Vivid Sydney has added a bunch of celebrated names in Australian music to its 2016 lineup.

Vivid Music, the contemporary music program held annually as part of the Vivid Sydney festival calendar, will this year host performances across the spectrum of popular genres.

Alongside the parties being hosted byBjörk at Carriageworks – she’s recently added a secondBjörk Digitalparty, and will now be DJing on Friday June 3 and Saturday June 4 – and the Vivid LIVE program at the Sydney Opera House including names like New Order, Bon Iver and Anohni, Sydney audiences will now get an extra taste of some accomplished local acts.

Bag Raiders will be in town for their first Australian tour since 2011, and have added a Thursday June 2 show alongside their already sold-out Saturday June 4 appearance at Oxford Art Factory.

Meanwhile, Cold Chisel songwriter Don Walker will perform an intimate show at Marrickville’s Camelot Lounge on Friday May 27, and retro punk rockers Hard-Ons will play Newtown Social Club on Saturday May 28 withoriginal vocalist/drummer Keish ‘Velvet Fog’ de Silva.

Also added to the program areKUČKA,Mulatu Astatke and The Black Jesus Experience, and a special One Day Sundays event at the Factory Theatre on Sunday June 5.

Vivid Sydney 2016 takes over the city from Friday May 27 – Saturday June 18.

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