Events in the Canberra Region

Events in the Canberra Region 2014

Compiled by Matt Auckett on 19th March 2014

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Month All year All year All year except Jan. & June All year All year

Date

17th Feb to Nov. 1st Tuesday of every month

All year All year

Campbell Belconnen

All year

Thurs. & Sat.

All year All year

Sat. & Sun.

All year All year All year All year

Wed. to Sunday Various dates

All year

Thurs. to Sunday

All year All year All year

Various dates

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Location Canberra city next to Civic library ANU – Coombs theatre The Shine Dome Acton Bruce Clunies Ross St Acton

Every Saturday

All year

Wendouree Drive near Lake Burley Griffin Bungendore Red Hill City Hill park (near Civic Library) Tidbinbilla Kingston Market is held in the National Convention Centre.

Watson Kingston Nicholls Various venues (some at Llewellyn Hall ANU) Various locations Nicholls Exhibition Park in Mitchell Nicholls Clunies Ross Street Acton

All year

Wed. to Sun.

ANU

All year All year All year

Sat. afternoon Thurs. to Sunday Wed. to Sat.

University of Canberra Dalby St Fyshwick Queen Elizabeth Terrace, Parkes Fresh Food Markets Belconnen

All year

Event ACT Museums & Galleries exhibitions & events

Web address http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au

ANU Film Group (approximately 80 movies a semester) Australian Academy of Science Public Lecture series

http://www.anufg.org.au http://www.science.org.au/events/speakerseries/rs/

Australian Institute of Sport Australian National Botanic Gardens (the Red Centre garden section of plants etc from Central Australia opened in November 2013) Australian War Memorial (see several military items) Belconnen Arts Centre (various exhibitions etc)

http://www.ausport.gov.au/tours http://www.anbg.gov.au

Blundell’s Cottage (one of the few stone buildings left in the ACT & now a museum) Bungendore Wood Works Gallery Calthorpes’ House (furnishings, appliances etc from Australia in the 1920’s).

Canberra Centenary Column (8.5 metre sculpture housing the time capsule & 100 unique objects to be opened in 2114) Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex Canberra Glassworks Canberra Handmade market. There is a shop and a quarterly market bringing together artists, stylists, designers and craftspeople.

Canberra Potters’ Society various exhibitions Canberra Railway Museum (trips to Bungendore etc on heritage trains) Canberra Reptile Zoo Canberra Symphony Orchestra

http://www.awm.gov.au http://www.belconnenartscentre.com.au/exhibitions/i ndex.html http://www.nationalcapital.gov.au/index.php?option= com_content&view=article&id=234&Itemid=197 http://www.bungendorewoodworks.com.au/ http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au/calthorp es/index.html http://www.inthecitycanberra.com.au/2013/12/17/qacanberra-centenary-column-and-time-capsule/ http://www.cdscc.nasa.gov/ http://www.canberraglassworks.com http://www.handmademarket.com.au

http://www.canberrapotters.com.au/wcac_exhibitions .html http://www.canberrarailwaymuseum.org http://www.canberrareptilezoo.com.au http://www.cso.org.au/-concerts/concerts_main.html

Canberra Tracks. (Series of self drive routes leading to many of Canberra’s historic places, landscapes and communities.)

Canberra Walk in Aviary (with hundreds of birds from different species) Capital Regional Farmers Market Cockington Green Gardens (miniature buildings from different countries within landscaped gardens) CSIRO Discovery Centre (Black Mountain Laboratories) but Capturing the Cosmos exhibition on from 1st Feb. to 28th March 2014) Drill Hall Gallery (program of high quality exhibitions of Australian & international art) Farmers market Fyshwick Fresh Food Markets Gallery of Australian Design (various exhibitions)

http://www.canberratracks.act.gov.au/

Giant Mushroom This 6 metre high and 15.6 metres wide pink, yellow and blue mushroom towers over an adventure playground.

http://www.kidspot.com.au/thingstodo/giantmushroom-playground/act-all/7121.htm

http://www.canberrawalkinaviary.com.au http://www.capitalregionfarmersmarket.com.au http://www.cockingtongreen.com.au http://www.csiro.au/discovery http://www.dhg.anu.edu.au http://www.southsidefarmersmarket.com.au http://www.fyshwickfreshfoodmarkets.com.au/ http://www.gad.org.au/info.php

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All year

1st Sunday of every month except Jan. Weekdays & Sunday Saturday

Hall (Hall Showground)

Hall Markets (One of Australia’s largest markets)

Parkes

High Court of Australia

Mt Stromlo Observatory

Mt Stromlo Observatory site tours. Bookings essential. First tour is on Saturday 22nd of February!

