The Festival Hub
The Festival Hub offers a place to meet, gather, eat, and absorb the festival vibes.
Open from 5pm-11pm each night, The Festival Hub will be the place to be during Enlighten, with installations, the bustling Food Park, Bar Berra and BentSpoke Beer Garden and a diverse lineup of homegrown talent taking to the stage each night.
The Festival Hub is located between Questacon and the National Portrait Gallery – please see the Festival Map for more details.
Discover more about the Enlighten Installations and Illuminations here.
Food & Drink
Bar Berra
Celebrating the best selection of wine and spirits from the Canberra Region, Bar Berra will return to Enlighten in 2025.
BentSpoke Beer Garden
The BentSpoke Beer Garden returns, serving up beers from local award-winning brewery alongside the best local food vendors.
Enlighten Food Park
A playground for foodies, featuring a line-up of food trucks, and innovative restaurateurs from across the East Coast of Australia as well as local favourites.
After even more food options? Find them near the main stage in the Festival Hub open from 5PM each night. There will be a wide range of delicious food, drink and dessert options here to delight and satisfy such as Grease Monkey, Tacotento, Au Lac, La Petit Breton and more. Discover it all here.
Installations
Discover a range of installations as you explore the Enlighten Festival Hub. These original artworks range from captivating sculptures to serene, immersive works.
Entertainment
Main Stage
Roving Street Performances
Let’s Be Together
A performer uses gesture to engage with the audience from inside a transparent box.
Tell Me a Secret
The performer and their large rotary phone, emerge from the darkness to reveal the inner world of their audience.
Light Love
An interactive roaming performance led by the Chamaeleon Collective.
Canberra Dragon Dance
A vibrant performance to bless all Canberrans with good fortune and health all year round.
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