About us

What is Light the Night?

Light the Night is an annual benefit concert which raises money and awareness for leukaemia research. To date, over $200,000 has been donated to The Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation - targeting a cure for leukaemia.

All monies raised from this year’s concert will fund the Light the Night Research Grant that supports a promising new Gene Control in Acute Leukaemia project being undertaken by St Vincent’s Hospital’s Haemotology Research Team.

Inspired by Matthew Rennie

In August 2004, Matthew Rennie (pictured below) was diagnosed with leukaemia and spent the next three and a half years fighting this disease with every ounce of his being. Matt never gave up. He endured four transplants, radioactive hot shots into his veins, full body radiation, lumber punctures, bone marrow tests, days and months in hospital and many hours in doctors waiting rooms.

Matt was a brave, honest, loyal, gentle and loving young man whose courageous fight and refusal to give into leukaemia, inspired the development of Light the Night. This inspiration helped drive a team of four people to create and produce a benefit concert that is now in its own right, a must see, on the Australian entertainment calendar.

At the age of 24, Matt lost his battle with leukaemia on 27 October 2007.

Through Light the Night, Matthew will continue to inspire and shine.

Meet the Team

Light the Night is the idea of four people who felt the helplessness of not being able to cure Matthew of leukaemia.

Being inspired by Matthew’s determination and will, we decided to pool our resources and contacts to produce a concert that would raise money for leukaemia research.

We are Shaun, Monica, Greg and Adam (pictured above) and through the help and support of many wonderful artists, sponsors, family and friends, we have been able to produce an amazing annual event that started seven years ago as a hopeful idea in a gloomy hospital waiting room.