Make the most of your short week in Canberra: Shopping, shows and so much more!
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While you’re enjoying your well-deserved public holiday, why not learn how to make the most of this short week?
The Big Brand Sale at Canberra Outlet is happening this weekend (so start planning), catch Gladys: A Musical Affair at The Q, browse unique finds at The Canberra Antiques Market and The Little Burley Market, and experience the magic of truffle season at Mount Majura Vineyard.
From art exhibitions to live music and family-friendly activities, this week is packed with plenty of reasons to explore Canberra.
Special Events and Festivals
Cinema & Sips at Verity Lane Market
Lights, camera, food! Get ready for a free movie screening every first Thursday of the month at Verity Lane Market. Each month, they’ll feature a new fan-favourite film, plus delicious eats from the Verity Lane Market vendors, fresh buttered popcorn and candy with themed cocktails to enjoy from the in-venue bar, and a cosy community vibe.
Wednesday 4 June | Verity Lane Market, 50 Northbourne Avenue, City | veritylanemarket.com.au
Scenes from the Climate Era
This is a remarkable collection of over fifty small plays that capture the exhilaration, frustration, and fascination of living through climate change. From a lone frog calling for a mate to families seeking new homes, this illuminating theatre piece explores our climate era.
Tuesday 4 – Wednesday 5 June | The Q, 253 Crawford Street, Queanbeyan | theq.net.au
NFSA’s Winter Film Series – Science. Art. Film.
Don’t miss this screening of Children of Men (35mm) followed by a discussion with exceptional researchers and academics on key themes in the film. It’s presented in partnership with the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, ANU.
Wednesday 4 June | National Film and Sound Archive, Acton | tickets.nfsa.gov.au
The Big Brand Sale at the Canberra Outlet
Get ready to shop, save, and celebrate at Canberra Outlet’s massive King’s Birthday Long Weekend sale! Prices will be slashed across dozens of stores including Nike, Adidas, Tommy Hilfiger, Coach, and more, plus there will be free family entertainment, face painting, fairy floss, and live radio broadcasts.
Saturday 7 – Monday 9 June | Canberra Outlet, 337 Canberra Avenue, Fyshwick | canberraoutlet.com.au
Escape From Plastika – Australian Dance Party
Join Canberra’s award-winning Australian Dance Party for a time-traveling adventure to planet Plastika (formerly Earth!) in this free, family-friendly performance. Meet the “Anti Disaster Platoon” as dance heroes Alpha, Delta, and Pi recruit audiences for their mission to 2109, exploring plastic pollution and discovering our power to change the future.
This 40-minute outdoor dance and theatre spectacle combines entertainment with environmental education, targeting infant to primary school-aged children and their families. Stay for the creative movement and craft workshop between shows, making this the perfect long weekend activity.
Saturday 7 June, shows at 11 am & 1 pm, workshop 12 pm | Glebe Park, Canberra City | Bookings essential via Humanitix
Taglietti: Life in Design
Discover the world of The Global Architect, Enrico Taglietti (1926–2019), a visionary whose design principles shaped modern Australian architecture and left an indelible imprint on Canberra, the city he and his wife Franca chose to call home. Celebrating the centenary of Taglietti’s birth, Taglietti: Life in Design explores the life, philosophy, and legacy of one of Australia’s most original architects.
Saturday 7 June–Sunday 22 February 2026 | Canberra Museum + Gallery, 176 London Circuit, City | cmag.com.au
Royal Canberra Poultry Show
The Royal Canberra Poultry Show 2025 is set to be an iconic gathering of poultry enthusiasts. Taking place in the picturesque city of Canberra, Australia, this event offers a unique platform to showcase the finest poultry specimens from the region.
Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 June | Exhibition Park in Canberra, Flemington Road, Mitchell | rncas.org.au
Quiet Mornings at the Mint
On the first Saturday of each month, the Mint opens its doors earlier than usual for a morning of peaceful exploration.
Quiet Mornings are specially designed for those who might have heightened sensory requirements. So pop on in, have a leisurely stroll around the Mint’s exhibition space, and enjoy the reduced noise and smaller crowds.
