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Crowd cheering enthusiastically toward performer on stage at the Folk Festival, under red stage lights. | © Richard Poulton

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

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
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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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 today 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
Image of artwork called A Child’s Love by Hannah Langford
11 Jul – 24 Aug 2025

Home by Dominika Cady, Shawnah Cady, Hannah Langford & Eva-Lee Williams

Generator Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Image | Artwork Created by Rechelle Turner | Photography by Jessika Spencer
12 Jun – 26 Jul 2025

Honouring Country

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
Next on today
IMAGE | Maggie-Jean Douglas Weaving | Photography by Nungheena Gowland
12 Jun – 26 Jul 2025

UNRESOLVED watching…waiting…

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
Next on today
Jacqueline Stojanović, Pirot Ode, 2017, Handwoven tapestry made of wool and cotton, 40 x 89 cm
20 Jun – 10 Aug 2025

Jacqueline Stojanović: Units

Drill Hall Gallery, Acton
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
installation image of Jahnne Pasco-White's w, Embodied watery entanglements, Like a Wheel That Turns
20 Jun – 10 Aug 2025

Material Nature

Drill Hall Gallery, Acton
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Truffles
20 Jun – 10 Aug 2025

Truffle Season at Beltana Farm

Beltana Farm, Pialligo
Next on today from 12:00am to 11:59pm
Searching
14 Jun – 17 Aug 2025

Truffle hunt and tasting

L'Air du Wombat Truffles, Oallen
Next on 26 Jul 2025 from 10:00am to 12:00pm
Close up of women's shadows and hands painting the ancestral design of the Sugar leaf dreaming
21 Jun – 31 Aug 2025

Free weekend screenings of Australian documentaries at the NFSA

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Acton
Next on 26 Jul 2025 from 10:30am to 3:30pm
One of our truffle dogs helping unearth the wonderful black truffle
7 Jun – 31 Aug 2025

Family Truffle Hunt

Macenmist Black Truffles and Wines, Bredbo
Next on today
Truffle and Wine
7 Jun – 31 Aug 2025

Truffle Infused Winter Tastings at Mount Majura Vineyard

Mount Majura Vineyard, Majura
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
A hand holding 2 ceramic tumblers by Madeline Cardone (STUDIO VESSL)
24 Apr – 27 Jul 2025

pivot/al

SLA Display Village and Innovation Precinct, Whitlam
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Orienteering
12 Apr – 20 Jul 2025

School Holiday - Family Orienteering

National Arboretum Canberra, Molonglo
Next on today from 9:00am to 4:00pm
A man sitting on grey couch holding a colourful cushion.
12 Apr – 20 Jul 2025

The Immersive World of Thom Roberts

National Portrait Gallery, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
A puppet of a rocket ship and Mr Squiggle
4 Jul – 13 Oct 2025

Mr Squiggle and Friends

National Museum of Australia, Acton
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
small homes
11 Apr – 31 Jul 2025

Artist in Residence viewing

SLA Display Village and Innovation Hub, Whitlam
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
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

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today
A photograph of a woman looking through a viewfinder, drawing the abstract sculptures she sees.
31 May – 21 Sep 2025

The Whole is Greater than the Sum of Her Parts

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Sepia photographs from the upcoming Fit to Print exhibition at the National Library of Australia.
27 Feb – 20 Jul 2025

Exhibition - Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Photo Archive selected by Mike Bowers

National Library of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Black and white photograph of the Trans-Australian Railway express about 1960. NAA: B3117, 57 [2]
24 May – 19 Oct 2025

Camel trains to steel wheels: life on the Trans-Australian Railway

National Archives of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Elsie's Film House posters
21 Feb – 27 Jul 2025

Elsie's Film House | Pop-Up Cinema Screenings

Elsie's Film House, Canberra
Next on today
Hand arranging glass for kilnformed snow flake
16 Apr – 12 Oct 2025

Canberra Glassworks School Holiday Program

Canberra Glassworks, Kingston
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
A portrait of Johannes Christophorus Pepusch
31 Jan – 17 Aug 2025

Exhibition - The Excellencies of Musick: Highlights from the Jamie and Michael Kassler Collection

National Library of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
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