Hollywood Quarter After Hours at Vivid Sydney

Hollywood Quarter will come alive after dark for Vivid Sydney 2026, with HQ After Hours transforming the precinct’s venues into a network of late-night music, performance and cultural experiences.

Running from 10pm Saturday 30 May til 4am Sunday 31st May, HQ After Hours starts when the Street Party finishes, inviting audiences to move through a curated program of club nights, live performances and immersive venue takeovers. The late-night program represents the next phase of the night, shifting from open-air into intimate, high-energy venue experiences, from rooftops to dance floors, and keeps people enjoying the precinct well into the early hours.

BUTTER — TEMPERATURE Butter Sydney and Common House present TEMPERATURE, a high-energy late-night takeover of global dance music, led by four of Western Sydney’s most exciting DJs. 9pm–1am | Free Entry | 18+

KILN AT ACE HOTEL SYDNEY — JOY. Kiln Supper Club presents JOY., a rooftop late-night experience 18 floors above the city. Featuring Australian artist, producer and multi-instrumentalist JOY. A drop-in rooftop session designed for those continuing the night — or closing it out with skyline views, late drinks and elevated sound. 9:30pm–1:30am | Tickets $10 | 18+

HOLLYWOOD HOTEL — NOCTURNE. Hollywood Hotel Sydney transforms into Nocturne: A Ritual of Sound and Seduction, an immersive late-night environment built around music, performance and atmosphere, with performances from Porcelain Alice, SOMA and DJ Tunnel Signs guiding the night’s progression. From 10:30pm - 2am | 18+ | Free Entry 

SODA FACTORY — SODA’S HOUSE OF FUN. The ultimate throwback house party with a packed dancefloor stacked with back to back bangers til 4am. DJs are spinnin’ all the best 90s & 00s hip hop, RnB with classic party anthems in between - think Snoop Dogg, Outkast, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Daft Punk, The Killers and more! It’s loud, it’s wild, it’s nostalgic - it’s the best house party you’ve ever been to, just without the cleanup! From 10pm - 4am | 18+ |

GOLDEN AGE CINEMA & BAR - Golden Age Cinema X SIRC_UIT presents: “Tract and Sinister Minister”. SIRC_UIT are focusing their attention on the Hollywood Quarter, with a permanent light install being the corner-stone of this collab. Soundtracking the night will be dark-wave, post punk electronica outfits Tract, Sinister Minister (of Cold Heat) & Precious Metal, who will be absolutely kicking down the door with their massive sound. Guitars, drum machines, synthesisers pumping as the focus becomes the macabre, the avant-garde and the intense. From 10pm-1am | 18+ | Free Entry

HOTEL HARRY - presents Harry’s Hi-Fi: a late-night session dedicated to hip hop, soul and deep-cut vinyl selections, soundtracked by some of Sydney’s best vinyl DJs playing back-to-back into the early hours. Set inside the newly reimagined Harry’s, the night leans into the venue’s long-standing connection to music culture,inspired by the listening bars of Tokyo and Osaka. Expect warm sound, low lights, late-night energy and a crowd built for music lovers. From 10pm | 18+ | Free Entry