Top Venue Picks for Vivid Sydney 2021

Finally Vivid Sydney is back, and we just can’t keep calm as the days keep running closer to the festival. The word on the street is that no less than 50 light displays, and art installations will be present for Vivid Sydney 2021. If you’re curious to know more about what you’ll get to see at the festival, let’s look at some of the prospective exhibits.

In its twelfth year, Vivid Sydney 2021 promises a wonderful scene unlike anything you’ve seen before. Five main Vivid Sydney venues that will be transformed with unexpected light installations, projections and many more are the CBD, The Rocks, Darling Harbour, Circular Quay and Barangaroo. Another must-visit venue that you should add to this list is the iconic Sydney Harbour. From the large-scale digital art projected at the Sydney Opera House to the illuminated Harbour Bridge and everything else around the harbour that makes a good sight can be viewed from any of the vantage points here. One grand way to see these amazing shows is to get on board catamaran Vivid cruises that will take you around the harbour, treating you to the best sights while you’re wrapped in luxury. You will find plenty of exciting Vivid Cruise deals in the run up to the festival week. All you must do is pick a vessel of your choice that suits your budget and needs and wait till the big day arrives.

This year, the Opera House will stage a thrilling series of Australian musicians and the marquee names include Sampa the Great, who is a rapper and singer, Gareth Lilliard and so on. To mark the 10th anniversary of the local management and tourist company, the Astral People are expected to organize an ambitious concert. If you can’t make it to any of these places, you may consider Carriageworks, a focal point for some of the wildest and weirdest music acts. Here, you will find many adaptable arts as it is a dark quasi-pub for a run of gigs.

At Vivid Lights this year, you will get to see a wide range of innovative installations such as Macula, Ephemeral and Beautiful Life at Darling Harbour, Vorax, Patterns in Nature and New York Sunday at Circular Quay. And for Vivid Ideas, tease your brains with most thought-provoking ideas brought to you by great minds such as Jameela Jamil, Magda Szubanski, Briggs and Nat and more.

The mastermind behind Vivid Sydney works on a vast system that is focused on sustainability and hence at this festival, it is a great opportunity for the guests to explore the newer realms of sustainable initiatives. Today, in the age we live in, technology is at its best and to achieve our goals would be easier if everyone pitches in what they can afford. From harnessing solar, wind and many other forms of alternative energies, we can move closer to a future that is safe for our future generations to live in. A great take-away lesson from Vivid Sydney 2021 would be how to instill the idea of sustainable living.

If you wish to get more inspired and feel excited about Vivid Sydney, head over to the official website of Vivid Sydney where the countdown is already up, and you can also peek at the artists’ line-up for 2021. While the pandemic is still not showing any signs of taking leave from our midst, Sydney might see less new visitors than in the previous years. However, the show will go on and it's’ still great news for Sydneysiders. So hope to see you all there!