New Year's
Eve Drone Show
— Jakarta

Mission Objective

The Brief

When Jakarta rings in the New Year, Bundaran HI is the heartbeat of the celebration. MIRS Drone Show was commissioned to produce a 500-drone aerial performance timed to the midnight countdown above this iconic roundabout, delivering a precision formation show visible from rooftops, hotel terraces, and street-level crowds across Jakarta's central business district.

The mission: create a New Year's Eve moment that matched the scale and energy of the crowd below. Every formation animated in synchronized drone light above the Hotel Indonesia Roundabout, a canvas defined by the circular landmark it framed, the skyline it rose above, and the hundreds of thousands gathered beneath it as the clock counted down to midnight.

Bundaran HI — The Stage

500 drones climbed into the Jakarta night sky above one of Asia's most photographed New Year's Eve venues. The Hotel Indonesia Roundabout's iconic Welcome Statue and fountain, flanked by the Grand Indonesia towers and the Bundaran HI MRT station plaza, created a natural amphitheatre, with aerial formations visible across the skyline from multiple vantage points across the city.

The performance was timed to the midnight countdown, with drone formations building from rooftop staging areas nearby, transitioning from ground-level preparation to full aerial canvas, culminating in synchronized light formations as the clock struck midnight on 31 December 2023.

Creative Performance Design

The Jakarta Countdown Canvas

The creative direction centered on the energy and iconography of Jakarta's New Year: a city of 10 million people converging on one roundabout for one countdown. The formation sequence was built to mirror that escalating energy: opening with aerial grid patterns visible across the central business district, moving through colorful launch bursts and recognisable bird and character formations above the city skyline, and culminating in synchronized choreography timed to the midnight moment.

Bundaran HI's circular geometry provided a natural formation anchor: the Welcome Statue roundabout at its centre, the Jakarta skyline as its backdrop. Every formation was designed to be read from ground level, hotel terraces, and aerial vantage points simultaneously, maximising visual coverage across the venue's scale.

• Aerial Jakarta nightscape A pre-show drone canvas mapping the Jakarta cityscape above Bundaran HI — 500 drones in coordinated formation, the city's towers and lights spread below as the night sky above came alive
• Colorful drone launch burst The launch sequence — 500 drones climbing from rooftop staging grids in a synchronized colorful light burst, transitioning from ground preparation to full aerial canvas over Bundaran HI
• Jakarta cityscape light show Drone formations painting the Jakarta sky above the urban skyline — synchronized light patterns visible from across the central business district and captured from every angle by the gathered crowd
• Night formation grid above the skyline The formation sequences in full flight above Jakarta's night skyline — 500 drones arranged in coordinated patterns above Bundaran HI as the midnight countdown reached its peak
• Bird formation above Jakarta A bird formation took shape above the Jakarta skyline, adding a recognisable aerial motif to the New Year's Eve sequence at Bundaran HI.
• Colorful character formation A colorful character formation rose above the city skyline, bringing a playful visual highlight to the 500-drone countdown performance.

As Referenced In

The Jakarta New Year's Eve 2024 "Kirana Jakarta" celebration at Bundaran HI was produced by City Vision in collaboration with the Jakarta Provincial Government. Selected public coverage:

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