canberra outdoor annual art cultural festival held canberra australia featuring light installations projections performances local interstate musicians dining film events festival australian capital territory act government initiative held annually early march encouraging people canberra new light canberra canberra cultural institutions dark including event event live music film screenings hours tours inception increasingly popular attracting visitors attendance rose visitors history event lead act labor election promise deliver new autumn event canberra australia beginnings canberra december act minister tourism sport recreation announced major annual event commencing march said national attractions participate lit dark included events announced including headline international acts concert year events hosted rock band jazz guitarist world music help promote arrived canberra helicopter landing weeks concert appearance band member told reporters planned probably biggest production australia festival cultural institutions parliamentary triangle illuminated dark including despite big ticket performances media stunts inaugural festival cost million poor community interest visitors attract visitors interstate overseas came canberra specifically extended stay slogan announced december canberra new light canberra festival second year canberra festival merging festivals met criticism canberra branch canberra liberal describing attempt create new festival embarrassing entertainment lineup featured event scaled significantly event instead feature local canberra artists including nearly artists contracted perform festival cent local artists paid cent programming budget year projection time lit festival joins large scale building featured previous events hosted time tent dozens shows featuring comics musicians festival included canberra pop picnic guests dress white bring food table table setting chair people attended picnic held australia repeated people attending dinner included film screenings hours tours offered american soul singer performed festival debuts canberra november announced coming canberra festival night markets feature asian themed street food vendors act tourism minister told media canberra expected host style food stalls committed bring markets city peoples visited inaugural night markets visited opening night far exceeding expectations alongside featured installation illuminated white rabbits standing metres described rabbits metaphors environment free concerts held consecutive weekends featured indie rock australian band march american alternative country musical group projections years large scale projections coordinated managing director worked sydney olympic games melbourne commonwealth games budget attendance visitor expenditure inception increasingly popular attracting visitors attendance rose visitors energy usage projections predominantly powered diesel generators consumed litres diesel resulting estimated tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse gas emissions
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