
In 2024, The Big Group marked a major milestone with its expansion into the NSW market – bringing the company’s unique approach to Sydney’s corporate and private events at world-class venues.
Sydney is the most intoxicating and breathtakingly beautiful city. Our passion is to promote its dynamic events economy by showcasing the art of Australian hospitality to our Sydney guests.
The Big Group is known for its orchestration of global major events, such as the Australian Open, Formula 1, Melbourne Cup, international rugby and AFL, but its lavish national and international events have been renowned for decades. Effortless style and ever-changing by design, these highly curated event landscapes have transported guests to other worlds.
The team at The Big Group has been busy introducing new venue ILUMINA to the Sydney events scene. Located at 1 Elizabeth Street, in the heart of the CBD, it is a 1000-person events space with state-of-the-art technology capabilities for conferencing, lunches and dinners.
The venue is also home to Events Uncovered presented by Spice on Tuesday, 19 August, 2025.
ILUMINA’s name and design is inspired by natural light flooding its main space. Situated directly above a new Sydney Metro station, the venue has been beautifully designed to change character at the push of a button, with motorised tiered seating, programmable lighting features and flexible furniture throughout.
The Big Group’s new commercial kitchens have been fitted out in Marrickville, in Sydney’s Inner West, and the recent launch of hospitality event spaces at Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) – all refurbished by The Big Group’s creative director, Steffanie D’Alberto – have given a fresh approach to the retail experience at the new MCA Cafe at Tallawoladah, and Canvas, the new fine-dining restaurant on level four at MCA.
The harbourside venue’s iconic Art Deco ballroom, Foundation Hall, and the level-six event spaces, Harbourside and Quayside, have also been extensively refurbished to show off this world-renowned location at Circular Quay.
Exceptional and innovative food, warm, genuine hospitality from the house-trained team, and amazing venues are cornerstones for The Big Group. The rollout into Sydney has placed these values at the heart of the expansion.
Collaborating with Sydney’s great creative talents, event stylists, technical producers and showstopping entertainers, The Big Group is ensuring the city becomes further renowned as an international destination for major events, and is strengthening its events economy.