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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 BEST LIVE MUSIC
The Huxleys present Personality Crisis
Prepare for a night of extravagance, liberation, and queer celebration with Melbourne performance-art duo The Huxleys and their self-described “disco...
Black Milk
With special guest: Mali Jo$eStep into the innovative hip-hop soundscape of Detroit's own Black Milk. Known for his ability to blend a myriad of genres...
CLUB 4A x Eastern Margins
Step beyond the everyday with a brilliant evening of cutting-edge music, performance, and visuals at CLUB 4A x EASTERN MARGINS, fusing music and art to...
3% presents 'Kill the Dead' Album Launch | Tumbalong Nights
Join us for an extraordinary celebration of First Nations stories and sound, as the innovative rap powerhouse 3% takes centre stage with a live performance...
Ngulmiya
Immerse yourself in the evocative sound of Arnhem Land’s Ngulmiya for an unforgettable evening of traditional storytelling through song.A Ngulmiya Nundhirribala...
Teenage Joans + Lola Scott | Tumbalong Nights
A riotous night of all-female punk and pop energy awaits with energetic Adelaide two-piece Teenage Joans and indie-pop Sydneysider Lola Scott.Teenage Joans...
Jalbu Muna | Tumbalong Nights
Join us for Jalbu Muna, a unique night of multi-generational First Nations storytelling through music. It’s time for an unbridled and uplifting celebration...
grentperez + FRIDAY* | Tumbalong Nights
A night of fresh and genre-blending sounds to elevate the Saturday night of your June long weekend – the R&B and vintage bossa nova croon of grentperez...
VIVID SYDNEY LIGHT WALK
Gumscape with Road and Creatures
The classic Aussie road trip turned on its head. Delve into this wild and surreal world as you journey from the familiar to the micro world of bacterial...
"SYNTHETIC HUM(AI)NITY"
We are standing at a literal, and figurative, crossroads. Looming in front of us is the ASN Clocktower, with its three facades illuminated. Humanity is...
Sea, Sand and Stars
Breathe-taking. Whimsical. Profound. Plunge into Guan Wei’s visionary world at the MCA, as his signature iconography illuminates the night. This is the...
HORIZON
Enter the Horizon for a hypnotic, full-body experience. Here, trance-like sound and strobing lights play with your spatial perception and offer a glimpse...
Neuron
Peek inside the most mysterious, powerful, and wonderous structure in the world – your very own brain.Neuron is a motion-triggered light installation...
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...
Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House
Fever Ray | Vivid LIVE
From the spectral synth beats of The Knife to the shapeshifting pop soundscapes of their solo work, Swedish avant garde alchemist Karin Dreijer – aka...
Sid Sriram, Priya Ragu, Raf-Saperra with Munasib & Rakish - Astral People present Spice Trail | Vivid LIVE
Returning to Vivid LIVE after their huge birthday bash in 2022, tastemakers Astral People bring us the musical riches of the Spice Trail, with a buzzy...
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...
Eno + Q&A Screening with Director Gary Hustwit | Vivid LIVE Film
Visionary musician and artist Brian Eno — known for producing David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, among many others; pioneering the genre of ambient music...
Arca | Vivid LIVE
Few voices have defined the modern avant garde pop landscape like the Venezuela-born, Barcelona-based singer, producer and conceptual artist. Arca’s...
Jlin | Vivid LIVE
A visionary electronic artist and composer whose percussion-driven, polyrhythmic work has reshaped the sound of dance music, American artist Jerrilynn...
Sky Ferreira | Vivid LIVE
More than a decade after releasing her critically acclaimed, widely beloved debut album Night Time, My Time, American singer-songwriter Sky Ferreira has...
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’...