It’s an ideal combination: wine, pasta and live music out on the street on a summer afternoon. Life is returning to Sydney’s CBD, and over three weekends a city laneway is lighting up with this delizioso mix.
The City Recital Hall is taking the reins of the music programming for the new Summer Lunch Series, with an eclectic lineup of musicians and styles ranging from tango to Americana, to soul and funk. Keeping you fed and watered through the afternoon of toe-tapping and seated shimmies is Ragazzi, the third venue from the team behind two of Sydney’s best wine bars (Love, Tilly Devine and Dear Sainte Éloise) with dishes from their short and fast-changing handmade pasta menu, shareable bites, and a drinks list that takes you from natty wines to Negronis and Spritzes.
On Saturday, February 6, Caitlin Harnett brings her personal brand of Americana country soul songs from the backstreets, bars and bedrooms of Sydney’s Inner West; on Sunday, February 7, Melbourne artist Sweet Whirl (Esther Edquist) performs her debut album How Much Works. Then on Saturday, February 20, award-winning vocalist and electric violinist Fem Belling brings her delectable live show to the laneways; and on Sunday, February 21, acclaimed Indigenous vocalist Emma Donovan closes out the season with her optimistic, impassioned, and bruisingly honest songs.
All seatings open at noon, so you can settle in for a full, lazy long afternoon. Book in for the concert and a shared set menu for $114 per person (tables of two or four), or for the concert only from $39-$49 per person and order your own choosing of drinks and nibbles. Book here.