Saturday 7 June, 9 am – 10 am | Denison Street, Deakin | Book your spot here
World Oceans Day at Questacon
This World Oceans Day, go along to Questacon to learn more about the Great Barrier Reef using virtual reality headsets. Staff from the Australian Government’s Reef Trust team will showcase this exciting interactive experience, and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Reef Guardian School Program will run activities to help you identify different turtle species.
Sunday 8 June | Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, King Edward Terrace, Parkes | questacon.edu.au
Cézanne to Giacometti: Highlights from Museum Berggruen / Neue Nationalgalerie
Cézanne to Giacometti: Highlights from Museum Berggruen / Neue Nationalgalerie marks the first time works from this internationally significant collection will be seen in Australia. The exhibition presents a journey through the dynamic changes in European and Australian art in the twentieth century. Don’t miss it.
Until Saturday 21 September | National Gallery of Australia, Parkes Place East, Parkes | nga.gov.au
Markets
The Canberra Antiques Market Day
Step into a world of timeless charm and unique treasures at the Canberra Antiques Seasonal Market Day. Explore a curated selection of antique, vintage, and retro finds. It’s perfect for collectors, vintage enthusiasts, and curious browsers alike.
Saturday 7 June | The Auction Barn, 10 Wiluna Street, Fyshwick | theauctionbarn.com.au
The Little Burley Market
The Little Burley is back! Offering a diverse array of multicultural foods, much-loved beverages and brunchables, beautiful blooms, locally made art, fashion, photography and homewares, artisanal bread, delectable pastries, seafood, smoked charcuterie, truffles, meats, puppy treats, and much more, you’ll be able to find plenty of goodies at this bespoke lakeside market.
Saturday 7 June | Queen Elizabeth Terrace, Parkes | thelittleburleymarket.com.au
Capital Region Farmers Market
Sample the region’s freshest produce from over 100 stallholders who bring freshly picked, grown and hand-crafted goods to Canberra. Speak directly with growers and learn cooking tips while supporting the Rotary Club of Hall’s community projects.
Saturdays, 7 am-11:30 am | Exhibition Park in Canberra, Mitchell | capitalregionfarmersmarket.com.au
Haig Park Village Markets
Browse delicious cuisines, fresh produce, artisan products and locally handmade crafts while enjoying live music, an artists’ table and family-friendly activities. It’s the perfect Sunday outing in leafy Braddon.
Sundays, 8 am – 2 pm | Haig Park, Girrahween Street, Braddon | haigparkvillagemarkets.com.au
Old Bus Depot Markets
Lovers of fine hand-crafted wares, clothing collectors, food fanatics and jewellery junkies are just a few of the people who head to Canberra’s award-winning Old Bus Depot Markets every Sunday. In a fabulous old industrial building you’ll experience the endless colour, tastes, sounds and atmosphere that is “Canberra’s Sunday Best”.
Not your average market, each week you’ll find over 200 stalls of exceptional quality, featuring items all hand-crafted by local and regional creatives. There’s simply no better way to spend your Sunday in Canberra.
Sundays, 9.30 am – 2.30 pm | 21 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston | obdm.com.au
Food and Wine
Ginsights at Big River Distilling Co.
Big River Distilling Co. in collaboration with Paperchain Bookstore is proud to host Ginsights, a monthly event bringing together writers and readers to grow audiences and enrich reader’s engagement with the work of local authors. Each event showcases a single author and their recently published work, and includes a Q&A session. This month don’t miss guest author Kaaron Warren as she talks about her novel The Underhistory.
Thursday 5 June | Big River Distilling Co, 1 Dairy Road, Fyshwick | bigriverdistilling.com.au
Truffle Infused Winter Tastings at Mount Majura Vineyard
It’s truffle season again! And Mount Majura Vineyard knows the most delicious way to enjoy truffles is with their wines. Fresh truffle from neighbour Jayson at The Truffle Farm is used to infuse a deliciously rich triple-cream brie-style cheese. With this, they pour a flight of three 80ml glasses matched to the truffled brie. Hungry yet?
Saturday 7 June–Sunday 31 August | Mount Majura Vineyard, 88 Lime Kiln Road, Majura | mountmajura.com.au
Stage and Screen
Present Laughter
Noël Coward’s comedy centres on matinee idol Garry Essendine – suave, hedonistic, and prone to numerous affairs. Just before escaping on tour to Africa, his misdemeanors are discovered and all hell breaks loose in this delightful theatrical romp.
