The relocation of Tropfest to Parramatta Park was announced at a Media Call in the Park attended by filmmaker and Tropfest Board Member George Miller AO, actor and previous Tropfest Judge Sam Neill, Tropfest supporter and producer Marian Macgowan and actors Brendan Thwaites and Tess Haubrich. The inaugural event will take place on Saturday February 11. Also in attendance was Environment and Heritage Minister Mark Speakman, City of Parramatta Council Administrator Amanda Chadwick, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, the Premiers’ Cultural Ambassador for Western Sydney and Lucy Turnbull AO, Chair of the Greater Sydney Commission.
The location boasts a quick twenty five minute train ride from Sydney’s Central Station plus is easily accessible making Parramatta a central location that opens up the event to people from all over the greater Sydney region.
Tropfest has for the first time moved to a Saturday night, recognising the opportunities that this night brings, and will be held in the four hectare cattle paddocks
Tropfest will be a major anchor event for Parramatta Park’s The Crescent Live summer music and event series that runs from January to March 2017.
Tropfest Jnr will be held on Friday Febraury 10 in the Cresent, Parramatta Park’s natural ampitheatre.
Tropfest will continue to be free to attend.