VIEW: Sydney Royal Easter Show Photo Gallery
- The 2009 Sydney Royal Easter Show takes place at Sydney Showground from April 9 to 20. In 2010 it takes place from April 1 to 14.
Held by the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales each year at Easter time, the Sydney Royal Easter Show is more than a farm fair.
Certainly it has massive displays of Australian farm produce and the biggest and best of them, and they are very much a sight to behold.
But, more than this, the Sydney Royal Easter Show is an annual extravaganza including some of the latest and most heart-stopping carnival rides, rodeo events, motorcycle and skateboarding stunts, livestock races, woodchopping competitions, diving (if not flying) pigs, a variety of parades, fashion shows, food stalls of various kinds, and a showcase of new and popular products.
When is the Sydney Royal Easter Show held?
The Sydney Royal Easter Show used to be held from Friday of the week before Easter and ran for two weeks until the Thursday after Easter.
Since 2007, the Sydney Royal Easter Show now opens on Maundy Thursday (the Thursday before Easter Sunday) and continues for two weeks during the Easter school holidays.
Events start in the early morning and normally end with an evening fireworks finale.
Where is the Sydney Royal Easter Show held?
The Sydney Royal Easter Show is held yearly at the Sydney Showground at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay.
Previously it occupied a venue at Moore Park which became Fox Studios and is now the Entertainment Quarter.
How do you get to the Sydney Royal Easter Show?
Starting in 2005, and unless changes are made, all tickets to the Sydney Royal Easter Show include public transport.
These ShowLink tickets include entry to the show and travel on all CityRail trains, Sydney Olympic Park major event buses, "blue and white" Sydney buses, and Sydney ferries. (Premium bus and ferry services and and travel on private buses are not included in the ShowLink ticket.)
ShowLink tickets can be bought at most CityRail ticket offices, CityRail ticket vending machines, and on board Sydney Olympic Park major event buses.
More information
Visit eastershow.com.au.