Wednesday 4 – Saturday 14 June | ACT Hub at Causeway Hall,14 Spinifex Street, Kingston | acthub.com.au
1984
It was a bright cold day, and the clocks were striking thirteen… In a world of total surveillance, Winston Smith takes a dangerous step—he starts to think for himself. Experience Orwell’s masterpiece like never before, as Shake & Stir deliver a heart-pounding, critically acclaimed stage adaptation.
Thursday 5 June | Canberra Theatre Centre, London Circuit, City | canberratheatrecentre.com.au
Gladys: A Musical Affair
The team behind the viral “Gladys” COVID videos presents a new musical comedy about Gladys Berejiklian featuring big rock numbers, epic ballads, Armenian matchmaking, phone tap dancing, and multiple blazers. This sold-out sensation makes its first crack at Queanbeyan. Grab tickets before they sell out!
Saturday 7 June | The Q, 253 Crawford Street, Queanbeyan | theq.net.au
Space Junk – Australian Highlights Live Podcast
What goes up must come down…or does it? We’ve been sending things into space for over 80 years, with much of it still orbiting our planet. Old satellites, broken rockets, and even chips of paint become space junk, zooming along at 28,000km/hr and endangering the satellites that enable our telecommunications and GPS. So what can we do about it?
In this live recording for the Australian Highlights podcast series, Canberra’s Dr Doris Grosse will shares her investigations into the where and what of space junk. Her research aims to reduce the threat and make space safer for our satellites and the technology they provide. She’s saving our internet, one piece of debris at a time.
Hear her in conversation with host, Rachel Rayner, Science Explainer and a local comedic talent, live at Canberra Museum + Gallery. This is a free event, but tickets are required.
The Outer Space: Stromlo to the Stars exhibition will be open prior to the event for audience members to further explore Canberra’s long history of astronomy.
Saturday, 7 June, 3 pm | Canberra Museum and Gallery | cmag.com.au
The Maids By Jean Genet & Translated by Martin Crimp
Loosely inspired by a famous double-murder case, this gripping psychological thriller explores power, identity, and rebellion. Jean Genet’s classic play has scandalised audiences since 1947, and Martin Crimp’s translation captures the brilliance and energy of his writing in what is one of the great plays of the 20th century.
Until Saturday 8 June | The Street Theatre, 15 Childers Street, City | thestreet.org.au
Music
Baroque, Brazil and Beyond – Sharon & Slava Grigoryan with Jane Rutter
Australia’s premier musical couple, Slava and Sharon Grigoryan join flautist Jane Rutter to perform an intimate nod to Baroque, South American and contemporary music. Sharon and Slava’s union professionally and in life provides the intangible factor fuelling their passionate and sensitive performances with a synergy resulting in music that connects deeply with the listener.
Friday 6 June | The Street Theatre, 15 Childers Street, Canberra | thestreet.org.au
Harmonic Curves Concert Series 2025
Harmonic Curves is a 2025 concert series in the Wesley Music Centre, Canberra, presented by Alice Giles AM – Harp, and Arnan Wiesel – Piano, in collaboration with an exciting and diverse range of guest artists. From Romantic favourites to newly commissioned works, the programs offer a wide palette of musical colours and styles.
Saturday 7 June | Wesley Music Centre, 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest | alicegiles.com
Kate Ceberano – Australian Made Tour
Performing iconic Australian songs that have shaped Kate’s extraordinary 40 years on the road and flanked by powerhouse musicians Harts and Kathleen Halloran, this setlist features Kate’s hits alongside classics from The Models, Divinyls, INXS, Silverchair and more.
Sunday 8 June | Canberra Theatre Centre, London Circuit, City | canberratheatrecentre.com.au
The Song Company: Love’s Four Seasons
Embark on an emotional journey through love’s changing landscapes with The Song Company’s Love’s Four Seasons. Led by world-renowned choral expert Eamonn Dougan (The Sixteen, I Fagiolini), this captivating program traces the highs and lows of relationships through exquisite Italian madrigals and contemporary works.
From the hopeful longing of Spring, through Summer’s fiery passion, Autumn’s doubt, and Winter’s poignant loss, this concert explores the timeless, shared human experiences of intimate connection. Featuring works by Strozzi, Monteverdi, Gesualdo, Dove, Skempton, and Hughes, Love’s Four Seasons promises a deeply moving and unforgettable musical experience.
