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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
The Forage
19 Jul 2025

The Forage

Next on 19 Jul 2025 from 12:00pm to 8:00pm
Diprotodon at the Australian National Botanic Gardens
1–31 Jul 2025

MEGAfauna: Look Alike

Next on today from 8:30am to 5:00pm
Truffles
20 Jun – 10 Aug 2025

Truffle Season at Beltana Farm

Next on today
Gears exhibit in Questacon Presents: ZAP! CLANK! POW!
31 May 2025 – 1 Feb 2026

Questacon Presents: ZAP! CLANK! POW!

Next on today 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
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

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Headshot of Luke Cornish
17 Jul 2025

Book Launch: The stencil art of Luke Cornish at the National Library

National Library of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 6:00pm to 7:30pm
2 imaginary creatures
16–17 Jul 2025

The Gruffalo's Child

Goulburn Performing Arts Centre, Goulburn
Next on today from 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Puccini’s La Bohème
17–19 Jul 2025

Puccini’s La Bohème

Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra
Next on today from 7:30pm to 9:35pm
Lego characters running and yelling in fear towards camera
10–18 Jul 2025

School Holiday Program at the NFSA

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Acton
Next on today
Tom - Artist
8–17 Jul 2025

MEGAfauna Makers Art Workshop

Australian National Botanic Gardens, Acton
Next on today from 10:00am to 2:30pm
Three children with a guide and titan the robot pouring coins
8–17 Jul 2025

School Holiday Activity - Mintventures

Royal Australian Mint, Deakin
Next on
Illustration of shadow puppets
9–18 Jul 2025

Winter School Holiday Program

National Museum of Australia, Acton
Next on today
A mother and her young daughters looking at the museum map
7–17 Jul 2025

School Holidays Activities at the Museum of Australian Democracy

Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Lavender Art Studios: Festival, Carnial Art Workshops
7–18 Jul 2025

Festival, Carnival Creative Holiday Art Workshops for 5 - 13 years

Lavender Art Studios, Phillip
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
A child doing craft at a table
7–18 Jul 2025

School Holiday Activity - Crafternoons

Royal Australian Mint, Deakin
Next on today from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
The Warehouse Circus Performance Troupe presenting the final tableau from Elemental
7–18 Jul 2025

Warehouse Circus School Holiday Program

Warehouse Circus, Chifley & Kaleen, Chifley
Next on today from 9:00am to 3:00pm
Winter in the City
5–19 Jul 2025

Winter in the City

Grand Winter Stage | City Walk , Canberra, Canberra
Next on today from 2:00pm to 7:45pm
CVA
5–21 Jul 2025

The National Zoo and Aquarium Presents Zoofest

The National Zoo and Aquarium, Weston
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
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 today from 11:00am to 5:00pm
circus
4–20 Jul 2025

Brophys Circus Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Showgrounds, Queanbeyan
Next on today from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Bath bomb cauldron izzing green in water
3–20 Jul 2025

School Holidays - Mystical Bath Bombs

Quizzic Alley, Fyshwick
Next on tomorrow from 3:30pm to 4:00pm
Photo of boy with a wand he made in a Quizzic Alley class and a QBrew in the other hand
2–20 Jul 2025

School Holidays ~ Wand-Making Class

Quizzic Alley, Fyshwick
Next on today from 3:00pm to 4:00pm
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 today 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 today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
A landscape painting depicting a vibrant creek flowing through a bushy landscape
11 Jul – 3 Aug 2025

Inside the Outside | Jenny Gibson

M16 Artspace, Griffith
Next on today from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Colourful cartoon style megaphones
11 Jul – 3 Aug 2025

The Space & Time Continuum Project | Robyn Veneer Sweeney and Mandy Evans

M16 Artspace, Griffith
Next on today from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
A greedy man on wall street seen three times
16 Jul – 9 Aug 2025

Enron by Lucy Prebble directed by Adam Broinowski

Mill Theatre at Dairy Road, Fyshwick
Next on today from 7:30pm to 10:00pm
Digital collage of imagined city.
10 Jul – 3 Aug 2025

Into the Void | Annie Lok

M16 Artspace, Griffith
Next on today from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
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 today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
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