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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 and Region Heritage Festival 2023
13–28 Apr 2024

Canberra and Region Heritage Festival 2024

Next on 23 Apr 2024
Defence person saluting at Anzac Day Dawn Service
25 Apr 2024

Anzac Day Dawn Service 2024 | Australian War Memorial

Next on tomorrow
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.

Next on 23 Apr 2024
Lior: Compassion
30 Apr – 5 May 2024

Canberra International Music Festival

Next on 30 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 23 Apr 2024
Brumbies Flyhalf Jack Debreczeni
4 May 2024

Safeguard Global ACT Brumbies vs Fijian Drua

Next on 4 May 2024

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A cyanotype print photograph of three kids sitting on a ledge holding cameras up to their faces
22–24 Apr 2024

School Holidays: Autumn Photo Makers Workshop

PhotoAccess, Griffith
Next on today from 9:00am to 4:00pm
Young girl doing an activity in the Discovery Centre workshop
16–24 Apr 2024

Egyptian Lantern Making | Autumn School Holidays

National Museum of Australia, Acton
Next on today from 10:00am to 11:00am
Orienteering
19–29 Apr 2024

Family Orienteering

National Arboretum Canberra, Molonglo Valley
Next on today from 9:00am to 4:00pm
A lone aerialist performs on an aerial silk
15–26 Apr 2024

Warehouse Circus School Holiday Programs!

Warehouse Circus, Chifley & Kaleen, Canberra, ACT, Chifley
Next on today from 9:00am to 6:00pm
School holidays Playful Endeavour
15–26 Apr 2024

Playful Endeavour | Free School Holiday Activity

Glebe Park, Canberra
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Canberra and Region Heritage Festival 2023
13–28 Apr 2024

Canberra and Region Heritage Festival 2024

Various venues, Canberra
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Tuff Nutterz Canberra
13–28 Apr 2024

Tuff Nutterz , Australia's Biggest Inflatable Theme Park

Parkes Place Lawns, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 4:45pm
Oil on Linen - 80 x80cm
18 Apr – 5 May 2024

Two Solo Exhibitions - Sarah McDonald and Kirsty McIntyre

Grainger Gallery, Fyshwick
Next on today from 11:00am to 5:00pm
Free-Rain Theatre Co.
9 Apr – 5 May 2024

Billy Elliot the Musical

The Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, Queanbeyan
Next on today from 7:30pm to 10:30pm
The defeat of Mara, egg tempera and wax on board, 120cm x 120cm, 2024
20 Apr – 19 May 2024

Regarding Dreams as Water Moons Exhibition

Suki & Hugh Gallery, Bungendore
Next on today from 10:00am to 3:00pm
A photograph of a half shell filled with small pearls sitting on green moss
20 Mar – 27 Apr 2024

Poison Berries: Janhavi Sharma Exhibition

PhotoAccess, Griffith
Next on today
A photograph scanned of three archival print bundles tied with rubber bands
20 Mar – 27 Apr 2024

Volver (The Return): Judith Martinez Estrada Exhibition

PhotoAccess, Griffith
Next on today
Two handmade ceramic vessels, one pale green & one black, against a grey background
21 Mar – 5 May 2024

Surfacing: Exhibition by Moraig McKenna

Watson Arts Centre, Watson
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
A landscape is painted in sweeping brush strokes of a formation of hills in greens and blues.
6 Apr – 25 May 2024

Highlights of the QPRC Art Collection - Art Exhibition

Rusten House Art Centre, Queanbeyan
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
a portrait of a person is sketched in ink over an orange and maroon background
6 Apr – 25 May 2024

Community Connections – A Portrait Story - Art Exhibition

Rusten House Art Centre, Queanbeyan
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Holly Grace
22 Mar – 11 May 2024

2023 Artist-in-Residence Exhibition | South Facing

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
Next on today from 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Oliver Smith
22 Mar – 11 May 2024

Talisman, Tool and Touchstone Exhibition

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
Next on today from 12:00pm to 4:00pm
ABODE Exhibition Tuggeranong Arts Centre
5 Apr – 8 Jun 2024

ABODE Exhibition

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Exhibition Tuggeranong Arts Centre
5 Apr – 8 Jun 2024

I Know My Age and I Act Like It Exhibition

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Robbie karmel Exhibition Tuggeranong Arts Centre
5 Apr – 8 Jun 2024

Sitting Standing Turning Exhibition

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway
Next on today from 9:00am to 4:00pm
A landscape done in textiles of a creek, small house and mountains surrounded by trees.
11 Apr – 22 Jun 2024

A Stitch in Time – Quilt Exhibition

Rusten House Art Centre, Queanbeyan
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
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
Still from Temple showing a Galah
5 Apr – 30 Jun 2024

Temple

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Acton
Next on today
Nikki Lam 'the unshakeable destiny'
15 Feb – 24 May 2024

Assembly

Australian Centre on China in the World (CIW), Acton
Next on today
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