Canberra

Monday Magic | Life Drawing at Wakefield’s

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

4 Aug 2025 to 8 Sep 2025

Distance from: 2.6 kms | Price from: $34.50

Curious about life drawing? Been sketching for years? Just after a fun time out with friends? The Tipsy Sketching Club...

Australian Junior Chess Championship

Sporting Events

17 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026

Distance from: 4.8 kms | Price from: Not Available

In January 2026 the Australian Junior Chess Championship is being held in Canberra. Come and witness a truly memorable celebration...

Dracula

Concert or Performance

23 Oct 2025 to 24 Oct 2025

Distance from: 0.2 kms | Price from: $71.00

Ballet At Its Darkest.Dracula rises in a thrilling world premiere at the Canberra Theatre Centre this October.Driven by masterpieces from...

Art with Friends

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

5 Sep 2025 to 21 Nov 2025

Distance from: 2.1 kms | Price from: Free

On the first and third Friday of the month, small groups of people living with dementia and their care partners...

The Whole is Greater than the Sum of Her Parts

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

4 Sep 2025 to 21 Sep 2025

Distance from: 2.1 kms | Price from: $0.00

Play and create in The Whole is Greater than the Sum of Her Parts, a dedicated interactive space created by...

Symphony in the Park 2026

Concert or Performance

8 Mar 2026

Distance from: 0.8 kms | Price from: Free

Symphony in the Park is always a highlight of the Enlighten Festival, and it's sure to be another spectacular show...

Canberra Balloon Spectacular 2026

Community Event

14 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026

Distance from: 1.9 kms | Price from: Free

Marvel at hot air balloons floating across the city during the Canberra Balloon Spectacular. The balloons inflate and launch each...

Jodi Martin – Never Say Die! Tour

Community Event

4 Oct 2025

Distance from: 0.4 kms | Price from: $20.00

Get ready for an unforgettable night as Jodi Martin's Never Say Die! Tour 2025 roars to life, celebrating 25 years...

Curious Corner: Babies in Arms

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

13 Aug 2025 to 12 Nov 2025

Distance from: 2.1 kms | Price from: Free

Join the National Gallery each month for a free talk for parents and carers with babies in arms.Let your baby...

A Cappella Spectacular

Concert or Performance

6 Sep 2025

Distance from: 0.5 kms | Price from: $90.00

Two world-class vocal acts plus Australia's champions. A breathtaking harmony showcase awaits!Featuring The Idea of North – Australia's premier a...

Glass Blowing Experience at Canberra Glassworks: Make Your Own Bird

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

31 Aug 2025 to 21 Dec 2025

Distance from: 3.5 kms | Price from: $220.00

Get a taste for the Hotshop in this unique one-on-one glass-blowing class!Choose to blow your own glass bird in this...

Men’s T20I Series vs India | 1st T20I

Sporting Events

29 Oct 2025

Distance from: 4.0 kms | Price from: Not Available

The Australian Men's T20I series against India gets to a start at Manuka Oval in Canberra. Don't miss the first...

Sensory Sunday

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

3 Aug 2025 to 2 Nov 2025

Distance from: 2.1 kms | Price from: Free

Sensory Sunday is a free monthly program for individuals who identify as neurodivergent including, but not limited to, those who...

Camel trains to steel wheels: life on the Trans-Australian Railway

Exhibition and Shows

4 Sep 2025 to 19 Oct 2025

Distance from: 2.5 kms | Price from: Free

Explore a colourful chapter of Australia's history at National Archives' exhibition Camel trains to steel wheels: life on the Trans-Australian...

ANZAC Day at Mercure Canberra & Olims Bar and Bistro

Community Event

25 Apr 2026

Distance from: 1.5 kms | Price from: Free

Located 600 metres from the Australian War Memorial, the Mercure Canberra is the perfect place to commemorate ANZAC Day, to...

Emma Memma – Dance Island Party

Concert or Performance

11 Oct 2025

Distance from: 0.2 kms | Price from: $38.45

Families will be treated to a sprinkling of Emma Memma's classic songs featured in last year's hugely successful Boop and...

