Lighting Up The Square

Fed Square will periodically light up the square during key dates throughout the year to highlight special days of remembrance, and to bring awareness to key local and global issues. Please see the full calendar 2026 calendar below:

Monday 2 March 2026 – Light up for National Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome Awareness Week
Friday 20 March 2026 – Closing the Gap Day
Saturday 21 March 2026 – World Poetry Day
Monday 23 March 2026 – National Sunflower Day
Friday 3 April 2026 – Good Friday Appeal
Wednesday 15 April 2026 – World Art Day
Wednesday 22 April 2026 – World Earth Day
Saturday 25 April 2026 – Anzac Day
Wednesday 29 April 2026 – World Wish Day 2026
Sunday 17 May 2026 – International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
Wednesday 27 May 2026 – National Reconciliation Week
Friday 5 June 2026 – World Environmental Day
Thursday 11 June 2026 – Lipoedema Awareness
Saturday 20 June 2026 – World Refugee Day
Monday 6 July 2026 – NAIDOC Week
Wednesday 22 July 2026 – World Fragile X Day
Saturday 25 July 2026 – World Drowning Prevention Day
Tuesday 4 August 2026 – National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
Saturday 22 August 2026 – Brain Injury Awareness Week
Wednesday 2 September 2026 – Indigenous Literacy Day
Wednesday 16 September 2026 – Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (30th anniversary of PCFA)
Thursday 17 September 2026 – Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Month
Sunday 20 September 2026 – World Clean Up Day
Tuesday 22 September 2026 – Global ITP Awareness – LightUp4ITP
Friday 25 September 2026 – World Maritime Day
Tuesday 20 October 2026 – Dysautonomia Awareness Month
Wednesday 11 November 2026 – Remembrance Day
Wednesday 18 November 2026 – UN World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Violence