Various dates (total of 6 concerts)

Llewellyn Hall ANU

Musica Viva International Concert season - various musicians

All year

Tuggeranong Parkway

All year All year

Parkes Commonwealth Park

National Arboretum (250 hectares of threatened & symbolic trees from Aust. & the world). There are guided walks.

National Archives of Australia (various exhibitions throughout the year) National Capital Exhibition (tells the story of Canberra through interactive displays)

All year All year (every two months) All year

All year All year

Aspen island on Lake Burley Griffin Parkes Parkes

All year

Parkes

All year All year All year

Lawson Crescent, Acton (can walk from ANU) Parkes Lady Denman Drive

All year

Acton (near ANU)

All year All year All year

Recitals Wed. and Sunday.

Sundays

Yarralumla Kingston Parkes

All year

Gundaroo

All year

Variety of venues

All year All year All year

most weekends Sat. & Sun.

Queanbeyan Queanbeyan Parkes

All year

Feb – Dec.

Parkes

All year All year

Wed., Sat. & Sun.

ANU Reid

National Carillon Performances (12.30pm – 1.20pm) National Gallery of Australia but Gold & the Incas: Lost Worlds of Peru exhibition only till 21st April 2014.

National Library of Australia (various exhibitions) Check out the Treasures Gallery which includes Australia’s earliest existing printed document from 1796.

National Museum of Australia but Old Masters:Australia’s Great Bark Artists exhibition only till 20th July 2014.

National Portrait Gallery National Rock Garden (National Monument by the Australian Government in 2011). All rocks are millions of years old.

National Sound & Film Archive. A variety of exhibitions. & numerous films at the ARC cinema. eg booklet Mar- May 2014.

National Zoo & Aquarium Old Bus Depot Markets Old Parliament House (Museum of Australian Democracy) Visit the Prime Minister’s old office.

Old Saint Lukes Studio Pottery & Gallery (gallery in stone building constructed in 1848) Open Gardens Australia (Australia’s best private gardens open to the public on various dates – see the local ones) Queanbeyan Historical Museum Queanbeyan Printing Museum Questacon National Science & Technology Centre (hands on exhibits & spectacular science shows) Reel McCoy (selected films shown at the National Library of Australia theatre on every second Wednesday at 6pm.)

School of Art Gallery (various exhibitions) St John’s School House Museum (Canberra’s first schoolhouse built in 1845)

http://www.visitcanberra.com.au/Things-to-do-andsee/Shopping-and-markets/Business-DetailsPage.aspx?ID=9002965&Title=Hall+Markets http://www.hcourt.gov.au http://rsaa.anu.edu.au/news-events/mt-stromloobservatory-site-tour or http://rsaa.anu.edu.au/newsevents http://www.musicaviva.com.au/whatson/international -concert-season-2014/Canberra-Classical-MusicConcerts http://www.nationalarboretum.act.gov.au/ http://www.naa.gov.au http://www.nationalcapital.gov.au/index.php?option= com_content&view=article&id=235:h2s1-nationalcapital-exhibition&catid=57:ql-menuvisiting&Itemid=196 http://www.nationalcapital.gov.au http://www.nga.gov.au http://www.nla.gov.au and http://www.nla.gov.au/media/treasuresgallery/index.html http://www.nma.gov.au http://www.portrait.gov.au http://www.nationalrockgarden.org.au also see http://www.nationalrockgarden.org.au/assets/Uploads /listingitems/Newsletter-No7October-2013.pdf http://www.nfsa.gov.au and http://www.nfsa.gov.au/arc/ http://www.nationalzoo.com.au http://www.obdm.com.au http://moadoph.gov.au/ http://www.oldsaintlukesstudio.com.au http://www.opengarden.org.au/ http://www.queanbeyanmuseum.org.au http://www.queanbeyanprintingmuseum.com http://www.questacon.edu.au http://www.reelmccoy.org.au http://soa.anu.edu.au/school-of-art-gallery http://www.stjohnscanberra.org/aboutus/schoolhouse-museum/

