Badu Gili: Story Keepers

Name: Badu Gili: Story Keepers
Start: 2025-12-17T00:00:00+11:00
End: 2026-11-30T23:59:00+11:00

Sydney Opera House

Wed 17 Dec '25 – Mon 30 Nov '26 (DAILY event)

The Opera House western sails lit up with people sitting around a campfire with a dark night sky

The Opera House western sails lit with a blue and white owl with yellow eyes and a white raven

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Overview

Badu Gili - meaning 'water light' in the language of the traditional owners of Bennelong Point, the Gadigal - is a free nightly experience that explores First Nations stories in a spectacular six-minute projection on the Opera House's eastern Bennelong sails. Watch the sails illuminate nightly from sunset with Badu Gili: Story Keepers, a new animation celebrating the work and stories of local and international First Nations artists - Mervyn…

Watch the sails illuminate nightly from sunset with Badu Gili: Story Keepers, a new animation celebrating the work and stories of local and international First Nations artists - Mervyn Street, a proud Gooniyandi man, and Kinngaimmiut Inuk storyteller Ningiukulu Teevee.

Badu Gili is presented in collaboration with the Biennale of Sydney and the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain.

The lighting of the sails takes place each night at the top of the Monumental Steps from sunset*.

*Times are subject to change with the seasons and Forecourt events. Check the website for screening times. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned the content may contain images of deceased persons.