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More than 8,300 students performing in show-stopping Sydney Olympic Park event over three big nights

NSW Department of Education

VISION & PHOTOS AVAILABLE ---

In its fifth year, the large-scale performing arts event, Pulse Alive, is back bigger than ever showcasing the talents of K to 12 public school students from across the state.

 

The 2026 show will see more than 400 schools and 8,300 students take to Sydney Olympic Park’s Ken Rosewell Arena stage this week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Students have travelled from as far as Broken Hill, Condobolin, Wagga Wagga, Lightning Ridge, Inverell and Grafton to participate in the Department of Education Arts Unit event that promotes equity and inclusion by offering students of all abilities the opportunity to shine on stage and showcase their passion and talents in music, dance, visual arts and public speaking.

Students will rehearse at Sydney Olympic Park throughout today in anticipation for tonight's big final performance. 

Simon Kermode, The Arts Unit Student Access and Engagement Advisor said 2026 is a huge year for Pulse Alive with a 3,000 student increase on last year.

 

“This is the first year we’ll be holding the event over three nights due to the increase in participating school and students,” Mr Kermode explained.

 

“Pulse Alive is a performing arts event designed to give any student with a passion for the performing arts the opportunity to showcase their talents on stage and give them a taste of what could be in their future.

 

“This structure promotes greater equity and inclusion, which is at the heart of this event.”  

 

In preparation for the big event, schools are provided with choir teaching tracks, sheet music, teaching tips and/or a dance choreography video package and notes and are also given the option to participate in face-to-face or virtual rehearsals, with the full cast coming together only on the day of the performance.

Participation in the categories of massed dance, First Nations dance ensemble and massed choir are open to all schools without audition.


MEDIA OPP:
Pulse Alive 2026
Ken Rosewall Arena, Sydney Olympic Park
Today: 20 March

Rehearsals
Throughout today.

Final Performance
7:30pm to 9:40pm
The show runs for just over two hours.

Can't make it?
VISION from Wed night's show -
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/c3u8iyf4s0uww1e1e2ibi/Pulse-Alive-26-Wed-highlights-reel.mp4?rlkey=9bxcfanosr23nswaxa0mwgl7c&st=pbmjsouo&dl=0

PHOTOS - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1I7PbE1dqc9114-0YsforDRDvjHZd7zr2?usp=drive_link

