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, local vendors, bars 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.
A Festival Map will be available soon with more details.
Discover more about the Enlighten Illuminations here.
Daily Programs
Festival Hub Artworks
Festival Hub Artworks bring together installations and roving performances across the Festival Hub, offering audiences a mix of playful, reflective and immersive encounters to discover as they explore the event site.
Serendipity
A world-premiere sculptural work that reflects on time and chance through looping, interwoven forms, encouraging audiences to discover joy in small, unexpected moments.
Amorphia
Larger-than-life glowing puppets made from reclaimed soft plastics, transforming waste into wonder and sparking curiosity about sustainability, science and imagined new forms of life.
Glitch Monument
A series of holographic water and light projections that reimagine the monument as a living, unstable form.
Flamingo Flock
A roaming performance of solar-powered neon flamingos that responds to crowd movement.
Whispers of Wonderment
Illuminated puppets, roaming creatures and hands-on workshops, inviting audiences of all ages to step into a shared story of light, colour and imagination.
You Are Me
An all-ages participatory theatre installation where audiences guide a live performer, playfully exploring control, identity and collaboration in a digitally driven world.
Entertainment
Main Stage
The Festival Hub will come alive each night with a curated live music program designed for all ages. Catch Murray and the Movers, led by Murray Cook, the original Red Wiggle, alongside Indigenous artists Tjaka and Lemonise, plus local favourites Koebi Faumui, Archie and the Divine Devilles. With many more artists performing across Enlighten, the Festival Hub offers a welcoming place to gather, listen and discover something new.
Discover the full program here.
Live Music
Food & Drink
Explore a wide variety of food and drinks at the Enlighten Festival Hub, with flavours to satisfy every palate. Enjoy top picks from the Canberra region and discover visiting food trucks serving up festival favourites. Find it all at Enlighten.
Discover more food and drink details, including dietary information, here.
Au Lac Vegan Food Truck
Ay Gozleme and Kebabs
Donut Puff Balls
Jacko’s Pizza
Momo’s Taste of Tibet
Papi’s La Coast
Gelato Messina
Grease Monkey
Mr Spud
Super Bao
Tikka Stand Food Truck
Antico Woodfired Pizza
Ash’s Nachos
Bianco Group
BlackBear BBQ
Brother Jackson & Co
Cheeky Crumbles
Chimnutz
Choccy Strawbs
Crazy Potato
Hi Chef Food Truck
Wafflo
El’s Fried Chicken
Istanbul Gozleme
Let’s Do Yum Cha
MOCHII MOCHII
Shorty’s Food Truck
StroopBros
Sushi Sushi
Tea‑Riffic
The Pharaoh BBQ
THICC Cookies
The Coffee Mill
Bar Berra
Featuring an exclusive Canberra region wine list and specialty spirits, Bar Berra is the perfect place to sit back, relax and enjoy Enlighten while celebrating the best of Canberra!
Open 5pm-11pm each night in the Festival Hub.
BentSpoke Beer Garden
BentSpoke Beer Garden offers a place in the Festival Hub to meet, gather, eat, and soak up the festival vibes with a refreshing array of locally brewed beers and tasty bites from late afternoon until after dark.
Open 5pm-11pm each night in the Festival Hub.
2025 Festival Hub Gallery
Event Information
Plan your visit to Enlighten! Learn how to get to the festival, browse FAQs, explore programming details and check accessibility information.
Symphony in the Park
Experience a world-first collaboration, Mark Seymour and the Canberra Symphony Orchestra unite for Symphony in the Park, only at Enlighten Festival on March 8
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