Workshop | Weave Your Moves | Melanie Olde

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

18 Oct 2025 to 25 Oct 2025

Distance from: 0.3 kms | Price from: Not Available

Are you ready to explore the intersection of art, technology, and craftsmanship? This two part workshop series introduces participants to...

Confetti and Chaos – Canberra

Concert or Performance

13 Sep 2025

Distance from: 1.5 kms | Price from: $103.00

You are cordially invited to a complete stranger's wedding!It was meant to be a surprise party to celebrate Will and...

Women’s T20I Series vs India | 2nd T20I

Sporting Events

19 Feb 2026

Distance from: 4.0 kms | Price from: Not Available

Canberra will host the second T20I cricket match at Manuka Oval when the Australian women go up against India. Don't...

Art by Description: At the Gallery

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

3 Aug 2025 to 2 Nov 2025

Distance from: 2.1 kms | Price from: Free

Each month, join a small live descriptive tour of major exhibitions or works of art in the National Gallery's collection.This...

Our Story: Aboriginal–Chinese People in Australia

Exhibition and Shows

4 Sep 2025 to 27 Jan 2026

Distance from: 1.3 kms | Price from: Free

Our Story: Aboriginal–Chinese People in Australia sheds light on the little-known history of Aboriginal and Chinese relations in colonial Australia. Through...

A Day At The Movies | Dementia-Friendly Screenings

Community Event

12 Jul 2025 to 19 Oct 2025

Distance from: 0.6 kms | Price from: $12.00

The National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) presents A Day at the Movies, an engaging new dementia-friendly film program created...

Katie Noonan – Jeff Buckley’s Grace

Concert or Performance

12 Oct 2025

Distance from: 0.2 kms | Price from: $69.90

Frontier Touring is delighted to announce five-time ARIA award-winning artist Katie Noonan will embark on a 20-date headline tour across...

Seasonal Ayurveda Cooking Workshop

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

21 Sep 2025

Distance from: 2.7 kms | Price from: $125.00

This interactive cooking workshop will guide you through understanding, preparing, and eating—a delicious, healthy, balanced meal based on Ayurvedic principles.This...

The Play That Goes Wrong

Concert or Performance

28 Oct 2025 to 2 Nov 2025

Distance from: 0.2 kms | Price from: $50.00

The Play That Goes Wrong is a hilarious hybrid of Monty Python and Sherlock Holmes, things go from bad to...

Canberra Day 2026

Festivals and Celebrations

9 Mar 2026

Distance from: 0.9 kms | Price from: Free

Celebrate Canberra Day and support your community by joining the Canberra Day Appeal Fun Run, followed by a morning of...

Questacon Presents: ZAP! CLANK! POW!

Exhibition and Shows

4 Sep 2025 to 1 Feb 2026

Distance from: 1.8 kms | Price from: Not Available

Uncover the unexpected and spark your curiosity with mesmerising magnets, machines and motion in Questacon Presents: ZAP! CLANK! POW!With 17...

Art for Wellbeing

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

2 Aug 2025 to 1 Nov 2025

Distance from: 2.1 kms | Price from: Free

The National Gallery invites you on a creative journey to enhance wellbeing and mental health. Each session is facilitated by...

Friday Art Talks

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

5 Sep 2025 to 28 Nov 2025

Distance from: 2.1 kms | Price from: Free

Friday Art Talks are a free weekly program. Hear from artists, curators and experts on the works in the collection...

Quiet Mornings at the Mint

Exhibition and Shows

6 Sep 2025 to 6 Dec 2025

Distance from: 4.8 kms | Price from: Free

On the first Saturday of each month, the Mint opens early for a peaceful morning. Quiet Mornings are designed for...

Ricky Martin Live at GIO Stadium

Concert or Performance

8 Nov 2025

Distance from: 4.9 kms | Price from: Not Available

Australia, get ready for the unparalleled energy and passion of music icon Ricky Martin as he announces his highly anticipated...

