Air, Underworld amongst stacked Vivid LIVE 2024 line-up
Over 50 Australian and international acts have been announced on the 2024 Vivid LIVE line-up, set to kick off this May.
Taking place from 24 May – 15 June, heavyweight names including Arca (making her Australian debut), French duo Air (performing their 1998 album Moon Safari in full), UK techno legends Underworld, Fever Ray and Thelma Plum will all perform at Sydney Opera House.
In total, Vivid LIVE 2024 will feature six Australian exclusive performances, an orchestral collaboration, six studio parties, premieres, finales, one-off projects, a curated cinema program and the Lighting of the Sails.
This year’s line-up has again been curated by Sydney Opera House’s head of contemporary music, Ben Marshall; his ninth time doing so.
Lighting of the Sails. Pic by Daniel Boud
“I’m thrilled to contribute this Vivid LIVE 2024 program to Vivid Sydney, infusing life and energy into the heart of this city I love so much,” Marshall said.
Vivid Sydney festival director, Gill Minervini, added: “Vivid Sydney 2024 is diving deep into what makes us uniquely human, designed to foster connections, spark imagination and showcase the multitude of ways creativity enriches our lives. We are delighted to continue our partnership with Sydney Opera House to showcase this through Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House and Lighting of the Sails as part of Vivid Sydney 2024.”
General public tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday 15 March. Check out the full line-up below.
Arca (AUS debut + exclusive) • Air play Moon Safari (AUS exclusive) • Underworld (AUS exclusive) • Fever Ray (AUS debut) • Devonté Hynes: Selected Classical Works with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (AUS exclusive) • Snoh Aalegra (AUS debut)
Sky Ferreira • Thelma Plum • 3NDLES5 Presents: Yung Lean (AUS exclusive), jonatan leandoer96 x Frederik Valentin, Ecco2K, oqbqbo & Scandinavian Star, Aya Gloomy • Spunk Records 25 Finale feat. Explosions In The Sky, Aldous Harding & The Middle East (AUS exclusive) • Tinariwen • BARKAA • Jlin • Kaiit • South Summit • Astral People present Spice Trail feat. Sid Sriram, Priya Ragu, Raf-Saperra with Munasib & Rakish • Elefant Traks 25th Anniversary – The Finale feat. Hermitude, The Herd, OKENYO, Horrorshow, ANESU, The Last Kinection, Urthboy & more
Jonti presents The Moonblades • Tia Gostelow • Vv Pete • Bumpy • xmunashe • Maple Glider • Tasman Keith, Flewnt & Inkabee • Cult Shφtta • Zion Garcia • Studio Parties: Mad Racket presents: Fred P • Astral People present Mala (DMZ / Digital Mystikz) • Barney Kato presents Alien feat. Radioactive Man (UK), Mark N, au4r33y & Magda Bytnerowicz • House of Mince presents Club Mince feat. Hyperaktivist (Mala Junta / MESS) & more • House of Mince presents Pavolvabar feat. The Illustrious Blacks & more • dstreet feat. Mad Miran, Piezo, Kate Miller b2b Emelyne
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Neil Griffiths is the editor of Mumbrella. He joined the company in October 2023.
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