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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.

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Featured events

Opening of 2024 Craft + Design Canberra Festival in Civic Square
5–15 Nov 2026

2026 Craft + Design Canberra Festival

Next on today
Etcetera Etcetera performing at Fair Day 2026
31 Oct – 1 Dec 2026

Canberra SpringOUT Pride Festival

Next on today
RELICS hero image featuring two miniature lego figures interacting with vintage stopwatch
19 Sep 2026 – 31 Jan 2027

RELICS: A New World Rises

Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Three plates on high tea stand with two smaller dishes next to the stand.
11 Sep – 29 Nov 2026

Spring high tea at Australian Parliament House

Next on 13 Nov 2026 from 11:00am to 2:00pm
Spider-Man in santa hat
21 Nov 2026

GEEK EXPO Xmas Edition

Next on 21 Nov 2026 from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Green Candle Co handing a candle to a customer
27–29 Nov 2026

Handmade Market Canberra - Summer

Next on 27 Nov 2026 from 5:00pm to 9:00pm
CommBank Matildas in a team huddle
28 Nov 2026

CommBank Matildas v Colombia

Next on 28 Nov 2026 from 7:35pm to 11:59pm

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A monochrome photographic portrait of four men with candid expressions wearing suits.
16 May 2026 – 23 May 2027

Power suits: The fit within the frame

National Portrait Gallery, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
The Gurindji Freedom banners hung up in a gallery.
19 Aug 2025 – 31 Dec 2026

Gurindji Freedom Banners Exhibition

Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Group of people outside pub
20 Jan 2025 – 14 Dec 2026

Smith's Poetry Thing

Smith's Alternative, Canberra
Next on today from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
A close up shot of a pair of hands applying a red decal to a white  ceramic cup
10 Nov 2026

Dissent through Decal | Ceramic Decoration Workshop

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
Next on tomorrow from 5:30pm to 8:30pm
A black and white photograph of an architectural detail of a brutalist apartment building
10 Nov 2026

Northbourne Precinct Heritage Tour | A Walking Tour

Craft + Design Canberra, Lyneham
Next on tomorrow from 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Pink roses in a garden
1–29 Nov 2026

Rose Gardens Guided Tours at Old Parliament House

Statue of Dame Dorothy Tangney & Enid Lyons | Old Parliament House Rose Gardens, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 9:30am to 10:30am
A small sculptural raffia weaving in yellow and black
23 Oct – 12 Dec 2026

60 Years - Canberra Spinners and Weavers at Tuggeranong Arts Centre

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Colourful oil painting featuring a street, people and an iconic building - Byrne's Mill
29 Sep – 27 Nov 2026

Art Exhibition - Beyond Clear Waters: Paintings of Queanbeyan & Beyond by Jenny Sheppard

The LinQ Gallery - Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, Queanbeyan
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
A man stand away from camera with a red cape and gold circles painted on it
7 Nov 2026 – 30 Jan 2027

POWER – The Future is Here | Dennis Golding | Curated by Kyra Kum-Sing

Canberra Contemporary, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 11:00am to 5:00pm
A woman stands in front of a large tapestry artworks with flowers and a woman with a water vessel
7 Nov 2026 – 30 Jan 2027

Quietly Seething: Fate, Fury and Transmutation

Canberra Contemporary, Parkes
Next on tomorrow from 11:00am to 5:00pm
Yass History Centre
13 Nov 2025 – 10 Nov 2026

National Treasures, Local Stories

Yass Valley History Centre, Yass
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 4:00pm
A close up of a quiltyed textile artwork showing a womans face with a yellow halo behind her head
11 Nov 2026

Very Cross Stitch Workshop

Canberra Contemporary, Parkes
Next on 11 Nov 2026 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm
servicepersons standing at each corner of the stone of remembrance
11 Nov 2026

Remembrance Day 2026 National Ceremony

Australian War Memorial, Campbell
Next on 11 Nov 2026
A photo of some textile fabric swatches with electrical nodes and cords attached
11 Nov 2026

Hacking Histories: Sonified Textiles Workshop

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
Next on 11 Nov 2026 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm
A black and white photograph of the artist with a blow torch  creating glass art
5–25 Nov 2026

Delightly | Harriet Schwarzrock | Exhibition

Canberra Glassworks, Kingston
Next on 11 Nov 2026 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
painting of yellow pears in a fruit bowl. A blackened pear sits beside it.
24 Oct – 14 Nov 2026

Art Exhibition - Rethinking Disrupted Certainties by David Chatto, Dennis Mortimer and Ian Ireland

Rusten House Art Centre, Queanbeyan
Next on 11 Nov 2026 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
A hand wears a large ring carved out of a dark material against a tan background
23 Oct – 15 Nov 2026

Bespoke Utopia | Exhibition | M16 Artspace

M16 Artspace, Griffith
Next on 11 Nov 2026 from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
A collection of brass metal vessels with sharp angles sits on a platter against a white background
5 Nov – 12 Dec 2026

National Robert Foster Metal Prize

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
Next on 11 Nov 2026 from 12:00pm to 4:00pm
realistic oil painting of Tourist Hotel pub in Queanbeyan
26 Sep – 14 Nov 2026

Art Exhibition - No Tourists - If You Live Here, You’re From Here By Kirsty Dixon

Rusten House Art Centre, Queanbeyan
Next on 11 Nov 2026 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
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10 Jun – 16 Dec 2026

Murrulangalang storytime

National Archives of Australia, Parkes
Next on 11 Nov 2026 from 10:15am to 11:00am
A black and white photo of the Northbourne Ave Flats in brutalist style from the road
12 Nov 2026

Northbourne Precinct Heritage Tour | A Walking Tour Thursday

Craft + Design Canberra, Lyneham
Next on 12 Nov 2026 from 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Phoebe Porter standing by white plinths and gallery wall smiling
12 Nov 2026

Celebrating Raw and Refined | Phoebe Porter in Conversation with Kevin Murray

Canberra Airport Departures Lounge, Canberra Airport
Next on 12 Nov 2026 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm
A dancer on stage with triangles of bright green light spotlighting
12–13 Nov 2026

BOLD Dissent Symposium

Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra
Next on 12 Nov 2026 from 10:00am to 5:00pm
three teenagers running at night with pink flares
12–14 Nov 2026

Nightwalks with Teenagers

Meeting in Glebe Park and ending in Haig Park, Canberra
Next on 12 Nov 2026 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
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