

“It has been a genuine privilege to put together this year’s Vivid LIVE program for the city I love, and in doing so it’s clear that Sydney isn’t the same city it was in 2019, or 2020, or even last year,” Sydney Opera House Head of Contemporary Music and Vivid LIVE curator, Ben Marshall, said. Music lovers can return to the Opera House to celebrate transcendent live contemporary music, iconic and ambitious artists, and Sydney’s vibrant and inimitable local communities Sydney’s diverse music communities will also be given their chance to shine, with Astral People, Club Kokky, Mad Racket and many more set to host events.Īnd two years in the making, the Lighting of the Sails is a particularly significant event: the exciting digital artwork is an intricate First Nations collaboration between the Pilbara’s eight Martu Artists and Sydney’s Curiious, all soundtracked by Electric Fields.Ĭurated for the seventh time by the Opera House’s Head of Contemporary Music, Ben Marshall, the Vivid LIVE program invites uncompromising voices to the nation’s most famous stages in a contemporary music takeover. Other artists will be proudly making their Opera House debuts, including Masego, RVG, and Miiesha, while the likes of Ghanaian-American singer-songwriter Moses Sumney will be returning again. Acclaimed rapper Sampa the Great is bringing an Aussie exclusive and world premiere of her long-awaited new show An Afro Future, performing her four-time ARIA Award-winning debut album The Return to the event

With more than 70 Aussie and international artists set to perform across six of The Sydney Opera House’s venues (as well as a beautiful digital artwork on its iconic sails), there’s really something to suit all tastes.Īussie legend Paul Kelly and his band will be hosting an exclusive residency celebrating four decades of song alongside Thelma Plum.