Looking for Alibrandi

Concert or Performance

3 Oct 2025 to 4 Oct 2025

Distance from: 0.2 kms | Price from: $25.00

Josie Alibrandi is in her final year of high school. Whip-smart and aspirational, she is a third-generation Italian teenager and...

Bjorn Again – The World’s Number One ABBA Show Tour

Concert or Performance

15 Nov 2025

Distance from: 0.6 kms | Price from: Not Available

Mamma Mia, Björn Again are back! The world's no.1 ABBA show, Björn Again, is taking Australia by storm with their...

Best of Bee Gees – Saturday Night Fever

Concert or Performance

18 Oct 2025

Distance from: 0.2 kms | Price from: $54.90

The Best of the Bee Gees honours the legacy of Saturday Night Fever with chart busters from the Bee Gees,...

Duck Pond

Concert or Performance

18 Sep 2025 to 20 Sep 2025

Distance from: 0.2 kms | Price from: $25.00

Feathers will fly in Circa's exuberant take on Swan Lake.The world's most romantic ballet is re-imagined as a circus spectacular,...

Jimmy Carr – Laughs Funny

Concert or Performance

2 Mar 2026

Distance from: 0.6 kms | Price from: Not Available

If you like fast-paced, edgy one-liners then get ready to be happy. Jimmy Carr is going back on tour with...

Hindley Street Country Club – Live In Concert

Concert or Performance

31 Oct 2025

Distance from: 0.2 kms | Price from: $99.90

Founded in 2017 by arranger / producer Constantine Delo, The Hindley Street Country Club (The HSCC) started as a group...

The Nutcracker

Concert or Performance

6 Nov 2025 to 7 Nov 2025

Distance from: 0.2 kms | Price from: $87.50

Ballet's most iconic story, The Nutcracker is returning, this November!Journey to the Land of Sweets this Christmas and indulge in...

The 60 Four: Hits of the ’60s and ’70s

Concert or Performance

10 Oct 2025

Distance from: 0.2 kms | Price from: $59.95

Hailed as "Australia's leading tribute act", The 60 Four are set to deliver an unforgettable experience, recreating the biggest hits...

Eco Darkroom Series: Eucalyptus Film Developing Workshop

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

1 Nov 2025 to 2 Nov 2025

Distance from: 3.9 kms | Price from: $275.00

Part of photo access' Eco Darkroom Series, this workshop explores sustainable film developing using eucalyptus leaves, salt, and vitamin C....

Canberra Moon Festival

Festivals and Celebrations

5 Sep 2025 to 7 Sep 2025

Distance from: 0.4 kms | Price from: Free

Canberra Moon Festival (CMF) is the first multi-Asian cultural festival event in Canberra.Moon Festival (aka Mid-Autumn Festival) itself in the...

Garden of Earthly Delights

Concert or Performance

12 Oct 2025

Distance from: 3.5 kms | Price from: Not Available

A garden teeming with temptation and desire, grotesque creatures and improbable scenes of surrender: the uninhibited world of Hieronymus Bosch's...

Art with Auslan

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

3 Aug 2025 to 2 Nov 2025

Distance from: 2.1 kms | Price from: Free

Each month, join an Auslan interpreted tour or creative workshop for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing. Experience...

Sketchy Sunday Sesh | Life Drawing at Wakefield’s

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

28 Sep 2025 to 26 Oct 2025

Distance from: 2.6 kms | Price from: $34.50

Curious about life drawing? Been sketching for years? Just after a fun time out with friends? The Tipsy Sketching Club...

Canberra Comedy Festival

Festivals and Celebrations

11 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026

Distance from: 3.3 kms | Price from: Not Available

Canberra Comedy Festival is back for 2026!Canberra Comedy Festival is looking forward to sharing some great comedy shows with you.Featuring...

