Art Highlights
Explore the bold, playful and thought-provoking artworks transforming of Parramatta Lanes 2025.
St John's Lawn
Move over big pineapple, Summer Kim is coming. This 4m-tall inflatable girl by artist Haein Kim challenges ideas of Aussie identity, celebrating a bold, inclusive vision of what it means to grow up in Western Sydney.
8 Parramatta Square
Legs On The Wall presents a gravity-defying aerial show lighting up the skyline. Four performers soar from sandstone pillars, three times nightly. It’s not just a show, it’s a moment.
Level 3 Eat Street Car Park
Serwah Attafuah’s cyber-surreal Afrofuturist dreamscape transforms a car park into a bold visual world exploring climate change, land rights and the strength of the Ashanti people. Proudly supported by Sharp Australia.
Level 3 Eat Street Car Park
Sammi’s photographic installation flips the gaze with her face infiltrating public and private spaces like a digital virus. Drawing on themes of surveillance and control, her work watches you, even when you’re not watching it.
Ground Floor Eat Street Car Park
James Brown’s digital video loops every 20 minutes, capturing Parramatta’s pulse after dark. Time-lapse sequences reveal the poetic rhythm of movement, traffic and transformation. Proudly supported by Sharp Australia.
Lennox Bridge
Set to native bird calls and glowing with colour, Sanctuary by Skunk Control, transforms Lennox Bridge into a whimsical garden of light. Birdhouses and luminous blooms offer a moment of respite, reflection and wonder.
Mystic Rising at Civic Arcade
Let our AI Tarot reader read your heart and reveal a glimpse of your tomorrow. This otherworldly installation offers personal readings through a digital tarot deck shuffled by your pulse.
Eat Street Car Park
Audrey Newton’s dreamlike installation conjures resin-preserved roses in a stark car park, exploring beauty, decay and meaning. Blending sculpture and magical realism, her work sits in the space between the familiar and the surreal.
Play Highlights
Discover playful moments of movement, music and spontaneity that lit up Parramatta Lanes 2025.
Eat Street Car Park Rooftop & Parramatta Square
Straight from Busan, this high-energy K-Pop and hip hop crew lights with rhythm and unity. Presented by Korean Cultural Centre.
Parramatta Square
A joyful collision of movement and music, this vibrant installation invites dancers and fans to respond to surprise K-Pop tracks as they play. Whether you're joining in or watching from the sidelines, it's a celebration of rhythm, spontaneity and community.
Riverside Theatres
Step behind the curtain at Riverside’s Open House. Celebrate 38 years of performance magic with immersive backstage tours and stories before the next chapter of Riverside begins.
Level 2 Eat Street Car Park
Join Saddle Club, Sydney's now-iconic queer line dancing company for a night of pop-up workshops. Grab your cowboy boots and sequin pants or come as you are, it's time to throw-down your hoedown finest and join us for a night of boot-slappin', whip-crackin' queer joy!
Riverside Theatres
Step into the 90s rave scene with this electrifying play by UK writer Azan Ahmed. School bags, flip phones and fierce beats collide in a story of friendship, rebellion and identity. Bold, tender and unforgettable.
Riverside Theatres
Discover the fascinating world in our foodways and systems, such as advanced AgTech for smart crops and sustainable farming; the science and culture of eating; and stories of culinary innovations shaping our tastes, markets and social feeds.
Locate Our Art Focused Sites
Where viral eats, immersive art and high-energy music collide. This multi-level hotspot is a must-stop for big flavours and late-night energy.
Step into Mystic Rising, where tarot, sound baths and poetry turn Civic Arcade into a portal for reflection, rhythm and unexpected connection.
Brings big flavours and bold sounds to Horwood Place, transforming the street into a celebration of Western Sydney’s vibrant food and music scene.
From sky-high stunts to street-level hype, Parramatta Square brings the energy with a hands-on Boodle Fight, karaoke, K-pop dance-offs and prize drops.
Step into PHIVE and leave the streets behind to discover a space where art takes centre stage and stories unfold in unexpected ways.
Step onto Lennox Bridge for bold eats, glowing art and river views. It's where heritage meets the buzz of Parramatta Lanes after dark.
This is Parramatta’s go-to spot for dessert and festival vibes. Make sure to stop by for sweet treats, bold street eats and glowing lights.
Catch live wrestling, DJ battles and big beats while you load up on empanadas and margaritas - this is the ultimate street party.
Proudly Presented by Sharp
Nocturnal Rhythms of Parramatta and The Darkness Between the Stars were made possible through the support of Sharp LED, LCD and Projector Technology.
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Thanks to our 2025 partners
Powerhouse Lane is an initiative of Lanes Collective and proudly funded by the NSW Government in association with Parramatta Council and Powerhouse.
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