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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

Pompeii immersive experience (detail), scenography Sylvain Roca © RMN–Grand Palais
13 Dec 2024 – 4 May 2025

Pompeii

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

Ethel Carrick

Next on today
The Little Burley Market
14–21 Dec 2024

Month of Merry at The Little Burley Market

Next on 21 Dec 2024
sunset cinema, outdoor cinema, openair cinema, movies, Canberra, Australian National Botanic Gardens
21 Nov 2024 – 22 Feb 2025

Sunset Cinema

Next on tomorrow
NYE Canberra Fireworks
31 Dec 2024 – 1 Jan 2025

New Year's Eve Canberra

Next on 31 Dec 2024
P2 Advisory Canberra International
29 Dec 2024 – 4 Jan 2025

Workday Canberra International 2025

Next on 29 Dec 2024
Burnouts
2–5 Jan 2025

Street Machine Summernats 37

Next on 2 Jan 2025

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Markets on Bourke
26 Feb 2022 – 20 Dec 2025

Markets on Bourke

Goulburn Scout Hall, Goulburn
Next on 21 Dec 2024 from 9:00am to 1:00pm
Jon at the piano composing
11–21 Dec 2024

Tick, Tick...Boom!

ACT Hub | Australian Capital Theatre Hub, Kingston
Next on today from 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Oil on canvas
5–22 Dec 2024

Cate Maddy, Brittany Ferns & Thea Katauskas - Three Solo Shows

Grainger Gallery, Fyshwick
Next on tomorrow from 11:00am to 5:00pm
Group of people outside pub
18 Nov – 23 Dec 2024

Smith's Poetry Thing

Smith's Alternative, Canberra
Next on tomorrow from 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Orienteering
18 Dec 2024 – 2 Feb 2025

School Holiday - Family Orienteering

National Arboretum Canberra, Molonglo Valley
Next on tomorrow from 9:00am to 4:00pm
Channel Billed Cuckoo by Rebecca Tapscott
6 Dec 2024 – 2 Feb 2025

Echoes of Absence by Rebecca Tapscott

The Window Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Rock pools by Amanda Poland
6 Dec 2024 – 2 Feb 2025

Grounded by Robyn Evans, Sabina Moore, Amanda Andlee Poland

West Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Performing Rites for the Rocks (detail) by Peter McLean
6 Dec 2024 – 2 Feb 2025

Oikos by Peter McLean

Pivot Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Going going gone by Morgyn Phillips
6 Dec 2024 – 2 Feb 2025

Dear Forests…

Generator Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Richard Larter, Untitled (detail), 1966, Courtesy the Estate of the Artist and Utopia Art Sydney
8 Nov 2024 – 19 Jan 2025

Exhibition - Richard Larter: Free Radical

ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Acton
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 5:00pm
A black  artwork installation suspended from the ceiling of an art gallery.
2 Nov 2024 – 25 Jan 2025

Pattern Recognition

Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 11:00am to 5:00pm
A man stands in the desert
1 Dec 2024 – 28 Feb 2025

Summer Film Series

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Acton
Next on today
A young woman with long hair holding a sign that says 'A Good Idea' with a lightbulb on top of it.
30 Nov 2024 – 2 Mar 2025

Carol Jerrems: Portraits

National Portrait Gallery, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Lake Burley Griffin
17 Oct 2024 – 31 Jan 2025

Lake Life Exhibition

National Capital Exhibition, Parkes
Next on today
A man explores How Soon Is Now? Exhibition
2 Nov 2024 – 16 Mar 2025

Bruce Reynolds: How Soon Is Now?

Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra City
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Exhibition image of Hiroe and Cornel Swen: Making a Creative Life
2 Nov 2024 – 16 Mar 2025

Hiroe and Cornel Swen: Making a Creative Life

Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra City
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
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
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
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 man looking at a showcase inside the Joan Ross exhibition
3 Sep 2024 – 2 Feb 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 print of a water scene including man a woman and catfish
21 Sep 2024 – 2 Mar 2025

Masami Teraoka and Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today
A blue cover of the 'Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories' exhibition with family photos.
26 Jul 2024 – 2 Feb 2025

Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories

National Library of Australia, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 1:00pm 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
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