Sunday 8 June, 3 pm | Wesley Music Centre, 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest | the.song.company
Exhibitions
Reflection: 50 Years of the Australian Honours System
Discover the remarkable story of Australia’s honours system through a fascinating exhibition at the Royal Australian Mint. “Reflection” celebrates five decades of recognizing extraordinary Australians, featuring original medal sketches by Stuart Devlin, finished medals, and commemorative coins from the National Coin Collection.
Explore the journey from design concept to final recognition, including the 2003 Volunteers Fine Silver Proof Set, Afghanistan Medal displays, and stunning wattle-themed collectibles. This free exhibition honors over 500,000 Australians who have contributed to our nation’s spirit.
Now open | Royal Australian Mint, Deakin | Free entry | ramint.gov.au
Taglietti: Life in Design
Discover the world of The Global Architect, Enrico Taglietti (1926–2019), a visionary whose design principles shaped modern Australian architecture and left an indelible imprint on Canberra, the city he and his wife Franca chose to call home. Celebrating the centenary of Taglietti’s birth, Taglietti: Life in Design explores the life, philosophy, and legacy of one of Australia’s most original architects.
Saturday 7 June–Sunday 22 February 2026 | Canberra Museum + Gallery, 176 London Circuit, City | cmag.com.au
Traced Life
Experience the poignant paintings of Racheal Bruhn and John Nelson in this moving exhibition exploring shadows and echoes of past stories.
Bruhn’s reflective watercolour installation uses leaves as motifs to grapple with grief and family history, creating a family tree with five hundred leaves representing years lived by her loved ones. Meanwhile, Nelson’s works emerge from observations of his surroundings—evening walks, gardens and overlooked objects—presenting diptychs that invite viewers to complete broken narratives. Together, they offer perspectives on time, place and fractured stories that resonate with us all.
Until Sunday 8 June | M16artspace, 21 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith | m16artspace.com.au
SPLIT OPEN
Discover Natasha Tareen’s captivating debut solo exhibition, rooted in the mythological and folkloric elements of Central and South Asia. Through deeply personal and ancestral narratives, Tareen explores brown femininity, bodily autonomy and generational memory, drawing from her Afghan heritage.
Figures emerge from dreamlike spaces, hovering between presence and disappearance, while resisting colonial linear storytelling. Featuring large-scale, scroll-like pieces alongside reimagined objects and painted clothing, this multidisciplinary exhibition investigates what it means to hold trauma and resilience in the same space while reclaiming cultural legacy.
Until Sunday 8 June | M16artspace, 21 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith | m16artspace.com.au
New Works: 3 Stories
Join printmakers Susan Morris, Caryn Giblin and Paula Watson as they present work emerging from their shared three-month artist residency at Hyphen Creative Studio, Wodonga. This thoughtful exhibition explores their experiences and relationships with the natural environment through visual stories about Fuzzy Blue Banded Bees, curated collections and misty memories of nature.
The Albury Wodonga artists have collaborated for over twenty years, sharing techniques and experimenting with different print mediums. Through prints, drawings and mixed media, they document their experience of nature, location and attachment while showcasing the endless possibilities of printmaking.
Until Sunday 8 June | M16artspace, 21 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith | m16artspace.com.au
The Arrival
Visit CHUTESPACE to experience Brenda Runnegar’s intriguing installation featuring a room with a cocoon or pupa surrounded by insects, welcoming a new arrival emerging from the pupa. This evocative exhibition explores themes of transformation and new beginnings through delicate sculptural elements.
Until Sunday 8 June | M16artspace, 21 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith | m16artspace.com.au
Megalo: 45 Years of Print
This year Megalo Print Studio proudly celebrates 45 years of printmaking. From its humble beginnings in a poorly ventilated tin shed in Ainslie, Megalo has grown into Australia’s largest open-access printmaking studio, expanding on 300-year-old traditions with a new generation of artists.
‘45 Years of Print’ is an exhibition featuring works drawn from Megalo’s archive. The show pays respect to Megalo’s roots as a collective of printmakers with a taste for political activism, while also documenting the studio’s evolution with works by renowned artists such as Rover Thomas, Judy Horacek, Richard Larter, Alison Alder, April Phillips, and Daniel Boyd.
