Sydney New Year's Eve

1996 – 2026
Returning Series
Family
30 seasons

Sydney New Year's Eve is an annual multi-tiered event held every New Year's Eve over Sydney Harbour, centering on the Harbour Bridge. Its main features are two pyrotechnic displays, the 9pm Family Fireworks and the Midnight Fireworks, both of which are televised nationally with the latter also televised around the world. Each year the event takes on a new theme and is regularly viewed by more than one million people at the harbour and one billion worldwide for the televised Midnight Fireworks. For the 2010–11 event, an audience of 1.5 million watched the display at the river bank and 1.1 billion are reported to have watched it globally.

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Latest: 2025/26 · 2025

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E1. Welcome to NYE
Dec 31, 2025 · 13m
ABC's annual New Year's Eve concert and fireworks celebration. NYE25 hosts Charlie Pickering and Zan Rowe live from Sydney Opera House's Northern Broardwalk, overlooking Sydney Harbour.
E2. Calling Country Fireworks
Dec 31, 2025 · 13m
Stunning animations inspired by connection, memory and renewal will be projected onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge, illuminating the 9pm Calling Country fireworks in vibrant colors.
E3. Live Concert from the Sydney Opera House
Dec 31, 2025 · 157m
Front row seat to ABC's NYE25 Concert, led by Melanie C, Matt Corby, The Cat Empire, Peach PRC, Marcia Hines, Casey Donovan, and more.
E4. Countdown to Midnight
Dec 31, 2025 · 15m
Celebrate New Year's countdown with music from Melanie C, Matt Corby, The Cat Empire, Peach PRC, Marcia Hines, Casey Donovan, and Don West. Hosted by Charlie Pickering and Zan Rowe.
E5. Midnight Fireworks
Jan 1, 2026 · 12m
At midnight, the world-famous fireworks display will light up Sydney's Harbour Bridge, Opera House and surrounds, signalling the end of 2025, and a new beginning for 2026.
E6. Auld Lang Syne
Jan 1, 2026 · 4m
After the concert and fireworks, NYE25 coverage concludes with a new take on the tradition of Auld Lang Syne, welcoming in a new beginning for the start of 2026.