Drone shows as arts performances have become a growing trend globally. Today, they are a regular at international festivals, with a number of permanent drone shows starting to pop up. Most of them are splashy spectaculars, seasonal or indoor shows using on average a maximum of 200 to 600 drones.
The adaptability of the medium – as well as its sustainability-slash-environmental accountability – is the future of popular arts events, alongside more traditional light festivals such as Vivid Sydney, which dipped its toe into the drone landscape in 2022, with a fleet of 600 drones. It offers another this year with Written in the Stars (Australian Traffic Network), over six separate dates.
