VIVID SYDNEY 2026
Your festival of light, live music and new ideas. Vivid Sydney 2026 will take place from 22 May – 13 June 2026
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Matt Corby + Gretta Ray | Tumbalong Nights
Two-time ARIA Award-winner and multi-platinum national treasure Matt Corby will take to the Tumbalong Nights stage to send off Vivid Sydney with a special...
Daniel Avery (Live)
English producer and composer Daniel Avery has spent more than a decade reshaping what dance music can be.Touring his most ambitious album to date, Tremor...
Eddy Current Suppression Ring + Chikchika | Tumbalong Nights
As electric as ever, Melbourne garage rock band Eddy Current Suppression Ring take to Tumbalong Nights for their first full Sydney show in more than fifteen...
Angie Who | Tumbalong Kids
Sydney artist Angie Who gets the whole family dancing, with whimsical folk, roots and bluegrass for all ages. Energetic, engaging and unique, she adds...
Skeleten + Ashkan Shafiei | Tumbalong Nights
Sydney's innovative underground takes Tumbalong Nights, with Skeleten's cerebral dance music and Ashkan Shafiei's jazz and funk-fused take on Persian folk.Skeleten...
FOR YOUR SAFE KEEPING: Skin On Skin, Loukeman, EQ & Scalymoth
Hailing from South Sudan, Skin On Skin is setting global dance floors alight with his raw, high-voltage fusion of house, techno, and hard-hitting 808s.Skin...
Porter Robinson (DJ Set)
American genre-defying, electronic visionary Porter Robinson makes his Carriageworks debut to perform a headline DJ set for Vivid Sydney. Known for blurring...
Vivid Minds
Roxane Gay: In Conversation
Join prolific American author and cultural critic Roxane Gay at City Recital Hall for an exclusive conversation with Whadjuk Noongar journalist, author...
Midweek Minds: Legally Bonded
How do artists maintain ownership of their work and voice in an era shaped by constant circulation, reinterpretation and reuse? As images move fluidly...
Beyond the Bleach
The Great Barrier Reef’s demise is widely seen as a foregone conclusion – but is that framing limiting our imagination of what comes next?In an invigorating...
Manawan
An ode to Bardi Jawi Country in Western Australia’s Kimberley Region, Manawan brings the region’s towering, tropical gum trees (also known as woolybutts...
THERE, NOW, HERE
Travel through Sydney past and present with this colourful, interactive sculptural playground in the heart of Circular Quay.Standing 7-metres-tall, THERE...
U>N>I>T>E>D
“Visually arresting and full of possibility” – Dance Australia Chunky Move return to Sydney for the first time since 2022 with U>N>I>T>E>D...
Wonderverse
Adventure through worlds of awe-inspiring light, music, imagination and more with Wonderverse, a 40-minute interactive, immersive experience where children...
Vivid Food
Vivid Fire Kitchen
In its new home at Barangaroo Reserve, Vivid Fire Kitchen unites Australian culinary talent in an ode to the great Aussie backyard, complete with open-fire...
Perspective at Infinity by Mark Best
Perspective is a multi-sensory immersive dining experience unfolding over 90 minutes, guiding guests through a journey inspired by the landscapes surrounding...
Aster: The Golden Age
1920s Hollywood glamour meets an unforgettable view at Intercontinental Sydney's rooftop Aster Bar, overlooking Sydney Harbour transformed in a synchronised...
Salt & Pepper Squiz - The Vivid Sydney Exclusive Premiere
Jennifer Wong debuts her new comedy show at Mary’s Underground, in a night of funny food stories with bar snacks and cocktails inspired by her book Chopsticks...
Our Shared Future: Jean-Paul El Tom
Join Baba’s Place chef Jean-Paul El Tom and OzHarvest for a four-course dinner at Refettorio OzHarvest Sydney, all made using up to 95% beautiful, fresh...
MCA Dining and Cocktails with Vivid Sydney Views
Perfectly placed on the Warrane/Sydney Harbour foreshore, there’s nowhere better to take in the excitement of Vivid Sydney than the Museum of Contemporary...
Vivid Light
Laser Lightfall
Australia's most ambitious free outdoor laser spectacular arrives, spanning light, seas and sky. Over 23 nights, choreographed light transforms the...
Sky Symphony: Fireworks, Lasers, Music
Vivid Sydney always lights up the night – but Sky Symphony: Fireworks, Lasers, Music brings the heat and extra firepower to Cockle Bay each Monday, Tuesday...
Molecule of Light
You can’t miss this celestial laser installation. No, you really can’t! Standing 23 metres tall on three metal legs, this 6.5 ton sphere with a meteorite...
TIME:WARPED
An all-out collision of lasers, experimental projection, narrative and sound, TIME:WARPED is a twisting seven-minute ride through time itself. No TARDIS...
Lighting of the Sails: Opera Mundi
Renowned French multimedia artist Yann Nguema, known for his mesmerising projections onto significant buildings around the world, brings his unique fusion...
Vaiola
Sāmoan-Australian artist Angela Tiatia presents Vaiola, a new large-scale light projection on the façade of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia...
Pendulum
What’s more hypnotic than a Newton’s Pendulum – those office toys where five spheres knock each other back and forth? What about a supersized version...
Kia Refraction
Step into a world where light, form and motion collide with Kia, a proud Major Partner of Vivid Sydney.By day, Kia Refraction appears as a bold, sculptural...