New Year’s Eve in The Rocks

The Rocks has some of the best vantage points to view the New Year's Eve fireworks and with a wide variety of fabulous food and drinks venues—ranging from Sydney’s oldest pub to a number of restaurants and rooftop bars with spectacular views out over the harbour, you can make The Rocks your destination to ring in 2024.

Program

7.30pm -Smoking Ceremony - A sacred Smoking Ceremony on the Harbour conducted by Tribal Warrior. The Smoking Ceremony is a ritual of purification and unity, cleansing the space for the new year.

8.30pm - Pylon projections and lighting effects - Projections enliven the Sydney Harbour Bridge pylons throughout the night. Lighting effects on the eastern side dazzle the harbour foreshore.

8.57pm - Welcome to Country - Gadigal Elders from the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council welcome visitors to Gadigal land.

9pm - Calling Country fireworks - Calling Country fireworks celebrate the local histories and contemporary experiences of Indigenous storytellers through art, song, sound, and dance. As a way of Calling Country, the selection of artists brings connections between the land, water and sky to reflect on the past, and grow stronger into the future.

9.15pm - Sydney Harbour Lights - Boats adorned with lights create a visual spectacle as they glide across the harbour. Produced by the Commercial Vessels Association.

Midnight - Fireworks - Ring in the new year with the world’s best fireworks show featuring pyrotechnics launched from the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House and barges in the harbour. Watch a live stream or tune in to the synchronised simulcast on KIIS 1065.