The 2013 Sydney Festival has announced its line-up today, with a smorgasbord of music, theatre, visual arts, dance and more locked in to bring the harbour city to life next January.

As well as the already announced David Byrne and St Vincent, the following artists will be performing as part of festival:

2001: A Space Odyssey by the Sydney Symphony and Sydney Philharmonic Choir, Archie Roach, David Byrne & St Vincent, Dawn Calling with Arkady Shilkloper, Dirty Projectors, Navicula, Orchestra National de Jazz: Around Robert Wyatt, Rokia Traore, Sanglasses, Satie Vexations, Sing The Truth with Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves and Lizz Wright, Solistenensemble Kaliedoskop and The Waterboys.

Previously at Hyde Park Barracks, the Festival Bar moves to Sydney Town Hall under the guise of Paradiso At Town Hall this year with Kashmere Stage Band, Nicolas Jaar, Osaka Monaurail, Richard Hawley, Rokia Traore, So Frency So Chic, Dappled Cities, Lindstrom for Future Classic Night, Darshan Jesrani & Daniel Wang for Picnic Night and Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations.

The Festival Garden In Hyde Park will not only have bars and food, but performances from Cantina, Inside, Normak Blake & Joe Pernice, Lianne La Havas, Los Coronas, Rokai Traore, Sharon Van Etten, yMusic, Perfume Genius and children's group The Listies. Stick around late enough and you'll catch Hunx & His Punx, Darkside, DJ Tom Loud do Hot Dub Time Machine and Nite Jewel & Peanut Butter Wolf do Kraftwerk's Computer World.

The festival will kick off with Day One: An Opening In Three Acts on Saturday 5 January, with events happening across Hyde Park, Darling Harbour, The Domain and Sydney Harbour.

Parramatta will also get a taste of the festival again, with Archie Roach, Saskwatch and Leah Falanagan to perform at the Parramatta Festival Garden's Spiegeltent.

The full details of the massive festival line-up - including a full list of shows and ticketing information - is available from the just-launched website here.

Here's a few of our picks from the festival:

MUSIC

2001: A Space Odyssey

The Stanley Kubrick masterpiece is just as known for its soundtrack as its impact on science fiction film history. Fans at the Sydney Festival will be treated to an Australian premiere event, with the recently restored film to be accompanied by a live performance of its original score from the Sydney Symphony and the Sydney Philharmonic Choir. The screening will also feature classical music by the likes of Ligeti, Khachaturian, Richard Strauss and Johann Strauss. To get you sci-fi fanatics even more excited, here's the trailer for the 1968 film.

Thursday 25 and Friday 25, Sydney Opera House

Archie Roach

Archie Roach has been an influential figure in Australian music since the early 80s and is one of our most acclaimed indigenous artists. A career that has spanned ten albums, this special show will take you on a journey of Roach's hardships and triumphs. He will be backed by a fifteen voice gospel choir and a stunning visual backdrop. Here's Roach's hit from 1991 Down City Streets.

Friday 25 January, State Theatre; Saturday 26 January, The Parade Ground At Old King's (free)

David Byrne and St Vincent

Two very different artists have come together for what is an impressive collection of art-rock, funk and indie songs. Love this Giant is the brainchild of David Byrne of Talking Heads and singer-songwriter St Vincent and they will be bringing it to us for the Sydney Festival. The first single off the album is Who and its video features some very quirky dance moves from Mr Byrne.

Thursday 17 and Friday 18 January, State Theatre

Dirty Projectors

It is hard to believe these American rockers have been around for a decade, with their fresh-faces and sound. Their seventh LP Swing Lo Magellan was released earlier this year and is probably their most experimental yet. The single Gun Has No Trigger is emotive and haunting, really showing off David Longstreth's raw vocals.

