Vivid Sydney to shut down Surry Hills with massive street parties

The Hollywood Hotel in Surry Hills

Vivid Sydney’s food lineup has been dominated by news of Nigella Lawson’s dinners, but it seems the initial announcement was only the tip of a delicious iceberg. Revealed this week. Vivid Food will present its largest program to date, from a luminescent 1950s diner pop-up staged in Darling Harbour to vibrant laneway parties set to … Read more

Searching for the next Vivid Sydney Festival Director โ€“ could you do it?

Vivid Sydney is looking for a new Festival Director. Pictured is Gill Minervini, the current Festival Director, in front of a large Vivid Sydney sign.

Vivid Sydney is a highlight of New South Wales’s cultural calendar, attracting visitors from across NSW, Australia and beyond. The 2024 festival saw around 142,000 people attend the opening nightโ€”the largest attendance on recordโ€”while the last Sunday of last year’s event welcomed the most attendees ever recorded in a single night. That’s just one of … Read more

Will Nigella Lawson’s Vivid Sydney dinners be worth the $340 price tag?

Nigella Lawson will host three exclusive dining experiences at Vivid Sydney 2025

We’ve all heard the news by now: one of the biggest drawcards for Vivid Sydney this year is none other than the charismatic queen of food herself, Nigella Lawson, who will be curating three exclusive multi-sensory dinners in Martin Place’s tech-forward pedestrian tunnel, Muru Giligu. And a big talking point has been the cost of … Read more

Over 75 per cent of the program is free at Vivid Sydney 2025

Romance Was Born's projections for Customs House

Destination NSW is working the cost-of-living crisis into the 15th annual Vivid Sydney this year. In a nod to accessibility, event organisers have made more than 75% of the program completely free for Sydneysiders and visitors hoping to fully immerse themselves in one of the world’s most prized arts and lifestyle festivals. “This year’s festival … Read more

Stranger Things: The Experience will land in Sydney for Vivid Sydney 2025

Stranger Things: The Experience features among the impressive lineup for Vivid Sydney 2025

Vivid Sydney 2025 looks set to be bigger and better than ever. The first announcements have just landed and the arrival of Stranger Things: The Experience is among the events set to impress the crowds. Netflix’s Stranger Things is set to return for its fifth and final series later this year, and where better to … Read more