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Festivals in Oceania & Pacific

Island festivals, firelight ceremonies, and Pacific navigation culture.

Fireworks lighting up Sydney Harbour Bridge on New Year's Eve
Dec 31, 2026

Sydney New Year's Eve

Fireworks pour off the Harbour Bridge as one of the first big cities greets the new year

Sydney, Australia$$$$
Villagers with spears gathered in the forest on Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
Apr 3 – Jun 26, 2027est.

Naghol (Land Diving)

Men leap from wooden towers with vines tied to their ankles on Vanuatu's Pentecost Island

Pentecost Island, Vanuatu$$$$
The Sydney Opera House lit with green projections during Vivid Sydney
May 28 – Jun 19, 2027

Vivid Sydney

Light art on the Opera House sails, drone shows and a harbour-side walk of installations

Sydney, Australia$$$$

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