Launching a new style of event with historical storytelling, music and performance in a hidden heritage courtyard bar (Since I Left You) at 338 Kent Street serving freshly shaken cocktails, local wines, craft beers and bar food.
Throughout 2021, on the third Tuesday of the month, join us to hear historical tales associated with the Kent Street storehouses and the Western Corridor of the CBD including the underbelly and alternative histories. Hear from architectural scholars, raconteurs and, during the winter months, see lost photographs from Sydney’s busiest trading spot in the 1880s projected onto the material fabric of the buildings.
Historical gastronomy will be featured on the menu along with musical interludes inspired by the era and the courtyard ambience.
NB: The History High Tales is held in an outdoor venue. Please come prepared with suitable warm and waterproof clothing if the forecast predicts unfavourable conditions as this is an all-weather experience.
As The Tourists Arrived
Tuesday 15 June, 4:30pm
By the early 1870s a bold new era of global tourism was establishing itself in Sydney as travellers from the northern hemisphere began to arrive in the colonial city 'in search of health or pleasure'. One and a half centuries later, as Sydney’s international tourism industry faces ongoing uncertainty about its future, join Max Burns-McRuvie as he brings to life the fascinating story of how it all began in ‘As The Tourists Arrived - The Local Beginnings of Sydney International Travel and Hotel Industry (1860s -1880s)’.
Our music has an exciting international flair with the Wayruro Trio - a South American band inspired by funk Afro Latino jazz grooves. The group comprises of Peruvian composer and guitarist Jorge Aparicio 'aka' Fito, with Daniel Meillan from Chile on bass and Australian Luke Dixon on drums.
Barangaroo and the Eora Fisherwomen
Sin and the City
Quarantine and Barricades
The Fight For Sydney's Soul
