VIVID SYDNEY 2024
Your festival of light, live music and new ideas. Vivid Sydney 2024 will take place from 24 May - 25 June 2024
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Lightscape
Re-imagined for 2024, this globally renowned multisensory phenomenon of light, colour and sound changes every year.Experience the Royal Botanic Garden...
Viceroy’s House w. Amar Singh | Golden Age of Humanity
Delhi, 1947: Lord Mountbatten (Hugh Bonneville) has been assigned to the position of the last Viceroy, overseeing the last days of British colonial rule...
Aster Vivid 2024
Ascend to Aster, InterContinental Sydney’s premium rooftop bar, for a 270-degree vista of our harbour and a bespoke Vivid Sydney cocktail and two-course...
Fred's x Max Coen | Vivid Chef Series
The allure of flame-cooking, seasonal produce and London cool meets a Sydney farm-to-table favourite in the cosy, rustic setting of Fred’s.Max Coen of...
Explosions In The Sky, Aldous Harding & The Middle East - Spunk Records 25 Finale | Vivid LIVE
What better way to celebrate the end of an era than with a performance from one of the loudest, most cathartic bands on the planet, playing their masterpiece...
Jalbu Muna | Tumbalong Nights
5.00pm: Buja Buja Dance6.00pm: Akala Newman6.35pm: Kee'ahn7.40pm: Deline Briscoe9.00pm: Christine AnuJoin us for Jalbu Muna, a unique night of multi-generational...
The Art of Deep Listening Workshop
The world is noisy. Distractions demand our attention. Focus seems harder than ever. Our minds are often scattered.It’s time to reclaim the skill of...
Jonti presents The Moonblades | Vivid LIVE
When Jonti last performed at Vivid LIVE in 2017, he drove a sold-out Sydney Opera House crowd into a frenzy with his delirious recreation of The Avalanches’...
Dog Trumpet
Join us for an evening where art meets music in iconic fashion with this free and live Dog Trumpet performance at Customs House forecourt.Watch as this...
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Champions of Change: Mackenzie Arnold and Tony Gustavsson
From the football team that united Australia in 2023, join Tony Gustavsson, head coach of the CommBank Matildas, and Mackenzie Arnold, celebrated CommBank...
Shifting Perspectives: An Interactive Performance
Step into Shifting Perspective, an all-ages, all-abilities, immersive dance performance. This thought-provoking dance and light installation invites you...
Plates with Purpose - A Taste of Ukraine
Break bread (pampushka, a fluffy and crispy garlic roll, to be exact), immerse yourself in Ukrainian culture and pay your meal forward two-fold.A specially...
RHYS NICHOLSON + GEORGIA MOONEY + NIKKI BRITTON | Vivid Sydney Supper Club
An intimate chance to be entertained and to laugh a lot, as you sit back and let some of our best tickle you with their talent. Vivid Sydney Supper Club...
The Porter House x Selassie Atadika | Vivid Chef Series
The vibrant flavours of West Africa meet modern brasserie cuisine in the stunning historic setting of The Porter House Hotel Sydney – MGallery for this...
A THOUSAND WAYS: An Encounter
You’re seated at a table, opposite a stranger, separated by a glass partition. A stack of instruction cards sits between you. This analog, interactive...
No Fixed Address
With special guests: Stray BlacksPrepare for an extraordinary night of resilience, culture and electric music at Machine Hall Precinct, with legendary...
The Charles x Sally Abé | Vivid Chef Series
Slide into a lush leather booth for this Chef Series pairing that fuses bold but refined British nostalgia with classic French decadence. Sally Abé...
VIVID SYDNEY LIGHT WALK
Lighting of the Sails: Echo by Julia Gutman
Commissioned by Sydney Opera House and Destination NSW for Vivid LIVE 2024.Denim, hessian, a stitched and bunched patchwork of scrap material – fabric...
Neolithic
A blaze of lights above. A reverberating beat. A structure both ancient and modern. Welcome to Neolithic. It’s time to dance to the music from nearby...
Connection
Step into a canopy thick with countless LED ropes and connect to our shared humanity.As individuals, we are connected by countless invisible threads —...
Embrace
Embrace is a verb. To hold. To accept. To include or contain. Step inside the circle of this interactive installation and actively embrace the joy of human...
Humanity / Humility
A large, red neon word, Humanity, punctuates the darkness of night at The Goods Line.The sign flickers as if broken, but upon closer inspection we see...
Hika Rakuyo
Reflective dark water, brilliant lasers and projections, Japanese philosophy – see Cockle Bay in a new light. This spectacular artwork is a celebration...
Migrating Light
Travel through time as you connect with the rich human history of our harbour city.A series of holograms featuring migrants from our past appear before...
Faces of Change
The grey of the Harbour Bridge Pylons explodes into a kaleidoscope of surrealistic, colourful life. Watch as Indigenous artist Tori-Jay’s exaggerated...
PLAN YOUR VISIT
If you're visiting Vivid Sydney, please catch public transport and avoid the traffic delays. Alternatively, arrive early ahead of Lights On to avoid the congestion as car parks will reach capacity through the evenings.
Discover a deeper experience at Vivid Sydney - put on some earphones or headphones and enjoy immersive HD audio as you explore the Light Walk with Cinewav.
Create your own event planner and map out your Vivid Sydney journey.
There are accessible options available to make Vivid Sydney memorable for guests of all abilities.