What is the name of the New Year's Eve celebration at Sydney Harbour featuring fireworks over the Opera House?

The New Year’s Eve celebration at Sydney Harbour featuring fireworks over the Opera House is called Sydney New Year’s Eve.

The event is centered on Sydney Harbour, where the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge form the best-known backdrop. Its fireworks are among the first major New Year displays seen by a global television audience because Australia reaches midnight before many heavily populated regions in Europe and the Americas.

Sydney’s program commonly includes an earlier family fireworks event and a main midnight display, although exact times and programming can change. The celebration also uses aerial formations, projections, and harbor-based effects in some years.

Sydney New Year’s Eve is not the same event as Vivid Sydney, an annual winter light and music festival. It is also separate from Australia Day, which is observed on January 26. The defining feature here is the New Year countdown around Sydney Harbour.