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Soldier with operation Kudu patch and blue and yellow friendship braclelet
13 Oct 2026 – 31 Aug 2027

Operation Kudu: Supporting Ukraine

Australian War Memorial, Campbell
Next on today
Ravenclaw trying on the hat
5 Feb 2026 – 3 Jan 2027

Sorting Hat Ceremony

Quizzic Alley, Fyshwick
Next on today from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Scuba diver under the water and above coral reef
12 Sep 2026 – 15 Aug 2027

Drop-in Docos Spring Season at the NFSA

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Acton
Next on today from 11:00am to 4:00pm
Three inflatable sculptures that represent quantum technology
7 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2027

Quantum Tomorrow: Imagined Futures

Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Two women view artwork in gallery.
5 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2026

Behind the Lines

Museum of Australian Democracy, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Competitors race with lawnmowers on a grass track with a fire truck and spectators visible.
22 Sep 2026 – 19 Sep 2027

Regional Rivalries: Sport, spectacle and community in regional Australia Exhibition

National Library of Australia, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
A monochrome photographic portrait of four men with candid expressions wearing suits.
16 May 2026 – 23 May 2027

Power suits: The fit within the frame

National Portrait Gallery, Parkes
Next on today from 10:00am to 5:00pm
Detail of one of the posters currently on display
10 Nov 2026 – 31 Dec 2027

We Buy Your Kids (WBYK): The poster art of Sonny Day and Biddy Maroney

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Acton
Next on today
The Gurindji Freedom banners hung up in a gallery.
19 Aug 2025 – 31 Dec 2026

Gurindji Freedom Banners Exhibition

Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, Parkes
Next on today from 9:00am to 5:00pm
horses pulling guns to transport, soldiers on their backs
13 Oct 2026 – 30 Jun 2028

Treasures from the National Collection

Australian War Memorial, Campbell
Next on today
Entrance to market
12 Jan 2025 – 27 Feb 2028

Haig Park Village Markets

Haig Park, Braddon
Next on today from 8:00am to 2:00pm
black cockatoo drawing with colours
16 Nov 2026

Wamburang Women's Choir Concert: ANU Community Music Centre

Big Band Room, Peter Karmel Building, ANU, Canberra
Next on tomorrow from 6:00pm to 6:45pm
Photo of a boy with his family holding up a phone to take a selfie in the irish countryside
6–16 Nov 2026

Irish Film Festival Canberra

Palace Electric Cinemas, Canberra
Next on tomorrow from 6:10pm to 10:30pm
European flag on sky background
29 Dec 2025 – 21 Dec 2026

Canberra Eurosessions

Smith's Alternative, Canberra
Next on tomorrow from 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Photo of a building, pavement and gardens with ukeleles
27 Oct 2025 – 14 Dec 2026

Lunchulele

Smith's Alternative, Canberra
Next on tomorrow from 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Trivia at PJs in the City
16 Mar 2026 – 14 Jun 2027

PJs Monday Night Trivia

PJs in the City, Canberra
Next on tomorrow from 6:00pm to 9:00pm
A group of people in the middle of a movement, lunging with their arm up and looking down.
3 Feb 2025 – 14 Dec 2026

Professional Dance Classes at Australian Dance Party

QL2 Dance Studio, Braddon
Next on tomorrow from 10:00am to 11:30am
Group of people outside pub
20 Jan 2025 – 14 Dec 2026

Smith's Poetry Thing

Smith's Alternative, Canberra
Next on tomorrow from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
A portrait of a smiling woman with wavy brown hair and bright red lipstick.
17 Nov 2026

Lunchtime concert: Voicing the feminine

National Library of Australia, Parkes
Next on 17 Nov 2026 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm
close up of someone playing bass guitar
17 Nov 2026

Jazz Junction: ANU Community Music Centre

Big Band Room, Peter Karmel Building, ANU, Canberra
Next on 17 Nov 2026 from 5:00pm to 6:30pm
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 17 Nov 2026 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
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 17 Nov 2026 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 17 Nov 2026 from 11:00am to 5:00pm
A group of people, some in wheelchairs, sit around a sculpture listening to a guide
17 Feb – 17 Nov 2026

Art for Carers: At the Gallery

National Gallery of Australia, Parkes
Next on 17 Nov 2026 from 10:30am to 11:30am
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