{"id":694328,"date":"2026-05-25T21:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T21:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/694328\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T21:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T21:50:10","slug":"vivid-sydney-2026-star-bound-drone-shows-cancelled-after-aircraft-fall-from-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/694328\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivid Sydney 2026: Star-Bound drone shows cancelled after aircraft fall from sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/9news.com.au\/vivid-sydney\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Vivid Sydney\">Vivid Sydney<\/a> has been forced to cancel its centrepiece <a href=\"http:\/\/9news.com.au\/drones\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"drone\">drone<\/a> show for multiple nights, blaming &#8220;technical difficulties&#8221; after drones were seen falling out of the sky.More than a dozen drones appeared to plummet into the <a href=\"http:\/\/9news.com.au\/sydney\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"harbour\">harbour<\/a> during the early show last night, sparking comments on <a href=\"http:\/\/9news.com.au\/social-media\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"social media\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A Vivid spokesperson said the 7.30pm Star-Bound show was called off, and the 9.30pm edition was also cancelled along with both shows today and tomorrow to allow for a &#8220;full technical and safety review&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/4d49f00a-4f7b-488f-b2a5-0e9969939f12.png\"   alt=\"\"\/>Vivid Sydney has apologised for cancelling one of its centrepiece drone shows, blaming &#8220;technical difficulties&#8221; after drones were seen falling out of the sky. (\ud835\udc12\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc32 \ud835\udc12\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2f\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc27\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p>Organisers blamed &#8220;unforeseen technical difficulties&#8221; for the mishaps in the earlier show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Monday&#8217;s 7.30pm Vivid Sydney &#8216;Star-Bound&#8217; drone show was cancelled due to unforeseen technical difficulties at the start of the performance. We apologise for the disappointment and inconvenience caused to attendees,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The specialist operators identified a technical issue and made the decision to safely discontinue the show in line with standard safety protocols.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Public safety is always the number one priority and a full assessment is now underway with the specialist operators and relevant government agencies advising on next steps.&#8221;\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>The festival, which kicked off on Sunday night, showcases light installations, music performances, food and other experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday night&#8217;s 7.30pm edition of the drone show had to be cancelled due to rain, but the 9.30pm edition went ahead without a hitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vivid Sydney has been forced to cancel its centrepiece drone show for multiple nights, blaming &#8220;technical difficulties&#8221; after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-694328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}