Arts & cultureFree
Mooseheads Musical Bingo
Head to Mooseheads every Friday for an exhilarating evening of Moose’s Musical Bingo! Get ready to groove with…
- Date and time
- Location
- Mooseheads Canberra
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Canberra events: what's on today, this weekend and beyond
Canberra does not have an events problem. It has a finding-out problem. Search one current calendar for markets, live music, exhibitions, workshops, sport, family activities and free things to do across the city.
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The next 18 events in the calendar, ordered by date.
Food & drinkFree
Straight, No Chaser
Every Friday night, Molly turns the lights down and lets the band take over at Straight, No Chaser.…
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- Location
- Molly
Arts & cultureFree
Hop In! - An immersive world of play featuring Beci Orpin's Bunny Dearest
Step into a playful, hands-on exhibition designed for children aged 3–12 and their families at Canberra Museum +…
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- Location
- Canberra Museum + Gallery
Music & nightlifeFree
PJs Live Music in the City
Life’s better with a soundtrack, and PJs kicks off every Friday and Saturday night. A rotating cast of…
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- PJs in the City
Arts & cultureFree
Public Impressions: Sidney Nolan in Popular Media
Before television dominated popular media from the early 1970s, colourful magazines were an ever-present fixture on the coffee…
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- Canberra Museum + Gallery
Arts & cultureFree
Vessels of Dialogue by Sarit Cohen
Vessels of Dialogue is an exhibition of ceramics exploring architectural moments shaped by the artist’s memories. Influenced by…
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- Location
- Craft + Design Canberra
Arts & cultureFree
Correspondence by Jude Muduioa
Correspondence continues Jude’s interest in accumulation as both a making process and a way of thinking. Each element…
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- Location
- Craft + Design Canberra
Arts & cultureFree
Dwell by Suzanne Knight
Dwell presents a body of tapestry weavings by Suzanne Knight that explores the intertwined histories of migration, settlement…
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- Location
- Craft + Design Canberra
Arts & cultureFree
Fragile Structures: The Architecture of Decay
This exhibition is a collaboration between visual artists Madeline Cardone and Fran Romano. Working in glass and ceramics…
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- Craft + Design Canberra
Arts & cultureSee website
Spring Film Series
Enjoy their curated program of recent releases and revived classics, from high art to guilty pleasures. There’s something…
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- Location
- National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Arts & cultureSee website
Disaster Fridays
Think you’ve had a bad week? Try outrunning a tornado, surviving a tsunami or facing the end of…
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- Location
- National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Arts & cultureFree
Canberra Art Biennial
Canberra Art Biennial is a biennial contemporary public art festival that engages the stories and aesthetics of Canberra’s…
- Date and time
- Location
- Various venues
Arts & cultureSee website
Al Munro: After Barcelona
Al Munro presents expanded paintings that respond to her recent residency at Casa RARO, Barcelona. Munro’s work investigates…
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- Civic Art Bureau
Family & kidsSee website
Warehouse Circus Adult Circus Classes
Warehouse Circus is Canberra's community circus, where they believe circus is for everybody and every body. And that means they run classes for all...
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- Location
- Warehouse Circus, Chifley & Kaleen
Arts & cultureSee website
Gurindji Freedom Banners Exhibition
Mumkurla-nginyi-ma parrngalinyparla – from the darkness into the light. The Gurindji freedom banners are a collection of 10 hand-painted banners...
- Date and time
- Location
- Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
Arts & cultureSee website
Animals in the Parliament House Art Collections exhibition
Meet some of the furry, flying, fierce and fun creatures that live in the art collections at Parliament House. From tails to scales, the Animals in...
- Date and time
- Location
- Australian Parliament House
Arts & cultureSee website
Behind the Lines
Behind the Lines 2025: 'Are We Rolling?' celebrates the year's best political cartoons. Featuring established and emerging cartoonists from across...
- Date and time
- Location
- Museum of Australian Democracy
Food & drinkSee website
Belly Dancing at Bar Beirut
Shake off the ordinary and shimmy into the extraordinary at Bar Beirut with weekend dance performances. Bar Beirut…
- Date and time
- Location
- Bar Beirut
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Event information is fragmented across organiser websites, social posts and booking platforms. Canberra Events brings current listings together so you can compare dates, places and prices before deciding where to go.
The calendar combines events submitted directly by organisers with public listings from Events Canberra and In The City. Source links stay on each external listing so you can confirm the latest details with the original publisher.
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Where can I find Canberra events happening today?
Use the Canberra events today page for a date-specific list, or open Explore to filter by category, location, price and accessibility.
What is on in Canberra this weekend?
The this-weekend guide updates with events scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, including markets, live music, family activities, exhibitions and community events.
Does Canberra Events include free things to do?
Yes. Free events have their own guide, and Explore can filter the wider calendar to free listings only.
How current are the event details?
The calendar refreshes every day from organiser listings and public local event feeds. Event times, availability and ticket details can change, so check the event page and original organiser link before travelling.
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