Residents of Pyrmont, rejoice – Darling Harbour’s most dazzling tradition is back to light up your backyard every Saturday for the rest of 2025. For a while there (back in the halcyon days of pre-Covid Sydney) the Darling Harbour fireworks displays were a weekly ritual – lighting up the sky above the city every Saturday night at 9pm sharp (or 8.30pm before daylight savings). The weekly shows were canned in 2020 when Covid restrictions trapped us all indoors, and although there have been some occasional displays (and a month of futuristic drone shows recently), the weekly event hasn’t returned to its former glory.
Now, thanks to support from Placemaking NSW, Darling Harbour has confirmed that Saturday night fireworks are back – relaunching at 8.30pm on Saturday, October 4. From October 11 right through to the end of the year, the weekly pyrotechnics will shift to a 9pm slot – the perfect excuse to linger over dinner and cocktails before the sky goes bang.
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Expect bursts of colour, fizzing spark trails and lots of excited (or moderately terrified) kids as the displays return to the waterside precinct. The shows are skipping a few dates (November 1, 8 and 15) to make way for another activation, but otherwise you can count on fireworks lighting up the sky above this corner of Sydney every Saturday for the rest of 2025.
With more than 150 restaurants and bars orbiting the harbour, there are plenty of options when it comes to finding a place to perch – Zephyr Bar and W Sydney offer some of the most uninterrupted sky-high vantage points.
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