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All year (11th April to 5th Sept) All year

April to September. (monthly)

Mt Stromlo

Star Gazing Public Observation evenings with telescopes set up outside the café in conjunction with Canberra Astronomical Society

http://scopemountstromlo.com.au/events.php

Stromlo

Stromlo Forest Park (bike tracks to suit variety of ability levels) Telstra Tower (195 metres above Black Mountain with 360 degree views and bus transport on weekends Route 981) The Mint (makes Australian coins). Also has the National Coin Collection.

The National Dinosaur Museum (full skeleton displays & individual fossils) The Old Tuggeranong School. Gives an insight into early 20th Century schooling.

http://www.stromloforestpark.com.au

Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and 14 protected habitats such as wetlands, grasslands, woodlands and forests.

Viewing the Stars – Public Observing Evenings in association with the ANU & Canberra Astronomical Society members. The ANU also provides lectures.

ActewAGL’s Postcards From Your Town (the competition is to find 12 photos capturing the essence of the region to feature in the following year’s calendar.) Check out the winners from 2014 - 2011 Summernats Car Festival (street machines, show cars etc) Prime Minister’s XI (PM’s XI against England’s cricket team) Australia Day Live Concert on the lawns of Parliament House

http://www.australianalps.environment.gov.au/parks/ti dbinbilla.html http://scopemountstromlo.com.au/events.php

Australia Day celebrations which includes Australia Day fireworks on Lake Burley Griffin.

Bungendore Show Public holiday as Australia Day falls on a weekend.

Summerside Festival 18th National Multicultural Festival (try food and /or drinks from numerous countries). Music and dance performances.

AMB 100 Marathon (Mountain Bike endurance race with a variety of race distances) Women’s National Basketball League (Canberra Capitals vs Townsville) Travel Expo (includes free travel presentations to various destinations)

http://www.australiaday.org.au

All year

Acton

All year All year

Deakin Nicholls

All year

Open every 2nd Sunday in the month

All year All year

34 Enid Lorimer Circuit Chisholm Tidbinbilla

11th April to 5th Sept. (monthly)

Mt Stromlo

January

January

2nd – 5th

Exhibition Park in Mitchell

January

14th

Manuka oval

January

25th

January

26th

Federation Mall, Parliament House Various locations

January January February February

26th 27th 1st - 28th 7th - 9th

Bungendore

February

9th

Stromlo Forest Park

February

9th

February

9th

February

14th

February

14th – 16th

February

15th

Australian Institute of Sport Arena at Bruce National Convention Centre Australian Institute of Sport Arena at Bruce National Convention Centre Commonwealth Park

February

16

Stromlo Forest Park

Various venues Garema Place

Women’s National Basketball League (Canberra Capitals vs West Coast) Food and Wine Expo (includes cooking displays, gourmet foods and food stalls) Lantern Festival (final event of Chinese New Year)

Female mountain bike riding event

http://www.telstratower.com.au

http://www.ramint.gov.au http://www.nationaldinosaurmuseum.com.au http://historywithadifference.com.au

http://www.actewagl.com.au/postcards

http://www.summernats.com.au http://www.manukaoval.com.au http://www.australiaday.org.au

http://www.bungendoreshow.com.au http://www.thepoachersway.com.au http://www.multiculturalfestival.com.au

http://www.rockytrailentertainment.com http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=136 http://www.travelexpo.net.au/landingpages/canberra http://www.wnbl.com.au/index.php?id=136 http://www.foodandwineexpo.com.au/canberra http://www.visitcanberra.com.au/Events/Familyfriendly/Event-DetailsPage.aspx?ID=9006265&Title=Lantern+Festival+2014 http://www.dirtdefemme.com.au/thecourse/#cou_overview

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February

16

Commonwealth Park

The Colour Run (5km)

February

21st- 23rd

Exhibition Park in Mitchell

ActewAGL Royal Canberra Show

February

22

February -March

28th Feb. – 8th March

Sport & Recreation Centre at ANU Various venues

March

1st

Braidwood

ANU 2014 Garage Sale Thousands of clothes & other items donated by students from residences across the campus.

