World’s largest festival of light, music and ideas kicks off in Sydney SYDNEY, May 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Image gallery of Vivid Sydney available here Broadcast quality footage available here Sydney, Australia is awash with colour this evening as more than 90 light installations light up the city for the annual Vivid Sydney festival, projecting […]
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