January – June

The Big Day Out
Throughout Australia
January-February
www.bigdayout.com

This is probably Australia's biggest music festival, with local and international groups from all over the world. Some of there past performers have been Carl Cox, Radiohead, Prodigy, and the Chemical Brothers. The Big Day Out is held in January and February every year in the east and west coasts of Australia.

Australia Day
Throughout Australia
January 26th 

Australia Day is on January 26th and it is celebrated around Australia. There are big parties everywhere, but Perth has a great fireworks show.

The history is that in 1787 British Captain Arthur Philip set sail for Australia with 11 boats of convicts to set up a convict colony in Australia. In these 11 ships there were 759 convicts, of whom 191 were woman and 13 children convicts. It finally landed at Botany Bay on January 18th 1787, but not happy with this as the place for the new settlement, sailed north. On January 26th 1787 they sailed into the Sydney Cove and set up a settlement at what is now known as the Rocks District in Sydney.

Summernats Car Festival
Canberra, Australia
January
www.summernats.com.au

National Multicultural Festival
Canberra, Australia
February
www.multiculturalfestival.com.au

This festival is celebrated over 10 days and it attracts people from all over the area.

Royal Canberra Show
Canberra, Australia
February
www.rncas.org.au/show/default.htm

Celebrate Canberra
Canberra, Australia
March
www.celebratecanberra.com

National Folk Festival
Canberra, Australia
March / April
www.folkfestival.asn.au

July – December

Floriade Festival
Canberra, Australia
September / October
www.floriadeaustralia.com