Contemporary Music
Upcoming gigs, performances and concerts
Vivid LIVE
Join us for the annual House-wide music takeover, featuring over 50 cutting-edge and iconic international and Australian artists.
Catch the ever-experimental ARCA, French duo Air playing their era-defining album Moon Safari, sonic shape-shifter Fever Ray, R&B superstar Snoh Aalegra, genre-defying Devonté Hynes with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, electronic duo Underworld, the soulful Thelma Plum and so many more.
Troy Cassar-Daley & Jem Cassar-Daley
A special evening of music, storytelling and inspiration with Troy Cassar-Daley & Jem Cassar-Daley at the Sydney Opera House on 9 May 2024. This event is part of Generations and Dynasties, a series showcasing the diversity of musical talent within three esteemed First Nations families.
Angie McMahon
Don’t miss the chance to witness Angie McMahon’s transformative and triumphant musical journey live: an unforgettable experience, showcasing her evolution into a bolder, bigger, and brighter sonic landscape.
Engelbert Humperdinck
Don’t miss Engelbert Humperdinck – One golden voice, 50 iconic years.
Tia Gostelow
Award-winning Indigenous singer-songwriter Tia Gostelow makes her Vivid LIVE debut, bringing her dreamy vocals, irresistible hooks and eclectic sound to the Sydney Opera House Utzon Room.
Kaiit
Making her highly anticipated Sydney Opera House debut for Vivid LIVE, ARIA-award-winning neo-soul singer, songwriter and rapper Kaiit unveils her all-new era – and introduces Lil Mama.
Spunk Records 25 Finale feat. Explosions In The Sky, Aldous Harding & The Middle East
Beloved indie label Spunk Records celebrates the end of 25 years with live performances from Texan post-rockers Explosions In The Sky, singer-songwriter Aldous Harding and local indie faves The Middle East.
Arca
Venezuelan-born pop diva Arca – one of the world’s most avant garde superstars – is headed to Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House for her very first Australian performance.
Studio Party: Hyperaktivist (Mala Junta / MESS), The Illustrious Blacks, Jebbi, Red Rey, Annabelle Gaspar & House of Mince Angels by House of Mince presents Club Mince & Pavlovabar
Sydney’s favourite queer collective House of Mince return to Vivid LIVE for two huge nights of hedonistic beats and euphoric vibes, with special guests Hyperaktivist and The Illustrious Blacks.
xmunashe
Fast-rising cult star, singer and multi-instrumentalist xmunashe brings his intimate, improvised genre-agnostic musical happenings to the Sydney Opera House for his Vivid LIVE debut.
Air play Moon Safari
Making their long awaited return to Vivid LIVE, French electro wizards Air play their space pop masterpiece Moon Safari live in its entirety for the very first time.
South Summit
With their heartfelt hybrid of alt-rock, reggae and indie, breakout Perth five-piece South Summit are ready to rock the Sydney Opera House Utzon Room for their Vivid LIVE debut.
Studio Party: mad miran (NL), Piezo (IT), Kate Miller b2b Emelyne presented by dstreet
Fresh young electronic music collective dstreet. transforms the Studio for Vivid LIVE, with guest DJs Mad Miran, Piezo, Kate Miller and Emelyne.
Maple Glider
Making her Vivid LIVE debut, critically acclaimed Melbourne/Naarm-based singer-songwriter Maple Glider takes to the Sydney Opera House with her transformative, lushly melodic folk rock.
Jonti presents The Moonblades
Genre-hopping Sydney producer and Avalanches collaborator Jonti returns to Vivid LIVE with a performance of his forthcoming electro-orchestral wonder, The Moonblades.
Elefant Traks 25th Anniversary - The Finale feat. Hermitude, Horrorshow, Urthboy, The Herd, OKENYO & more
After 25 years of championing local talent, influential Australian label Elefant Traks goes out on a high with a celebration featuring Hermitude, The Herd, OKENYO, Horrorshow, ANESU, The Last Kinection, Urthboy, B Wise, Jimblah, Nardean and many more.
Astral People present Spice Trail feat. Sid Sriram, Priya Ragu, Raf-Saperra with Munasib & Rakish
Tastemakers Astral People return to Vivid LIVE with a huge night of music exploring the sounds from the South Asian diaspora, featuring genre-spanning superstar Sid Sriram and the Australian debuts of Priya Ragu and Raf-Saperra.
Zion Garcia
Rising young alt hip-hop star and multimedia artist Zion Garcia makes his long-awaited Sydney Opera House debut for Vivid LIVE.
Devonté Hynes: Selected Classical Works with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Grammy-nominated pop polymath Devonté Hynes – aka Blood Orange – makes his long-awaited Vivid LIVE debut, performing his genre-defying classical work with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Thelma Plum
A powerful vocalist and evocative storyteller, ARIA award-winning indigenous singer-songwriter Thelma Plum returns to Vivid LIVE for her hugely anticipated solo debut.
