Organisation

Sydney Eisteddfod is an independent, community-based, not-for-profit organisation limited by guarantee. It is also a registered charity in New South Wales and is listed on the federal Register of Cultural Organisations eligible to receive tax-deductible donations.

For almost nine decades Sydney Eisteddfod has been contributing to the evolving culture of the Australian nation by nurturing the performing arts at a grass roots level.

Sydney Eisteddfod’s activities revolve around the presentation of the annual Sydney Eisteddfod, a competitive performing arts festival that runs from May to September  with a program of just under 350 classical and contemporary events.

During this period, it provides performance opportunities for singers, dancers, actors, musicians, composers, bands, choirs and orchestras in seventeen venues across the Sydney area.

Over 2.5million entrants have performed on Sydney Eisteddfod stages, competing for leisure, cash prizes or scholarships for future study. It now attracts over 35,000 entrants, who perform to an audience of over 170,000 people.

Each year, over $400,000 worth of cash, scholarships and prizes are to be won!

Sydney Eisteddfod operates with a small staff and an army of dedicated volunteers who are without doubt the lifeblood of the organisation. Its directors and advisors assist on an honorary basis and as Sydney Eisteddfod receives no Federal, State or Local Government funding. It exists through the generosity of corporate sponsors and private citizens plus the income it derives from entry fees, ticket sales at its venues and advertising on its website and in its annual program.

Sydney Eisteddfod maintains close ties with other arts organisations across Australia and is constantly on the look out for performance opportunities for developing artists.

It records its activities on its website, e-newsletter and updates on social media. 

Acknowledgement of Country 

Sydney Eisteddfod acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which our work and events are produced.

Together we celebrate and applaud the long and rich history of storytelling in song, dance and voice, paying our respect to elders past, present and emerging.

 Through the Sydney Eisteddfod we contribute to this continuity of storytelling, developing and sharing our combined cultural journey through our thousands of contestants on this land where sovereignty was never ceded. 

 Always was, always will be Aboriginal land. 

Patron 

Her Excellency The Honourable Margaret Beazley AO KC Governor of NSW 

Artistic Patrons

Maestro Richard Bonynge AC CBE
Maina Gielgud AO

LIFE MEMBER

Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO
Piroozi Desai-Keane OAM
Noel Cislowski AM

Ambassadors 

Angela Bishop 
Alexander Campbell 
Amelia Farrugia
Joshua Horner
Geoffrey T Jones OAM
Simon Kenway
Steven McRae
Dr Nicholas Milton AM
Stuart Skelton
Simon Tedeschi
Simone Young AM
Léone Ziegler

Directors 

Chair: Max Holzner
Deputy Chair: Simone Whetton
Company Secretary: Jennifer Wang

Directors:
Angela Bishop OAM
Toby Dewar
Matthew Tribe
Donald Mayes OAM
Peter Vodicka
Kim Walker
Dr Thomas Wenkart
David Dean

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE

Chairman: Mark Hancock
Michael Clegg
Max Holzner
Andrew Marchant
Dr Thomas Wenkart

Management 

General Manager: Annette Brown 
Philanthropy Manager: Liz Terracini
Marketing Manager: Jonathan Fitzgerald
Marketing Coordinator: Ruari Campbell
Marketing Assistant: Zoe Mayoh
Operations Manager: Heather Campbell
Production Manager: Mason Stanton
Office Assistance: Daniel Dean

Honorary Solicitors: Minter Ellison Lawyers
Auditors: Rhodes Docherty & Co

Sydney Eisteddfod is a member of
The Australian Association of Eisteddfod Societies Inc.
and a preliminary member of The British and International Federation of Festivals.