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Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival 2026: dates, tickets and what's blooming

The Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival is held at Auburn Botanic Gardens in Sydney's west, where more than 200 cherry trees flower through the Japanese garden in late winter. Cumberland City Council runs nine days of Japanese food, cultural performances, guided forest walks, origami workshops and a quiet Zen Zone. Tickets are sold online only, with none at the gate. The 2026 festival ran 22 to 30 August and has finished, so watch for next year's tickets from around July.

Dates
22 August to 30 August 2026
Price
Adults $17.65, children 5 to 16 $9.60, family $44.50, online only
Where
Auburn Botanic Gardens, Auburn, NSW
Hours
9am to 4.30pm daily
Getting there
Parking near the gardens is restricted. Free shuttle buses ran between Auburn station and the festival every 15 to 20 minutes, 8.30am to 5.30pm each day.

Dates checked on the organiser's site on 26 September 2026.

What's blooming

Branches of double pink ornamental cherry blossom against a deep blue sky
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Cherry blossom

Prunus serrulata and other ornamental Prunus

Where it is, and what's nearby

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Corbett Gardens

Bowral · 88 km away

Best: September to OctoberBeing confirmed