Welcome to our What’s On Canberra page for kids, teens and adults! Event information is supplied by organisers and may change at any time. We recommend checking the official event page provided via our More info link before attending. Have fun exploring Canberra!
Trent Parke’s photographic series The Christmas tree bucket 2006–09 is a tender and darkly humorous portrayal of his extended family coming together to celebrate Christmas.
Richard Lewer’s Steve is a gentle exploration of a family coming to terms with a dementia diagnosis.
Fuelled by the legacy of the film Mad Max, Full Throttle presents the car as a lens through which to examine contemporary life.
Be transported to the magical mangroves of Australia’s Top End in Mangroves – Tales from the Tide.
An extraordinary new show from the creators of the global smash hits The Illusionists, Circus 1903 and Le Noir comes Cirque Alice.
Introduce your little ones to the magic of Storytime Ballet: The Nutcracker – a festive, interactive ballet for children aged 3+.
The return of the hit stage show. This is Bluey’s Big Play, For Real Life.
Step into the world of Hallyu! The Korean Wave, an exhibition from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, celebrating one of the most dynamic cultural movements of our time.
The 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial: After the Rain features 10 large-scale, immersive and multidisciplinary installations that celebrate intergenerational legacies and cultural warriors of the past, present and future.
The National Indigenous Art Triennial brings together commissioned work by established and emerging First Nations artists from across Australia, creating an important platform for art and ideas.
Enjoy free creative activities in our art making space inspired by Yankunytjatjara artist Kaylene Whiskey and her exhibition Super Kaylene Whiskey.
Super Kaylene Whiskey celebrates one of Australia’s leading contemporary artists, proud Yankunytjatjara woman Kaylene Whiskey.
Mumkurla-nginyi-ma parrngalinyparla – from the darkness into the light.
In Bloom explores the beauty and symbolism of flowers. Featuring more than 50 portraits from the collection, new acquisitions and selected loans, you will discover how flowers have long been used in art to express emotion and convey messages of personal, cultural and religious significance.
Following four sell-out Australian tours and two smash hit seasons in London’s West End, Dr Chris and Dr Xand are back with the epic Quest for the Jurassic Fart!. Join the twins on a dino-mite adventure to unearth the most dangerous, most powerful, most important fart in history—the Jurassic Fart!!
For over a decade the award winning Listies have toured the world doing shows for literally gazillions of kidults (that’s kids and their adults). Now it’s your turn.
Celebrate the final days of our Hopes and Fears: Australian Migration Stories exhibition, with our drop-in art and craft school holiday activity.
Andy and Terry’s treehouse just keeps on growing. With yet another 13 levels, it’s now got a Scribbletorium, a high-security potato chip storage facility (guarded by one very angry duck!) and even an open-air movie theatre.
When Dad feels like a little bit of Sunday afternoon time out, Bluey and Bingo have other plans! Join them as they pull out all of the games and cleverness at their disposal to get Dad off that bean bag.
Embark on a journey of light and imagination in the illuminating interactive installation by Patch Theatre.
Be enchanted by The Sleeping Beauty, an interactive Storytime Ballet experience for children aged three years and older.
Do your warm-ups and put on your jersey... Open Air PlayUP is back for the school holidays!
This January we invite you to step back in time 66 million years, to an age when dinosaurs roamed the earth!
Travel back in time and explore the artwork of ancient Pompeii in our drop-in art sessions these school holidays.
Join us for craft, cartooning and book making this summer school holidays.
Embark on an extraordinary journey of curiosity, creativity, and discovery.
Drop in to the family space these school holidays for free creative activities to enjoy together.
Find the hidden letters to discover the name of one of our unique forests at the National Arboretum.
Step inside Pompeii and discover life in the ancient city before the fateful eruption of Mount Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ago.
Anne Dangar (1885–1951) occupies a unique position in art history as one of Australia’s most important, yet underacknowledged modern artists.
Ethel Carrick (1872–1952) was a pioneering artist who forged new ground in the early twentieth century with her bold and vibrant post-impressionist works. She was a truly transnational artist who was born in Britain and lived and worked primarily in France and Australia.
Kulata Tjuta is an ongoing cultural maintenance project that shares the skills of carving and making the punu kulata (wooden spear) across generations. It started as a project involving a small group of men in Amata and has grown to include over 100 Aṉangu men across the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
Lindy Lee is one of Australia’s most accomplished contemporary artists. To complement the unveiling of Ouroboros, Lee’s major new public art commission for the National Gallery, this exhibition brings together highlights from across the artist’s career as well as a monumental new installation and works on paper.