Until Sunday 8 June | Megalo Print Studio, 21 Wentworth Ave, Kingston | megalo.org
Djara
Djara reveals the profound connection between First Nations peoples, stars, sky, and Country. Through storytelling, dance, song, and a captivating audio-visual experience, this exhibition brings together leading artists, traditional custodians, and astrophysicists to share millennia-old knowledge.
Until Sunday 8 June | Canberra Museum + Gallery, City | More information here.
Beyond Measure: Expanding the Sky
Beyond Measure presents multidisciplinary artworks that challenge and expand perceptions of the cosmos. Featuring photography, installation, and digital technology, it explores our relationship with space, shaping our understanding of the universe and our place within it.
Until Sunday 8 June | Canberra Museum + Gallery, City | More information here.
The Bees and the Ledger – Kai Wasikowski
Explore the intimate exhibition “The Bees and the Ledger” by Kai Wasikowski, a poignant investigation of industry, migration, and labor through the story of his Polish grandmother, Natalia Broadhurst.
Through a photographic taxonomy of tools and belongings, Wasikowski traces his family history from Australia back to Poland, using cargo ship ledgers as a visual metaphor.
The exhibition includes a working photographic studio where the artist will continue developing this project throughout its run, engaging with Canberra’s Polish community to create an evolving narrative of cultural identity and belonging.
Until Saturday 14 June | PhotoAccess, 30 Manuka Circle, Griffith | photoaccess.org.au
An Satong Kawaran – George Calvelo
Discover “An Satong Kawaran” (In Our Absence), a dreamlike photographic exhibition by George Calvelo exploring the migrant experience between the Philippines and Australia.
Before relocating, Calvelo exposed several rolls of film capturing his childhood home and final goodbyes, then re-exposed the same film upon arriving in Australia. The resulting double exposures create ethereal compositions where past and present, memory and reality converge.
This visually striking work offers a deeply personal meditation on displacement, nostalgia, and the evolving concept of home when straddling two worlds.
Until Saturday 14 June | PhotoAccess, 30 Manuka Circle, Griffith | photoaccess.org.au
Ali Nasseri | Boredom Doesn’t Exist
Shot exclusively on medium format Kodak film, this exhibition reflects on the evolving nature of identity, displacement, and resilience. Born in Iran and was displaced at the age of seven, two years after the 1979 revolution, for over two decades, Ali Nasseri has worked exclusively with analogue film, building a practice rooted in honesty and reverence. He has exhibited widely, published monographs, and been recognised in contemporary photography prizes both in Australia and internationally. His work is held in the collections of several of Sydney’s most respected creative institutions.
Don’t miss this chance to see his works for yourself.
Until Sunday 15 June | Suki & Hugh Gallery, 38a Gibraltar Street, Bungendore| More information here.
Intersection: artist and art therapist
This exhibition brings together the creative and clinical practices of 10 Creative Arts Therapists, members of the ACT and surrounding NSW regional group. All registered with the peak professional body and regulator ANZACATA, this peer group ranges from that of trainees to seasoned professionals with combined experience spanning 70 years.
The group meets monthly to share clinical experiences, create together and provide peer support. This exhibition showcases the complex relationship between art and therapy, being creative and supporting others’ creativity.
Until Saturday 21 June | Rusten House Art Centre, QPRC | qprc.nsw.gov.au
Lindy Lee
Lindy Lee is one of Australia’s most accomplished contemporary artists. This exhibition brings together highlights from across the artist’s career as well as a monumental new installation and works on paper.
Exploring themes of ancestry, spirituality, the environment, and the cosmos, this display of new and recent works will shed light on Lee’s ever-evolving and ambitious practice.
Until Tuesday 1 July | National Gallery of Australia, Parkes Place East, Parkes | More information here.
The beautiful place where we live by An Pan
Canberra based artist An Pan’s Australian landscape exhibition is a true record of the natural scenery of the cities and countryside he has lived and visited in the past 35 years. From these paintings you can see Australia’s unique natural scenery, historical buildings and human culture.
