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Hot, luscious days. Sultry, groovy nights. Summer in Sydney. Whether you're on a beach with thousands of swimmers or playing in parklands with family and friends, when the months warm up, there's no place like it on earth.

The Crowne Plaza Coogee Arts Festival is a creature born of summer in Sydney. Beginning in 2004 with 8 performances of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" in a beautiful open air amphitheatre perched on the cliffs at the south end of Coogee Beach, the 6th festival returns with a unique programme to inspire your summer days and nights. Presenting theatre, music, film, the visual arts and community events, many in the parklands and beaches surrounding Coogee Beach, the arts festival celebrates the arts by joining the community with the performance, the audience with the performer. So grab yourself a ticket, some dinner, a picnic rug, your family and friends and become inspired at the 2009 Crowne Plaza Coogee Arts Festival.

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The Crowne Plaza Coogee Arts Festival is an Incorporated Not-For-Profit Association operating in the Randwick Council Area. In the past 5 years we have grown from 8 nights of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” to a month long celebration of theatre, music, film, community events and much more. We began, and continue to grow, creating an arts and cultural base open to all and fairly priced, celebrating the diversity that the Randwick area represents (and we’ve raised thousands of dollars for charities along the way). To date, we’ve done all this with the wonderful assistance of Randwick City Council, our sponsors, our extraordinary volunteers and our supportive audiences. We don’t receive any government funding.

We have wonderful plans to grow the festival further in 2009 and beyond, but we need your help. We have a target to raise $10,000.00 by the time the festival begins in Feb’ ’09 to help pay for more community events and artists fees, and with your support, it’s achievable. If you would like to assist by making a donation to the arts festival, find out how here. Then download the donation form here and be part of the growth of the major cultural event in your local area.

And don’t forget, donations to the Coogee Arts Festival over $2.00 are tax deductible.