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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 2:00pm to 7:45pm
Diprotodon at the Australian National Botanic Gardens
1–31 Jul 2025

MEGAfauna: Look Alike

Next on tomorrow 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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Australia Lineout
9 Jul 2025

The British and Irish Lions vs ACT Brumbies - Canberra

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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 tomorrow 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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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 tomorrow from 11:00am to 5:00pm
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 tomorrow 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 tomorrow 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 tomorrow 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 tomorrow 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 tomorrow 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 tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Julie Bartholomew, Detail of Glacial Melt 2024
12 Jun – 26 Jul 2025

Precarious Proximity

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
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Image | Artwork Created by Rechelle Turner | Photography by Jessika Spencer
12 Jun – 26 Jul 2025

Honouring Country

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
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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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stamp of Acacia tree drawing made with elephant dung, twigs and ink on kozo paper
31 May – 19 Jul 2025

Art Exhibition - Safari Art by Neil Sloan

Rusten House Art Centre, Queanbeyan
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Jacqueline Stojanović, Pirot Ode, 2017, Handwoven tapestry made of wool and cotton, 40 x 89 cm
20 Jun – 10 Aug 2025

Jacqueline Stojanović: Units

Drill Hall Gallery, Acton
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 5:00pm
installation image of Jahnne Pasco-White's w, Embodied watery entanglements, Like a Wheel That Turns
20 Jun – 10 Aug 2025

Material Nature

Drill Hall Gallery, Acton
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 5:00pm
An image of a banner with the words under new management over a map of the world
21 May – 12 Jul 2025

Am I in your way?

Canberra Contemporary, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 11:00am to 5:00pm
A close up image of a woman's eye and eyebrow
7 May – 12 Jul 2025

The Lodge by Amala Groom

Canberra Contemporary, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 11:00am to 5:00pm
Two channel HD video with sound, 5:18 minutes, looped
7 Jun – 23 Aug 2025

Horizons Exhibition

Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn
Next on tomorrow from 9:00am to 5:00pm
A man sitting on grey couch holding a colourful cushion.
12 Apr – 20 Jul 2025

The Immersive World of Thom Roberts

National Portrait Gallery, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 5:00pm
A puppet of a rocket ship and Mr Squiggle
4 Jul – 13 Oct 2025

Mr Squiggle and Friends

National Museum of Australia, Acton
Next on tomorrow from 9:00am to 5:00pm
small homes
11 Apr – 31 Jul 2025

Artist in Residence viewing

SLA Display Village and Innovation Hub, Whitlam
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
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

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 12:00am to 11:59pm
Sepia photographs from the upcoming Fit to Print exhibition at the National Library of Australia.
27 Feb – 20 Jul 2025

Exhibition - Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Photo Archive selected by Mike Bowers

National Library of Australia, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Black and white photograph of the Trans-Australian Railway express about 1960. NAA: B3117, 57 [2]
24 May – 19 Oct 2025

Camel trains to steel wheels: life on the Trans-Australian Railway

National Archives of Australia, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 9:00am to 5:00pm
A portrait of Johannes Christophorus Pepusch
31 Jan – 17 Aug 2025

Exhibition - The Excellencies of Musick: Highlights from the Jamie and Michael Kassler Collection

National Library of Australia, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Two first nations elders in sitting in country near Amaroona at sunset with hand carved spears
23 Nov 2024 – 13 Jul 2025

Kulata Tjuta: Tirkilpa

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
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