Vivid Sydney 2022 program unveils biggest, brightest and most brilliant line-up ever

LONGEST CONTINUOUS LIGHT WALK IN VIVID SYDNEY HISTORY;
GLOBAL STORYTELLERS AARON SORKIN, GRETCHEN CARLSON & TROYE SIVAN
HEADLINE VIVID IDEAS; WORLD PREMIERE OF “THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARCIA,”
UK’S SPIRITUALIZED & BAXTER DURY TO ROCK VIVID MUSIC; FIRST NATIONS ARTWORK
YARRKALPA – HUNTING GROUND, 2021 ANIMATED FOR
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE LIGHTING OF THE SAILS;
PLUS, FIRST EVER VIVID SYDNEY DINNER.

Vivid Sydney 2022 will transform the Harbour City into an illuminating fusion of creativity, innovation
and technology from Friday 27 May to Saturday 18 June, with more than 200+ events celebrating the
essence of Sydney’s soul including its diversity, beauty, resilience, First Nations culture, and vibrant
creative community.

Minister for Enterprise, Investment and Trade, Minister for Tourism and Sport and Minister for
Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said: “The Vivid Sydney 2022 program is bursting with new events,

venues, performances, and experiences, providing even more reasons to visit time and time again.
This year we are celebrating the festival’s 12th anniversary, with a bigger, brighter and more brilliant
line-up than ever before.

“Audiences will feel energised and invigorated by a number of festival firsts. This includes the longest
ever continuous Light Walk winding all the way from the Sydney Opera House to Central Station, the
Vivid Sydney Dinner, Vivid Sydney Supper Club and more, as well as all the innovative light-art
installations, projections, eclectic music performances, and thought-provoking talks we all know and
love.

“Vivid Sydney is an open invitation for Sydneysiders and visitors from Australia and the world, to
come and experience Sydney at its creative best after dark. The 2022 festival has been two years in
the making and is not to be missed,” Mr Ayres said.

Festival Director Gill Minervini, who will deliver her first Vivid Sydney in 2022, said this year’s program
captures the essence of Sydney’s soul, exploring what makes the city so unique. “Vivid Sydney tells a
compelling story of creativity, innovation, and technology through light, music, and ideas that is
distinguishably Sydney, yet authentically universal. The 2022 program delivers fresh and engaging
content, bringing feelings of joy, excitement, wonder, inspiration and hope to all who are innately
drawn to it,” she said.

In 2022, 11 Sydney CBD locations will ignite, two of which are new, with Circular Quay, Sydney CBD,
The Rocks, Barangaroo, Darling Harbour, Darling Square, Darling Quarter, The Goods Line, Central
Station, Luna Park and Taronga Zoo, all coming to life with a mesmerising kaleidoscope of light
artworks to wow visitors and locals alike.

Staged over 23 nights, the festival will deliver mesmerising art displays, 3D light projections, uplifting
live music performances and deep-dive discussions from the world’s brightest minds. Plus, in a
festival first, the renowned Light Walk will stretch continuously for 8km, linking the Sydney Opera
House to Central Station, with more than 200 LED sculptural birds guiding the way as part of the
Future Natives installation.

The Vivid Sydney 2022 Program includes:
THE VIVID SYDNEY DINNER

Great food, talks, music, wine and light collide at the very first Vivid Sydney Dinner – a celebration of
all things Sydney. Join host Justine Clarke at Merivale’s Ivy Ballroom, which will be completely
transformed into an effervescent feast for the senses on Saturday 4 June, featuring “love letters to
Sydney” from renowned artist Ken Done and journalist/author Julia Baird. With music by the Vivid
Sydney Brass Band, James Morrison, Ngaiire, Virginia Gay and Kate Monroe, a NSW inspired
feast created by chefs Dan Hong and Mike Eggert, and a bespoke lighting experience.
VIVID LIGHT

Visitors will connect with powerful stories of Sydney’s soul after dark, as more than 50 light
installations and projection artworks designed to explore and define the city’s character come to life.
Gill Minervini, who curated the 2022 Vivid Light program, said: “I am incredibly proud the Vivid Light
program showcases 25 Sydney-based artists delivering a true representation of how Sydney makes
us feel: vibrant, awe-inspired, mischievous, uplifted and curious”.

“Vivid Sydney’s Light collection features work from a vast array of artists, from the renowned Ken
Done and Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran, to Luca French, an 11-year-old boy and the youngest artist
ever to participate in the Light Walk. It’s very exciting to deliver a refreshed and surprising program
that will enthral audiences.”