Vivid LIVE Announce Their Massive 2022 Opera House Lineup
Check out our guide to the full list of shows below.
The Sydney Opera House has today revealed the full line up for Sydney/Eora’s centrepiece contemporary music event, Vivid LIVE 2022, which is set to take place across the 27th of May until the 18th of June.
The impeccable live music curation is set to take place alongside Vivid Sydney, the annual creative festival that showcases the soul of the city in collaboration with Australia’s most boundary pushing artists, thinkers and musicians of our time.
Vivid Live is a highlight of the year for Sydney. In a city that is often portrayed as dire for arts and culture, the series of live music events across the end of May and beginning of June act as a true beacon of hope for the city, one that showcases its highest peaks as a creative, alive city.
The full lineup includes a range of incredible talent spanning the 3 weeks, with big names including Paul Kelly And His Band with Thelma Plum, Sampa The Great, Tkay Maidza, Masego, Meg Mac, Hermitude, BLESSED and many more.
Sydney Opera House Head of Contemporary Music and Vivid LIVE Curator, Ben Marshall, says, “It has been a genuine privilege to put together this year’s Vivid LIVE program for the city I love, and in doing so it’s clear that Sydney isn’t the same city it was in 2019, or 2020, or even last year.
“In 2022, we are all feeling the deep communal need to experience art and live concerts together.”
The full line-up for the festival at the Sydney Opera House includes:
NORTHERN BOARDWALK
Paul Kelly And His Band: Four Decades Of Song with Thelma Plum. Australian rock royalty will return to the Opera House for a one off show, curating a catalogue of his award-winning catalogue and be joined on stage by singer-songwriter Thelma Plum.
Other shows at the Northern Boardwalk includes Hermitude with a legendary return to the dancefloor in Australia, touring and management company Astral People will curate a weekend of live music including Hiatus Kaiyote, Youngn Lipz, Briggs, Midlife, Barkaa, Arno Faraji, dameeeela and more. Sydney favourite Club Kooky also return bigger and better than ever.
JOHN SUTHERLAND THEATRE
The John Sutherland Theatre will see a range of incredible Australian and international acts perform, including Sampa the Great presenting AN AFRO FUTURE alongside MWANJE, KYE and C.FRIM, Tkay Maidza alongside Maina Doe, Moses Sumney, TEEKS, Masego, Nils Frahm and Meg Mac.
DRAMA THEATRE
The Drama Theatre will also feature a range of emphatic musical and visual performances from HTRK, Ed Kuepper & Jim White, In The Mood - A Love Letter To Wong Kar-Wai & Hong Kong featuring Rainbow Chan, Eugene Choi & Marcus Whale, GORDI and Kučka.
UTZON ROOM
The Utzon Room will see live performances from some of the most talented acts and soon to be biggest Australian exports, including the likes of 1300, Tangents and Godtet, A.GIRL, The Buoys, Liz Martin & Eliza Hull, Miiesha, Georgia Maq and Tiny Ruins.
STUDIO - VIVID LIVE PARTIES
Consistently our favourite events at VIVID, the studio will host club focussed nights from some of Sydney’s favourite crews, including Future Classic hosting Touch Sensitive, Tseba, Ayebatonye and Deepa, Picnic hosting Wax’o Paradiso alongside Adi Toohey, Kali & Evie and Hyfe, Astral People will present John Talabot all night long and the inner-west’s longest running dance institution Mad Racket will close the proceedings.
Other studio shows include Skeleten presenting Utopian Sound, BLESSED presenting AUSSIE BLACKSTAR alongside Maina Doe, Baby Prince and Chirine, LOW LIFE and Japanese doom metal titans BORIS.
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