Vivid Sydney Light Walk 2025: Map, Zones & Walking Tips
Download the official Light Walk map here and plan your ideal route around the installations and projections that have already caught your eye.
Chris Singh
Best Spots to View Vivid Sydney Fireworks & Lights in 2025
The blinding lights and mesmerising projections that make up the Vivid Light Walk are so impressive that it’s always worth seeing them from multiple angles. From below, from above, from the side. These light works only come in once a year, so you’ll find that most Vivid-goers tend to scope out the best viewing spots … Read more
Vivid Sydney: Harry Siedler’s Mushroom Building is a Light Walk essential
The bygone charms of Sydney’s iconic Harry Siedler-designed Commercial Travellers’ Association (CTA) building have been welcomed back into the fold for Vivid Sydney. For the first time since 2018, Martin Place has been activated as one of the five major zones included along the 8km Vivid Light Walk. And this divisive mushroom-shaped building is the … Read more
Sydney trains: Delays cause pressure as Premier promises free-fare day for Monday
Sydney trains have been on the frustrated minds of commuters this morning with delays across the board. On Tuesday evening, a 1,500-volt live wire was somehow loosened and came down on top of some carriages near Strathfield station. And while the 300 passengers on board the beleaguered train were safely evacuated, the issue, coupled with … Read more
Vivid Sydney: ‘House of Romance’ is a true spectacle
Romance Was Born plays with size, scale and colour in Vivid Sydney’s first-ever high-profile fashion collaboration. The famously innovative label is in charge of the Customs House projection, House of Romance: Dream Collide, at Vivid Sydney this year, presenting a captivating riot of Ice Vovo-inspired frocks, crochet collages, underwater reefs and decorative carousels. The Customs … Read more
Vivid Sydney: Vincent Namatjira turns the MCA into a subversive rock concert
There are many moments of pure, tongue-in-cheek brilliance during King Dingo, a large-scale projection conceived by one of this country’s most important artists, Vincent Namatjira, for Vivid Sydney. This year’s annual Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition has turned the symmetrical sandstone building into a symbolic rock concert, led by animated iterations of Australia’s treasured dingo, … Read more
Dom Dolla set for special one-off show at Allianz Stadium in December
World-dominating Australian DJ Dom Dolla is coming to Sydney for his biggest show to date, at none other than Allianz Stadium. With a capacity of 45,500, the Moore Park stadium is one of the biggest concert venues in Australia, marking just how far the DJ and producer has come since his first big hit, “Take … Read more
Vivid Sydney 2025 Program: From Nigella Lawson to Stranger Things
For the first time in its 15-year history, the iconic Vivid Sydney will connect Sydney like never before, leaning heavily on the fresh-faced Sydney Metro system to connect five zones, each with events from all four of the festival’s pillars: Light, Music, Ideas and Food from Friday, May 23 to Saturday, June 14. The Vivid … Read more
The Lansdowne celebrates 100th anniversary with month-long party this June
The Lansdowne has always been the prototypical example of an Aussie pub. Sweaty, rowdy, completely lacking any shred of pretentiousness, and stubbornly dedicated to supporting local live music. Since first opening in 1925, the deathless venue has proven that it’s always going to be here to stay. It has survived lockdowns, lockouts, development proposals, a … Read more
Should Usher and Lady Gaga have Australian support acts? New live music rule explained
Are we going to start seeing more live Australian music at big-name international concerts when they arrive in Sydney? That’s certainly the hopes of the NSW Government as they introduce a new live music rule set to shape what our biggest concerts look like moving forward. “Australia has a rich history of music, but today’s … Read more
