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Sydney New Year's Eve

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.

Created By
StatusReturning Series
Original NameSydney New Year's Eve
First Air DateDecember 31, 1996
Last Air DateDecember 31, 2024
Seasons30
Episodes44
Episode Runtime 0min
Language
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesAustralia
Production Companies
NetworksABC TV10Nine NetworkABC News
S30E06

Auld Lang Syne

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.

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