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

2026 Craft + Design Canberra Festival

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Etcetera Etcetera performing at Fair Day 2026
31 Oct – 1 Dec 2026

Canberra SpringOUT Pride Festival

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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 today 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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Series of hessian sacks, packaging cardboards, plaster and other materials on a wall.
16 Oct – 8 Nov 2026

Byproducts II by Anie Nheu

Platform, Forrest
Next on today from 11:00am to 5:00pm
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 today from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
Kate O'Connor
10 Oct – 7 Nov 2026

Flora and Fauna - Binalong in Bloom and Birdsong Art Exhibition

Hotel Binalong, Binalong
Next on today from 12:00pm to 11:59pm
Etcetera Etcetera performing at Fair Day 2026
31 Oct – 1 Dec 2026

Canberra SpringOUT Pride Festival

SpringOUT PRIDE Festival Canberra, Canberra
Next on today from 12:00am to 11:59pm
An artwork of ceramic objects assembled together to look like bones
5 Nov – 12 Dec 2026

EMERGENCY | Signal, Repair, Adapt | Exhibition

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
Next on today from 12:00pm to 4:00pm
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 today 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 today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
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 today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Clarice Beckett, Bay Road, 1930, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1971
26 Sep – 21 Nov 2026

Clarice Beckett: Paintings from the National Collection

Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn
Next on today from 12:00pm to 4:00pm
A group of social dancers dressed in for a photo following a dance workshop
17 Oct – 12 Dec 2026

Salsa on Saturday

Ainslie Arts Centre, Braddon
Next on today from 7:30pm to 11:30pm
A photograph depicting five people wearing paper masks over their heads posing in front of a caravan
4 Sep – 9 Nov 2026

Art Exhibition - Who Am I Really by Frank Lindner

Braidwood Library Exhibition Wall, Braidwood
Next on today from 9:30am to 5:00pm
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

Australian Parliament House, Canberra
Next on today from 11:00am to 2:00pm
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 today 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 today from 11:00am to 5:00pm
Market sign at the lake
12 Sep – 5 Dec 2026

The Little Burley Market

By the lake on Queen Elizabeth Terrace, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 2:00pm
This shows a display of the aurora from the Tharwa area where the workshop will be conducted
7 Nov 2026 – 6 Feb 2027

Introduction to Night Sky Photo and Aurora Forecasting Thawra

Various venues, Tharwa
Next on today from 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Entrance to the galleries with exhibition title on the wall
12 Oct 2026 – 17 Jan 2027

Vietnam - One In, All In

Australian War Memorial, Campbell
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Photo of Cockburn Ranges, Kimberley, taken at Dusk.
12 Oct 2026 – 1 Feb 2027

The Great Kimberley Wilderness Virtual Reality Experience

National Museum of Australia, Acton
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Rosalie Gascoigne landscape made of galvanised iron panels
24 Oct 2026 – 14 Feb 2027

Rosalie Gascoigne

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
RELICS hero image featuring two miniature lego figures interacting with vintage stopwatch
19 Sep 2026 – 31 Jan 2027

RELICS: A New World Rises

Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Art Gallery
10 Sep 2026 – 28 Feb 2027

Tamara Lalayan Gallery Exhibition

Hyatt Hotel Canberra - A Park Hyatt Hotel, Yarralumla
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shoppers enjoying food and shopping at the farmers market
30 May – 19 Dec 2026

Capital Region Farmers Market

Exhibition Park in Canberra, Mitchell
Next on today from 7:00am to 11:30am
Inke Falkner using the technique of French straw marquetry on her artwork Round and Round
7 Nov 2026 – 13 Jun 2027

Inke Falkner: Round and Round

Canberra Museum + Gallery, Canberra
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Yellow and black illustrations of families in the remote Aboriginal community of Papunya
15 Jun 2026 – 31 Jan 2027

Wangka Wakaṉutja: The Story of the Papunya Literature Production Centre Exhibition

National Library of Australia, Parkes
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