Skyfire 2025

Overview

The skies above Lake Burley Griffin will light up with Canberra’s favourite free event Skyfire returning thanks to Hit 104.7 and Mix 106.3.

Skyfire has been a beloved feature in the Canberra calendar since 1989 when FM104.7 (now Hit 104.7) first delivered the event for the people of the region. Since then, Skyfire has grown into a day-long event that welcomes people to the focal point of the city, Lake Burley Griffin with an array of food trucks, Southside Markets, two entertainment hubs featuring live radio broadcasts, speakers for those who forget to bring their radios and big screens to watch the action from around the lake unfold.

In the skies above there will be a RAAF Fast Jet Handling Display by an F35 Lightning Fighter Jet before over 40,000 pyrotechnic effects, 2,500 shells and 25,000 shooting comets dazzle the expected audience of over 120,000 all to a synchronised soundtrack broadcast on both Mix 106.3 and Hit 104.7.

Skyfire has been made possible through Hit 104.7 and Mix 106.3 partnering with 10 local businesses, Club Lime, Canberra Airport, Canberra Outlet Centre, Blumers Personal Injury Lawyers, Zango, Rivoland Tiles, Y Less 4 U, Harvey Norman, National Capital Motors, Alexander Watson Insulation and support from the ACT Government via the Major Event Fund and the National Capital Authority.