Enlighten Festival
Culture and creativity collide once again as Enlighten Festival returns for 2025!
See the nation’s capital in a dazzling new light when Enlighten Illuminations light up some of Canberra’s iconic buildings with stunning architectural projections from 28 February to 10 March 2025.
The Canberra Balloon Spectacular will also be held from the 15 to 23 March, returning to its original home of John Dunmore Lang Place.
More details coming soon!
ENLIGHTEN 2025 – EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST NOW OPEN
Events ACT is welcoming artists, producers, arts and culture organisations, venues, and creatives to submit their ideas for consideration to be presented at Enlighten 2025.
The theme for Enlighten 2025 is Reflecting Our Story – Celebrating Canberra’s significant role in telling, sharing, holding and writing the many stories of this country – reflecting back to us, and reflecting on, our histories and achievements, our aspirations and limitless potential.
There are two opportunities:
Installations, Activations, and Experiences within the Festival Hub
This opportunity is for artists and organisations interested in having their installation, activation, or experience presented in the Festival Hub in Canberra’s National Triangle.
Enlighten is interested in a range of possible works, including:
- Unique installations or experiences at the festival’s entrances to create vibrant and dynamic thresholds.
- Unique installations or experiences in surprising places, and things that activate the spaces in between the capital’s National Attractions.
- Light based work or work that creates an exciting, surprising atmosphere after dark in other ways.
ENLIGHTEN: BEYOND
The Festival’s program of compelling, adventurous, and unexpected events, performances and experiences happening all over the ACT.
ENLIGHTEN: BEYOND takes the sense of excitement and discovery of the Enlighten Festival at the National Triangle and entices audiences to explore the wealth of experiences on offer all over Canberra during the Festival period.
ENLIGHTEN: BEYOND is for people and organisations interested in programming their own events in Canberra as part of the Enlighten Festival.
Submission Information
For more information, including details of how to submit your proposal, please read the below guidelines:
An online information session will also be held at 5pm on Tuesday 27 August. Please register your attendance using the link below.
- Artist Expression of Interest Submission Form
- Register for the Enlighten 2025 Artist EOI Online Information Session
Check out highlights from Enlighten 2024
See more Enlighten Festival highlights in our Image Gallery.
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the ACT, the Ngunnawal people, and their continuing connection to land and community. We pay our respects to them, and to Elders both past and present.
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