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Uluru’s event calendar mixes a small number of fixed festivals with nightly shows that run all year. The two anchor events are the Tjungu Festival in late April and the Uluru Camel Cup in May, while the Field of Light, Wintjiri Wiru drone show and the Sounds of Silence dinner operate every night regardless of season. Here are the exact dates, locations and what each one costs, with the full destination overview in our Uluru guide.
Uluru Events and Festivals: Tjungu Festival (Late April)
Tjungu, meaning meeting together, is a four-day celebration of Anangu culture held at the Ayers Rock Resort in late April, usually across the Anzac Day long weekend. It packs in an Indigenous fashion parade, live music, a bush-food market and cultural workshops, with many daytime activities free. It is the best single event to plan a trip around, sitting right in the mild April weather window, and you can see the numbers behind that window in the Uluru weather by month guide.
Uluru Events and Festivals: Uluru Camel Cup (May)
The Uluru Camel Cup is a one-day outback camel race held at the Yulara sports oval in May, with riders racing camels over a short straight track in front of a picnic crowd. Gates open mid-morning, racing runs through the afternoon and entry is free for resort guests. It is a deliberately small, local event rather than a big festival, and many visitors pair it with a self-drive leg covered in our Uluru travel tips guide.
Uluru Events and Festivals: Field of Light (Year Round)
Bruce Munro’s Field of Light is not a dated festival but a standing installation of 50,000 solar-powered glass stems covering the desert floor near the resort. Sessions run at dawn and after dark every night, with adult tickets around A$45 to A$75. The installation first opened in 2016 and has been extended multiple times, with the current run expected to continue through 2027.
Uluru Events and Festivals: Wintjiri Wiru (Nightly)
Wintjiri Wiru is a nightly spectacle that uses 1,100 drones, lasers and projection to tell the Mala story from Anangu Tjukurpa above the desert. It runs every night of the year from a dedicated viewing deck, with standard adult tickets from about A$165 and a dinner-and-show package around A$295. Book the earlier session in winter when nights drop below 5°C.
Uluru Events and Festivals: Sounds of Silence and Tali Wiru
Two recurring dining experiences anchor the evenings. Sounds of Silence runs nightly, a buffet dinner on a dune-top with Uluru in the distance and an astronomer-led sky tour, at about A$250 per adult. Tali Wiru is the finer-dining version, a four-course dinner for small groups under the stars at about A$395 per adult, running seasonally from April to October. Both include pick-up from the resort, so check the where to stay in Uluru guide to book a room nearby.
Uluru Events and Festivals: Seasonal and One-Off Events
- Parrtjima (April, Alice Springs): a 10-night light festival in the gateway town, worth combining with an Uluru trip if you fly in via Alice Springs, one of the areas around Uluru.
- NAIDOC Week (early July): national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander celebration with cultural activities at the resort.
- Australian Tourism Exchange: an industry trade show held in Alice Springs some years, which briefly tightens hotel availability in the region.
- Marathon and fun runs: a small Red Centre fun run is occasionally staged near Yulara, though dates shift year to year.
Timing any of these around the weather matters; check our best time to visit Uluru guide to line events up with the mildest months, and see things to do in Uluru for the full list of daytime activities.