Pulse Alive | The Arts Unit  

2026 Participating Schools:

Abbotsford Public School
Albion Park High School
Albury High School
Alexandria Park Community School
Alstonville Public School
Artarmon Public School
Arthur Phillip High School
Ashcroft High School
Ashcroft Public School
Asquith Girls High School
Asquith High School
Ballina Coast High School
Bankstown Public School
Bathurst West Public School
Baulkham Hills High School
Baulkham Hills North Public School
Bayside High School (Kogarah)
Beaumont Hills Public School
Beaumont Road Public School
Beauty Point Public School (Mosman)
Bellingen High School
Belmont High School
Ben Venue Public School
Berala Public School
Berinba Public School
Berowra Public School
Beverly Hills Girls High School
Beverly Hills Public School
Blacktown Boys High School
Blacktown North Public School
Blacktown South Public School
Blairmount Public School
Blakehurst Public School
Blandford Public School
Blaxland East Public School
Blaxland High School
Blayney High School
Blayney Public School
Bonnyrigg High School
Bossley Park High School
Bowning Public School
Bradfield College
Bradfordville Public School
Braidwood Central School
Bribbaree Public School
Brocklesby Public School
Broken Hill High School
Brooklyn Public School
Burnside Public School
Burwood Girls High School
Busby West Public School
Byron Bay High School
Byron Bay Public School
Cabramatta Public School
Cambridge Gardens Public School
Cambridge Park High School (Penrith)
Camden Haven High School
Camden South Public School
Campbelltown Performing Arts High School
Campsie Public School
Canley Heights Public School
Canley Vale High School
Canterbury Girls High School
Canterbury South Public School
Canterbury Vale School
Carlingford High School
Carlingford Public School
Cartwright Public School
Casino High School
Castle Hill High School
Castlereagh Public School
Casula Public School
Cecil Hills High School
Cherrybrook Public School
Chester Hill North Public School
Chifley College Bidwill Campus
Chifley College Dunheved Campus
Chifley College Mount Druitt Campus
Chifley College Senior Campus
Chipping Norton Public School
Claremont Meadows Public School
Claymore Public School
Cobbitty Public School
Coffs Harbour High School
Colo High School
Colyton Public School
Comleroy Road Public School
Concord High School
Condobolin High School
Condobolin Public School
Conservatorium High School
Coonamble Public School
Cootamundra High School
Corrimal High School
Cranebrook High School
Cronulla High School
Croydon Park Public School
Cudgegong Valley Public School (Mudgee)
Dapto High School
Davidson High School
Denison College of Secondary Education, Bathurst High Campus
Denison College of Secondary Education, Kelso High Campus
Doonside Public School
Dubbo College South Campus
Dubbo West Public School
Dulwich High School of Visual Arts and Design
E A Southee Public School
Eagle Vale High School
Eglinton Public School
Elderslie Public School
Elizabeth Macarthur High School
Ellison Public School
Endeavour Sports High School
Engadine High School
Epping Boys High School
Epping Public School
Erskine Park High School
Erskineville Public School
Eugowra Public School
Evans High School
Excelsior Public School
Fairfield West Public School
Five Dock Public School
Fort Street High School
Galston High School
Galston Public School
Galungara Public School
George Bass School
Georges River College, Peakhurst Campus
Girraween High School
Girraween Public School
Glenbrook Public School
Glenmore Park High School
Glenwood High School
Googong Public School
Goulburn High School
Goulburn West Public School
Grafton High School
Grahamstown Public School
Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School
Granville South Public School
Greenwich Public School
Greystanes Public School
Guildford Public School
Guise Public School
Gulmarrad Public School
Gulyangarri Public School
Hambledon Public School
Hammondville Public School
Hampton Public School
Harcourt Public School
Harrington Park Public School
Hassall Grove Public School
Hastings Secondary College, Port Macquarie Campus
Hawkesbury High School
Hay War Memorial High School
Heathcote High School
Hebersham Public School
Helensburgh Public School
Henry Fulton Public School
Hillston Central School (Hay)
Hillvue Public School
Holroyd High School
Holsworthy Public School
Homebush Public School
Homebush West Public School
Hornsby Girls High School
Hornsby North Public School
Hoxton Park High School
Hunter School of Performing Arts
Hunters Hill High School
Illawong Public School
Ingleburn High School
Inner Sydney High School
Inverell High School
James Erskine Public School
James Ruse Agricultural High School
Jamison High School
Jannali East Public School
Junee High School
Karabar High School
Katoomba High School
Kegworth Public School
Kellyville High School
Kellyville Public School
Kempsey South Public School
Kempsey West Public School
Killara High School
Killara Public School
Killarney Heights High School
Killarney Heights Public School
King Park Public School
Kings Langley Public School
Kingswood High School
Kingswood Public School
Kingswood South Public School
Kirrawee High School
Kirrawee Public School
Kooringal High School
Kooringal Public School
Ku-ring-gai High School
Lane Cove Public School
Lansvale Public School
