Which New Year's Eve event has taken place at Sydney Harbour since the 1970s?

Sydney New Year's Eve is the annual celebration centered on fireworks over Sydney Harbour.

The event is staged around landmarks including the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House. Its modern development dates to the 1970s, when Sydney began organizing large public New Year's celebrations and fireworks displays. The harbor setting later made the event one of the first major international countdowns seen by audiences in many time zones.

Sydney's program commonly includes an earlier family fireworks display and a midnight display, although exact schedules and themes vary by year. The bridge often carries large visual installations, while boats and vantage points around the harbor fill with spectators. The event is sometimes called the “Sydney Harbour fireworks,” but its formal English name is Sydney New Year's Eve.