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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 tomorrow from 2:00pm to 7:45pm
Diprotodon at the Australian National Botanic Gardens
1–31 Jul 2025

MEGAfauna: Look Alike

Next on tomorrow from 8:30am to 5:00pm
A landscape painting of art studio with large windows and a sea view
31 May – 21 Sep 2025

Cézanne to Giacometti: Highlights from Museum Berggruen / Neue Nationalgalerie

Next on today
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 tomorrow 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

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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 tomorrow 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 tomorrow from 2:00pm to 7:45pm
Bronwyn Saunders
5–20 Jul 2025

Join children’s author Bronwyn Saunders for MEGAfauna fun!

Australian National Botanic Gardens, Acton
Next on tomorrow from 10:30am to 1:00pm
circus
4–20 Jul 2025

Brophys Circus Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Showgrounds, Queanbeyan
Next on today from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
CVA
5–21 Jul 2025

The National Zoo and Aquarium Presents Zoofest

The National Zoo and Aquarium, Weston
Next on tomorrow 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 tomorrow from 11:00am to 5:00pm
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 tomorrow from 10:30am to 11:30am
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 tomorrow 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 tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
By Jenny Mason
11 Jul – 3 Aug 2025

Eclectic PALOW at Kyeema Art Gallery

Capital Wines and Kyeema Art Gallery, Hall
Next on today
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 tomorrow 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 tomorrow from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Screen grab from the courtroom scene in the 1997 movie 'The Castle'.
12 Jul – 5 Aug 2025

It’s the Vibe! The Castle film screening

National Archives of Australia, Parkes
Next on 5 Aug 2025
Digital collage of imagined city.
10 Jul – 3 Aug 2025

Into the Void | Annie Lok

M16 Artspace, Griffith
Next on tomorrow 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 tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
‘Stand’ 2025 45 h x 60 w image size Hand Painted Linocut Edition of 10 AP
28 Jun – 27 Jul 2025

Grace Gladdish | Higher Ground

Suki & Hugh Gallery, Bungendore
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Diprotodon at the Australian National Botanic Gardens
1–31 Jul 2025

MEGAfauna: Look Alike

Australian National Botanic Gardens, Acton
Next on tomorrow from 8:30am to 5:00pm
disembodied hand show the palm against a black background
19 Jun – 20 Jul 2025

Exhibition: Gestures of Retribution

photo access, Griffith
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Warm Trees 1
1 Jul – 10 Aug 2025

Warm Trees

National Arboretum Canberra, Molonglo Valley
Next on tomorrow from 9:00am to 4:00pm
A gestural image that shows a seated figure in pink
5 Jul – 16 Aug 2025

Intentos de procesar una(s) vida(s) / Attempts at processing a life(s)

Megalo Print Studio, Kingston
Next on tomorrow from 9:30am to 5:00pm
Image of artwork called Djinindjinindiri by Bradley Mapiva
11 Jul – 24 Aug 2025

Djinindira (Ginninderra) by Bradley Mapiva

West Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Julie Bartholomew, Detail of Glacial Melt 2024
12 Jun – 26 Jul 2025

Precarious Proximity

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
Next on today
NAIDOC in the North 2016
11 Jul – 24 Aug 2025

Exhibition: 10 years of NAIDOC in the North

The Window Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Image of artwork called Pathways of Connection (detail) by Kristal Matthews, Wilay Designs
11 Jul – 24 Aug 2025

Footsteps Through Country by Wilay Designs

Pivot Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
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