2021 Sydney Royal Easter Show entertainment guide
This year, the Show is promising to be bigger and better than ever before, with breathtaking fireworks, daring stunt performers and skilled champions headlining the arena action.
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After a year on hiatus due to COVID-19, Sydney’s Royal Easter Show is back bigger and better than ever before.
This year’s entertainment program is packed with breathtaking fireworks, daring stunt performers and skilled champions headlining the arena action. Here is our pick of the best.
GRAND PARADE
Watch as the best of the best in Australian agriculture make their way around the main arena in a spectacular procession.
The Grand Parade is an opportunity to pay silent homage to Sydney Royal Competition winners including animals, producers, champion woodchoppers, and future community leaders in a celebration of Australian agriculture.
When: April 2, 4.50pm; April 4, 4.35pm; April 9, 4.30pm
Where: GIANTS Stadium
NICKELODEON STREET PARADE
Join Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, Shimmer & Shine, Blaze, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the PAW Patrol as they take to the streets with their parade of riotous colour.
When: Daily, 11.30am, 1.30pm, 4.30pm, 6.30pm
Where: GIANTS Stadium concourse, Showground Rd, Grand Parade, Riverina Ave, Monaro Street
DAVID & GOLIATH STADIUM TRUCK & TROPHY KART
Engines will be roaring in GIANTS Stadium when Goliath the Trophy Kart challenges David the Stadium Truck. Who will emerge the victor in the ultimate Battle of Horsepower?
WHEN Daily, 12.10pm, 7.50pm WHERE GIANTS Stadium
V8 CHALLENGE
Daring stunt drivers take on the V8 Challenge – racing around the stadium on a tricked-up course guaranteed to have you holding your breath.
When: Daily, 12.30pm, 7.50pm
Where: GIANTS Stadium
AIRTIME FREESTYLE MOTOX TEAM
Enjoy a spectacular performance from the Airtime Freestyle MotoX team. Watch as riders soar through the air, doing stunts like rock solids, turn downs and backflips.
When Daily, 12.40pm, 8.10pm
Where GIANTS Stadium
YOUNG FARMER CHALLENGE
Mixed teams of four, aged between 18-35 years, will need to impress the judges with anything thrown at them such as animal handling, firefighting, equipment assembly and first aid.
When April 10, 8am-1pm
Where Schmidt Arena.
SAWING AND WOODCHOP EVENTS
The swing of the axe and the thundering cracks of wood make the Woodchopping and Sawing competition a highlight for many showgoers.
When April 1-11
Where MasterChef Woodchop Stadium
WHIPCRACKING
Witness the skill and precision of the country’s most talented whip-wielding athletes, and enjoy the cuties of the Pee Wee division, where even tiny toddlers get in on the action.
When April 12, 9am
Where MasterChef Woodchop Stadium
UNITED EXPRESS
A showstopping musical extravaganza full of lights, colour, disco beats and dance breaks. You’ll be out of breath just watching. Sit back and enjoy the performance.
When 7.10pm nightly
Where GIANTS Stadium
FIREWORKS FINALE
The fireworks finale celebrates the resilience and pure joy of being an Aussie. Watch the skies as national pride explodes along with a soundtrack featuring the finest music icons.
When: Daily, 8.40pm
Where: GIANTS Stadium
BANDY & JOHNSON
Huge hoofs will stomp into GIANTS Stadium every day of the Show when the Bandy & Johnson Working Draught Horse team comes to town.
For the first time in Sydney, city dwellers can catch a glimpse of yesteryear as Steve Johnson and 14 horses pull a wool wagon, along with three drivers and a brake operator.
The show is a piece of living history and pays tribute to the remarkable horses, horsemen and women who helped build our nation.
It may be more than 100 years since tractors started replacing the mighty draught horse in Australian agriculture, but they still hold a huge place in the hearts of every horse lover, Mr Johnson said.
“I once had a tractor but it kept going wrong, so I thought horses will do just as fine,” he said.
Mr Johnson continues to train Australian draught horses and Clydesdales on his Lake Cargelligo farm. Almost every day, they plough and harvest his wheat and crops.
“Our performance will be a great lesson in Australian history for all showgoers,” he said.
When: Daily, 12.20pm and 7.30pm
Where: GIANTS Stadium
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