Until Sunday 6 July | Generator Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen | belcoarts.com.au
GW Bot: Portrait of a landscape
For the past four decades artist GW Bot has been based in Canberra, specifically in Belconnen, and has worked in the surrounding landscape of the Monaro plateau, the remnant grasslands of Canberra and the Murrumbidgee River corridor. Her work views nature and landscape as active collaborators.
Until Sunday 6 July | Pivot Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen | belcoarts.com.au
HABITAT – An Open Printmaking Exhibition
Printmakers from throughout Australia are being invited to respond to the theme of what HABITAT means to them. Explore the beauty of these precious ecosystems, suburban, industrial, and other built landscapes. All finalist works will be eligible for selection in the AUD500 People’s Choice Award.
Until Sunday 6 July | West Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen | belcoarts.com.au
Rendering the Invisible by Igor Kochovski
The exhibition revolves around the themes of seeing and transforming – a certain fascination with the physical world in which the visible coexists and is in constant dialogue with the invisible, gave impetus to the works and formed the common thread between them.
Until Sunday 6 July | Window Gallery, Belconnen Arts Centre, 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen | belcoarts.com.au
The Lodge by Amala Groom
The Lodge is the third moving image work in Amala Groom’s Raised by Wolves series. Filmed on Ngunnawal Country in Canberra’s Parliamentary Triangle, The Lodge engages with Groom’s history of direct action at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy and ceremonial rites of passage within and without the halls of Parliament House spanning the past 20 years from activist to advocate to artist.
The work references David Lynch’s Twin Peaks and its White and Black Lodges, reinterpreting them as the indivisible duality of ‘light’ and ‘dark’—a dynamic embodied by Canberra’s historical and political landscape.
Until Saturday 12 July | 19 Furneaux Street, Manuka | canberracontemporary.com.au
Am I in your way by Racquel Ormella
Am I in your way? extends Raquel Ormella’s career-long focus on the visual cultures of protest and resistance. This exhibition takes as its starting point the position of Canberra Contemporary at the centre of the Parliamentary Triangle as a site to consider past and present formations of national identities.
In this current moment of charged international and national relationships through conflict and brinkmanship, the work looks at the ways political protestors use their bodies as direct forms of passive disruption. In an environment where attitudes towards legitimate disruption and protest are changing, Am I in your way? is a timely exploration of an emerging criminalisation of ‘inconvenience’.
Until Saturday 12 July | 19 Furneaux Street, Manuka | canberracontemporary.com.au
KULATA TJUTA: TIRKILPA
Kulata Tjuta: Tirkilpa is the largest and most significant installation of the culturally important and visually spectacular Kulata Tjuta (Many Spears) Project.
Like others in the series, it is rooted in age-old traditions, knowledge and skills that are designed around keeping Country and culture strong. On show at the National Gallery of Australia head along to see the large-scale, multi-disciplinary installations that incorporate film, sound, live performance and other artistic collaborations.
Fit to Print: Defining Moments from the Fairfax Photo Archive selected by Mike Bowers
Showcasing the best of Australian photojournalism, the National Library has invited renowned Australian photojournalist Mike Bowers to select some of his favourite images from the Fairfax Photo Archive.
Tracing the art of photojournalism from its infancy to the highly illustrated news stories you know so well today, the free exhibition explores how the pioneers of press photography in Australia developed their storytelling skills.
Until Sunday 20 July | National Library of Australia, Parkes Place West, Parkes | More information here.
Resonance – Art as the Voice of Nature
This exhibition at the Canberra Museum and Gallery (CMAG) showcases art from the NatureArt Lab teaching team and community, nature journals and natural history objects collected over our eight years of operation.
Celebrating the richness of biodiversity and the deep connections between art and the natural world, the exhibition extends beyond visual art, incorporating community engagement, school programs, and international nature tours spanning Borneo, Costa Rica, the Galapagos Islands, Amazonian Ecuador, and Peru.
Until Sunday 27 July | 176 London Circuit, City | More information here.
The Immersive World of Thom Roberts
This is the first solo exhibition for this multidisciplinary, contemporary Australian artist opens at the National Portrait Gallery. Showcasing over 100 works spanning his prolific, decade-long career, the exhibition features painting, installation and animation, as well as major new work, inviting audiences to consider the world through his eyes.
