Some examples of the things you can see or take part in include (of course) the Sydney Opera House’s Lighting of the Sails, enormous displays at the Royal Botanic Gardens like 500 fireflies and 4-meter-tall blades of grass, and interactive musical cubes down by the harbour. It’s actually the biggest festival of its kind in the world and has only got bigger over time. The festival is all about celebrating creativity, technology and innovation, and a lot of it is free – which we love, of course! We told you before, Sydney knows how to be romantic!Īs well as these breathtaking installations, which aim to treat Sydney as a canvas for art, there are also interactive activities, musical performances, public talks and debates with creative thinkers and forums to exchange ideas. You know how we said Sydney is dazzling? Well, Vivid Sydney has taken that aspect of the city and multiplied it by about a thousand! During this festival Sydney’s buildings and sights are lit up with multi-colored lights, dappling the famous architecture in artistic lighting displays.

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