Monday 21 January, Sydney Opera House

Navicula

This grunge band is huge in their home country Bali and across the rest of Indonesia, so Aussies will get to see why at the Sydney Festival. They first formed in 1996 and their sound combines a mix alternative, psychedelic and progressive rock music. It's been a big year for the band, as they were crowned winners of the 2012 RØDE Rocks! International Band award.

Thursday 10 January, Manning Bar

Orchestre National de Jazz: Around Robert Wyatt

The Orchestre National de Jazz are one of Europe's most respected Jazz ensembles. The Around Robert Wyatt program came about from a collaboration between Wyatt and program director Daniel Yvinec. The enchanting melody Alifib is one of their most known collaborations.

Tuesday 15 January, City Recital Hall; Wednesday 16 January, The Concourse Chatswood

The Waterboys

This eclectic band have been performing and creating music since 1983 abd have gone through a number of musical changes since. From their “Big Music”phase to their Celtic folk rock sound, The Waterboys most recent venture saw them tackle the world of poetry. An Appointment With Mr Yeats which is a combination of poems set to music composed by lead singer Mike Scott. This bold music experiment will be on show at the Sydney Festival. For now, here's one of the band's classic tracks The Whole Of The Moon.

Wednesday 23 January, State Theatre

Future Classic Night: Lindstrøm

Multi-instrumentalist, DJ and Producer Hans Peter Lindstrom aka Lindstrøm is one of the pioneers of the space disco sound. The Norwegian has a cult following in the dance music world and is a three-time winner of a Spellemannsprisen (think Norway's version of the Grammys).

Saturday 26 January, Paradiso At Town Hall

Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations

This special event will see a stack of Aussie bands come together to play tribute to the legendary rocker Lenny Kaye and his vision for garage and psychedelic music. It has been forty years since Kaye released the rock anthology Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968. It has yet to be announced which bands will be paying homage to the anthology so keep your eyes and ears peeled. In the meantime, here's one of the album's more famous tracks To Much To Dream Last Night by The Electric Prunes.

Friday 25 January, Paradiso At Town Hall

THEATRE

Murder

An adult puppet show about our obsession with murder, inspired by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds' ninth album, Murder Ballads. Sinister looking puppets will tell the confessions of Stagger Lee and Nellie Brown. A new work by Erth (Creators of the Dinosaur Petting Zoo) but this is far from a kids puppet show.

Check out Stagger Lee.

Saturday 5 to Saturday 19 January, The Reginald Theatre, Seymour Centre

The Blind Date Project

This project was first performed at the ABC Art Studios in Collingwood Melbourne, then toured to the Brisbane Powerhouse. It's an unpredictable, immersive experience about our human need for love and connection. Directions are sent to the actors via text message. Tanya Goldberg (Brisbane season) will direct this season. Actress, Bojana Novakovi sits waiting for her blind date to rock up, she doesn't know who will walk through the door? “It could go any way: they could end up together, they could go home together, one of them could leave, who knows?” says director Tanya Goldberg when she spoke to Time Off for the Brisbane shows.

Created by Bojana Novakovi and Mark Winter. The Blind Date Project will be a definite festival highlight, its gutsy theatre from some of the hottest kids on the scene.

Tuesday 8 to Sunday 20 January, The Karaoke Klub, Seymour Centre

As The Flames Rose We Danced To The Sirens, The Sirens

A new work from UK/Espana theatre group The Sleepwalk Collective, a one-woman tragicomedy, performed by Iara Solano Arana. An exploration of B-movies and turning them into something profound and meaningful.

Friday 11 to Tuesday 15 January, Carriageworks

Othello C'est Qui

A double act performed by German actress Cornelia Dorr and Franck Edmon Yao.

Yao's performance is in French so for those who don't speak French they will hear the play through Dorr's words (the white words) this makes a statement about the prejudices of the text. This piece won first prize at the Impulse Theatre Festival (Germany).

