Australia Day Live Concert facts for kids

Australia Day Live is a concert which is hosted each year on Australia Day, on 26 January at the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour. The concert features music from Australian artists and musicians.

History

The "Australia Day Live" concert was first launched in 2004, on Federation Mall, the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra, Australia and originally hosted each year on 25 January, on the eve of Australia Day. Australia Day Live was preceded by the Australian of the Year Awards. The name of the concert was changed in 2012 to "Australia Celebrates Live".

Australia Celebrates Live Concert

"Australia Celebrates Live" was a free concert which included tributes to the outgoing Australians of the Year, with songs chosen by the previous Australians of the Year. This was followed by the Australian of the Year Awards ceremony. Once the Awards ceremony was complete, the concert continued with each artist performing a full set of music. In August 2016, the National Australia Day Council announced that the Australia Celebrates Live concert had been cancelled and from 2017, the Australian of the Year Awards would be held indoors at Parliament House.

Australia Day Concert

From 2015, the Australia Day Concert on the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House with Sydney Harbour as a backdrop, replaced the Darling Harbour Australia Day Spectacular on 26 January. In 2015 and 2016, it featured the same artists who appeared in Canberra the previous day at Australia Celebrates Live.

From 2017, when the Australian of the Year Awards were held in Canberra on 25 January, the Australia Day Concert continued as a separate event in Sydney on 26 January. The concert was broadcast by Network 10 from 2015 to 2018.

Australia Day Live

From 2019, the Australia Day Live name was revived for the concert and was now broadcast on the ABC.