Vivid Sydney x Biennale of Sydney

Vivid Sydney presents three nights of innovative, left-of-centre music from across the globe at the awe-inspiring White Bay Power Station, as part of Biennale of Sydney’s Art After Dark.
 
Art After Dark transforms White Bay Power Station on Friday evenings, with music, art and a diverse outdoor food offering. Vivid Sydney’s offering includes ticketed concerts from US ambient techno act Purelink, experimental R&B musician anaiis, and a free Biennale of Sydney closing night party, sent off in style. Find more details below.
 
Acclaimed Brooklyn ambient techno trio Purelink transform the industrial White Bay Power Station into a world of experimental electronica.
 
Resisting easy categorisation, experimental R&B French-Senegalese musician anaiis offers a night of sonic grace and introspection at the White Bay Power Station.
 
Free for all, with more details coming soon.

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