Vivid Sydney
Experience Vivid at Nick’s Restaurant and Bar Group
Mark the dates 24 May – 15 June 2024 in your calendar and explore the program of Light, Music, Ideas and Food, united by this year’s artistic direction, “Vivid Sydney, Humanity”.
We love the bustling excitement that Vivid Sydney brings to Darling Harbour and how the installations brighten peoples faces. Make your Vivid Sydney experience extra special with a dining experience in one of our perfectly positioned harbourside venues. Indulge in freshly shucked oysters and giant lobster at Nick’s Seafood Restaurant, an array of succulent premium grill selections at I’m Angus Steakhouse, or sip cocktails alongside giant pork ribs from Adria Bar Restaurant.
The Best Seat in Darling Harbour
Immerse yourself in the spectacular water and light displays, with evening fireworks to brighten the vibrant Darling Harbour esplanade. Embrace the nightlife, as Nick’s Restaurant and Bar Group offers the ultimate harborside destination to start or finish your Vivid Sydney experience.
Vivid Sydney – Humanity
Vivid Sydney is an annual celebration of creativity, innovation and technology, which transforms Sydney for 23 days and nights.
Humanity is the key to our future, to discovering the answers that determine our way forward. To reimagining a world without boundaries, discrimination or inequality – a world full of people who work together, with kindness, empathy and creativity, with a shared tomorrow in mind.
Creativity and imagination are what makes us human. Helping us understand and respond to our world and value diversity – broadening our perspective and challenging our preconceptions. Human creativity allows us to develop technology, solve problems and produce innovative solutions.
Vivid Sydney will fuse art, innovation and technology in collaboration with some of the most boundary-pushing artists, musicians, thinkers and culinary experts of our time.
Tumbalong Nights
The beating heart of Vivid Sydney’s Light Walk, Tumbalong Park is your festival go-to for free and contemporary music. Celebrate our shared humanity as the best international voices and local talent take to our stage under the stars for 12 nights of free live music. Djs keep the vibes spinning from Sunday to Wednesday nights. Live music starts at 7.30pm each Thursday to Saturday (and Sunday 9 June) with kids shows each Saturday from 5pm. Djs keep the vibes spinning on all other nights.
TUMBALONG NIGHTS LINE UP
Be charmed by the clever and timeless pop and unpretentious storytelling of Melbourne-via-Brisbane singer-songwriter Mallrat and the dreamy bedroom-pop of Sydney’s tiffi.
A night of multi-generational First Nations story telling through music featuring performances from legendary Christine Anu, Akala Newman, Kee’ahn and Deline Briscoe. Celebrate culture and Country with a brilliant line up of living legends and the rising voices of First Nations women curated by Yalanji woman and leading musician Deline Briscoe.
And come early for free kids’ music and dance workshops from Buuja Buuja Dance from 5pm.
A selection of handpicked DJs take to Tumbalong Stage.
Two stars firmly on the rise, Melbourne based Forest Claudette and Sydney born, LA-based THE BLSSM (Sydney debut), will light up the night with neo-soul, alt-RnB and indie pop.
Celebrate the best global sounds and street party vibes with radio show turned block party Bare Necessities, a fixture of Sydney’s party scene. Expect high energy antics, big band brass, African drumming, dancing and music to groove to from around the world.
Hit all the high notes with a night of theatrics and singalongs with hit musical-theatre nightclub Club Broadway. Direct from sell-outs across Australia, this is their debut outdoor event. Plus, catch the camp comedic stylings Carpenters From Kempsey.
And come early for free kids’ music from The Beanies from 5pm
It’s time to rock hard with Arnhem Land’s Wildfire Manwuurk and the high-impact theatrics of Sydney glam rockers, Battlesnake.
Catch two of Korea’s most exciting K-Indie acts, indie rockers Silica Gel and jazz-pop artist sunwoojunga, in this Vivid Sydney exclusive performance in partnership with the Korean Cultural Centre.
A night of fresh sounds to elevate the Saturday night of your June long weekend – the R&B and vintage bossa nova croon of Grentperez and the genre-bending groove of FRIDAY*.
Come early for free kids’ music from Formidable Vegetables from 5pm.
A big night of rhythm, dance and colour with Sounds of Afrobeat. Get swept up in an electrifying celebration of African culture and music with larger-than-life performances, DJs and fire breathing.
A selection of handpicked DJs take to Tumbalong Stage.
A raucous night of all-female punk and pop energy awaits with Adelaide two-piece Teenage Joans and Sydney’s Lola Scott.
Do not miss this special album launch for First Nations rap supergroup 3%. An unapologetic celebration of Blak culture, the night features a line-up of artists from the new record. Including special appearances from Jessica Mauboy, Say True God?, Tia Gostelow, Marlon and Denni.
Closing out Tumbalong Nights, the National Indigenous Music Awards 2023 Artist of the Year Budjerah will lift you up with his transcendent alt-pop. Plus, indie-pop sensation Jem Cassar-Daley will take you on a journey with her soulful storytelling.
And come early for free kids’ music from The Quokkas from 5pm.
