Vivid Sydney Festival – Light Show

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HE VIVID SYDNEY FESTIVAL commences its sixth year this weekend, with the iconic lighting of the Sydney Opera House sails kicking things off. I’m glad that I get the chance to see it for the first time before I take off for Hong Kong and East Europe on Tuesday.

As much as I tried to capture the electric atmosphere and excitement of the ‘Opening Night’ on Viddy and Cameo, I just can’t make those ‘handy’ apps work for me. This video is less than 2-minutes using vids from the apps, and my camera – uploaded on to iMovie.

After dinner outdoors at Wilbur’s in a buzzy laneway near me, I skipped into the city for a quick look at the Light Show. I kept my viewing to the Circular Quay area but the festival will continue at many other venues all over the city for the next couple of weeks. It’s almost the first day of Winter, but If the weather remains as balmy as this evening, then the festival will be a huge success.

ivid Sydney Festival of Light Music and Ideas is staged at the end of May each year and stretches into the start of Winter. In November, with Spring on the doorstep, Sydney also stages ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, a cliff walk from Bondi Beach to Tamarama Beach. Another well worth while outing. This 1-minute slideshow is from 2007.