Floriade (Canberra)
Floriade is a flower and entertainment festival held annually in Canberra's Commonwealth Park on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin. It features extensive displays of flowering bulbs with integrated sculptures and other artistic features. Floriade comes from the Latin word floriat, which means to design with flowers.
| Floriade | |
|---|---|
Floriade in 2013 | |
| Genre | Spring flower show and festival |
| Date(s) | September to October (Spring) |
| Begins | 14 September 2024 |
| Ends | 13 October 2024 |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Commonwealth Park, Canberra, Australia |
| Inaugurated | 1988 |
| Most recent | 2023 |
| Attendance | 507,550 (2019: Record) 481,854 (2014: Previous record) 427,768 (2022) 433,000 (2023) |
| Website | https://floriadeaustralia.com/ |
The festival attracts tourists from around Australia and overseas in spring from mid September to mid October each year, and is considered the most important regular event for tourism in the Australian Capital Territory. It is also called "Australia's Celebration of Spring". After some controversy regarding an entry charge, admission to Floriade has been free for a number of years. When the main event at Commonwealth Park was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the plants were instead placed at over 100 separate sites across Canberra in an event dubbed Floriade: Reimagined. A similar flower distribution is planned for 2021 after the event was again cancelled.