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What's on in Canberra

Not only does Canberra put on some of the nation’s biggest festivals and blockbuster exhibitions, we also have a thriving calendar of foodie events, markets, performances, family-friendly activities, sport, and live music.

Canberra's events and festivals celebrate our four distinct seasons with glorious Floriade in spring, the power of Summernats in summer, Enlighten Festival in autumn, The Truffle Festival in winter, and live music all year round. That’s just a taste – start searching our event calendar to find what’s on in Canberra.

Featured events

Winter in the City
5–19 Jul 2025

Winter in the City

Next on today from 5:30pm to 7:45pm
Diprotodon at the Australian National Botanic Gardens
1–31 Jul 2025

MEGAfauna: Look Alike

Next on today from 8:30am to 5:00pm
A landscape painting of art studio with large windows and a sea view
31 May – 21 Sep 2025

Cézanne to Giacometti: Highlights from Museum Berggruen / Neue Nationalgalerie

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Truffles
20 Jun – 10 Aug 2025

Truffle Season at Beltana Farm

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Gears exhibit in Questacon Presents: ZAP! CLANK! POW!
31 May 2025 – 1 Feb 2026

Questacon Presents: ZAP! CLANK! POW!

Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Hudson Young Running the Ball
19 Jul 2025

Raiders v Eels - NRL Round 20

Next on 19 Jul 2025 from 12:45pm to 4:30pm

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A collage image of a bird dreaming of another bird that is building a house
14–15 Jul 2025

School Holidays: Animation Storytelling Workshop

PhotoAccess, Griffith
Next on today from 9:00am to 4:00pm
Screen printing Workshop for Design Canberra Festival
7–15 Jul 2025

Megalo Winter School Holiday Program

Megalo Print Studio, Kingston
Next on today from 9:30am to 12:30pm
Three children with a guide and titan the robot pouring coins
8–17 Jul 2025

School Holiday Activity - Mintventures

Royal Australian Mint, Deakin
Next on today from 10:00am to 11:00am
Illustration of shadow puppets
9–18 Jul 2025

Winter School Holiday Program

National Museum of Australia, Acton
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A mother and her young daughters looking at the museum map
7–17 Jul 2025

School Holidays Activities at the Museum of Australian Democracy

Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Lavender Art Studios: Festival, Carnial Art Workshops
7–18 Jul 2025

Festival, Carnival Creative Holiday Art Workshops for 5 - 13 years

Lavender Art Studios, Phillip
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Coloured photograph of The Flying Fruit Fly Circus with crownds gathered outside the circus tent
7–18 Jul 2025

All aboard the circus train: school holiday program

National Archives of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 11:30am
A child doing craft at a table
7–18 Jul 2025

School Holiday Activity - Crafternoons

Royal Australian Mint, Deakin
Next on today from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
The Warehouse Circus Performance Troupe presenting the final tableau from Elemental
7–18 Jul 2025

Warehouse Circus School Holiday Program

Warehouse Circus, Chifley & Kaleen, Chifley
Next on today from 9:00am to 3:00pm
Winter in the City
5–19 Jul 2025

Winter in the City

Grand Winter Stage | City Walk , Canberra, Canberra
Next on today from 5:30pm to 7:45pm
CVA
5–21 Jul 2025

The National Zoo and Aquarium Presents Zoofest

The National Zoo and Aquarium, Weston
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Close up image of white abstract sculpture made of glass, with black background.
4–20 Jul 2025

'The Glass Skin' by Bronte Cormican-Jones and Megan Wilkinson

Platform, Forrest
Next on today from 11:00am to 5:00pm
circus
4–20 Jul 2025

Brophys Circus Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Showgrounds, Queanbeyan
Next on today from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Bath bomb cauldron izzing green in water
3–20 Jul 2025

School Holidays - Mystical Bath Bombs

Quizzic Alley, Fyshwick
Next on today from 3:30pm to 4:00pm
Photo of boy with a wand he made in a Quizzic Alley class and a QBrew in the other hand
2–20 Jul 2025

School Holidays ~ Wand-Making Class

Quizzic Alley, Fyshwick
Next on today from 10:30am to 11:30am
A indigenous painted landscape featuring a soft pastel palette and various sized dots
28 Jun – 19 Jul 2025

Art Exhibition - Resilience, Reflection, Renewal by Sarah Richards

Rusten House Art Centre, Queanbeyan
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
A translucent colour painting of willow trees that uses a technique of scratching into the surface
28 Jun – 19 Jul 2025

Art Exhibition - A Shifting Perspective by Lesley Sykes

Rusten House Art Centre, Queanbeyan
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
A painting of a purple fish on a blue background
2–27 Jul 2025

Exhibition: Leopold Wimmer, Past, Present, and Future

Strathnairn Arts Association, Holt
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
‘Stand’ 2025 45 h x 60 w image size Hand Painted Linocut Edition of 10 AP
28 Jun – 27 Jul 2025

Grace Gladdish | Higher Ground

Suki & Hugh Gallery, Bungendore
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Diprotodon at the Australian National Botanic Gardens
1–31 Jul 2025

MEGAfauna: Look Alike

Australian National Botanic Gardens, Acton
Next on today from 8:30am to 5:00pm
disembodied hand show the palm against a black background
19 Jun – 20 Jul 2025

Exhibition: Gestures of Retribution

photo access, Griffith
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Warm Trees 1
1 Jul – 10 Aug 2025

Warm Trees

National Arboretum Canberra, Molonglo Valley
Next on today from 9:00am to 4:00pm
A gestural image that shows a seated figure in pink
5 Jul – 16 Aug 2025

Intentos de procesar una(s) vida(s) / Attempts at processing a life(s)

Megalo Print Studio, Kingston
Next on today from 9:30am to 5:00pm
IMAGE | Maggie-Jean Douglas Weaving | Photography by Nungheena Gowland
12 Jun – 26 Jul 2025

UNRESOLVED watching…waiting…

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
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