Canberra Events

National Multicultural Festival

The highlight of the cultural calendar of Australia's capital city is the 10-day extravaganza of entertainment and art, which makes up the annual National Multicultural Festival starting on the first Friday of every February. The festival launches with a huge concert which is followed...  see full details

Canberra International Music Festival

The chamber music on offer in Canberra's well-known annual autumn series, played by brilliant international and Australian artists, is enhanced by the settings chosen for the concerts. The venues are all unique to Canberra, being inside embassies, national institutions and churches, all of national...  see full details

Australian Science Festival

Bringing science alive is the aim of this eagerly awaited annual sortie into the world of technology and natural wonders, part of a nation-wide science week. Canberra community groups, businesses and government go all out to make the festival as exciting, intriguing and fun...  see full details

Royal Canberra Show

The countryside comes to town for the Royal Canberra Show, popular for all ages and stages with its livestock, exhibits, fireworks and grand parades. More than 150 attractions pull the crowds to Exhibition Park, along with 5000 or more animals, hundreds of trade displays...  see full details

National Autumn Balloon Spectacular

The sight of dozens of colourful hot air balloons rising gently into the early morning air from the lawns in front of Canberra’s Old Parliament House is stirring. Perhaps that is why Canberra’s Fiesta has become Australia’s premier ballooning event, and the city’s signature...  see full details

National Folk Festival

Thousands of entertainers, from story-tellers to circus clowns, and folk singers to crafters, gather together each Easter in Canberra for a mammoth folk-fest. No stone on the vast field of Australia’s multi-cultural population is left unturned in this exciting themed event in a cleverly...  see full details