Lights! Canberra! Action! 2026

Festivals and Celebrations

6 Mar 2026

Distance from: 2.2 kms | Price from: Free

Located in the open-air surrounds of the Senate Rose Garden, Lights! Canberra! Action! shines a spotlight on local filmmaking talent...

Art for Carers: At the Gallery

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

19 Aug 2025 to 18 Nov 2025

Distance from: 2.1 kms | Price from: Not Available

Meet carers from across the region for an hour of art appreciation or a creative workshop. Enjoy this social opportunity...

Mary Beard

Concert or Performance

8 Nov 2025

Distance from: 0.2 kms | Price from: $89.00

Step into the world of Ancient Rome with renowned historian Mary Beard as she uncovers the stories that history forgot,...

Taglietti: Life in Design

Exhibition and Shows

4 Sep 2025 to 22 Feb 2026

Distance from: 0.3 kms | Price from: Free

Discover the world of The Global Architect, Enrico Taglietti (1926–2019), a visionary whose design principles shaped modern Australian architecture and...

Australian Capital Territory Jigsaw Puzzle Competition 2025

Community Event

19 Oct 2025

Distance from: 2.4 kms | Price from: $50.00

Come and experience the joy that is speed puzzling at the Australian Capital Territory Jigsaw Competition 2025! It's open to...

ICN Australian Natural Games

Sporting Events

11 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025

Distance from: 2.4 kms | Price from: $30.00

Canberra welcomes the best natural athletes from Australia!The ICN Australian Championships moves from Melbourne to Canberra with the exciting of...

Adventure Reels Film Tour

Festivals and Celebrations

14 Oct 2025 to 15 Oct 2025

Distance from: 0.6 kms | Price from: $24.00

The Adventure Reels Tour brings the world's best action sport films to the big screen. Designed to keep audiences on...

Long Pose in the Lounge

Classes, Lessons, Workshops and Talks

16 Sep 2025 to 15 Oct 2025

Distance from: 0.4 kms | Price from: $34.50

Curious about life drawing? Been sketching for years? Just after a fun time out with friends? The Tipsy Sketching Club...

Canberra Craft Beer & Cider Festival

Festivals and Celebrations

21 Mar 2026

Distance from: 1.5 kms | Price from: $35.00

Australia's premier craft beer, cider and distillery festival is held in the grounds of Mercure Canberra hotel and adjacent Batman...

Enlighten Festival 2026

Festivals and Celebrations

27 Feb 2026 to 9 Mar 2026

Distance from: 3.3 kms | Price from: Not Available

Culture and creativity collide once again as Enlighten Festival returns for 2026! See the nation's capital in a dazzling new...

Australian Honours System Exhibition at the Mint

Exhibition and Shows

4 Sep 2025 to 15 Feb 2026

Distance from: 4.8 kms | Price from: Free

Reflection: 50 Years of the Australian Honours System is now on at the Royal Australian Mint.The Australian honours system recognises...

Trent Dalton’s Love Stories

Concert or Performance

24 Sep 2025 to 27 Sep 2025

Distance from: 0.2 kms | Price from: $78.00

A father prepares himself for the day he lets go of his daughter's hand. A young man breaks up with...

Alan Davies – Think Ahead

Concert or Performance

8 Dec 2025

Distance from: 0.2 kms | Price from: $81.90

Critically acclaimed stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and TV personality, Alan Davies, is delighted to announce his brand new show, Think...

Tim Minchin – Songs The World Will Never Hear

Concert or Performance

13 Nov 2025 to 16 Nov 2025

Distance from: 0.2 kms | Price from: $81.90

Tim Minchin, the incomparable singer-songwriter, pianist, comedian, actor, musical-theatre composer-lyricist and soft-hearted provocateur, is thrilled to announce his ironically titled...

ASOC Spring Exhibition

Exhibition and Shows

18 Oct 2025 to 26 Oct 2025

Distance from: 3.9 kms | Price from: Free

The Spring Exhibition is the annual exhibition of the Artists Society of Canberra (ASOC). ASOC is a registered not-for-profit organisation...