Event: Australian New Year
Date: January 1st
Activities: Leading the second largest New Year`s eve.
New Year in Australia are worth watching.Harbour Bridge dazzling with more than 80,000 fireworks and more all during New Year in Australia.There rings the church bells at sharp 12 at midnight and here comes the New Year grabbed in all its glory and fame.As the clock ticks 12,people make loud noises,blow car horns,whistles and make loud noises saying "Happy New Year" to one and all.
Event: National Folk Festival
Date: April 9th- 13th 2009
Activities: Songs, Folk Dances
The gala event showcases the various forms of traditional music, dance and art of the continent. Though the National Folk Festival now has a permanent spot, but every year, one of the Australian states is featured in the celebration. The focus is laid on the art and cultural activities of that particular state and discounted tickets are made available for activities related to it. Concerts, street performances, workshops and music add color and life to this festival. As it's a national event, people from throughout Australia drop in here to plunge in the merry making.
Experience the best of Australian folk culture at the National Folk Festival, Canberra in Australia. Share in the songs, dances, poetry and vibrancy of Australia's aboriginal culture, as well as performances by the world's finest musicians at the National Folk Festival, only in Canberra City, Australia. The grand fiesta actually celebrates the diversified folk traditions of the continent. Until 1991, the festival sojourned to different cities every year. But with its increasing magnitude, it was getting tougher for the states to systematize arrangements properly. Thus since 1992, the organizers decided to have a scheduled venue for the event and Canberra was fixed as the permanent site for the National Folk Festival of Australia.