
Skyfire includes a fireworks show synchronised to music. Image: VisitCanberra
28 January 2025
In Brief:
- Skyfire is returning in 2025.
- The aerial display set to music will take place on Saturday 15 March.
- The event will include markets, food vans, music and more.
Canberra’s skies will light up on Saturday 15 March as Skyfire returns in 2025.
Radio stations Hit 104.7 and Mix 106.3 Canberra have joined forces to bring the popular fireworks spectacular back.
The ACT Government will support the event through its Major Event Fund.
Skyfire began as a smallish event in 1989. Over 30 years it grew to an afternoon and evening spectacular including live performances, food trucks and activities. The event is set around and above Lake Burley Griffin and viewed by at least one third of the ACT population.
This year, Canberrans can look forward to:
- southside markets
- two entertainment hubs featuring live broadcasts
- speakers for those who forget to bring radios
- big screens to watch the action from the lake unfold.
The dazzling aerial display will begin with a RAAF Fast Jet Handing Display by an F35 Lighting Fighter Jet. Afterwards, a synchronised soundtrack show will include:
- 40,000 pyrotechnic effects
- 2,500 shells
- 25,000 shooting comets.
The show will begin at 8:30pm and run for 20 minutes.
120,000 people are expected to attend Skyfire in 2025.
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