Enlighten Canberra
in Capital Hill, AustraliaCategory: Attraction
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Enlighten Canberra is an outdoor annual art and cultural festival held in Canberra featuring illuminating light installations and projections, performances from local and interstate musicians, dining and film events.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, Questacon and the National Gallery of Australia. 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, despite poor weather. Attendance rose again in 2015, to 287,874 visitors.
