The fire never really goes out. Old doesn't mean boring. Let's just pretend parties are picnics and you might make bedtime.
Enjoy a warm day on the grass with a tip-top international artist and without the heavy ticket price, open to all ages.
Techno Picnic will be held on the Molonglo River at the ACT Waterski Club.
For years, this crew threw warehouse parties. Late and loud with ridiculous artists. Techno Picnic has the same soul with decorum: earlier, cheaper, a bit more 'picnic'.
Headlining is D-Nox with a four-hour set. For those unfamiliar, D-Nox has been a global mainstay of melodic and progressive techno for decades. Driving beats, rolling basslines and emotional builds that sneak up and get you when you least expect it. Some might remember 2019, when he turned Verity Lane into a big trampoline. It's an honour to have him back, now with grass and frisbees.
Playing beforehand is Waxlily — an Escape Ferocity warehouse resident who's been away charming Sydney, now coming home to sprinkle that sparkly energy and seamless mixing across the afternoon. Lunch has never sounded so good.
Bring your mates or the cute little ratbags.
Bring a blanket, snacks and an esky of (any) drinks, or
Enjoy a cocktail, local wine and delicious food available.
Get ready for a night of glitter, giggles and gloriously unhinged fun at Verity Lane Market Drag Bingo
Taking over the Louie Louie stage on the first Wednesday of every month, Drag Bingo is your midweek excuse to let loose, laugh loud and lean into the fabulous. Hosted by our larger-than-life drag performers, the night delivers five high-energy games of bingo, outrageous banter, crowd interaction, and plenty of moments you'll be talking about long after the last ball drops.
Make a night of it by arriving early and grabbing dinner from the Market Hall. With a wide range of food options just steps away, you can fuel up before the fun begins.
Once the clock hits 6:30pm, the chaos kicks off on the Louie Louie stage. Expect bold performances, quick wit, and an atmosphere that's fun, inclusive and unapologetically fabulous.
Whether you're coming with friends, colleagues, a date, or flying solo, Drag Bingo at Verity Lane Market promises an unforgettable night filled with laughter, colour and community.
Sparkle up your Wednesday — Drag Bingo awaits.
The 2026 Craft + Design Canberra Festival celebrates Canberra as a creative capital and showcases the work of over 500 creatives, connecting them with the Canberra community.
The 2026 Festival responds to the theme of Dissent and advocates for creativity as a powerful tool for questioning, challenging and reshaping societal norms. The program explores design for environmental and social impact, sustainability and accessibility in creative practice, and the future of Canberra as a city. Woven through the program is the value of the handmade and the locally made, which builds skill and wellbeing, keeps material knowledge moving between generations, and has proven environmental sustainability.
Across ten days, more than 120 activations bring Dissent to Canberra: symposiums, events, talks, tours, workshops, open studios, design markets, and performance in fashion, dance and theatre. Across November, exhibitions and public art carry the theme into the galleries and public spaces of the city.
The Australian Haydn Ensemble is well known for its thrilling performances of historical chamber arrangements of large-scale symphonies. Performed up close and on historical instruments, they bring you as close as possible to the sound-world that composers like Beethoven and Haydn knew and loved.
Be amazed at what the seven superb musicians of the Australian Haydn Ensemble create, in this all-Haydn program.
The inventive Danish/Australian trio Number Junky return with Composure, their third album, taking their new music on a national Australian tour. The trio of Kristian Borring (guitar), Zac Grafton (double bass) and Peter Evans (drums) have toured extensively across Australia in recent years, including a featured performance at the Perth International Jazz Festival in 2024.
Number Junky have become known for combining exciting rhythms and unusual time signatures with lyrical melodies, rich harmony and a strong sense of interplay. Led by internationally acclaimed guitarist Kristian Borring, the trio brings together three distinctive musicians whose performances balance intricate compositions with spontaneity and improvisation.
Following the critical success of their second album Birak, Composure presents a new collection of original music and modern arrangements of standards and classical hymns, continuing to develop the trio's distinctive sound. The album launch marks the beginning of another national tour, bringing Number Junky's dynamic live performances to audiences around Australia.
Special guest Q&As bring audiences behind the scenes of some of the season's most exciting screenings. Hear directly from the creatives behind the work, including local filmmaker Rob Nugent following Signatures of Earth, artist and director Jonathan Zawada and musician Mark Pritchard after Tall Tales, and Wolf Cat Fever director Josh Collins and costume designer Babzotica. These engaging conversations offer unique insights into the creative process, artistic collaboration and the stories that shape the films on screen.
Indulge in an evening with world-renowned burlesque artist, Jazida, at Bar Beirut. Known for electrifying audiences with her specialty in fire and fans, Jazida brings her mesmerising artistry to an intimate Canberra setting.
