Vivid Sydney & RISING share their 2025 programs
The two festivals, based on Gadigal Land/Sydney & Naarm/Melbourne respectively, have become key moments in the year's touring schedule.
Each year, the lineups for Vivid Sydney and RISING have become key moments in Australia's musical calendar. This year, taking place from May 23 to June 14, and June 4 to June 15 respectively, the events mark an influential moment in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand's musical calendar set to inspire shows and tours around the same period.
For both festivals, dance and electronic music have become an increasing presence. Outside of city-wide programming, Vivid has become synonymous with its series of Opera House Studio Parties, inviting local crews to take over the basement of the country's most iconic venue. RISING, reflective of Naarm's availability of club spaces and growing dance population, has always held dance and electronic music as a core tenet of its lineup.
While Vivid Sydney's full dance lineup is yet to be revealed, get familiar with the Mixmag ANZ picks of each festival's bill below, & see their full lineups via the links at the base of this article.
Vivid Sydney 2025 (Selection):
- Steel City Dance Discs (Oxford Art Factory)
- Pete & Bas (Oxford Art Factory)
- NLV Records 10th Anniversary Event (Metro Theatre)
- Bad Apples 10th Anniversary Event (Metro Theatre)
- Tangerine Dream (City Recital Hall)
- Sigur Rós (Sydney Opera House)
- Miss Kaninna (Sydney Opera House)
- SAHXL (Sydney Opera House)
- Mall Grab (Carriageworks)
RISING 2025 (Selection):
- First Frequency: A Blackfulla Dance Music Experience (Melbourne Town Hall)
- Day Tripper feat. Mount Kimbie DJs, DIIV, Nyege Nyege + More (Melbourne Town Hall)
- Mount Kimbie (Forum Melbourne)
- Black Star (PICA)
- Pete & Bas (Max Watt's)
- Shouse Communitas (Melbourne Town Hall)
- Marcus Whale pres. Ecstasy (The Substation)
