We're halfway through the festival but we're losing no steam – here are this weekend's highlights:
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Dick and Christa Hughes
This dad-and-daughter cabaret transports you back to the explosive jazz era of the 1920s and '30s. January 17 and 18, 6.30pm, $35, Sound Lounge, Seymour Centre.
The Long Pigs
Heralded as a black comedy with a "grim and gruesome twist", The Long Pigs delivers Stooge-like laughs while nodding at Beckett and Orwell. January 17, 2.30pm and 5.30pm, January 18, 7.30pm, $35, Everest Theatre, Seymour Centre.
Symphony in the Domain
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Johannes Fritzsch, are joined by ARIA award winning performer, composer and didgeridoo player William Barton for a night that mixes Beethoven and indigenous music. January 18, 8pm, free, The Domain.
So Frenchy So Chic in the Park
This part picnic, part music concert, part food festival is packed full of the charm of provincial France and the sophistication of Paris. January 17, 1pm, $89, St John's College, University of Sydney.
Far from Folsom
In a recreation of Jonny Cash's infamous 1968 Folsom Prison concerts,Tex Perkins delves into Cash's dark repertoire at the old – and decommissioned – Parramatta Gaol. Rachael Tidd will supply the vocals of June Carter. January 16-18, 8.30pm, $44-$89, Parramatta Gaol.
