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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

Canberra Comedy Festival Gala
13–24 Mar 2024

Canberra Comedy Festival

Next on today
Subway Socceroos at CommBank Stadium
26 Mar 2024

Lebanon v Subway Socceroos

Next on 26 Mar 2024
A street performer performs for a crowd at the Festival
28 Mar – 1 Apr 2024

National Folk Festival

Next on 28 Mar 2024
Canberra and Region Heritage Festival 2023
13–28 Apr 2024

Canberra and Region Heritage Festival 2024

Next on 13 Apr 2024
Defence person saluting at Anzac Day Dawn Service
25 Apr 2024

Anzac Day Dawn Service 2024 | Australian War Memorial

Next on 25 Apr 2024
A gallery entryway with a wall of paintings and signage that reads 'Emily Kam Kngwarray'
2 Dec 2023 – 28 Apr 2024

Emily Kam Kngwarray

Next on today
Detail of scroll depicting four Egyptian  figures with hieroglyphics running along the top section
15 Dec 2023 – 8 Sep 2024

Discovering Ancient Egypt

Next on today

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A woman in a checked shirt stands in front of a tree at sunset.
19–23 Mar 2024

After Rebecca

ACT HUB at Causeway Hall Kingston, Kingston
Next on today from 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Canberra Comedy Festival Gala
13–24 Mar 2024

Canberra Comedy Festival

Various Venues, Canberra
Next on today
Oil on canvas
14 Mar – 7 Apr 2024

Dust Storms Dance - a Landscape Group Show

Grainger Gallery, Fyshwick
Next on today
Watercolour artwork of a Chequered Cuckoo Bee (Thyreus caeruleopunctatus)
29 Feb – 1 Apr 2024

A Charm of Native Bees Exhibition Cheryl Hodges

Australian National Botanic Gardens, Acton
Next on today from 9:30am to 4:30pm
Defining Shapes-Creating Edges by Roslyn Kean
16 Mar – 21 Apr 2024

Divergent group exhibition by Sydney Printmakers

Humble House gallery, Fyshwick
Next on today
Whirlpools (detail) by Natalie Hill
16 Feb – 24 Mar 2024

Emergence of Materials and Self | Natalie Hill

Generator Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Structure for reflected light by Francis Kenna
16 Feb – 28 Mar 2024

atmo-spheres | Francis Kenna

Generator Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
In and Through 1 (detail) by Patsy Payn
16 Feb – 28 Mar 2024

Lines of Sight by Patsy Payne and John Pratt

Pivot Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Jeremy Barrett, Untitled, acrylic on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist
8 Feb – 28 Mar 2024

Recent Prints and Monoprints Exhibition at Tuggeranong Arts Centre

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Basil Hall in Studio One, printing Naminapu Maymuru White’s lino triptych Nyapilingu (1995).
8 Feb – 28 Mar 2024

Prints from Studio One: From the Collection of Basil Hall Exhibition

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Josephine Townsend, Among the Trees (2023) Ceramics.
7 Feb – 28 Mar 2024

Seeing the Forest and Trees Exhibition at Tuggeranong Arts Centre

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:30pm
A painted portrait of Queen Mary of Denmark, wearing a brown skirt and shirt, looking out a window.
15 Mar – 27 May 2024

Ralph Heimans: Portraiture. Power. Influence.

National Portrait Gallery, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Canberra Forest Therapy
6 Feb – 14 May 2024

Guided Forest Therapy Walk at Cotter Bend

Cotter Bend, Coree
Next on 14 May 2024 from 9:00am to 11:00am
Nikki Lam 'the unshakeable destiny'
15 Feb – 24 May 2024

Assembly

Australian Centre on China in the World (CIW), Acton
Next on today
Man on stage with microphone
20 Feb – 18 Jun 2024

Open Mic Comedy @ The Baso

The Baso Canberra, Belconnen
Next on today
Louise Pandella (born 1957), Ngangi’wumirri people, Season of the Barramundi, 1996, Parliament House
16 Dec 2023 – 21 Apr 2024

Reflections exhibition at Parliament House

Australian Parliament House, Canberra
Next on today
metal bedhead
2 Mar – 21 Jul 2024

Duntoon Estate: Work with all your might

Canberra Museum + Gallery, Civic Square
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Vincent Namatjira in his studio in front of paintings
2 Mar – 21 Jul 2024

Vincent Namatjira: Australia in colour

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
A gallery entryway with a wall of paintings and signage that reads 'Emily Kam Kngwarray'
2 Dec 2023 – 28 Apr 2024

Emily Kam Kngwarray

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
A detailed picture of a historic quilt
16 Mar – 25 Aug 2024

A Century of Quilts

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
watercolour work of handgun wrapped in ribbons and flowers
21 Oct 2023 – 31 Mar 2024

Guns & Flowers. eX de Medici | Sidney Nolan

Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra City
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
A figurative bronze sculpture with glass beads
25 Nov 2023 – 19 May 2024

Deep Inside My Heart

National Gallery, Parkes
Next on today
Australian Information Service photographer, John Houldsworth at work, 1987. NAA: A6135. K2/6/87/46
17 Nov 2023 – 10 Jun 2024

Focus: Australian government photographers

National Archives of Australia, Parkes
Next on today
copper cylindrical forms with blue tarnish and growths
2 Mar – 20 Oct 2024

Materiality...but not as we know it

Canberra Museum + Gallery, Civic Square
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
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