The Rocks Village Bizarre

Definitely worth a wander if you are in town.
Its pleasantly bizarre.
I loved the inflatable tyvek suits and the strange costumes.

Este festival bizarro en The Rocks en Sydney corre los últimos 5 viernes de cada año.
Es genial, toman todos los locales usuales de ropa y comida y los transforman en algo extra. Con exposiciones de artes bizarras, performance en la calle, todas cosas así.
Meten ademas un montón de puestos de comida callejera tipo pinchos asados, wraps gigantes, mega salchichas y muchas otras opciones.
La zona es re linda encima, al lado del Harbour Bridge que es hermoso y con construcciones muy antiguas.
En el medio ponen un Gin Mill Bar que es como un bar de jazz para tomar tragos ricos y cerveza tirada.
Amé mucho. Espero poder volver algún año.

So much fun! Ran into a silent disco (live DJ, music streamed through headphones available to everyone), which was quite a blast. Plenty of cute stalls and artisan vendors (one particularly talented laser-​cut greeting card artist, worth finding), and a whole lane of street food vendors. The Rocks, in general, is a lovely area to walk around.

Friday nights have now gotten even more exciting for the rest of the year as the Markets by Moonlight at The Rocks becomes the Village Bizarre! It’s exactly what it’s name implies: a nighttime bazaar to entertain the whole village. I already love The Rocks for its historical atmosphere, but the commencement of Village Bizarre has given me another reason to come out here. It’s spellbinding to stroll through the old alleyways and mysterious rooms, walking up and down hidden stairs, and finding random bars and stores tucked into these places. While wandering around the area, I randomly stumbled into a ghost tour. It was very spooky to hear stories about convict murderers.
At the markets, there’s SO much food, clothes, paintings, vendors of all sorts. The old streets are dotted with people in costumes, live bands, and street dancers. In fact, every Friday, there is a new lineup of performers and live shows. When I went last weekend, there was an adult’s only puppet show. I highly recommend coming to the Village Bizarre at least once. It’s from 5:30PM-10PM and there’s so much stuff to do, you could stay here the whole time.

I love any night time markets. In fact, I love most things that bring heaps of people out into the public in a not entirely retail based premise. Add fairy lights and live entertainment to the mix and you’ve got me in your sights.
This is one of my favourite things about summer in Sydney. Suddenly, there’s something on every night. Be it Shakespeare by the Sea or one of Sydney Festival’s many free and paid events, Sydney turns it on during the summer. The Rocks Village Bizarre is one of those new events furthering Sydney’s reputation as a summertime city.
The Bizzare involves live theatre and music, various classes and demonstrations, pop-​up art exhibits and the many stalls of the Markets by Moonlight, but this event is more about the food for me than anything else. The market food stalls include Hero Sushi Box, The Fine Food Store, Gozleme, Wine Odyssey and Danieli (amongst others), providing the kind of foods that make you line up to eat on a full stomach and the kind of lines you don’t mind standing in. The mingling aromas of each of these different stands add to the excitement of the anticipation and the buskers and street performers wisely positioned amongst the action makes the line both entertaining for you and financially beneficial for them.
The art element of The Rocks’ Village Bizarre include extremely experimental installations, coming from the Museum of Contemporary Art and COFA’s experimental art students. Whilst I didn’t necessarily appreciate the onion-​esque layers of meaning that I’m sure some of these works were meant to have, one I liked involved a keyboard littered with bread crumbs, waiting for the pigeons themselves to send the people an insightly message.