Skyfire (Canberra)

Skyfire
GenreFireworks display
Date(s)March
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)Canberra
Inaugurated1989[1]
Most recent2024[2][3][4]
AttendanceMore than 100,000 (2014)[5]
Patron(s)hit 104.7 and other sponsors
Skyfire 2005
Skyfire 2006

Skyfire is an annual March fireworks show held over Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, Australia since 1989. The event is funded by local radio stations hit 104.7 and Mix 106.3,[2][3][4] and the display is synchronised to a soundtrack of music broadcast on the stations.

  1. ^ "The festival is in full swing". The Canberra Times. Vol. 63, no. 19, 519. Australian Capital Territory. 18 March 1989. p. 5. Retrieved 16 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia. The FM104.7 contribution to Canberra Festival, Skyfire I, will explode over Kings Park tonight
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Savyasachi2023-10-26 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Coleman2023-10-27 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Patterson2024-03-15 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Belot, Henry (15 March 2014). "Canberrans enjoy Skyfire 2014". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory: Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 11 May 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2024.