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Crowd cheering enthusiastically toward performer on stage at the Folk Festival, under red stage lights. | © Richard Poulton

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

A street performer performs for a crowd at the Festival
17–21 Apr 2025

National Folk Festival

Next on 17 Apr 2025 from 3:00pm to 11:59pm
People drinking wine in vineyard
5–6 Apr 2025

Stomp Festival – A Celebration of Canberra’s Local Wine & Produce

Next on 5 Apr 2025 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Pompeii immersive experience (detail), scenography Sylvain Roca © RMN–Grand Palais
13 Dec 2024 – 4 May 2025

Pompeii

Next on tomorrow from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Canberra and Region Heritage Festival 2023
18 Apr – 11 May 2025

Canberra and Region Heritage Festival

Next on 18 Apr 2025
Painting of a group of people in a park setting including children frolicking
7 Dec 2024 – 27 Apr 2025

Ethel Carrick

Next on today

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A rabbit holding a flower painted onto tartan blanket
21 Mar – 6 Apr 2025

The Isotopic Analysis by Visaya Hoffie

Platform, Manuka
Next on tomorrow from 11:00am to 5:00pm
The Jetty beside Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra
28 Mar – 13 Apr 2025

Viva Italia in Canberra Festival

Various venues, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 9:00pm
A painting of an umbrella tree from above, with lush red and green foliage.
20 Mar – 13 Apr 2025

Beyond the Verandah | Lynne Thomas

M16 Artspace, Griffith
Next on tomorrow from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Weaving art by wires. The sculpture has light coming from one side
20 Feb – 5 Apr 2025

2025 Emerging Contemporaries

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
Next on today
A detailed image of a woven artwork made by natural & studio dyed raffia, hair, fishing line & wood
8 Feb – 17 Apr 2025

BLAZE 2025

Canberra Contemporary, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 11:00am to 5:00pm
Photo shows Prince Philip minting the first coin at the Royal Australian Mint in 1965
28 Feb – 12 May 2025

Mint 60 Exhibition

Royal Australian Mint, Deakin
Next on tomorrow from 8:30am to 5:00pm
Photo of Cockburn Ranges, Kimberley, taken at Dusk.
5 Feb – 27 Apr 2025

The Great Kimberley Wilderness Virtual Reality Experience

National Museum of Australia, Acton
Next on today
Mountain in the South
19 Mar – 20 Jun 2025

Scenes from the Collection

CIW Gallery, Acton
Next on tomorrow from 9:00am to 5:00pm
A man looking at a showcase inside the Joan Ross exhibition
10 Jan – 27 Apr 2025

Joan Ross: Those trees came back to me in my dreams

National Portrait Gallery, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 5:00pm
A colourful cubist handmade plate
7 Dec 2024 – 27 Apr 2025

Anne Dangar

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today
Painting of a group of people in a park setting including children frolicking
7 Dec 2024 – 27 Apr 2025

Ethel Carrick

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 12:00am to 11:59pm
Pompeii immersive experience (detail), scenography Sylvain Roca © RMN–Grand Palais
13 Dec 2024 – 4 May 2025

Pompeii

National Museum of Australia, Acton
Next on tomorrow from 9:00am to 5:00pm
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
Banner image: Rainforest dragon (2006 – Overall Winner). Photographer: Stanley and Kaisa Breeden.
28 Nov 2024 – 27 Apr 2025

20 Years of Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year

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
Next on today
Artist Lindy Lee's black and white family photo with burnt holes on the print
25 Oct 2024 – 1 Jul 2025

Lindy Lee

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today
Mangroves - Tales of the Tide exhbition space at Questacon
21 Feb – 31 Oct 2025

Mangroves: Tales from the Tide

Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 9:00am to 5:00pm
A print of a water scene including man a woman and catfish
21 Sep 2024 – 6 Jul 2025

Masami Teraoka and Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today
Poster images of women"
10 Oct 2024 – 31 Jul 2025

I AM A NEW WOMAN art exhibition

Australian Parliament House, Canberra
Next on today
Indigenous painting with large brushtrokes and shapes of colour
14 Sep 2024 – 6 Aug 2025

Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today
A group of people standing in a gallery looking at pictures on the walls
2 Dec 2024 – 2 Nov 2025

Behind the Lines

Museum of Australian Democracy, Parkes
Next on today
‘The Male’ (Lyrebird) costume from The Display 1964 designed by Sidney Nolan
18 Mar 2025 – 6 Mar 2026

A Total Work of Art: Sidney Nolan & the Stage

Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
The Farnham Telescope at Outer Space exhibition
22 Nov 2024 – 16 Nov 2025

Outer Space: Stromlo to the Stars

Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
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