Have a cause you’d like to see up in lights?

Our bridge lights can help raise awareness for all kinds of eligible causes and not-for-profit groups. These include:

  • Run for the Kids
  • Road Safety Week
  • NAIDOC Week
  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Apply to change the light colours on the Bolte Bridge.

Some of the events in 2025:

June

5 June: Rainbow
Pride Month

6 June: Red and orange
World Haemochromatosis Week 

7 June: Purple
Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness Week

9 June: Blue
FightMND/Big Freeze

11 June: Blue
Thank a first responder day

17 June: Blue
National Police Legacy Day

19 June: Red
World Sickle Cell Day

21 June: Purple
Shades for Migraine

July

4-6 July: Red
Firelight Festival

22 July: Orange
World Fragile X Day

27 July: Magenta
Donate Life week

31 July: Green
Thin Green Line Foundation

 

August

8 August: Pink and purple
National Eosinophilic Week 

11 August: Purple
Bullying No Way: National Week of Action

22 August: Purple and yellow
Brain Injury Awareness Week

September

1 September: Blue
Prostate Cancer awareness

9 September: Red
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day

20 September: Green
Light up for Mito

23 September: Blue
International Day of Sign Languages

26 September: Purple
ITP Awareness Week

October

12 October: Red
Parental Alienation Day

November

10 November: Teal
Neuroendocrine Cancer (NET) Day 

18 November: Teal
Victorian Supporters and Survivors 

20 November: Purple
World Pancreatic Cancer Day