| Enlighten Canberra | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Exhibition |
| Begins | 28 February 2025 |
| Ends | 10 March 2025 |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Canberra |
| Coordinates | 35°18′29″S 149°07′28″E / 35.3081°S 149.1244°E |
| Years active | 13 |
| Inaugurated | 2011 |
| Most recent | 1 March–11 March 2024 |
| Attendance | 287,874 (2015)[1] |
| Budget | $5.3 million over four years (2011 to 2014)[2] |
| Website | www.enlightencanberra.com.au |
Enlighten Canberra is an outdoor annual art and cultural festival held in Canberra, Australia featuring illuminating light installations and projections, performances from local and interstate musicians, a short film festival and the Canberra Balloon Spectacular.
The festival is an Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government initiative held annually in early March, encouraging people to "See Canberra in a whole new light." The centrepiece of Enlighten Canberra is the illuminating of Canberra's cultural institutions after dark, including Old Parliament House, Parliament House and the National Gallery of Australia (since the 2011 event) as well as the National Portrait Gallery and Questacon (since the 2012 event). There is also live music, film screenings and after-hours tours.
Since its inception, Enlighten has become increasingly popular, attracting 115,000 visitors in 2013 and 131,500 in 2014. Attendance rose again in 2015, to 287,874 visitors.
- ^ Culture and creativity illuminate the capital: Enlighten event report 2015 (PDF), ACT Government, 2015, p. 2, archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2015
- ^ Barr, Andrew (23 December 2010). "Flower power - report confirms biggest Floriade ever" (Press release). Archived from the original on 10 March 2014.