Enlighten (some national attractions open their doors after hours for various events). There is also a variety of coloured lights on various buildings.

Braidwood Show

March

2nd

March

6th – 25th

March

8th – 16th

Start & finish at Parliament House Palace Electric Cinema Acton On lawns of Old Parliament House Parkes

March

10th

March

15th

March

15th -16th

March

16th

March March

16th 20th

March

21st

March

21st – 23rd

March

22nd

March

22nd March to 1st June

March

http://thecolorrun.com.au/gallery/ or http://www.runningcalendar.com.au/event/the-colorrun-canberra/ http://www.visitcanberra.com.au/Events/Festivals-andcelebrations/Event-DetailsPage.aspx?ID=9000764&Title=ActewAGL+Royal+Canb erra+Show or http://www.rncas.org.au http://news.anu.edu.au/2013/03/08/bargains-galoreat-campus-garage-sale/ http://enlightencanberra.com.au

Amy’s Big Canberra Bike Ride (rides up to 110 km!)

http://braidwood.countryshows.com.au/CountryShows /PublicShowSummary.aspx?ShowID=381 http://www.bcbr.org.au/

25th Alliance Francaise French Film Festival

http://www.affrenchfilmfestival.org

Canberra Balloon Spectacular (from 6am)

Lake Burley Griffin Regatta Point Yass showground

Skyfire (thousands of fireworks over the lake at night) Starts at 8.30pm

King’s Park (Russell) at Lake Burley Griffin Kingston Dendy Cinema Canberra Centre Civic National Convention Centre Civic Albert Hall, Commonwealth Ave Yarralumla

Canberra Antique & Classic Motor club vehicles display (a large variety of car makes and models).

Retro Depot display (see mid-century homewares & furniture) Flickerfest – 23rd International Short Film Festival. Starts at 7pm.

http://www.events.act.gov.au/whats-on-incanberra/event/9002302/canberra-balloonspectacular http://www.events.act.gov.au/canberra-publicholidays http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/skyfire2014-canberra-whats-on-guide-20140314-34sjd.html http://www.yassshow.org.au/Yass_Show_Society_Inc/H ome.html http://www.cacmc.org.au/post_vintage_capital_tour_ 2014 http://obdm.com.au/news/relish-in-retro/ http://www.flickerfest.com.au

Tertiary to Work (Graduate Jobs Fair )

http://www.canberra.edu.au/tertiary-to-work

Canberra Antique & Collectables Fair – Autumn Fair

Canberra Environment Centre Action Parkes

6th annual Canberra Harvest Festival of local & sustainable food (corner of Lawson Crescent and Lennox Crossing near the National Museum) National Photographic Portrait Prize display at the National Portrait Gallery. See the winning entries from over 1500 entries.

28th -30th

Exhibition Park in Mitchell

Lifeline Booksale (over 100,000 books, magazines etc)

March

28th -30th

Mitchell

Vinnies Monster Warehouse Sale (clothes etc)

http://www.rotaryclubofcanberracity.org.au/events/c anberra-antique-collectables-fair-autumn-fair-march2014.aspx http://www.ecoaction.com.au/events/2014-canberraharvest-festival/ http://www.visitcanberra.com.au/Events/Exhibits-anddisplays/Event-DetailsPage.aspx?ID=9006504&Title=National+Photographic+ Portrait+Prize+2014 http://www.act.lifeline.org.au/Bookfair/bookfair-mainsale http://vinnies.org.au

