Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is an iconic multi-venue entertainment centre located in Bennelong Point. The Opera House hosts a diversity of live entertainment including music, comedy and theatre.

Bennelong Point
Sydney, NSW 2000

Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House 2024: Six Acts You Don’t Want to Miss

What better excuse to plan a trip into the city than for live music at the Sydney Opera House? Vivid LIVE is back in 2024 with a spectacular program of live music.

Comedy Icon Amy Poehler Is Coming to the Sydney Opera House

The headline conversation event will also feature a first look at Poehler's new film ‘Inside Out 2’

Hannah Gadsby to return to Sydney Opera House in December

Hannah Gadsby will return to Sydney Opera House for a series of shows at Joan Sutherland Theatre in December.

Former workers at the Sydney Opera House have brought forward systemic racism allegations

The Sydney Opera House is a symbol of Australia and all of its' cultural diversity. But right now, its' facing systemic racism allegations.

First Nations dance competition Dance Rites returns to Sydney Opera House

This November, First Nations dance competition Dance Rites is set to return for its fifth instalment, gracing the Sydney Opera House forecourt.

Bill Murray is performing at the Sydney Opera House

It's not what you'll expect, either.

Sydney Opera House are hosting the premiere of Stranger Things season 2

Watch it with other uber-fans, hours before the season drops on Netflix.

The National are returning to the Sydney Opera House Forecourt

Were you at The National’s last show at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt? It was truly monumental, as you can see and hear below, and...

Paul Kelly announces a special Sydney Opera House Forecourt show

He's bringing along Steve Earle and the Middle Kids, too.

‘Workaholics’ comedian Adam Devine is playing the Sydney Opera House

Anyone who's seen hit/cult comedy Workaholics will understand where Adam got the name for his 'Weird Life' comedy tour from.

Ben Folds is playing a requests show at the Sydney Opera House

Ben Folds is performing a set at the Sydney Opera House, and he is encouraging audience members to hurl missiles onto the stage. Granted, he...

An audience at the Sydney Opera House enjoys a panel talk

The Sydney Opera House is hosting a new festival of ideas, Antidote

Antidote is replacing the Festival of Dangerous Ideas on the Sydney Opera House's annual lineup, and the 2017 program is full of influential thinkers.

Laura Marling’s emotionally intense Sydney Opera House show was a Vivid highlight

Read our full review of Laura Marling's Vivid performance that took place at the Sydney Opera House on Monday June 12.

Bill Callahan’s Sydney Opera House show didn’t make much sense, but that wasn’t the point anyway

Here’s the thing: whenever you set out to talk about Bill Callahan, you only ever really end up talking about yourself. Sure, that might sound...

The Preatures previewed their new album in full at the Sydney Opera House

Read our full review for The Preatures' most recent show that took place at Sydney Opera House on June 1st.

Air brought their nonchalant genius to the Sydney Opera House for Vivid LIVE

Air fill a weird gap in music. Not entirely owning the downbeat genre they were purported to help shape in the ’90s, they’ve miraculously managed...

The Wombats revisited their ten-year-old hits at their Sydney Opera House show

Never underestimate the power of the love you had for a band at 14. Even if the intervening decade has made you bitter, cold, and...

Ho, hey: The Lumineers played an uplifting Sydney Opera House show on the back of Bluesfest

In the midst of an epic world tour supporting their second album Cleopatra, The Lumineers returned to Sydney for their Opera House debut. And what...

Billy Bragg and Joe Henry brought their songs of the railroad to a politically charged Sydney Opera House show

Billy Bragg and Joe Henry’s Shine A Light is a resolutely low-key but completely fascinating project; a collection of songs about the American railroad recorded...

Andrew Bird let his music do the talking at the Sydney Opera House

How the indie folk genre’s most beloved introvert made it on to the Sydney Opera House main stage is a mystery, but we can be...