What is the name of the New Year's Eve event held annually at Sydney Harbour?

The annual celebration held at Sydney Harbour is called Sydney New Year's Eve.

Sydney New Year's Eve is a major public event organized around Sydney Harbour, with fireworks, aerial displays, and large gatherings at vantage points around the water. The Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House provide the internationally recognizable setting, while the official programme can include several timed shows before and at midnight.

The event's broadcast reach is partly explained by Australia's position near the beginning of the global sequence of midnight celebrations, though it is not the world's first New Year everywhere. Time zones mean that celebrations occur in stages across the planet.

Sydney New Year's Eve is sometimes confused with Vivid Sydney, a separate annual festival of light, music, and ideas usually held in the cooler months. The New Year's event is specifically the 31 December celebration and its midnight fireworks programme.