March

29th

Chifley Meadow behind Chifley library

7th annual Earth Hour event at ANU

http://sustainability.anu.edu.au/events/earth-hour

Canberra Day Public Holiday

Yass Show

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March

29th

Mercure Hotel Braddon

Canberra Craft Beer and Cider Festival different breweries exhibiting different beer

March

30th

Stromlo Forest Park

Female mountain bike riding event

April

3rd – 14th

10th Latin American Film Festival

April

Various dates

National Gallery of Australia Parkes Aspen island on Lake Burley Griffin Parkes

April

5th – 6th

Various venues

April

5th – 6th

Exhibition Park in Mitchell

April

5th – 21st

Various venues

Canberra District Wine Harvest Festival (activities at various wineries) Canberra Rock Swap. Dealers & non- commercial rock enthusiasts will also be selling jewellery, crystals, gemstones etc.

Canberra & Region Heritage Festival

April

6th

Brindabella Business Park Canberra Airport

April

6th

Canberra Airport Open Day. Go inside Qantas & Virgin Australia planes etc. There are also aerobatic flying displays.

Daylight saving time ends. Turn your clock back one hour at 3am.

April

10th – 13th

University House at ANU

Jane Austen Festival Australia

April

Mt Stromlo

April

13th

See website for your particular race Acton (near ANU)

April

17th – 21st

Exhibition Park at Mitchell

Star Gazing Public Observation evenings with telescopes set up outside the café in conjunction with Canberra Astronomical Society Australian Running Festival (5km to the ultra-marathon) different runs on different days.

The Story of a building – Tour the Art Deco building of the National Sound and Film Archive.

National Folk Festival

http://scopemountstromlo.com.au/events.php

April

11th April to 5th Sept. (monthly) 12th -13th

April

http://fashfest.com.au/about/

Spanish Film Festival

http://www.spanishfilmfestival.com/

May

2nd – 4th

Creative Textile Show (using fabrics, knitting etc)

http://creativetextileshow.com.au/

May

4th

3 Molonglo Drive Brindabella Business Park Palace Electric Cinema Acton National Convention Centre Stromlo Forest Park

2nd Fashfest (Canberra’s Fashion Festival featuring diverse local talent)

May

30th April to 3rd May 1st -14th

Female mountain bike riding event

May

4th

Collector

May

7th – 12th

May

9th – 18th

Palace Electric Cinema Acton Various venues

Collector Village Pumpkin Festival (lots of market stalls & exhibits) Audi Festival of German Films

http://www.dirtdefemme.com.au/thecourse/#cou_overview http://www.pumpkinfestival.com.au

June June

21st June to 16th of Aug. 20th – 22nd

June

27th – 29th

National Carillon Tours during some days in April. Each tour has a max. of 8 people so book early.

http://canberrabeerfest.com/ or http://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/2014-canberracraft-beer-and-cider-festival/70422 http://www.dirtdefemme.com.au/thecourse/#cou_overview http://www.nga.gov.au/laff/ http://www.nationalcapital.gov.au/ and https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/national-carillontours-april-2014-tickets-7955429905 http://www.littlebridgewines.com.au/events http://www.canberralapidary.org.au/home http://www.environment.act.gov.au/heritage/heritage _festival http://www.canberraairport.com.au/corporate/comm unity/open-day/ http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchan ge.html?n=240&year=2014 http://www.janeaustenfestival.com

http://www.runningfestival.com.au/ http://nfsa.gov.au/calendar/event/5234-story-building/ http://www.folkfestival.org.au/

Various locations

Canberra & Capital Region Truffle Festival

http://www.palacecinemas.com.au/festivals/2013audi festivalofgermanfilmsact/ http://groupspaces.com/CIMF/pages/2014-festivalpreview http://www.trufflefestival.com.au

Vikings Erindale 6 Ricardo St Wanniassa Australian Institute of Sport Arena Bruce

Lifeline Mini Bookfair

http://www.act.lifeline.org.au

22nd National Capital Dancesport Championship

http://www.fatd.com.au/ncdchome/

20th Canberra International Music Festival

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June

29th June – 28th July

Garema Place Civic near the Canberra Centre

Skate in the City (outdoors)

