Prepare to get lit.
Everyone’s favourite winter lights, music and ideas festival is set to return to Sydney live this year, after being cancelled for two years running due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
The annual 23-day festival and arts celebration is the largest festival of its kind in the southern hemisphere, setting the Harbour City ablaze each year with immersive light installations, multimedia projections, musical performances and creative inspiration.
“The 2022 festival boasts the longest continuous Light Walk in the history of the event, from Sydney Opera House to Central Station,” said Festival Director Gill Minervini.
“Once again, the Sydney Opera House will be aglow for the Lighting of the Sails, and at a new Light Walk addition, Central Station, the George Street façade will boast an interactive projection.”
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What date is the Vivid Sydney festival in 2022?
Vivid Sydney 2022 will run from Friday May 27 to Saturday June 18, 2022.
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What’s in store for the program at Vivid Sydney 2022?
Installations for Vivid 2022 will feature in 11 Sydney CBD locations (two of which are new), including Circular Quay, Sydney CBD, The Rocks, Barangaroo, Darling Harbour, Darling Square, Darling Quarter, The Goods Line, Central Station, Luna Park and Taronga Zoo.
In 2022, the Vivid Sydney 2022 program will include the very first Vivid Sydney Dinner, hosted by Justine Clarke at Merivale’s Ivy Ballroom on Saturday June 4 featuring ‘love letters to Sydney’ by renowned artist Ken Done and journalist/author Julia Baird.
Where can you see the Vivid Lights in Sydney in 2022?
Vivid Sydney 2022 will feature 50 light installations and projection artworks, including:
‘For Sydney with Love‘ by Ken Done
Where: projected onto the façade of Customs House
When: 27 May – 18 Jun from 6pm – 11pm
‘Endless Love‘ by Michaela Gleave
Where: arching over Circular Quay
When: 27 May – 18 Jun from 6pm – 11pm
Temple by Leila Jeffreys
Where: Circular Quay
When: 27 May – 18 Jun from 6pm – 11pm
‘Our Connected City’ by Mandylights
Where: across Sydney Harbour, CBD buildings and the Cahill Expressway
When: 27 May – 18 Jun from 6pm – 11pm
Lighting of the Sails: Yarrkalpa – Hunting Ground, 2021 by the Martu Artists and creative technologists Curiious, with soundtrack by Electric Fields and Martu Artists (inspired by Yarrkalpa – Always Walking Country 2014)
Where: the sails of the Sydney Opera House
When: 27 May – 18 Jun from 6pm – 11pm
‘Sydney Infinity‘ by Oracle Liquid
Where: the waters of Cockle Bay in Darling Harbour
When: 27 May – 18 Jun from 6pm – 11pm
‘Sharing the Same Life Essence‘ by Wayne Quilliam
Where: projected onto all four pylons of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
When: from 5:40pm nightly
‘Earth Deities‘ by Ramesh Nithiyendran
Where: at Circular Quay and The Rocks
When: 27 May – 18 Jun from 6pm – 11pm
‘Checkmate’ by Amigo & Amigo
Where: Darling Harbour
When: 27 May – 18 Jun from 6pm – 11pm
‘Floating World‘ by a team of local musicians and digital artists including renowned Sydney DJ Peewee Ferris
Where: in Darling Quarter
When: 27 May – 18 Jun from 6pm – 11pm
‘A Mirrored City‘ by Isabel Hudson and Trent Suidgeest
Where: at Central Station and The Goods Line
When: 27 May – 18 Jun from 6pm – 11pm
A line-up of Sydney’s most potent musical talent, including:
- Australian music icon Marcia Hines’ The Gospel according to Marcia
- UK space rock band Spiritualized live at Luna Park’s Big Top
- Indie Rock cult singer Baxter Dury, debuting The Metro Theatre
- New York rapper Cakes Da Killa’s at the Oxford Art Factory
- Tumbalong Nights: a line-up of free live music events and short film screenings in Darling Harbour’s Tumbalong Park
More than 85 talks and workshops, including:
- Oscar and Emmy award-winning director, screenwriter and playwright Aaron Sorkin chatting to Leigh Sales at the State Theatre
- Author and tv personality Gretchen Carlson sharing the story that inspired blockbuster movie Bombshell with The Project’s Lisa Wilkinson
- Award-winning artist and actor Troye Sivan compares notes with Walkley nominated journalist, Patrick Abboud, at Sydney Town Hall
- This year’s Vivid Ideas Exchange with over 60 events hosted at The Great Hall at The University of Technology Sydney
Vivid Live at the Sydney Opera House will also feature more than 70 Australian and international artists, from singer, poet and visual artist Sampa The Great to Berlin-based piano prodigy, Nils Frahm, to Paul Kelly joined by Gamilaraay singer-songwriter and ARIA Award winner Thelma Plum.
Tickets are on sale now. For full program details, head to www.vividsydney.com
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