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Youth Festival  

WYD08 will publish a full schedule of Youth Festival events for pilgrims.

Click here for a downloadable, and printable version of the Youth Festival Guide.

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Click here for the Youth Festival Locations Map.

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The Youth Festival features music, performing arts, visual art exhibitions, debate, film, community gatherings, street performers, workshops and a Vocations Expo.

Youth Festival events will take place in the afternoons and evenings between 2 - 10pm (outside of Major Event times) at venues across the city from Tuesday 15 to Friday 18 July 2008.

All Youth Festival events are FREE and open to the general public however some of them may require reservations.

Youth Festival Events include :

  • Pilgrimage to the Cathedral
  • Vocations Expo
  • Reconciliation
  • Adoration
  • Centres of Spirituality and Mission
  • Performing Arts
  • Visual Arts exhibitions and film screenings
  • Forums and conversations
  • Workshops
  • National and Community Gatherings

Youth Festival events will be staged throughout the city from Tuesday 15 July to Friday 18 July. Major sites include St Mary's Cathedral and forecourt, The Domain, Sydney Opera House forecourt, Darling Harbour and Barangaroo. On Saturday and Sunday, Randwick Racecourse will also host events.

During World Youth Day visit the tomb of Australia's first Blessed, Mary MacKillop, including Mass, evening prayer vigil, workshops or an exhibition on Mary's life. You should pre-book to avoid disappointment. Click here for further details.

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