Cult Shφtta
Eccentric, energetic, and entirely original, Western Sydney hip-hop duo Cult Shφtta explode in their Vivid LIVE debut, dropping beats and spitting bars for one show only.
Underworld
Grammy-nominated UK electronic music legends Underworld return to Vivid LIVE for three pulse-pounding euphoric nights in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.
3NDLES5 presents Yung Lean
Returning to Australia for his long-awaited Vivid LIVE debut, Swedish rapper and post-genre pop experimentalist Yung Lean plays an unmissable one-off show at the Joan Sutherland Theatre.
Studio Party: Mala (DMZ / Digital Mystikz), Alec Sander (DUNJ) & Jungist presented by Astral People
Returning to Australia for the first time in more than a decade, pioneering UK dubstep producer – and one half of Digital Mystikz – Mala heads up a thrilling Studio Party from the crew at Astral People, featuring Sydney DJs Alec Sander and Jungist.
Bumpy
Making her Vivid LIVE headline debut, extraordinary funk, jazz and R&B singer Bumpy returns to the Sydney Opera House with a taste of her shimmering soul.
BARKAA
Making her fiery solo debut at the Sydney Opera House, ARIA-nominated Malyangapa and Barkindji rapper BARKAA – the Blak matriarch of hip-hop – brings her infectious, politically potent sound to Vivid LIVE.
3NDLES5 presents jonatan leandoer96 x Frederik Valentin, Ecco2K, oqbqbo & Scandinavian Star, Aya Gloomy
3NDLES5 presents a night of cutting-edge global sound with rapper Yung Lean’s side-project jonatan leandoer96 and avant-garde polymath Frederik Valentine, plus Ecco2K, Scandinavian Star & oqbqbo, and Aya Gloomy.
Studio Party: Radioactive Man (UK), Mark N, au4r33y & Magda Bytnerowicz by Barney Kato presents Alien
Sydney selector Barney Kato takes over the Sydney Opera House Studio with his eclectic dancefloor party Alien, guest starring UK electro icon DJ Radioactive Man, breakbeat legend Mark N and local faves au4r33y and Magda Bytnerowicz.
Tasman Keith, Flewnt & Inkabee
Celebrate the power and vitality of First Nations hip-hop as acclaimed rappers Tasman Keith, Flewnt and 11-year-old sensation Inkabee make their Vivid LIVE debuts.
Tinariwen
Grammy Award-winning Tuareg legends Tinariwen return to the Sydney Opera House 15 years after their last performance, bringing their pioneering desert blues to the Joan Sutherland Theatre.
Studio Party: Fred P (USA) presented by Mad Racket
Vivid LIVE’s favourite selectors Mad Racket return to the Studio with a very special guest, the New York-born, Berlin-based deep house legend Fred P.
Vv Pete
Making her headline Sydney Opera House debut, Australia’s baddest new rapper Vv Pete rocks the Vivid LIVE stage with her untouchable rhymes, irresistible hooks and hard-hitting club beats.
Sky Ferreira
A decade after her last Australian performance – and with a long-awaited new album on the horizon – multi-talented American singer-songwriter Sky Ferreira returns for her Vivid LIVE debut.
Jlin
Steel yourself for exhilirating beats and mind-melting rhythms as electronic dance music’s most innovative artist, Jlin, makes her thrilling Sydney Opera House debut for Vivid LIVE.
Snoh Aalegra
Slinking into Sydney for the first time ever, Grammy-nominated Swedish-Iranian R&B singer Snoh Aalegra brings her smouldering soul to the Concert Hall for one night only.
Fever Ray
Making their long-awaited Australian debut, visionary Swedish iconoclast – and co-founder of The Knife – Fever Ray brings their electrifying, radically romantic synth pop to Vivid LIVE.
The Sonu Nigam Show
Experience the magical melodies of India with Sonu Nigam, a highly acclaimed and versatile playback singer and composer. Live in Concert accompanied by his team of talented musicians.
ECLIPSE Pink Floyd Orchestrated
Rock legend Jack Jones joins the Southern Cross Symphony, a killer rock band, three powerhouse vocalists, a youth choir to faithfully re-ignite the sound of Pink Floyd
Jimmy Barnes
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Jimmy's Flesh and Wood album and see him in up-close-and-personal mode, telling short stories and tall tales as well as songs from his extensive catalogue.
Eumeralla, a War Requiem for Peace by Deborah Cheetham Fraillon
Eumeralla is a work two thousand generations in the making.
Passenger
Folk rock troubadour Passenger returns to the Sydney Opera House for his Concert Hall debut, celebrating the re-release of his breakthrough album, All The Little Lights.
The Songs of Elton & George
A celebration of iconic musical legends Elton John & George Michael, by Anthony Callea & Tim Campbell with John Foreman & the Australian Pops Orchestra.
THE THE
Led by enigmatic singer-songwriter Matt Johnson, UK new wave icons THE THE return to the Sydney Opera House for two performances spanning their genre-hopping four-decade career.
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