For more info and to book, visit the website.
Clothing the Loop: Circular Design Festival - where fashion meets activism, performance meets purpose, and dissent becomes a work of art. Across one vibrant weekend of ticketed and free events, Clothing the Loop unfolds as a spectacular evening event and a full day of activities including; panel talks, clothes swaps, installations and practical workshops celebrating sustainable fashion, circular design, live performance and creative activism.
Presented by Australian Dance Party, Kelli Donovan and Canberra Institute of Technology, and held on the first weekend of the Craft + Design Canberra Festival, experience runway glamour, edgy contemporary dance, sensorial music and stimulating conversation, inviting powerful dialogue towards change.
Clothing the Loop is a positive act of dissent, a joyful rebellion against the waste and over-consumption that define fast fashion. The festival re-imagines what it means to design, wear, and value clothing and textiles, re-framing them as a medium for care, creativity, and collective action.
The opening evening event is a glamorous convergence of sustainable fashion by leading local and national designers, brought to life through immersive and electric live dance and music performances that echo themes of circularity.
During the daytime program, audiences take part in hands-on workshops, design installations, age and ability inclusive tour, and auslan interpreted panel discussions that explore circular design in fashion, interior design and design for live performance.
ALTER is a presentation of two new works at Belco Arts, epitomising excellence in Canberra centred creativity. Led by Canberra artists of international repute in collaboration with leading ASEAN artists from Kuala Lumpur, a current UNESCO City of Design, both works have been supported by Creative Australia funding.
Born of design and innovation, ALTER is a double bill of dance works exploring the potential of new design technology in the interplay between body, identity and cross cultural exchange. Drawing on 35 years of Liz Lea's specialisation in classical Indian and contemporary dance, as well as focused research into the power of the Metaverse as an accretive design tool, ALTER brings technology to the fore to enable symbiotic interaction between real and virtual bodies, where movement creates visuals in a projected environment.
ALTER speaks to the brutalist architecture of Canberra's design and its surrounding nature. As the largest example of Australia's Garden City Movement, Canberra is recognised internationally as a designed and planned city, and yet nature prevails, its untamed energy making the city hum. Just as Walter Burley Griffin's designs were based on the natural topography of the land, ALTER draws from the natural topography of the body.
Where is the Green Sheep? is an immersive visual theatre experience based on the beloved children's book by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek. We meet Blue Sheep who loves blue flowers and Red Sheep who loves to cartwheel in the fields, Bath Sheep who loves bubbles and Bed Sheep who loves to bounce… But where IS that Green Sheep?
Blending puppetry and animation, this beautiful production invites young audiences to join our three farmers on their quest to find the elusive green sheep. Co-created with students from Bankstown West Public School, this production integrates their voices as narrators, ensuring the work resonates deeply with young audiences.
Where is the Green Sheep? is a co-production with QPAC's Out of the Box in association with Arts Centre Melbourne, The Sydney Opera House and The Art House, Wyong.
Where fashion meets activism, performance meets purpose, and dissent becomes a work of art.
Across one vibrant weekend, Clothing the Loop unfolds as a spectacular evening event and a full day of activities including; panel talks, clothes swaps, installations, fashion displays and a parade, live performance and practical workshops celebrating sustainable fashion, circular design, and creative activism.
Presented by Australian Dance Party, Kelli Donovan and Canberra Institute of Technology, and held on the first weekend of the Craft + Design Canberra Festival, experience runway glamour, edgy contemporary dance, sensorial music and stimulating conversations that invite powerful dialogue towards change.
Join a joyful rebellion against waste and over-consumption. The festival re-imagines what it means to design, wear, and value materials and craftsmanship, re-framing them as threads that stitch together care, creativity, and collective action.
Raíces & Rhythms: Latin America in Australia is an intimate evening of live music and conversation opening the La Fiesta 2026 weekend at The Street Theatre.
Musicians from Chile, Cuba, Argentina and Australia step away from their larger festival ensembles for stripped-back performances, followed by conversations with host Frank Madrid about the music they make, the traditions that shape them, and what it means to carry those sounds into a life in Australia.
The program moves through Afro-Cuban percussion, flamenco and Spanish guitar, Cuban son, Latin American folk and contemporary Latin sounds, with performances from artists including Adrian Hearn, Aloy Junco, Rodolfo "Panga" Hechavarría, Keko Virán, Aya Kitaoji, Alejandro Flórez and members of The New Monos.
The evening is bookended by a special Afro-Cuban batá percussion collaboration, bringing rhythm, storytelling and cultural context together in a relaxed theatre setting.
