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Vivid Sydney Festival is a buzzing three week event that takes place next three weeks across May and June, turning the city into a dazzling display of lights, music, and color.
Over 1.7 million visitors flocking to Sydney each year to see one of the world’s most beautiful harbour cities come alive in an annual celebration of creativity, technology and innovation.
We visited for the first three days of Vivid in Sydney, enjoying the lights from as many vantage points around the harbour as we could.
A few years ago, we attended Vivid Live, a music festival held at the Sydney Opera House, but I enjoyed Vivid Sydney way more as it feels like it just keeps getting better and growing bigger.
Vivid Sydney doesn’t just light up the Opera House, but it lights up several participating precincts and landmark buildings and venues.
To find out what it’s all about, and to know what to expect, here is our guide based on our personal experience!
What is Vivid Sydney?
Vivid Sydney Festival is a 23-day event that’s all about lights, music, and creative ideas. It’s the largest festival of light in the world and the largest arts festival in the Southern Hemisphere.
It began in 2010, as a celebration of art, technology and innovation. Since then, it has gone on to win numerous awards, including the Best Cultural, Arts or Music Event at the Australian Event Awards in 2024 and was voted as Australia’s Best Tourism Event for seven years (2013 – 2015, 2017 – 2019, and 2023).
It has also received 18 medals (8 of which were Gold), at the International Festival & Events Association (IFEA) Pinnacle Awards.
Each year, over 80 light installations and projections form part of Vivid Sydney, illuminating the city’s most iconic buildings and landmarks, alighting the city in a rainbow of colours and spectacular displays.
“We invite light artists from around the world — old and young, famous and unknown, students and professors, and crazy combinations of both — to submit their artwork to us through a global expression of interest.”
Creative director, Ignatius Jones.
It’s not just about the lights, though. Vivid Sydney also has a program of public talks and workshops with Vivid Ideas, and Vivid Music energises the city with collaborations…
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