The Harbour City does a good line in immersive light experiences, and if you can’t wait until Vivid takes over the city later in May, Luna Park is here to help. The iconic attraction’s newest installation – Sonic Neon – will be opening to the public from Saturday, April 13, and tickets are on sale now. Housed in Crystal Palace – a building which dates all the way back to 1935 – Sonic Neon will take visitors on a journey through six different rooms, with state-of-the-art visuals and a layered soundscape creating a transportive experience. Illuminating more than 150 metres of the historic building, the experience will feature more than 26,000 lights set to a pulsating soundtrack using state-of-the-art technology that’s never been used before in Australia. Tickets to the event are available now, and first release ticket holders will be afforded access to what Luna Park has described as a “secret zone”. Details about this mystery “Blacklight Dessert Bar” are thin on the ground, but Luna Park has confirmed: “Visitors will be able to purchase glow-in-the-dark desserts including custom treats by Sydney’s famous Tokyo Lamington along with glowing fairy floss and soft serve ice cream.” The experience will run daily from 10am for approximately four months, though the exact end date is yet to be announced. Tickets for the self-guided Sonic Neon experience (estimated to take around 30 minutes) start at $29 per person, and the first month of tickets are on sale now. If you’re keen to secu
As well as crisp, autumnal mornings, the month of April is blessed with two public holidays – this is your reminder to get planning a weekend away before the best stays get snapped up. It’s also a month of light and laughter, with the Sydney Comedy Festival lighting up venues across the city, the ever-outrageous Rocky Horror Picture Show popping up at Theatre Royal from March 31 until May 12, and incredible immersive light shows coming to this historic harbourside spot and a forest in the Blue Mountains. On the art front, the Biennale is giving Sydneysiders front-row access to exhibitions from globally leading contemporary artists, and a blockbuster photography exhibition documenting the life of Princess Diana is popping up in Ultimo. Plus, this month we’ll see the first iteration of a new monthly laneway party from the forward-thinking folks behind Kyiv Social, our 2023 bar of the year El Primo Sanchez is hosting a tequila-spiked high tea, and Goros has had a cherry blossom makeover.