The Australia Day LIVE! concert has returned to its usual finish time of 9:30pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time according to the event’s website.
The main concert is a television event featuring musical performances of Australian songs from Australian artists. Held from the Southern Forecourt of the Sydney Opera House, the concert is coordinated with fireworks from Circular Quay, city buildings & the Sydney Opera House, the latter also featuring projection mapping while the Sydney Harbour Bridge hosts a light show. Aquatic entertainment & sometimes aerial displays feature around Circular Quay as well, which is rounded out by pre-recorded television packages and live interviews that fill in the remainder of the time of the concert. Sometimes extra performances from other Circular Quay foreshore locations are also held.
While free tickets for the seated area are now sold out, you can still sign up to the waitlist. There is also a competition that closes at 5pm today (16th of January). Also, access to the rest of Circular Quay is not ticketed on the evening so you can watch the fireworks & other aquatic entertainment from there with its capacity of 55,000!
The news comes after Australia Day In Sydney held their media launch yesterday revealing SHEPPARD, Paulini, William Barton, Emma Pask, Ben Lee, James Morrison, Dragon, the New South Wales (NSW) Public Schools Choir, Clarissa Spata & Sync Or Swim will star in a “revitalised” concert with a new stage & the introduction of a focus on dance, which Burn The Floor will provide with their reinvention of ballroom dancing.
Other musicians to feature include Junkyard Beats, Véronique Serret, Cameron Leon, Rruwan Maymuru, Djakapurra Munyarryun, Australian Guitar Quartet, Cianna & Olivia, David Pritchard Blunt (musical director) & the Australian Pops Orchestra while other dancers to feature include Sundowners & Burrundi Dance Theatre For Performing Arts.
Australia Day LIVE! 2025 will be held at 7:30pm AEDT on the 26th of January, televised on Australian Broadcasting Corporation Television & iView.
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