Events ACT

Canberra hosts some of the nation’s biggest festivals, international sporting matches, and blockbuster exhibitions.

Discover a thriving calendar of colour, entertainment and family-friendly activities. Canberra's events offer something for all interests, including art, food and wine, performance, music, markets and sport.

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Featured events

Next on 1 Mar 2021

Enlighten Festival

26 Feb - 14 Mar 2021

Canberra will shine bright with culture and creativity as the Enlighten Festival brings together the best autumn events. Held over 17 days from 26 February to 14...

Community EventFood and WineExhibition and ShowsFestivals and CelebrationsConcert or Performance

Free event Next on 6 Mar 2021

Lights! Canberra! Action! at Enlighten Festival

6 Mar 2021

Competition meets creativity at Lights! Canberra! Action!. Shining a spotlight on Canberra’s talented filmmakers, who have been tasked with creating seven-minute...

Community EventFestivals and Celebrations

Free event Next on 8 Mar 2021

Canberra Day at Enlighten Festival

8 Mar 2021

Celebrate Canberra’s 108th birthday ! Make the most of the public holiday and start the day at the Canberra Balloon Spectacular before joining Canberra Day festivities...

Community EventFestivals and Celebrations

Next on 5 Mar 2021

Symbiosis

5-14 Mar 2021

Join an exclusive after dark walking tour through the Australian National Botanic Gardens with illuminated live dance, music and spoken word. Experience a unique...

Concert or Performance

Some of what's on this week

Next on 1 Mar 2021

PlayUP: The Right to Have an Opinion and Be Heard

1 Oct 2020 - 30 Apr 2021

The imaginative family space has all-new hands-on activities to educate, excite and challenge young minds. Discover PlayUP – The Right to Have an Opinion and...

Community EventExhibition and Shows

Next on 1 Mar 2021

Peril in the Parliament

11 Feb - 30 Apr 2021

A brand new Museum of Australian Democracy experience for groups – part whodunit, part riddle room at Old Parliament House after dark! Located in the House of...

Exhibition and Shows

Free event Next on 1 Mar 2021

Sidney Nolan and St Kilda: Memory and Modernism

27 Oct 2020 - 13 Mar 2021

For Sidney Nolan, his boyhood home of the Melbourne bayside suburb of St Kilda was ‘My kitsch heaven’. The memory of childhood experiences at the beach and...

Exhibition and Shows

Free event Next on 1 Mar 2021

BentSpoke Beer Garden at Enlighten Festival

26 Feb - 14 Mar 2021

Canberra will shine bright for the next 17 days across 5 hero events in Canberra's favourite festival, Enlighten. We have the BentSpoke beer garden on site, featuring...

Community EventConcert or PerformanceExhibition and ShowsFestivals and Celebrations

Next on 5 Mar 2021

Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photographer

5 Mar - 1 Aug 2021

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) celebrates Mervyn Bishop, one of Australia's most prolific and influential photographers, with a new exhibition...

Exhibition and Shows

Free event Next on 2 Mar 2021

Maker meetup

8 Oct 2019 - 29 Sep 2021

Meet interesting people in Canberra’s Maker community and see the cool stuff people are working on. The projects range from a laser-cut trebuchet, 3D printed game...

Community Event

PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN THE ACT

Featured events

Enlighten Festival

Lights! Canberra! Action! at Enlighten Festival

Canberra Day at Enlighten Festival

Symbiosis

Some of what's on this week

PlayUP: The Right to Have an Opinion and Be Heard

Peril in the Parliament

Sidney Nolan and St Kilda: Memory and Modernism

BentSpoke Beer Garden at Enlighten Festival

Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photographer

Maker meetup

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