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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

Floriade
13 Sep – 12 Oct 2025

Floriade 2025

Next on today
Floriade NightFest
2–5 Oct 2025

NightFest 2025

Next on 2 Oct 2025 from 6:30pm to 10:30pm
Two adults embracing on a bed of roses.
2 Jul 2025 – 19 Apr 2026

In Bloom

Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
A puppet of a rocket ship and Mr Squiggle
4 Jul – 13 Oct 2025

Mr Squiggle and Friends

Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Promotional image featuring Lanyon Homestead with Floyd the gnome and tulips in bloom
3 Sep – 31 Oct 2025

Floriade at Lanyon Homestead | Floriade Satellite Site

Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm

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Image | Eggpicnic, Siete Colores and Australian Little Bittern | Anis 88, The Dreamer | Photography
4–20 Sep 2025

Tracing the Sky: Celebrating the Wetlands of Chile and Australia

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
Next on today
Black and grey close up image of long hair
5–21 Sep 2025

Paradox of Control by Maddie Hepner

Platform, Forrest
Next on today from 11:00am to 5:00pm
art in miniature
30 Aug – 21 Sep 2025

Art in Miniature

Australian National Botanic Gardens, Acton
Next on today from 9:30am to 4:30pm
Ceramic Works, soda fired
28 Aug – 21 Sep 2025

Connecting Through Clay: 50 Years of Canberra Potters

Canberra Potters | Watson Arts Centre, Watson
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Crumbling ghosts of seasons past - 1, graphite and gouache, 10cm x 10cm (image), framed
6 Sep – 4 Oct 2025

Sharon Field - Quiet Witnesses

Suki & Hugh Gallery, Bungendore
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
UpperMill Canal
3 Sep – 12 Oct 2025

Spring Art Festival

Yarralumla Art Gallery and Oaks Brasserie, Yarralumla
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Annabelle McEwen, Embrace, 2025
23 Aug – 4 Oct 2025

HARD/SOFT

Megalo Print Studio, Kingston
Next on today from 9:30am to 5:00pm
Image | Tom Campbell, Mallarme (to be both free and safe - detail) 2024 | Photography by Cathy Zhang
7 Aug – 20 Sep 2025

holy arm gauntlet

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
Next on today
Image | Svenja Kratz, Svenja Kratz, Divided (Together) #1, 2017. Clay, resin, laser engraved acrylic
7 Aug – 20 Sep 2025

Material Transformations

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
Next on today
Image of artwork called South sounds (detail) by Rowena Evans
29 Aug – 12 Oct 2025

Around the Shimmering Lake by Rowena Evans

Generator Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Jewellery by Savanna Storm
29 Aug – 12 Oct 2025

Aware by Savanna Storm

West Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
A print of Swamp Banksia (detail) by Jo Hollier
29 Aug – 12 Oct 2025

Creek Walks by Jo Hollier

Pivot Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Print of a dog called Diana (detail) by Lisa Jose
29 Aug – 12 Oct 2025

Rescue by Lisa Jose

The Nook, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Untitled (detail) by Heidi Smith
29 Aug – 12 Oct 2025

Whirlygig and the Book by Heidi Smith

The Window Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
An image depicting a Pink Cockatoo
9 Sep – 31 Oct 2025

National Threatened Species Day: Open Photographic Exhibition

Wildbark at Mulligans Flat, Throsby
Next on today
Gamilaraay musician Thelma Plum, wearing a coral-coloured feather coat, kneels on Wilyakali Country.
16 Aug – 12 Oct 2025

National Photographic Portrait Prize

National Portrait Gallery, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
image: rising tide (marea crescente) 2025. Photograph courtesy of the artist
22 Aug – 19 Oct 2025

In the Riverbend room – NOT: rising tide (marea crescente)

Drill Hall Gallery, Acton
Next on today
Taree Mackenzie, installation at Sydney Contemporary, 2022. Image courtesy Neon Parc, Melbourne
22 Aug – 19 Oct 2025

Light Source

Drill Hall Gallery, Acton
Next on today
HD video, with sound, 16:9, 4:58 min.
6 Sep – 8 Nov 2025

Moving Exhibition

Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Image of a two feet standing on a door mat with the words 'ete wha nay nga' painted on the mat
26 Jul – 4 Oct 2025

Paradise*

Canberra Contemporary, Parkes
Next on today from 11:00am to 5:00pm
black and white abstract fluid imagery
28 Aug – 16 Nov 2025

New NFSA Installation Inferno by Mikaela Stafford

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Acton
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Black and white image of camera people all participating in shooting
6 Sep – 30 Nov 2025

Free weekend screenings of Australian documentaries at the NFSA

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Acton
Next on today from 11:00am to 3:30pm
Nathan Nhan, Trophy #56 Chef Gibson, 2024, clay & glaze.
9 Sep – 14 Dec 2025

A place and time

SLA Display Village and Innovation Precinct, Whitlam
Next on today
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 today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
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