What's On in Canberra

The Truffle Festival - Canberra Region

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Collection Highlights Tour

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Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion

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Democracy. Are You In?

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PlayUP: The Right to Have an Opinion and Be Heard

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onetoeight: Australia’s first prime ministers

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Happy and Glorious

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The Amazing Face

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Maker meetup

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Milky Way Photography Workshop with Ari Rex

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Yours Faithfully

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Cineclub: The Story of Film

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Truth, Power and a Free Press

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Behind the Lines 2020: The year in political cartoons

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Peril in the Parliament

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Magic of Marion: Celebrating 150 years

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Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photographer

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Starstruck: On Location

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Lunchbox Acoustic

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The Trevor Kennedy Collection: Highlights

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Saturday Screenings

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Live music Fridays at Blackbird

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Ruth Lane-Poole: A Woman of Influence

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The Piano Creatures: A Ragged Shore

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The Truffle Festival - Canberra Region

19 Jun - 29 Aug 2021

Beat the Canberra chill and indulge in a feast for the senses at The Truffle Festival – Canberra Region, a taste of mid-winter magic. The festival celebrates...

Festivals and Celebrations

Free event Next on 3 Aug 2021

Collection Highlights Tour

19 Dec 2020 - 31 Dec 2021

Join the National Portrait Gallery for a free 30 minute guided tour touching on aspects of the building and some of the collection. Bookings essential, limited...

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

Free event Next on 3 Aug 2021

Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion

20 Feb - 8 Aug 2021

This stunning exhibition shines a light on Australia's leading First Nations creatives and a design movement that is fast becoming a national fashion phenomenon....

Exhibition and Shows

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Democracy. Are You In?

20 Mar - 31 Dec 2021

Democracy. Are You In? is a contemporary exhibition that aims to encourage visitors to recognise that our freedoms and our way of life are built on the foundation...

Exhibition and Shows

Free event Next on 3 Aug 2021

PlayUP: The Right to Have an Opinion and Be Heard

7 May - 31 Dec 2021

PlayUP is the Museum of Australian Democracy's imaginative family space with activities to educate, excite and challenge young minds. With listening pods and a...

Exhibition and Shows

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onetoeight: Australia’s first prime ministers

20 Mar - 31 Dec 2021

Visually arresting, humorous and thoughtful, Canberra-based artist Alison Alder reinterprets and reinvigorates portraits of the first eight prime ministers in onetoeight,...

Exhibition and Shows

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Happy and Glorious

20 Mar - 31 Dec 2021

The Museum of Australian Democracy (MoAD) at Old Parliament House presents Happy and Glorious - an exhibition dedicated to The Queen’s Visit in 1954. Old Parliament...

Exhibition and Shows

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The Amazing Face

4 Jan - 31 Dec 2021

The National Portrait Gallery has a free online class to learn the language of portraiture. Over 14 modules, iconic portraits from the NPG Collection are highlighted,...

Exhibition and Shows

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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

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Milky Way Photography Workshop with Ari Rex

23 May 2020 - 6 Nov 2021

Take your night sky photography to the next level. Learn how to capture stunning Milky Way nightscapes. Expert instruction is given by award-winning photographer...

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

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Yours Faithfully

1 Jul - 31 Dec 2021

Yours faithfully is an interactive exhibition that invites you to rediscover the art of letter writing. In Yours Faithfully, you can use the Museum of Australian...

Exhibition and Shows

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Cineclub: The Story of Film

15 May - 21 Aug 2021

The Story of Film: An Odyssey is a British documentary film series about the history of cinema, presented in 15 x 1-hour chapters. Adapted from his book, Northern...

Concert or PerformanceFestivals and Celebrations

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Truth, Power and a Free Press

2 Jul 2020 - 31 Dec 2021

Truth, Power and a Free press is a compelling exhibition that explores the relationship between trusted media sources and a healthy democracy. Iconic objects from...

Exhibition and Shows

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Behind the Lines 2020: The year in political cartoons

26 Nov 2020 - 15 Nov 2021

Behind the Lines presents the best political cartoons from 2020, including digital cartoons for the first time. With the fitting theme, ‘A dog’s breakfast’,...

Exhibition and Shows

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Peril in the Parliament

19 Apr - 31 Dec 2021

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

Exhibition and Shows

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Magic of Marion: Celebrating 150 years

14 Feb - 10 Aug 2021

This year marks Marion’s 150th Birthday. A woman that played such in integral part in architectural designs across two continents. Not only did Marion produce...

Festivals and Celebrations

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Mervyn Bishop: Australian Photographer

5 Mar - 4 Oct 2021

Mervyn Bishop: The Exhibition features iconic photographs that derive from his career as a photojournalist, alongside personal images of family and friends and intimate...

Exhibition and Shows

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Starstruck: On Location

18 Feb - 9 Oct 2021

Starstruck: On Location features 16 of the most striking images from the Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits exhibition, previously seen at the National Portrait...

Community EventExhibition and Shows

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Lunchbox Acoustic

2 Jul 2021 - 11 Feb 2022

Introducing the City Renewal Authority’s new Lunchbox Acoustic program of live performances in the city centre! The program features talented, local artists...

Concert or Performance

Free event Next on 3 Aug 2021

The Trevor Kennedy Collection: Highlights

21 Apr - 10 Oct 2021

Discover objects of rare beauty and items of curiosity and wonder in this exhibition. Drawn from the rich and diverse Trevor Kennedy Collection, this selection of...

Exhibition and Shows

Free event Next on 3 Aug 2021

Saturday Screenings

1 May - 4 Sep 2021

Saturday Screenings is a free program of film screenings on the first weekend of each month, presented in partnership between the National Film and Sound Archive...

Exhibition and Shows

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Live music Fridays at Blackbird

14 May 2021 - 5 May 2023

Every Friday night a different artist will play. Drop in for amazing cocktails in a great cosy and candlelit atmosphere, with some amazing talent on stage every...

Concert or PerformanceFood and Wine

Free event Next on 3 Aug 2021

Ruth Lane-Poole: A Woman of Influence

10 Jul - 23 Oct 2021

Ruth Lane-Poole’s articles on interior decoration in popular magazines in the mid-1920s introduced many homemakers to her ideas on good taste and practical design....

Exhibition and Shows

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The Piano Creatures: A Ragged Shore

26 May - 4 Sep 2021

The whimsical concept behind the imaginary coastal microcosm presented within the glass walls of CMAG on the Square is that the creatures living here have, over...

Exhibition and Shows

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