The Grafton Jacaranda Festival is an annual event in Grafton, NSW, celebrating the town's jacaranda trees, which are in bloom from late October to early November. The main festival typically runs for about 10 days, featuring community events, parades, music, and other activities, often taking place between late October and early November. It's a major regional event that attracts visitors from around the world to see the streets lined with purple blossoms. The 2025 festival was scheduled for Oct

Japan has cherry-blossom season. Australia has Grafton’s Jacaranda Festival, held each Spring, when avenues of purple-flowered trees transform the town. This film was made in 1949 by the Department of Information and records the festival’s ‘parades, displays, exhibitions and contests’ on gorgeously hyper-saturated film. In this clip, Grafton (a town in New South Wales’ Clarence Valley) is portrayed as an idyllic, close-knit community that honours its ‘pioneers’, where everyone comes together to