Events
Guy Montgomery
Saturday 7th Jun - 7:30 PM
Award-winning Kiwi comedian, podcaster and improviser Guy Montgomery brings his new stand-up show ‘I’ve Noticed So Many Things, It’d Be Unfair To Keep Them To Myself’ to Australia…
Northern Lights
Thursday 12th Jun - 7:00 PM
‘Personal, fearless and virtuoso, he makes old music new and new music eternal.’ - Expressen
DEATH AND THE MAIDEN REVEALED
Saturday 21st Jun - 7:30 PM
A Schubert odyssey directed by the electrifying violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja.
These Precious Hours: Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas Reimagined
Saturday 28th Jun - 7:00 PM
For the first time, Canberra Qwire (proudly LGBTQIA+) steps back in time, joining forces with some of the ACT’s finest musicians in their landmark performance, These Precious…
SNATCH GAME LIVE 2025
Wednesday 2nd Jul - 8:00 PM
It's time to play SNATCH GAME™! Get ready for a one-of-a-kind show as the Official Snatch Game™ Tour hits Australia in 2025.
Special Event: Art of the Score: The Music of John Williams
Thursday 24th Jul - 7:00 PM, Friday 25th Jul - 7:00 PM
A guided tour through the career and creative brilliance of John Williams, one of cinema’s most iconic composers.
Special Event: Art of the Score: The Music of John Williams
Thursday 24th Jul - 7:00 PM, Friday 25th Jul - 7:00 PM
A guided tour through the career and creative brilliance of John Williams, one of cinema’s most iconic composers.
Mozart’s Clarinet
Saturday 26th Jul - 7:00 PM
Vienna, 1785. Johann Friedrich Schink is blown away by a new work featuring the clarinet and basset horn.
James May: Explorers - The Age of Discovery
Saturday 2nd Aug - 7:30 PM
James May will premiere a landmark live theatre show in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, bringing to life the stories of the extraordinary explorers who…
Takács Quartet with Angie Milliken
Wednesday 6th Aug - 7:00 PM
The string quartets of Haydn and Beethoven are at the heart of the chamber music repertoire, works to which we return time and again because they are, quite simply, timeless.…
Gershwin & Shostakovich
Saturday 9th Aug - 7:30 PM
A celebration of the power of music featuring Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.1 with superstar pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk.
Urzila Carlson - You Don't Say
Friday 22nd Aug - 7:00 PM, Friday 22nd Aug - 9:30 PM, Saturday 23rd Aug - 4:00 PM, Saturday 23rd Aug - 7:30 PM
Multi-award-winning South African-New Zealander Urzila Carlson is one of Australian and New Zealand's biggest comedy stars, and she's bringing her trademark cheeky wit…
Urzila Carlson - You Don't Say
Friday 22nd Aug - 7:00 PM, Friday 22nd Aug - 9:30 PM, Saturday 23rd Aug - 4:00 PM, Saturday 23rd Aug - 7:30 PM
Multi-award-winning South African-New Zealander Urzila Carlson is one of Australian and New Zealand's biggest comedy stars, and she's bringing her trademark cheeky wit…
Urzila Carlson - You Don't Say
Friday 22nd Aug - 7:00 PM, Friday 22nd Aug - 9:30 PM, Saturday 23rd Aug - 4:00 PM, Saturday 23rd Aug - 7:30 PM
Multi-award-winning South African-New Zealander Urzila Carlson is one of Australian and New Zealand's biggest comedy stars, and she's bringing her trademark cheeky wit…
Urzila Carlson - You Don't Say
Friday 22nd Aug - 7:00 PM, Friday 22nd Aug - 9:30 PM, Saturday 23rd Aug - 4:00 PM, Saturday 23rd Aug - 7:30 PM
Multi-award-winning South African-New Zealander Urzila Carlson is one of Australian and New Zealand's biggest comedy stars, and she's bringing her trademark cheeky wit…
Luke Kidgell - Good Intentions
Thursday 28th Aug - 7:30 PM
Luke Kidgell kicks off his new World Tour in Australia in 2025!
A MUSICAL AWAKENING
Saturday 13th Sep - 7:30 PM
The music of Beethoven, Pēteris Vasks and Max Richter centres this exploration of music’s ability to nurture, heal and nourish.
Llewellyn Series: Mozart’s Requiem
Wednesday 24th Sep - 7:30 PM, Thursday 25th Sep - 7:30 PM
Erin Helyard conducts a musical tribute to the myth of Mozart, from child prodigy to Classical heavyweight.
Llewellyn Series: Mozart’s Requiem
Wednesday 24th Sep - 7:30 PM, Thursday 25th Sep - 7:30 PM
Erin Helyard conducts a musical tribute to the myth of Mozart, from child prodigy to Classical heavyweight.
ROB BECKETT GIRAFFE
Thursday 2nd Oct - 8:00 PM
Comedian, presenter and panel-show superstar announces new tour Giraffe for 2025.
Smashing the life out of the M25, M1, M5 and any other road that’s in my way. From Bromley to…
Trio Isimsiz
Friday 3rd Oct - 7:00 PM
What’s in a name? Trio Isimsiz’s name comes from the Turkish for ‘without name’ or ‘anonymous’. In other words, for Trio Isimsiz, it is all about the music.
Human Nature Motown 20th Anniversary Regional Tour
Friday 17th Oct - 8:00 PM
🎶Human Nature are taking their acclaimed MTWN 20 Arena show to the regions!!
Special Gala Mountain
Wednesday 29th Oct - 7:30 PM
The Australian Chamber Orchestra are bringing back one of their most groundbreaking, award-winning and popular cinematic collaborations for a series of limited gala performances.
Llewellyn Series: Cottis Conducts the Planets
Wednesday 5th Nov - 7:30 PM, Thursday 6th Nov - 7:30 PM
Jessica Cottis conducts The Planets: expansive, spine-tingling music inspired by stars, celestial spheres and the cosmos.
Llewellyn Series: Cottis Conducts the Planets
Wednesday 5th Nov - 7:30 PM, Thursday 6th Nov - 7:30 PM
Jessica Cottis conducts The Planets: expansive, spine-tingling music inspired by stars, celestial spheres and the cosmos.
BJORN AGAIN - The World’s Number One ABBA Show
Saturday 15th Nov - 2:00 PM, Saturday 15th Nov - 8:00 PM
Mamma Mia, Björn Again are back!
BJORN AGAIN - The World’s Number One ABBA Show
Saturday 15th Nov - 2:00 PM, Saturday 15th Nov - 8:00 PM
Mamma Mia, Björn Again are back!
Piotr Anderszewski
Friday 21st Nov - 7:00 PM
Everything about Piotr Anderszewski is extraordinary: the virtuosity, the originality, and his constant questioning as a performer.
Cocteau’s Circle
Saturday 22nd Nov - 7:30 PM
Join the Australian Chamber Orchestra on an adventure to Paris as they close their 50th Anniversary National Concert Season with a night of celebration and surprise.
Acknowledgment of Country
The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.