Jacaranda Festival

For 93 years, the Jacaranda Festival has been more than an event. It has been a celebration of belonging, connection and community contribution. It is Australia’s longest-running floral festival and remains one of the nation’s finest examples of a community coming together to create something bigger than themselves.

As Director Laurence Johnston observed while directing Once a Queen for SBS in 2005:

“Here is a festival which celebrates something quite magical. It is a combination of the simple natural elements of the blossoming of trees every year and the imagination of a town to form something romantic and deeply felt, and which has also shaped the community’s identity.”