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Enlighten Festival with the illuminated National Library of Australia in the background

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

Next on tomorrow from 9:00am to 5:00pm
A colourful cubist handmade plate
7 Dec 2024 – 27 Apr 2025

Anne Dangar

Next on today
Busking duo Lonsdale St 2
30 Mar 2025

Braddon Busking Festival

Next on 30 Mar 2025 from 9:00am to 4:00pm
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
people sit at tables and chairs on lawn with a three storey white house in the background
5 Apr 2025

Government House Open Day

Next on 5 Apr 2025 from 10:00am to 2:00pm
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
Canberra and Region Heritage Festival 2023
18 Apr – 11 May 2025

Canberra and Region Heritage Festival

Next on 18 Apr 2025

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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
Group of people outside pub
20 Jan – 15 Dec 2025

Smith's Poetry Thing

Smith's Alternative, Canberra
Next on 31 Mar 2025 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
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
Ryan 'Brickman' McNaught with the Mars Rover Perseverence  made from LEGO® bricks
11 May 2024 – 11 May 2025

CURIOSITY: Building Breakthroughs in LEGO® Bricks

Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 9:00am to 5:00pm
BACKBAR
6 Feb 2025 – 6 Jun 2026

Blackbird Live Music

Blackbird Bar - Live Music - Cocktails - Nightclub - Underground Speakeasy, Canberra
Next on today from 7:30pm to 11:59pm
Voices / Dhuniai exhibition gallery
1 Jul 2023 – 30 Jun 2025

Voices / Dhuniai: Federation, Democracy and the Constitution

National Archives of Australia, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 9:00am to 5:00pm
painting of a ploiceman upsidedown with his head in the ground and a magpie sitting on his rifle
25 Mar 2024 – 26 Mar 2026

The Nolan Collection

Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra City
Next on tomorrow
Connections Exhibition
1 Jul 2023 – 31 Aug 2025

Connections / Mura Gadi: Archives, People, and Places

National Archives of Australia, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Photograph showing south view of Garden of Australian Dreams, National Museum of Australia
4 Apr 2023 – 3 Apr 2026

Breathing Space

National Museum of Australia, Acton
Next on tomorrow from 9:00am to 5:00pm
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
20 Mar – 5 Apr 2025

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Rehearsal Room, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on tomorrow from 7:30pm to 10:00pm
(banner): Kalu Yani - Walk-off fenceline banner, 2000. Image (above): Daguragu banner, 2000.
11 Feb – 28 Mar 2025

Gurindji Freedom Banners & Wave Hill / Jinparrak / Canberra Exchange

ANU School of Art & Design Gallery, Acton
Next on tomorrow from 10:30am to 3:30pm
A photograph of a hand taking film off of a film reel
26 Mar 2025

Film Developing and Scanning Workshop

photo access, Griffith
Next on tomorrow from 6:00pm to 9:00pm
#LIVEWIRE - Jonas Ba
26–30 Mar 2025

♯LIVEWIRE: Jonas Balsaitis. Exhibition of paintings and video

Civic Art Bureau, Canberra
Next on tomorrow
Oil on canvas
13–30 Mar 2025

Lost and Found - Penelope Boyd

Grainger Gallery, Fyshwick
Next on tomorrow from 11:00am to 5:00pm
Mid fired ceramic, gold lustre
13–30 Mar 2025

Sally Kent - The Blooming

Grainger Gallery, Fyshwick
Next on tomorrow from 11:00am to 5:00pm
A painting with organic forms in orange, yellow, green and black on a grey background.
20 Mar – 13 Apr 2025

Colour Coding | Michael Carroll Goudge

M16 Artspace, Griffith
Next on tomorrow from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
An abstract painting with purple and orange tones interlaced with lines and smooth shapes
20 Mar – 13 Apr 2025

On Show – The Four Elements | Canberra Art Workshop

M16 Artspace, Griffith
Next on tomorrow from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
2 women seen 3 times being cheeky
19 Mar – 12 Apr 2025

The Moors by Jen Silverman directed by Joel Horwood

Mill Theatre at Dairy Road, Fyshwick
Next on tomorrow from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
GRUB
9 May 2024 – 24 Dec 2025

Goulburn Regional Ukulele Band Sessions

The Goulburn Club, Goulburn
Next on tomorrow from 6:00pm to 11:00pm
A person is sitting in an audience holding a microphone
27 Mar 2025

On Shakespeare, Power and Politics

National Film and Sound Archive, Acton
Next on 27 Mar 2025 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Ruby Wax - I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was
27 Mar 2025

Ruby Wax - I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was

Street Theatre, Street One, Canberra
Next on 27 Mar 2025 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm
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