The fireworks display in the city has been cancelled for New Year’s Eve. Photo: File.
Canberra’s iconic New Year’s Eve fireworks have been cancelled for the second year in a row because of disasters, but this year Canberrans will be able to welcome in the new year across three nights in the city.
New Year’s Eve across the City will create a celebratory atmosphere at a number of popular locations for three nights between 29 and 31 December including Northbourne Avenue in the City, Lonsdale Street in Braddon, Lathlain Street in Belconnen, Anketell Street in Tuggeranong, Bradley Street in Woden and Hibberson Street in Gungahlin.
Local performers and musicians will provide street entertainment between 5:30 pm and 9:30 pm each night while festive light displays and food will add to the atmosphere.
Light shows will also illuminate iconic Canberran attractions like Telstra Tower, Questacon, the Royal Australian Mint, the Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra Times Fountain and the National Carillion from 9:00 pm to midnight each night.
Partygoers and families are being encouraged to support local businesses and book ahead so they don’t miss out on their favourite restaurants to see out 2020.
Street eats, live music and light shows are helping Canberrans stay festive while welcoming in the new year. Photo: Supplied.
If you are heading out this holiday season, make sure you download and use the Check In CBR app to help keep our community COVID-safe and stay home if you are unwell.
Plan your New Year’s Eve feasting celebrations at Events ACT.
The full list of musicians and where they are playing can be found below.
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They have spent about $200 at Tuggeranong, haven’t even bothered to fix the clock tower 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻
You voted for the Nanny State Greens, so you get the Nanny State Greens. If it’s fun, ban it. If it’s loud, ban it. If it might spread a sniffle, ban it. Chief Nanny has decided what is best for you.
What a joke!
We must be getting an enormous cache of crackers...last year's were cancelled due to smoke and fire danger, straya days were cancelled, didn't see any on the queens B'day....can't wait for the next one. Should be huge!
There'll be an unmarked blue Toyota sedan parked in Fyshwick next week. All fireworks for sale for the right price. ;)
In the long term fireworks could go the way of all polluting substances and be eventually banned. An interesting scientific paper released in July 2020 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7330945/) shows data for pollution to the environment and health consequences from fireworks. The addition of lead to fireworks, up to 40,000ppm in one case is disturbing. Yet people here get worried about lead in paint at schools but not in fireworks. The paper concludes with, “Our research has demonstrated that fireworks particulate emissions are more toxic in vitro than typical urban particulate matter”.
So there is a break out in Sydney not Canberra but Canberra cancels and Sydney still goes ahead....? 🤔
Stephanie Manche Sydney is going ahead with no crowds
Bri Travalos oh okay thanks I was going to say that makes no sense at all 😅
Kate Tindal-Clarke no fireworks?
I don’t normally advocate for people to stay at home, but if ever there was a time for it, New Year’s Eve is it. A completely pointless and arbitrary celebration. It will be very nice to not have my sleep interrupted by expensive explosions.
How about belconnen? Look at the distance between city and Braddon
Nelly Nelson it is in Belconnen??
Brittany O'Connor just as we were talking about it
Jaidyn Farmer CALLED IT
Fireworks are super bad for our environment and wildlife anyway. Not to mention people's pets go crazy and can trigger PTSD panics in people who faught in wars.
Canberra Times Fountain? Never heard of it
They won’t have fireworks but allow thousands of people in COC for Boxing Day sales 🤔
Lidia Cacciotti so true I was thinking the same
Pfft we get fireworks in most suburbs every night .. just check the notice board groups lol
Fireworks are just the same repetitive waste of money every year anyway. Good riddance.
Come to south side! Great fireworks at Calwell!🤣
Having a big spike in Covid cases, Sydney is still doing New Year’s Eve firework and here having 0 confirmed cases, the fireworks are cancelled. 😳😳
Sanjaya Suzuran it’s called a better normal
Scott Friedewald so people can still gather together and listen to music and eat but they won't do the fireworks?? How does that work? How would fireworks make any difference?
Lexy Margi who bloody knows
I dont get it, how is this different numbers wise to ppl gathering for fireworks?
Kriso Hadskini exactly!!!
??? and by putting all these events across the city , there is still going to be a lot people ...