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If you're looking for things to do in Sydney, put watching the fireworks at Darling Harbour at the top of your list!

Darling Harbour Ferris Wheel

Take a magical ride aboard the iconic Darling Harbour Ferris Wheel - Star of the Show!

War and Peace: The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

From death, destruction and despair, grew a movement for peace and disarmament.

Dine & Discover

Get out in the sunshine by the sea and use your Dine and Discover at one of Darling Harbour’s many COVID-safe restaurants, bars, cafes and attractions.

Dont Be Jelly - Champainting

Don’t Be Jelly is back at SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium with an exclusive Champainting® experience.

Nature Illuminated

TICKETS ON SALE NOW - See the Chinese Garden in a new light as its illuminated by theatrical lighting to reflect the four seasons.

Vivid Sydney Cruises

Vivid Sydney returns to light up our nights in August. Check out these new experience onboard our cruises.

Sydney design studio Atelier Susu scatters over 200 illuminated spheres around Cockle Bay, transforming the area into a giant glowing bubble bath that changes colour through the night.

This visual representation of the earth’s geomagnetic field uses 25 illuminated LED rings displayed high in the air on a central pole and pulsing with light that continuously traverses the loops.

Australian and South African designers created this giant wooden deity with a glowing aura, inspired by iconic Buddhist and Hindu imagery. Her four hands rest in symbols representing greeting and patience.

Bauhaus Chess Set

Chess is a game that transcends culture and language - any two people can sit down and play. That idea inspired this work, a chess set inspired by Bauhaus design and supersized to bring joy and wonder.

Spread over a grassy bank in Darling Harbour, these LED sculptures created by a studio in the Netherlands cast light petals onto their surroundings that mimic the blooming of flowers.

A piece of the ocean brought from the depths to Darling Harbour in the form of eight octopus tentacles. This engaging light sculpture features changing colours to imitate the animal’s active camouflage.

A reminder about the plight of plastic pollution in our oceans in the form of an arc of light, inspired by creative solutions to clean up our oceans. Nearby sounds send shimmers of light throughout the sculpture’s form.

Macula, named after the centre of the eye, is a walk-through installation of bamboo combs that form a spiralling tunnel. At night, the tunnel comes alive in a vortex of kaleidoscopic light and colour.

Stalactite, by Kiwi artist Jarred Barrow, takes a rarely seen phenomenon from the dark part of nature and recreates it with metal and light in a modern urban environment.

Through the Wormhole

This installation by Colombian artist Claudio Porras is an immersive tunnel of light and sound that stimulates the imagination to take you on a trip through time inspired by Einstein's theory of relativity.

Gravitational Grid

An installation by REELIZE.STUDIO exploring the phenomenon of gravity. A central metallic sphere reflects light creating an optical illusion that mirrors the effect of light bending in a gravitational field.