The lights have switched off for Vivid Sydney 2025 and Destination NSW’s technical and operational teams have been hard at work dismantling the many installations and 3D projections on this year’s Vivid Light Walk.

Installing lights across the city takes six weeks and taking them down is also a major undertaking.

Owned, managed and produced by Destination NSW, Vivid Sydney has captivated the collective imagination of millions of visitors since its launch in 2009.

Led by Destination NSW General Manager Events Julie Turpie and Festival Director Gill Minervini, the Vivid Sydney team spent 12 months planning and delivering the 2025 program across the pillars of Light, Music, Ideas and Food.

This year, the festival featured the theme of Dream and boasted more than 200 events spanning five connected zones: Circular Quay & The Rocks, Barangaroo, Martin Place & CBD (for the first time since 2018), Darling Harbour, and The Goods Line & Inner City.

More than 75 per cent of events were free to attend, with the entire Vivid Light Walk open to all.

Bringing Vivid Sydney to life wouldn't have been possible without the technical, production and operational teams, corporate partnerships, major events, editorial and content, legal and procurement, research, corporate communications, Ministerial, product and distribution, consumer marketing, publicity, digital and stakeholder engagement staff who worked alongside Vivid Sydney curators and producers to enable the festival to bring joy to attendees.

Throughout the festival, Destination NSW staff and teams from other government agencies worked together at the Government Coordination Centre and Event Control Centre to ensure the event ran smoothly.

The Vivid Sydney Volunteer Program, in collaboration with Casual Hands, also played an essential role in the smooth operation of Vivid Sydney. Hundreds of volunteers provided information at city-wide booths, roamed key precincts and supported many Vivid Light Walk installations.

Thank you them and to everyone at Destination NSW and across government agencies and partners who worked behind the scenes to ensure the festival was so memorable.

We look forward to sharing information on plans for Vivid Sydney 2026 in the coming weeks.