Leeton High School
Leichhardt Public School
Leumeah High School
Lightning Ridge Central School
Lindfield Learning Village
Lismore High School
Lithgow High School
Liverpool Girls High School
Llandilo Public School
Loftus Public School
Lugarno Public School
Lynwood Park Public School
Macarthur Girls High School
Macintyre High School (Inverell)
Maclean Public School
Macquarie Fields High School
Macquarie Fields Public School
Malabar Public School
Manly Vale Public School
Maraylya Public School
Marayong Heights Public School
Maroubra Bay Public School
Marrickville High School
Marrickville Public School
Marsden High School
Marsden Road Public School
Marton Public School
Marulan Public School
Mary Brooksbank School
Matthew Pearce Public School
Meadowbank Public School
Melonba Public School
Melrose Park Public School
Melville High School (Kempsey)
Mendooran Central School
Merrylands East Public School
Merrylands High School
Middle Harbour Public School
Middleton Grange Public School
Mitchell High School
Modanville Public School (Lismore)
Mona Vale Public School
Moorebank High School
Moree Secondary College
Mosman High School
Moss Vale High School
Moss Vale Public School
Mount Annan Public School
Mount Brown Public School
Mount Druitt Public School
Mount Kuring-gai Public School
Mudgee High School
Muirfield High School
Mulwaree High School
Murray Farm Public School
Murwillumbah Public School
Nambucca Heads Public School
Narellan Vale Public School
Narranga Public School
Narromine High School
Narromine Public School
Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School
Newington Public School
Newtown High School of Performing Arts
Newtown North Public School
Normanhurst West Public School
North Sydney Public School
Northbourne Public School
Northern Beaches Secondary College Cromer Campus
Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Senior Campus
Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus
Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus
Northlakes High School
Northmead Creative and Performing Arts High School
Northmead Public School
Noumea Public School
Nowra High School
Oatlands Public School
Oberon High School
O'Connell Public School
Orange Grove Public School
Orange High School
Oxley Park Public School
Parklea Public School
Parramatta East Public School
Parramatta High School
Pendle Hill High School
Pennant Hills High School
Penrith High School
Picnic Point High School
Picton High School
Pitt Town Public School
Pittwater High School
Plumpton High School
Plumpton Public School
Portland Central School
Prairievale Public School
Prairiewood High School
Putney Public School
Pymble Public School
Quakers Hill High School
Queanbeyan East Public School
Queanbeyan High School
Queanbeyan West Public School
Regentville Public School
Richmond High School
Richmond North Public School
Ringrose Public School
Riverbank Public School
Riverside Girls High School
Robert Townson High School
Robert Townson Public School
Rooty Hill High School
Rooty Hill Public School
Ross Hill Public School
Rouse Hill High School
Rozelle Public School
Russell Lea Public School
Rydalmere East Public School
Ryde Secondary College
Salt Ash Public School
Samuel Gilbert Public School
Sawtell Public School
Schofields Public School
Sefton High School
Seven Hills High School
Singleton High School
Smiths Hill High School
South Grafton Public School
Southern Stars High School Dance Company
Springwood High School
St Clair High School
St George Girls High School
St Ives High School
St Ives North Public School
St Johns Park Public School
St Marys Senior High School
St Marys South Public School
St Peters Public School
Stanmore Public School
Stockinbingal Public School
Strathfield Girls High School
Strathfield North Public School
Strathfield South Public School
Stroud Public School
Sydney Girls High School
Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus
Sylvania Heights Public School
Sylvania High School
Taren Point Public School
Temora High School
Tempe High School
Terranora Public School (Tweed Heads)
The Forest High School
The Hills Sports High School
The Ponds High School
The Ponds School
Thornleigh West Public School
Toongabbie Public School
Tottenham Central School
Toukley Public School
Tullamore Central School
Tumbarumba High School
Tumbarumba Public School
Tuncurry Public School
Turramurra High School
Tweed Heads Public School
Vardys Road Public School
Victoria Avenue Public School
Wadangali Public School
Wagga Wagga High School
Wagga Wagga Public School
Waitara Public School
Wallerawang Public School
Warners Bay High School
Warragamba Public School
Wee Jasper Public School
Wentworth Point High School
Werrington County Public School
Werrington Public School
West Wyalong Public School
Westfields Sports High School
Whalan Public School
Wilkins Public School
William Dean Public School
William Stimson Public School
Willmot Public School
Willyama High School
Windsor High School
Wingham High School
Winmalee High School
Wirreanda Public School
Wollondilly Public School
Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Woolgoolga High School
Woollahra Public School
Woolooware High School
Woonona High School
Wyndham College
York Public School.

Contact details:

Alyssa Terese 
0418 874 473
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