Parramatta Lanes

Parramatta Lanes is a massive festival held in the CBD of Parramatta. Streets are shut down and filled with food stalls, live music, and art installations!

Choose your own adventure as you explore our city and discover something new among the huge celebration of food, beats, and artistic treats.

From quirky activations to hands-in-the-air dance moments, Parramatta Lanes delivers the vibes with eight music stages, food stalls, pop-up bars, giant art and amazing light installations.

Whether you want to see some huge inflatable flowers or an alt-rock band from Thailand, we have curated a journey below to deliver an unforgettable experience.

• 16 festival sites
• 70+ street food stalls
• 8 stages & 100+ performers
• Pop-up bars
• Giant art and lighting installations
• Free entry

Artists, musicians, street food stalls and breweries are prepping to take over Parramatta’s city centre. Laneways and car parks will be transformed, music stages will pop up in unexpected places, and the city will come alive in a massive fusion of eats, beats and art.

Held in the heart of Parramatta, this award-winning festival features multiple stages and offers a diverse mix of food, music, art, and entertainment.

Sip a cocktail, groove to a DJ, savour a gourmet dish, and be awed by stunning artwork, all in a single evening.

Get ready to grab some friends, lose yourself in our laneways and discover delicious food, eclectic music and bold art around every corner.

Eats

Foodies can rejoice with over 70 street food stalls offering some of the best eats Sydney has to offer, including homemade dumplings, fresh tacos, and delicious desserts. Plus, craft beer and cocktails will be flowing at the pop-up bars.

From KOI’s exquisite desserts, Hoy Pinoy’s sizzling chicken skewers, Yummy Time Dumplings, James & The Chocolate Berry delights, LILYMU, and THICC’s irresistible cookies.

Head to the Eat Street Car Park Rooftop for the latest viral TikTok sensations with unique Parramatta Lanes menu items.

Enjoy eating your way through Parramatta Lanes with options from 70+ street food vendors, including El’s Fried Chicken, Hoy Pinoy, Burgerhead, Japanese Pizza OKONOMIYAKI, Firepop, Taste of Sierra Leone and Yummy Yummy Knafeh.

Loosen your belt and leave room for dessert. We have Thirsty Monkey, KOI, Cheeky Crumbles, THICC Cookies, Sticky Bakes, and so much more!

Quench your thirst at the Riverside Theatres Bar or the pop-up bars by PARKROYAL Bar, Wats On, Kombi Keg, Karu, and Archie Rose Distillery, where craft beer and cocktails will flow all night.

Beats

Check out the stacked music lineup across eight stages, serving up everything from pop punk and Italian hip hop to alt-rock, jazz, and Bollywood. Catch some of the hottest national and international musicians, DJs, and MCs.

Artists include BALTHVS (Colombia), Death of Heather (Thailand), DoloRRes (Melbourne), Grace Cummings (Melbourne), Kilat, Armlock (Melbourne), Yasmina Sadiki, B Wise, iNBRAZA Baile (Melbourne), Carolina Gasolina, RMFC, Gee Tee and Western Sydney’s very own Bodega Collective with their infamous Pass the Mic night.

This year, several new sites will be introduced across the CBD, including Prince Alfred Square, Powerhouse Lane on George Street, a main stage in the Leigh Memorial Church car park, and a stage annexe with sounds from around the world next to Parramatta Town Hall. Plus, we’re bringing back the Justice Precinct Courtyard to pump some Bollywood beats!

Art

Level up your social content with this year’s giant art collection and dazzling light installations. From quirky to awe-inspiring, Parramatta Lanes is guaranteed to provide the unexpected.

There is art, and it is everywhere! Wander through Parramatta’s streets, gardens and laneways to discover the stunning art and light installations.

Look out for the giant inflatable flower art from Parer Studios, a colossal cat installation by Lawrence Liang and Samuel Kim, and light installations glowing up the event spaces. The hoverboard dance performances from Shaun Parker & Company and the left-field roving entertainment by Fei Gao will make the night memorable.

Pup Culture

Bring your pooch to strut their stuff at the dog agility course at Prince Alfred Square. Tails will be wagging as they tackle this pawsome course!

PWA Wrestling

Catch the adrenaline-fueled action at the pop-up wrestling ring in Prince Alfred Square on Friday and Saturday nights! Get ready for all the body slams and high-stakes drama at Parramatta Lanes.

Powerhouse Lane

This year, Powerhouse has joined as a partner to present Powerhouse Lane, a celebration of the culinary and musical landscape of Western Sydney over four incredible nights.

Featuring food stalls curated in collaboration with award-winning social enterprise Welcome Merchant and the Powerhouse Stage, presenting Sydney’s best RnB, soul and hip-hop artists with nights curated by We Are Warriors, FBi Radio and MC Trey.

Getting There

You can get to Parramatta Lanes via public transport, as there won’t be much parking around the event. The Parramatta Interchange is well-serviced by buses and trains and is just 30 mins from Central and 25 mins from Redfern.

With extensive road closures and parking restrictions, public transport is the best way to travel to Parramatta Lanes. Buses and trains run directly into the Parramatta CBD from throughout Sydney, and if the Light Rail is operational, there are two stops right next to our event sites!

Please be aware that light rail may run on Church Street during Parramatta Lanes.

Car Parking
With road closures and special event clearways in place in the city each night during the festival, access to parking will be limited, and traffic will be heavy. We recommend taking public transport where possible as traffic in the CBD will be affected by road closures and parking removal.

There are many parking options in Parramatta CBD.

Parramatta Leagues Club will offer FREE parking during Parramatta Lanes. Normally, parking is $15 for members and $30 for non-members. However, after 9:15am each day, the boom gates will open, and parking will be free for everyone. The only exceptions are if there’s a CommBank event or if someone enters the car park before 9:15am.

To access free parking, drive in—the boom gates will be open, and no ticket will be required.

Road Closures

Extensive road closures and parking impacts throughout the CBD on event days and before and after the event to accommodate event operations.

Road closures, access and car park changes

• Macquarie Street (between Marsden and Church Street) will be closed from 3:00pm to 12:00am daily on event days: Wednesday, 23 October, through Saturday, 26 October.
• George Street (between Freemasons Lane and Horwood Place) will be closed from 1:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. daily on event days: Wednesday, 23 October, through Saturday, 26 October.
• Eat Street Car Park ground level restricted access and rooftop level closed from 8:00 a.m. Monday, October 21, through 5:00 p.m. Monday, October 28. Access into the Eat Street Carpark will be via Horwood Place ONLY, with one-way exit ONLY onto Erby Place 3:00pm—12:00am daily on event days—Wednesday, October 23, through Saturday, October 26.
• Phillip Street (between Freemans Lane and Erby Place) will be closed from 6:00pm to 10:30am daily on event days, Wednesday, 23 October, through Saturday, 26 October.
• Parking Impacts

There will be parking restrictions throughout the Parramatta CBD over event days – please read all signage carefully and travel with care when driving through the City on event days.

Parking will be removed from the following sites:

• Macquarie Street (between Marsden and Church Street) parking is unavailable from Thursday, October 17th, through Wednesday, October 23rd, 6am—1pm.
• George Street (between Freemasons Lane and Horwood Place): All parking will be removed from Monday, October 21, at 5:00 p.m. through to event delivery.