The sky above Sydney Harbour will be lit by a stunning pyrotechnic display and the brightest beam in the southern hemisphere on New Year’s Eve.
SydNYE 2019 is our most choreographed show to date, with fireworks, lighting and pylon projections set to an all-Aussie midnight soundtrack for the first time.
It’s all about saying welcome to Sydney and welcome to 2020 – to locals, visitors, migrants, refugees and more than 1 billion viewers across the globe.
A Calling Country ceremony welcomes visitors and celebrates Gadigal culture with a smoking ceremony, music and dance performances, and projections on the Sydney Harbour Bridge pylons.
A ‘pyrotechnicolour’ extravaganza of more than 100,000 effects includes colour changing stars, ‘stained glass’ shells, glittering willow effects and pyrograms of 2D shapes.
Pyro mine letters spelling ‘Sydney’ will fall from the bridge in the countdown to midnight.
Along with the brightest beam in the southern hemisphere, a light show on the water and the eastern face of the bridge will connect the crowds and dazzle people across the globe.
With the Refugee Council of Australia as our official charity partner, we’re launching 2020 as the year of welcome.
We’ll also harness the enormous power of the event to raise more money for bushfire affected communities in the Red Cross disaster relief and recovery fund.
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Published 3 December 2019, updated 16 December 2019