July

6h – 13th

Various venues

NAIDOC week (Aboriginal & Torres Strait islander cultures)

http://www.visitcanberra.com.au/Events/Majorevents/Event-DetailsPage.aspx?ID=9003899&Title=Skate+in+the+City http://www.naidoc.org.au

July

http://www.arabfilmfestival.com.au

11th Russian Film Festival

http://russianresurrection.com

21st – 24th

Fireside Festival National Science Week. Interactive displays, shows etc at Melville Hall & Manning Clarke theatre on 16th of August.

Craft and Quilt Fair

http://www.thepoachersway.com.au http://www.scienceweek.net.au/events/

August

National Sound & Film Archive Palace Electric Cinema Acton Various locations Various locations including ANU Exhibition Park in Mitchell

Arab Film Festival

August August

check the website check the website 1st – 31st 16th – 24th

August

22nd -24th

Albert Hall, Commonwealth Ave Yarralumla

Canberra Antique & Collectables Fair – Springtime Fair

August

24th

Symonston

Geoscience Australia Open Day

August August September

29th – 30th 30th 5th – 7th.

ANU ANU Exhibition Park in Mitchell

John Curtin School of Medical Research Open Days ANU Open Day Canberra Timber Show

September

Commonwealth Park

September

13th Sept. – 12th Oct. 13th Sept. – 12th Oct. 14th

Floriade (a million flowers on display) Largest floral festival in the Southern Hemisphere.

Tuliptop Gardens Festival (garden of 10 acres of daffodils, tulips & other flowers) 38th Canberra Times Fun Run (5, 10 & 14km)

September

14th

September

check website

September September

16th Sept – 6th Oct. 19th – 21st

September September

20th - 23rd 23rd – 12th Oct.

September

24th -28th

September

29th

September

check website

September

check website

September

check website

July

September

Federal Highway Sutton NSW See website for your particular race Treloar Technology Centre Mitchell Belconnen Arts Centre Belconnen

http://www.biztradeshows.com/trade-events/craftquilt-canberra.html http://www.rotaryclubofcanberracity.org.au/events/c anberra-antique-collectables-fair-springtime-fairaugust-2014.aspx http://www.ga.gov.au/education/publicevents/open-day.html http://jcsmr.anu.edu.au/news-events http://students.anu.edu.au/events/openday/ http://www.iexh.com.au/index.php/exhibitions/timberworking-with-wood/canberra.html http://www.floriadeaustralia.com http://tuliptopgardens.com.au/ http://www.canberratimesfunrun.com.au http://www.awm.gov.au/events/big-things-store/

Bendooley Street, Bowral

Big Things in Store - Australian War Memorial Open Day at Mitchell (full size planes, tanks, trucks etc) Canberra Model Shipwrights Society Expo (annual exhibition of model ships built by modellers from Canberra, New South Wales and Victoria) Tulip Time Festival

Exhibition Park in Mitchell

Lifeline Booksale (over 100,000 books, magazines etc)

Young NSW Place Electric cinema Action Commonwealth Park

Young Show Lavazza Italian Film Festival

http://www.act.lifeline.org.au/Bookfair/bookfair-mainsale http://young.countryshows.com.au/ http://www.italianfilmfestival.com.au/

National Sound & Film Archive Acton The Lodge (near Parliament House) Yarralumla

Canberra Short film festival (focuses on short films and animations made in the Canberra region) The Lodge (Prime Ministers house Open Day) It may be open. If so will be 1 of 5 Sundays, 14th, 21st, 28th Sept. or 5th,,, 12th of Oct. Government House Open Day

Floriade Nightfest (garden bed designs lit by dazzling light shows, night markets etc) Canberra Public Holiday (Family & Community Day)

http://www.canberramodelshipwrights.org.au/index.p hp?page=cmss-expo-2013 http://www.southern-highlands.com.au/tulip-time

http://www.floriadeaustralia.com/nightfest/aboutnightfest http://www.events.act.gov.au/canberra-publicholidays http://www.screenact.com.au/shortseasons.html http://www.theaustralianafund.org.au/ http://www.theaustralianafund.org.au/aboutus/news.html