Friday 11 to Monday 14 January, Carriageworks

Masi

New Zealand's Conch Theatre (creators of Vula) has collaborated with the British Illusionist of the Harry Potter film franchise, Paul Kieve and an ensemble of six male Fijian dancers for this new mostly physical piece.

Sunday 20 to Friday 25 January, Everest Theatre, Seymour Centre

Eraritjaritjaka

A piece from German composer and director Heiner Goebbel based on the texts of Swiss modernist and playwright Elias Canetti with French actor Andre Wilms and the Mondiraan Quartet. Goebbel is also the artistic director of the International Festival of Arts, Ruhtriennale.

Wednesday 9 January to Sunday 13, Theatre Royal

Kunst Rock

Astrid Rott and Otto Rott make up the band Die Roten Punkte. Astrid plays cowbell, glockenspiel and piano orcadian and Otto plays guitarist and keytarist. This musical, comedic duo have performed at The Montréal Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, Melbourne Comedy Festival even Woodford Folk Festival.

Friday 11 to Saturday 12 January, Carriageworks

Cantina

A dark, vaudeville circus, that been an Australian festival hit, travelling to The Adelaide Fringe and Brisbane Festival to sell-out crowds. Cantina is a late night circus for those who like their entertainment a bit risky.

Tuesday 8 to Sunday 27 January, The Famous Spiegeltent

Briefs

Held in the Salon Perdu Spiegeltent, this vaudeville, caberat show consists of an all male troupe of high-flying circus bandits. Briefs is also playing at the Harvest Festival in Melbourne and Sydney.

Friday 18 to Sunday 27 January, Salon Perdu

VISUAL ART

Rubber Duck At Darling Harbour

Dutch artist, Florentijn Hoffman will release a giant duck into Sydney Harbour. Hoffman is known for his large sculptures of animals that have injected comic relief across cities all over the world. They include, Kobe The Frog in Kobe, Mikey The Pig in Strasbourgh, The Slow Slugs in Angers and Steelman in Amsterdam. Hoffman will also hold a talk at the Powerhouse Museum on Saturday 5 January.

Saturday 5 January to Sunday 27, Darling Harbour

Song Dong: Waste Not

Bejing based artist Song Dong has created an installation art piece that is a collaboration with his mother. The installation consists of the entire contents of her home. Dong's mother was a big believer in the Chinese concept of Wu jin qi yong (waste not) and so the objects collected are extensive and include old toothpaste containers and takeaway boxes.

Saturday 5 January to Tuesday 5 March, Carraigworks Foyer

Francis Bacon

The first major Australian exhibition of Francis Bacon's work, it will exhibit over fifty paintings of this Irish-born painter and took four years to collate from galleries such as The Tate, The Met, Pompidou Centre and The Francis Bacon Estate.

Saturday 17 November 2012 until Saturday 23 February, Art Gallery of NSW

Semele Walk

A retelling of Handel's 18th-century opera Semele  thrown in a mixing bowl with Dame Vivienne Westwood's costume design and Baroque music. Semele Walk premiered at the Herrenhausen Festival in Hanover, Germany, last year Sydney Festival will be its second performance. Local models will star and they are yet to be discovered.

Friday 11 January to Tuesday 15, Sydney Town Hall

DANCE

Concrete and Bone Sessions

A World Premiere site- specific performance that will take place in a skate park, treating it as a space for cultural experience. Branch Nebula collaborates with contemporary dancers and street-style artists. The skate park is the stage.

Check out the trailer:

Wednesday 9 to Saturday 19 January, Dulwich Hill Skate Park

Sacre - The Right of Spring

A dance piece choreographed by Hoghue who worked as a dramaturgy for Pina Bausch for ten years. A two-pas- de- deux performance where two dancers mirror each other whilst Stravinsky's Le Sacre Du Pritemps is being played (Its been adapted to a two pianist performance). One dancer is disabled and the other is not. An Australian Exclusive.

Saturday 5 to Tuesday 8 January, Carriageworks

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