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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

Balloons over lake
9–17 Mar 2024

Canberra Balloon Spectacular

Next on 15 Mar 2024
Detail of scroll depicting four Egyptian  figures with hieroglyphics running along the top section
15 Dec 2023 – 8 Sep 2024

Discovering Ancient Egypt

Next on 15 Mar 2024
A gallery entryway with a wall of paintings and signage that reads 'Emily Kam Kngwarray'
2 Dec 2023 – 28 Apr 2024

Emily Kam Kngwarray

Next on 15 Mar 2024
National Sheepdog Trials
11–17 Mar 2024

National Sheep Dog Trial Championships

Next on 15 Mar 2024
Canberra Comedy Festival Gala
13–24 Mar 2024

Canberra Comedy Festival

Next on 15 Mar 2024
The Raiders celebrate against the Tigers
16 Mar 2024

Raiders v Wests Tigers - NRL Round 2

Next on 16 Mar 2024
people sit at tables and chairs on lawn with a three storey white house in the background
16 Mar 2024

Government House Open Day

Next on 16 Mar 2024
Subway Socceroos at CommBank Stadium
26 Mar 2024

Lebanon v Subway Socceroos

Next on 26 Mar 2024
A street performer performs for a crowd at the Festival
28 Mar – 1 Apr 2024

National Folk Festival

Next on tomorrow

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painting of a ploiceman upsidedown with his head in the ground and a magpie sitting on his rifle
25 Mar 2023 – 24 Mar 2024

The Nolan Collection

Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra City
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Stunt Double
14–16 Mar 2024

Stunt Double

Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra
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Visit the A.C.T Seasonal Antiques and Collectable Fair
15–17 Mar 2024

ACT Seasonal Antique and Collectable Fair

Albert Hall, Yarralumla
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National Sheepdog Trials
11–17 Mar 2024

National Sheep Dog Trial Championships

National Sheep Dog Trial Championships, Hall
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Balloons over lake
9–17 Mar 2024

Canberra Balloon Spectacular

Patrick White Lawns, Parkes
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Canberra Comedy Festival Gala
13–24 Mar 2024

Canberra Comedy Festival

Various Venues, Canberra
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Table still life, fruit and Eucalyptus - oil on linen, 61 x 91cm
29 Feb – 16 Mar 2024

Crispin Akerman - paintings

Beaver Galleries, Deakin
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Midwinter echoes IV - stoneware, rutile patina, porcelain slip, glaze, 22 x 12.5 x 12.5cm
29 Feb – 16 Mar 2024

Ulrica Trulsson - 'Midwinter echoes', ceramics

Beaver Galleries, Deakin
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Night street scape of an isolated Canberra bus stop. The street lights and signs glow quietly.
22 Feb – 17 Mar 2024

'New Work'| M16 Artspace Exhibition

M16 Artspace, Griffith
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Three pink figures stand in front of a flat blue horizon. Dark eyes the only detail on their faces.
22 Feb – 17 Mar 2024

Absurd Frontier | M16 Artspace Exhibition

M16 Artspace, Griffith
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A woman standing in the dark is blurred into three descending frames superimposed over each other.
22 Feb – 17 Mar 2024

CAPTCHA | M16 Artspace Exhibition

M16 Artspace, Griffith
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Six brightly coloured triangles sit symmetrically on a chopping board next to a stripy larger wedge.
22 Feb – 17 Mar 2024

Cold Collations| M16 Artspace Exhibition

M16 Artspace, Griffith
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Oil on canvas
14 Mar – 7 Apr 2024

Dust Storms Dance - a Landscape Group Show

Grainger Gallery, Fyshwick
Next on today
Oil painting of a bend in the Murray River, showing thin tree trunks in the background
28 Feb – 24 Mar 2024

Valda Johnson - Meandering around the Murray

Strathnairn Arts Association, Holt
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Emerging Contemporaries Exhibition
16 Feb – 16 Mar 2024

Emerging Contemporaries Exhibition

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
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Seeing and Knowing
16 Feb – 16 Mar 2024

Seeing and Knowing: New Perspectives in Furniture  Exhibition

Craft + Design Canberra, Canberra
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Watercolour artwork of a Chequered Cuckoo Bee (Thyreus caeruleopunctatus)
29 Feb – 1 Apr 2024

A Charm of Native Bees Exhibition Cheryl Hodges

Australian National Botanic Gardens, Acton
Next on today from 9:30am to 4:30pm
Whirlpools (detail) by Natalie Hill
16 Feb – 24 Mar 2024

Emergence of Materials and Self | Natalie Hill

Generator Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
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In and Through 1 (detail) by Patsy Payn
16 Feb – 28 Mar 2024

Lines of Sight by Patsy Payne and John Pratt

Pivot Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Structure for reflected light by Francis Kenna
16 Feb – 28 Mar 2024

atmo-spheres | Francis Kenna

Generator Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Basil Hall in Studio One, printing Naminapu Maymuru White’s lino triptych Nyapilingu (1995).
8 Feb – 28 Mar 2024

Prints from Studio One: From the Collection of Basil Hall Exhibition

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Jeremy Barrett, Untitled, acrylic on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist
8 Feb – 28 Mar 2024

Recent Prints and Monoprints Exhibition at Tuggeranong Arts Centre

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Josephine Townsend, Among the Trees (2023) Ceramics.
7 Feb – 28 Mar 2024

Seeing the Forest and Trees Exhibition at Tuggeranong Arts Centre

Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:30pm
Cast glass artwork by Rosalind Lemoh
7 Mar – 28 Apr 2024

Told. Retold. Untold. by Rosalind Lemoh

Canberra Glassworks, Kingston
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
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