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Associated Press
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Let There Be Light: Vivid Sydney 2025 Kicks Off
SYDNEY, May 23, 2025 /CNW/ -- The Harbour City has awakened in colour and creativity tonight as Vivid Sydney 2025, Australia's largest event, has officially begun for its 15th year. Under this year's theme of Dream, a world class curation of Light, Ideas, Music and Food await festivalgoers over 23 nights, until Saturday, 14 June. This year, the festival comprises over 200 events across five unique zones around the city's CBD, all designed to inspire wonder, expand thinking and give each visitor the opportunity to see Sydney in a new light. Making Vivid Sydney more accessible than ever, over 75 per cent of this year's program is free to enjoy, including the entire Vivid Light Walk, Martin Place also makes a welcome return to the festival footprint after a seven-year absence. This year, the world's biggest names in entertainment, food, and pop culture will feature, including, Martha Stewart, Nigella Lawson, Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, plus Portishead's Beth Gibbons. Minister for Jobs and Tourism Steve Kamper said, 'Sydney is ready to shine! As we mark 15 years, this world-class event continues to showcase the very best destinations and creative talent our city has to offer. 'Vivid Sydney continues to grow in scale and impact, drawing millions of visitors and reinforcing Sydney's position as the premier destination in the Asia Pacific. 'With over 75 per cent of the program free to attend and the entire Vivid Light Walk open to everyone, it is one of the most accessible events in the country, and this year's program has something for everyone. 'It's a festival that unites communities, supports local businesses and boosts our visitor and night-time economies. We can't wait to see the city light up tonight!' Vivid Sydney 2025 kicked off at Overseas Passenger Terminal in Circular Quay for the annual First Light ceremony, featuring performances by NAISDA dancers that honoured Yolngu culture in Arnhem Land. The ceremony culminated at 6pm as Sydney Harbour burst to life with pyrotechnics, projections and installations illuminating the city's world-famous buildings and landmarks followed by First Light Live, a free concert honouring the power and pride of First Nations music. Vivid Sydney runs from Friday 23 May to Saturday 14 June. For more information visit View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Destination NSW
BBC News
31-01-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Bristol Light Festival: Flamingos and giant swing to brighten up city
A beating heart, 1,000 flamingos and a giant swing are just some of the installations set to brighten up a Light Festival, which welcomed 275,000 visitors in 2024, returns on Friday and will run until 9 will include ten installations at different locations across the city, such as College Green, Broadmead and the immersive laser experience which will take over an empty shop at Cabot Circus and celebrate Bristol's "drum and bass legacy" will also be on show. "We try and find artworks that fit into interesting locations across the city," creative director Katherine Jewkes told BBC Radio Bristol."We started out as a weekend festival and now we run for ten days."We're also across more sites now, originally we were just in the city centre... and now we're also in Redcliffe, Temple and Cabot Circus." Bristol Light Festival was founded by the Bristol city centre Business Improvement District (BID) and is being run in partnership with the Redcliffe & Temple artists will include Air Giants, Illumaphonium and Bruce Munro, who all have connections to Munro's Ramandu's Table will showcase nature through an installation of a flock of 1,000 white flamingos."There's locations we know we want to be in because they're so beautiful, like Temple Church," Ms Jewkes added."For that one we've got a piece called Parallels which is this amazing kind of laser sculpture by Architecture Social Club that is going to look phenomenal in that site, because it's that juxtaposition between modern tech lasers and a really historical venue." Ms Jewkes said the event, which is free, is a celebration of Bristol's music culture."We've got a piece called Anthems Volume One which is in collaboration with Run Collective and an artist called Marcus Lyall, who is known for doing the lighting design for Chemical Brothers, Metallica and The Rolling Stones."That came very much from us wanting to celebrate Bristol's drum and bass scene."
