Sunrise is Blackbird’s love letter to founders and the beautiful things they create. It’s a festival of creativity, technology, and ambition, where Australians and Kiwis come together to dream up the future.

But it’s not just a festival. It's a mirror and a myth machine. A place where founders, operators, and creatives gather to stretch the edge of what feels possible. Over the past few years, Sunrise has drawn its creative energy from tension: from the chaos of unexpected collisions to the friction and heat that results. We've explored conflict, leaned into discomfort, and surfaced the emotional and intellectual fire that drives us to build new worlds.

But in 2026, we exhale.

This year, Sunrise opens a softer kind of space. One of beauty, wonder, and emotional resonance. Not to retreat, but to dream more wildly. We believe that the future lives first in our minds. It begins soft, strange, and dreamy and is made real through our collective energy, creativity, and action.

At Sunrise you will meet new people, be inspired, and learn new things.

Join us.

Godpseed, Traveller