Enlighten Festival’s spirit of wonder and discovery continues in the City Centre.
Explore the City Centre during Enlighten, where the familiar spaces you know and love become the site of unexpected experiences and interactivity.
Enlighten: BEYOND in the City
Enlighten Festival is back for 2026 and will once again light up the nation’s capital over 11 days of culture and creativity from Friday 27 February – Monday 9 March.
Beyond the Triangle, Enlighten: BEYOND encourages audiences to venture further across the city, connecting Canberra’s arts organisations, institutions and local businesses through exhibitions, events and pop-up experiences throughout the festival.
Live music, art, performance
Space Cathedral
Visit the Space Cathedral: an immersive, multidisciplinary experience combining live music, performance art, and large-scale audiovisual installations
Blast off
Music as environment
Scenery
Discover slow-burning sonic landscapes comprised of tones and textures that drift and settle, shaping an immersive world for the listener.
Tune in
Dance adventure
Are you brave enough to RECONNECT?
Expect the unexpected as Canberra Dance Theatre dancers toss away their devices and take you on an adventure, exploring how to reconnect with each other and you - the audience.
Reconnect
Photography workshop
Creative night photography workshop with your smartphone
Learn how to capture abstract images using nothing but your smartphone and available light sources - streetlights, passing cars, neon signs - through motion, long exposures, and intentional camera movements.
Point and Click
After dark in the City
Jazz on the rocks
Belly Dancing at Bar Beirut
Blackbird live music
Mooseheads musical bingo
Straight, no chaser
Old timey Wednesdays
Drag Bingo
Jimmy Carr - laughs funny
A bite to eat
Grab a drink
Staycation
Deals in the City
Special Offer at Peppers Gallery Hotel
Special Offer at BreakFree Capital Tower
20% off Renew Spa Package
Special Offer at Mantra on Northbourne
Lunch Time Special
Triple the points? Yes please.
10% discount is available for group bookings of 6 or mo