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September

check website

October

5th

October October

See website 12th

Garema Place Civic Kingston

7th Canberra International Electric Vehicle Festival Retro Depot display (see mid-century homewares & furniture)

October

16th – 18th

Albert Hall & Hyatt Hotel

October

17th – 19th

October

18th - 19th

Sport & Recreation Centre at ANU Murrumbateman

Canberra International Riesling Challenge (wines from Riesling producing countries around the world) 18th is the Public Tasting day.

3rd Annual Canberra Latin Dance Festival

October

see website

Yass

October

25th

October

26th

Lennox Gardens, Canberra Nara Park Yarralumla Various locations

October

29th Oct. – 9th Nov.

November November

8th – 9th look out for the notices 13th – 30th

November November November

Small Brewers Beer festival (only open to small breweries & cider makers)

Daylight saving time starts. Turn your clock forward one hour at 2am.

Dendy Cinema Canberra Centre & the ARC Cinema at the NSFA Queanbeyan Outside the ANU Art – Music library Palace Electric Cinema Acton various locations ANU School of Art

Murrumbateman Field Days (hundreds of exhibitors) Sculpture in the Paddock (inspired by Sydney Sculpture by the Sea). See the Youtube video and ABC TV report.

Canberra Nara Candle Festival (thousands of shimmering candles etc)

http://yassarts.org/category/exhibitions http://issuu.com/acttourism/docs/visitors_guide_2014/2 2 http://www.fitzs.com.au/

ActewAGL Queanbeyan Show ANU Glass Sale which goes for one hour (hand made glass objects by students, staff & graduates).

British Film Festival 2014

http://www.queanbeyanshow.com.au/ http://soa.anu.edu.au/event/annual-glass-sale

http://au.srichinmoyraces.org/events/triple_triathlon http://soa.anu.edu.au/publication/graduatingexhibition-2013 http://www.nfsa.gov.au

December

5th – 7th

Young NSW

December December

see website 31st

Exhibition Park in Mitchell Civic Square & Garema Place

Tropfest ACT short film festival (finalist films) New Year’s Eve in the City (the main fireworks are at midnight)

Acton (near ANU)

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/smallbrewers-festival-gets-big-new-home-at-epic-201309272uigl.html http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/clockchan ge.html?n=240&year=2014 http://www.electricvehiclecouncil.com.au http://obdm.com.au/obdm_event/retro-depotoctober-2014/ http://www.rieslingchallenge.com/ (can also see the winners from previous years) http://www.canberralatindancefestival.com.au/Home. action;jsessionid=8cfn7f1ug2lbb8hzyflyhuu7 http://www.mfdays.com

Fitz’s Challenge Canberra's biggest and best-known long-distance oneday participation cycling event. Events for various ability levels up to 255km!

19th Canberra International Film Festival

Sri Chinmoy Triple Triathlon Festival (can be teams or solo entrants) School of Art Graduating Exhibition (see painting, sculpture, jewellery etc) National Sound & Film Archive Summer Festival (some films shown indoor & some outdoor). See the program for all the details. See the art deco courtyard.

65th National Cherry Festival

November

23rd 28th Nov. – 7th Dec. 29th Nov. – 28th Feb.2015

Exhibition Park in Mitchell

http://www.canberrafilmfestival.com.au

http://www.britishfilmfestival.com.au

http://www.visityoung.com.au/Visit-Young/WhatsOn/National-Cherry-Festival http://www.tropfestcanberra.com.au http://www.events.act.gov.au

The Canberra & Queanbeyan cycling and walking map: http://www.transport.act.gov.au/cycle_or_walk/canberra_and_queanbeyan_cycling_and_walking_map If you are interested in Astronomy the Observatory at Sliding Spring is celebrating 50 years of Astronomy this year with an Open Day on the 4th of October. Other events start on the 3rd. visit www.starfest.org.au for more details.

Compiled by Matt Auckett on 19th March 2014

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