Canberra’s Enlighten Festival is set to light up the city once again this March with a special weekend dedicated to celebrating WorldPride.
Announced by the Minister for Tourism, Andrew Barr, the Festival (3-19 March) is to feature Pride Weekend @ Enlighten for the first time, honouring Australia hosting WorldPride in Sydney.
“It is the first time the global event has been staged in Australia and it is fitting that the national capital will honour that achievement,” Mr Barr said.
“It is also the 50th anniversary of the first Australian Gay Pride Week and the fifth anniversary of Marriage Equality in Australia,” he said.
“Canberra is an inclusive city and the addition of Pride Weekend to the Enlighten Festival program highlights our commitment to being a welcoming city built on equality”.
Mr Barr said the weekend would be a celebration of LGTBIQA+ pride from 10 to 12 March with a range of events to celebrate Canberra’s inclusive community.
He said the capital’s iconic buildings would become canvases for specially designed pride themed projections as part of Illuminations @ Enlighten Festival.
“On 11 March, Fresh Out Fair Day @ Enlighten Festival, a one-day outdoor event in Glebe Park, will be a new addition to the festival,” the Minister said.
“The event will showcase entertainment from Australia’s finest performing artists and a village of market stalls representing diverse LGTBIQA+ community organisations, local businesses and Canberra’s finest food and wines produced in the region.”
He said short film festival Lights! Canberra! Action! @ Enlighten Festival on 10 March would exhibit up-and-coming local filmmakers as they shared their perspective and interpretation of Pride, with 10 days to film and feature 10 items from around Canberra
Further information on Enlighten Festival can be accessed at this PS News link.
