir and individual items.
4:45pm	Interval — 20 minutes. Stage set for orchestra; secondary/adult choir move to positions; orchestra takes their places; primary choir moves to the front rows of the hall.
5:05pm	Second half.
6:30pm	Concert concludes.

The 2026 printable schedule will be posted here when it is finalised. The 2025 version is in the documents list below as a guide.