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Super Bowl tickets, in this economy?

Just how expensive are Super Bowl tickets as of Thursday, Feb. 6? Cheaper than they have been in years...

People attending drone show at Sydney’s winter light festival feared crush and were left feeling trapped and panicked

Additional police will be on duty after larger than expected crowds prompted security concerns around Sydney Harbour after a drone show at the Vivid festival.

"I would much rather take a dump in my hands and clap than be amongst this!"

It’s the year 2008, and some members of the International Association of Lighting Designers are gathered in a boardroom in North Sydney, myself included. My colleagues Mary-Anne Kyriakou (who would later be Vivid’s inaugural festival director) and Michael Day are sharing a vision of what’s almost unthinkable at the time.

Animated projections of Julia Gutman's art will feature on the Sydney Opera House, with the sails illuminated each night of the Vivid festival until June 15.

Nearly 3.5 million came to Vivid Sydney in 2023, but organisers are optimistic a fresh record could be set in the festival's latest edition.

A moving, unsettling social experiment staged as part of Vivid festival brings people together, two at a time