Until Sunday 20 July | National Portrait Gallery | portrait.gov.au
Camel trains to steel wheels
Explore a colourful chapter of Australia’s history at National Archives’ exhibition Camel trains to steel wheels: life on the Trans-Australian Railway.
This exhibition features fascinating archival records, photos and footage that captured the events and challenges from the railway’s first 60 years, including its impact on First Nations people.From the construction effort and its diverse workforce to the unique lives of communities that sprang up along the line, this is a must-see exhibition for those who revel in Australia’s railway history through time and place.
Until 19 October | National Archives of Australia, Kings Avenue, Parkes | naa.gov.au
Cézanne to Giacometti: Highlights from Museum Berggruen / Neue Nationalgalerie
Cézanne to Giacometti: Highlights from Museum Berggruen / Neue Nationalgalerie marks the first time works from this internationally significant collection will be seen in Australia. The exhibition presents a journey through the dynamic changes in European and Australian art in the twentieth century. Don’t miss it.
Until Saturday 21 September | National Gallery of Australia, Parkes Place East, Parkes | nga.gov.au
The Whole is Greater than the Sum of Her Parts
Play and create in The Whole is Greater than the Sum of Her Parts, a dedicated interactive space created by artist Sanné Mestrom. Building on artistic dialogues initiated by the exhibition Cézanne to Giacometti, Mestrom transforms abstract cubist forms into a playable adventure.
Until Saturday 21 September | National Gallery of Australia, Parkes Place East, Parkes | nga.gov.au
Outer Space: Stromlo to the Stars
Celebrating 100 years of Mount Stromlo Observatory, this interactive exhibition highlights groundbreaking astronomical discoveries and the vibrant community of scientists and families behind them. Features immersive installations, historical objects, and interactive activities perfect for all ages.
Until 16 November | Canberra Museum + Gallery, City | More information here.
A Total Work of Art: Sidney Nolan and the Stage
Celebrate 50 years of Nolan’s cultural legacy with the Canberra Museum and Gallery’s year-long program of exhibitions, concerts, talks, and a symposium. A Total Work of Art: Sidney Nolan and the Stage showcases Sidney Nolan’s dynamic stage designs for opera, ballet, and theatre. You’ll discover costumes, set designs, and the iconic “Lyrebird” costume from The Display, 1964.
Until 8 March 2026 | Canberra Museum + Gallery, City | More information here.
Sport
CommBank Matildas v Argentina
Canberra, after a three-year absence, the CommBank Matildas are coming back to the nation’s capital! This June, your CommBank Matildas will take on South American entertainers Argentina at GIO Stadium in Canberra, in a game that can’t be missed!
Monday 2 June | GIO Stadium, Battye Street, Bruce | premier.ticketek.com.au
AFL Round 13 – GIANTS v Port Adelaide
In Round 13 of the 2025 AFL season, the GIANTS will face Port Adelaide in what promises to be a thrilling contest. The GIANTS, known for their explosive style of play, are primed to continue their charge up the ladder, with key players in top form.
Saturday 7 June | Manuka Oval, Manuka Circuit, Griffith | gwsgiants.com.au
Raiders v Rabbitohs
Get to GIO Stadium on Sunday to cheer on the Canberra Raiders as they take on the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Former Raider Jack Wighton along with star fullback Latrell Mitchell will make the trip down the Hume to clash with young guns Ethan Strange and Kaeo Weekes.
Sunday 8 June | GIO Stadium Canberra, Battye Street, Bruce | raiders.com.au
Wellbeing
Art for Wellbeing
The National Gallery invites you on a creative journey to enhance wellbeing and mental health. Each session is facilitated by Gallery staff with the support of a health professional. This monthly program combines discussion, artmaking and a simple word exercise with a poetic outcome, in response to three works of art.
Saturday 7 June | National Gallery of Australia, Parkes Place East, Parkes | nga.gov.au
Workshops and Programs
Craft + Design Canberra x Tipsy Sketching
Curious about life drawing or looking for a fun night out with friends over a few drinks? Whether participants are seasoned sketchers or complete beginners, Tipsy Sketching offers a relaxed and creative evening perfect for everyone.
Wednesday 4 June | Craft + Design Canberra, 1 North Building, 180 London Circuit, City | events.humanitix.com
Feature image: Ben Calvert Photo.
