6-28 August 2021
Sydney Australia
VIVID SYDNEY 2021
Your festival of light, live music and new ideas. Vivid Sydney 2021 will take place from 6 August - 28 August 2021
READ MOREVivid Sydney warms the soul of our city with light artists, music makers and brilliant thinkers. Spark your sense of wonder and come out to play as Sydney transforms into a playground of the unexpected.
Not to miss
Jameela Jamil: Body Politics
English-born advocate, actor, radio presenter and writer Jameela Jamil is renowned for her starring role in The Good Place, but it is her outspoken...
Magda Szubanski
Magda Szubanski on the healing power of the arts and laughter Comedian Magda Szubanski AO has been making us laugh for three decades. Her comedic talents...
Briggs & Nat's What I Reckon: Music, Mayhem and Masters of some
From recording studios in Melbourne to LA’s most esteemed comedy writing rooms, Briggs has affirmed himself as one of the country’s most talented all-rounders...
The Trauma Cleaner: Sandra Pankhurst
Sandra Pankhurst is the renowned Trauma Cleaner. A transgender woman, Sandra has lived many lives – child abuse survivor, drag queen, sex worker, Australia’s...
Betty Grumble: Enemies of Grooviness Eat Sh!t
"Transformative and WILD. See Grumble" – Peaches Your lovingly local hysterical heretic and person of interest Betty Grumble is back with her new...
Conspiracy-gate: Sarah Wilson and Dr Norman Swan
In this frank in-conversation session, best-selling author and former wellness impresario Sarah Wilson examines the latest avalanche of conspiracy theories...
Light
Fall
Covering over 70% of the Earth’s surface, water is a precious resource that is vital for all forms of life. Fall is a sensory experience encouraging...
Holi
Inspired by the famous Hindu Festival of Colours, Holi is an interactive artwork, created by Ocubo Atelier, that gives you the opportunity to spread joy...
SHARD
Shard is a trio of light sculptures that acts as a platform for the stories of Baykali Ganumbarr, Yalyalwuy Gondarra and Watjarr (Marko) Garmu. Hear the...
One Big Backyard
One Big Backyard explores what it really means to be a Sydneysider today, regardless of your location or background. This extraordinary light installation...
Lighting of the Sails
'Yarrkalpa - Hunting Ground, Parnngurr Area', 2013 by Martu Artists: Janice Yuwali Nixon (dec) Kumpaya Girgirba Nancy Kanu Taylor (dec) Ngamaru Bidu Nola...
Symbiosis
In Symbiosis, Belgian collective Dirty Monitor reveals the intimate association between humans and fauna, flora and mineral elements. Symbiosis takes you...
Patterns in Nature
During the summer term of 2019-2020 UTS Design ran an elective subject to enable students to produce an artwork for exhibition at Vivid Sydney 2021. The...
VORAX
Customs House shines again! Be enchanted by VORAX – a seamlessly looping 3D animated epic tale of the quest for all-consuming power. The story begins...
New York Sunday
The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia will be transformed into majestic cliffs of colour that will shift and morph into new combinations. This installation...
Ephemeral
Sydney-based design studio Atelier Sisu works at the intersection of art and architecture creating large-scale site-specific works that enchant by reinventing...
Ideas
Magda Szubanski
Magda Szubanski on the healing power of the arts and laughter Comedian Magda Szubanski AO has been making us laugh for three decades. Her comedic talents...
Brazen Hussies
Outrage against systemic misogyny… allegations of the mistreatment, bullying and sexual abuse of women in the workplace… a cri de coeur for women’s...
Jameela Jamil: Body Politics
English-born advocate, actor, radio presenter and writer Jameela Jamil is renowned for her starring role in The Good Place, but it is her outspoken...
First Dog on the Moon: I TOLD YOU SO
Join Walkley Award-winning cartoonist First Dog on the Moon for a restorative evening of comedic self-care. Are you suffering from climate anxiety? Freaking...
Briggs & Nat's What I Reckon: Music, Mayhem and Masters of some
From recording studios in Melbourne to LA’s most esteemed comedy writing rooms, Briggs has affirmed himself as one of the country’s most talented all-rounders...
The Trauma Cleaner: Sandra Pankhurst
Sandra Pankhurst is the renowned Trauma Cleaner. A transgender woman, Sandra has lived many lives – child abuse survivor, drag queen, sex worker, Australia’s...
Whistleblowers
In an age of mixed messages and ‘alternative facts’, investigative journalists play a leading role in sorting the truth from the lies. So how do journalists...
Pushing Boundaries
Have you ever wondered what drives those people who don’t know when to stop? When Jenny Valentish wrote Woman of Substances, a book about addiction...
Let's Talk About Honeybee and Fluidity: Craig Silvey with Glace Chase
Craig Silvey’s latest work Honeybee is a much-loved novel about compassion and overcoming trauma that has been praised for its empathetic portrayal of...
Sects, Lies & Cults
Cults. They bring to mind master manipulators Jim Jones, Anne Hamilton Byrne and Charles Manson. Mass suicide, child abduction, routine drug experimentation...
Music
TEENAGE WASTELAND
Remember the soundtracks to Blade Runner, Halloween & the Terminator films? They're forever etched in the memories of world renowned music makers Jono...
Betty Grumble: Enemies of Grooviness Eat Sh!t
"Transformative and WILD. See Grumble" – Peaches Your lovingly local hysterical heretic and person of interest Betty Grumble is back with her new...
Queer Performance Icons
Every Wednesday over Vivid (11th, 18th & 25th August), The Bearded Tit & Queerbourhood are expanding their regular weekly gathering to celebrate...
MI-SEX COMES [A]LIVE AT FRANKIE'S PIZZA
For almost a decade Frankie’s Pizza has been a go-to late night dive for misfits, mavericks and everyone in between. Here, the beer is cold, the pizza...
Heaps Gay QWEENS' BALL at Luna Park
Off the back of an ever growing and successful Qweens’ Ball at Sydney Town Hall, Heaps Gay moves to Luna Park for a HUGE dress up ball full of debauchery...
El Gran Mono meets the Inner West Reggae Disco Machine - A Mighty Soundsystem Experience
Join us for a special day to night dance party celebrating the sounds of Latin America, The Caribbean and the roots of soundsystem culture, beamed out...
The Oxford Art Factory 14th Birthday
Oxford Art Factory proudly announces a HUGE 14th Birthday Party!!! Dust off your finest treads and make shapes – all night looooong! Headlining this...
Singular Voices: Kee'ahn with Babitha
Kee’ahn is a proud Gugu Yalanji, Jirrbal, Zenadh Kes songwoman who ventured from the tropics of Far North Queensland to pursue her dreams in Naarm (Melbourne)...
Vivid LIVE: Sampa The Great presents An Afro Future
Imagining a world of creativity and culture beyond the confines of colonialism, hip-hop star Sampa The Great brings together a collective of artists for...
Vivid LIVE: G Flip
Bedroom musician turned cutting-edge indie pop star G Flip is one of Australia’s most exciting new artists, and they’re making their Sydney Opera House...
