Tourist Attractions in Sydney - The Vivid Festival

The Vivid Sydney festival is one of the best tourist attractions in Sydney. It happens in winter, for everyone to go out and enjoy the lights on the Opera House, interact with creative sculptures, get some new ideas or simply warm up with a glass of wine to the beats of the music.

This creative festival started in 2009 to bring vibe into the winter Sydney climate and it gets bigger and better every year. It brings residents and tourists to Circular Quay and The Rocks, equipped with cameras or smart phones to seize the amazing lights on the sails of the Opera House.

While Sydney nightlife during the first editions of this festival was full of still colour, this time around it is all about dynamism and special effects.

Marine creatures are moving from one sail to the other, wagging long tails and leaving shadows behind them.

Eyeballs are rolling into the night and following the crowds gathered around.

Geometrical figures: curves, prisms, pyramids, tetrahedrons, spirangles make their entrance, dance on the tiles of the opera and disappear. Stars pop up, sprinkle, light up and go away.

The moving items get more and more complex and difficult to describe. But the pictures say it all.

The authors of this magnificent display of colour, movement and radiance are Superbien, a French team specialised in animated content.

In addition to lighting the sails of the Opera House, the festival includes 40 plus light sculptures:

• touch the jellyfish with colourful tentacles lit by hundreds of light sources,
• watch the light wheel powered by led lamps in front of the overseas passengers terminal,
• jump on bicycles and pedal on to bring life to strings of lights around palm trees,





• look up and imagine you are in a cave with thousands of crystal stalactites hanging above you,





• immerse in the light reflected by an arc of tubes, changing their colours when you touch them,





• get close to this strange looking gadget and see it respond to you by starting to glow blue,





• look at the skyscrapers around Circular Quay and watch the playful shapes and patterns projected on them.

3D animation projections brighten up the Customs House and dancing flames blast in Campbell's Cove. But wait, there's more...

Music is a big part of the festival and Sydney Opera House hosts most of these events with pop music, parties, brass band. And so are the conversations and ideas. Creative people and entrepreneurs gather to discuss about sustainability, future of education, turning ideas into projects, raising funds, experimenting.

There is more music, films, social events. They happen at the Museum of Contemporary Art in the Rocks and the Opera House. So, leave your house and get into the winter vibe.

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