Bon Iver - 'Calgary' | Live at Sydney Opera House

A stripped-back rendition of the moving single from Bon Iver's self-titled LP performed in the round at Sydney Opera House.

Now entering its eighth year, Vivid LIVE is a two-week celebration of ambitious contemporary music at Sydney Opera House and is part of Vivid Sydney, the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas.

Produced by: Sydney Opera House
Audio Mix Engineer: Xandy Whitesel

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[concretefreeman]

Nobody covers a Bon Iver song quite like Bon Iver covers a Bon Iver song.

[tadowjonez]

I love how NOBODY screams.... Respect to the

[BigMami]

In a rocking chair with my newborn daughter at 4am listening to this. Euphoric

[MtaLLuX]

Hey there, you reading through the comments trying to feel surrounded by people who understand just how deeply you feel this kind of music or life in general. You're not alone.

[timothyramos]

Justin Vernon is, without a doubt, one of the greatest song writers of our time

[DaveLL]

Lived in Calgary for 55 years but only heard this for the first time tonight. Bone chilling performance, just like our winters.

[Marijniehiehiehie]

I often wonder why none of my friends feel about music like I do - the nights I'm lost in this kind of music ain't countable no more - I just wander, feeling warm and cold at the same time, and whatever feelings it gives me, I just keep coming back for more - any people experiencing the same thing, or is it just me?

[Forgetthehorrorhere]

This is the kind of music that makes your life better. No matter what's happening, what you're going through. You play stuff like this and the world is beautiful.

[JAMxSkalla]

this might be my favourite live recording of any song of all time

[MrKraziMan]

When you fall again in your Bon Iver period....

[patrickhurley]

i wanna listen to this driving home from the smokey mountains, the suns setting, i just got done a really nice hike, thought about life for a while, finally felt okay with things, and i'm heading home, it's gonna be a long drive but i'm looking forward to every second of it

[ozmaorigrl]

My sons and I go walking in Pilbara in Western Australia. When we get up to a peak on a hill, we play Bon Iver. My son is 7 and says, can you play Holocene because I want to have a melt down (he means meditation 😂)…
We sit there and watch the wedge tail eagles flying around and melt down ❤❤❤😂

[alexalfonso]

My dog has bellowed to this song with every harmonica crescendo since she first heard it as a puppy. As she lays in my arms now withering away from kidney disease, I can still feel her body trembling wanting to get the howl out one last time, but she hasn’t the energy anymore. It’s just the most beautiful sad thing I have ever experienced in my life and it kills me.

[RoaKo]

The magic of bon iver - makes me feel homesick for a place ive never been. Its impossible for me to not remember all the people i care about when i hear this song

[andrewparker]

Justin is the perfect host. He invites you in, gives you a blanket, puts the kettle on, and then unapologetically tells you about his heartbreak

[sewellydewelly]

The harmonica at the start of this performance always gives me chills

[hunterbenson]

Listening to this with everything going on in the world brings a bit of comfort.

[rayraymanyan]

I immigrated to the USA last year and I remember listening to this music in our new apartment with no bed, lying on the ground feeling sad for what I had left but hopeful to what was to come. Listening to this song takes me back to that night after a hard day of work in my dark room with no lamps. Oh what I have left. Oh what is to come.

[Keyakina]

It's crazy how perfect deep voice he got and can go beautifully high

[BenHowlandPhoto]

And so we enter another year in which I hope that we can pay any sum for the full release of this show