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 Broadway + The Carpenters from Kempsey | Tumbalong Nights
Get ready for an unforgettable night of theatrics, singalongs, and laughter with show-stopping musical theatre nightclub Club Broadway and NSW’s silliest...
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...
No Fixed Address
With special guests: Stray BlacksPrepare for an extraordinary night of resilience, culture and electric music at Machine Hall Precinct, with legendary...
K-Indie Music Fest feat. Silica Gel + sunwoojunga | Tumbalong Nights
Immerse yourself in the captivating sounds of Korea's most exciting K-Indie acts, sunwoojunga and Silica Gel. This Australian exclusive performance, brought...
The Grand Silky Ball
You know you wanna be Silky! It’s time for a night of all-out-voguing, fantastical fashion and chosen-family revelry.Join the Elite Kiki House of Silky...
Emma Donovan
Hot off the release of her album, “Til My Song Is Done”, Emma Donovan brings her hypnotising blend of reggae, gospel, soul and country to Carriageworks...
Yasiin Bey The Ecstatic 15th Anniversary
One of the most influential figures in hip hop culture, musician, actor and activist Yasiin Bey (FKA Mos Def) heads to Carriageworks for a two-night exploration...
VIVID SYDNEY LIGHT WALK
Lighting of the Sails: Echo by Julia Gutman
Commissioned by Sydney Opera House and Destination NSW for Vivid LIVE 2024.Denim, hessian, a stitched and bunched patchwork of scrap material – fabric...
Neolithic
A blaze of lights above. A reverberating beat. A structure both ancient and modern. Welcome to Neolithic. It’s time to dance to the music from nearby...
Connection
Step into a canopy thick with countless LED ropes and connect to our shared humanity.As individuals, we are connected by countless invisible threads —...
Embrace
Embrace is a verb. To hold. To accept. To include or contain. Step inside the circle of this interactive installation and actively embrace the joy of human...
Humanity / Humility
A large, red neon word, Humanity, punctuates the darkness of night at The Goods Line.The sign flickers as if broken, but upon closer inspection we see...
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...
Faces of Change
The grey of the Harbour Bridge Pylons explodes into a kaleidoscope of surrealistic, colourful life. Watch as Indigenous artist Tori-Jay’s exaggerated...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Studio Party: mad miran (NL), Piezo (IT), Kate Miller b2b Emelyne presented by dstreet
Since their modest beginnings in an inner-west share-house during the depths of the pandemic, Sydney/Eora music collective dstreet. have emerged with a...
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’...
Studio Party: Mala (DMZ / Digital Mystikz), Alec Sander (DUNJ) & Jungist presented by Astral People | Vivid LIVE
Proving their mettle as one of Australia’s most innovative music companies, tastemaking label Astral People deliver a Studio Party led by a bona fide...
Studio Party: Radioactive Man (UK), Mark N, au4r33y & Magda Bytnerowicz by Barney Kato presents Alien | Vivid LIVE
Barney Kato needs no introduction to local club heads. For more than 20 years the Sydney selector has electrified dance floors across the nation, from...