# Events & Things To Do In Canberra on 23rd May 2026

- **Subtitle**: Discover the best events and activities in Canberra on 23rd May 2026. From live concerts to art exhibitions, find the perfect thing to do for an unforgettable day out.
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## About

Discover the best events and activities in Canberra on 23rd May 2026. From live concerts to art exhibitions, find the perfect thing to do for an unforgettable day out.

## Events in Canberra

- **Event Name**: Vision Pres. WHAT SO NOT + Anna Lunoe
  - **Description**: Giddy up Canberra! Worldwide electronic superstar What So Not is dropping by with powerhouse support from Anna Lunoe.

With festival grade L-Acoustics sound and with full-scale, world‑class production, The Vault will be transformed into a subterranean tem
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    - Count: 375
  - **Date**: Sat May 23 2026 at 08:00 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/vision-pres-what-so-not-anna-lunoe/200029840176920
  - **Venue**: Dairy Road Precinct
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  - **Categories**: art, festivals, entertainment, music, health-wellness, meditation
- **Event Name**: Canberra Paws Walk
  - **Description**: Canberra Paws Walk will be happening in May! Reimagined from the beloved Million Paws Walk, this year it’s all about celebrating our community and the incredible bond between people and pets. 

Every step you take at Canberra Paws Walk helps care for pets
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 358
  - **Date**: Sat May 23 2026 at 11:00 pm – Sun May 24 2026 at 04:00 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/canberra-paws-walk/200029646899028
  - **Venue**: Patrick White Lawns
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  - **Categories**: dog
- **Event Name**: NEVER ENDING 80s PRESENTS: 80s vs 70s - GLOW vs FRO - HELLENIC CLUB CANBERRA
  - **Description**: We heard you and we have created a BRAND NEW PARTY!
Never Ending 80s Presents: 80s vs 70s - Glow vs Fro
Hellenic Club Canberra
DATE: 23 MAY 2026
DOORS: 7.00PM
SHOW: 8.00PM-10.30PM

Book Early this is going to be EPIC:
https://events.humanitix.com/80s-vs-7
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 590
  - **Date**: Sat May 23 2026 at 09:00 am – Sat May 23 2026 at 01:00 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/never-ending-80s-presents-80s-vs-70s-glow-vs-fro-hellenic-club-canberra/200029811872000
  - **Venue**: Hellenic Club of Canberra
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  - **Categories**: entertainment, parties, music
- **Event Name**: Sheltering
  - **Description**: Three stories of Country. One message of hope.

Beneath the constellation of Bangarra’s creative and cultural legacy, experience a program of three powerful works: Keeping Grounded, Brown Boys, and Sheoak, which honour Bangarra’s past while looking to the
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 10
  - **Date**: Sat May 23 2026 at 09:30 am – Sat May 23 2026 at 10:50 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/sheltering/200029847899918
  - **Venue**: Canberra Theatre Centre, Civic Square/London Cct, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2601
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  - **Categories**: art, entertainment, fine-arts, theatre, literary-art
- **Event Name**: OSNS MEET #3
  - **Description**: 🚗🔥 OSNS IS BACK 🔥🚗

You asked… we delivered. OSNS is officially BACK and we’re kicking things off BIG!

📅 May 23rd, 2026

📍national arboretum 

Get ready for an epic day of cars, good vibes, and the community we all love.

Expect the usual 🔥
• Tough buil
  - **Date**: Sat May 23 2026 at 10:00 am – Sat May 23 2026 at 01:00 pm (+11:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/osns-meet-3/200029989823930
  - **Venue**: National Arbetorum
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- **Event Name**: Ami Williamson
  - **Description**: “Forceful, funny, powerful and poetic, Ami Williamson is a Folk Singer/Songwriter like no other!” (Sydney Morning Herald)

Ami Williamson is one of those rare female singers. While her roots are firmly in the tradition of singer/songwriter, her richly div
  - **Date**: Sat May 23 2026 at 08:00 am – Sat May 23 2026 at 10:00 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/ami-williamson/200029990141157
  - **Venue**: Smith's Alternative
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  - **Categories**: Music, Festivals, Entertainment, Art, Concerts, Workshops, literary-art
- **Event Name**: INXSIVE, the INXS Tribute Show live at the Baso, Canberra
  - **Description**: Direct from Melbourne, INXSIVE, the INXS Tribute Show appear live on stage at the Basement (Baso) Canberra on Saturday the 23rd of May performing the very best of INXS in a high energy, full production two hour+ show.
INXSIVE have been touring Australia w
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    - Count: 30
  - **Date**: Sat May 23 2026 at 09:00 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/inxsive-the-inxs-tribute-show-live-at-the-baso-canberra/200029873075219
  - **Venue**: The Baso Canberra
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  - **Categories**: entertainment, music, performances, festivals, live-music, art, theatre, music-festivals, raves
- **Event Name**: Playback (or, a Play About But Not Starring A Famous Politician) By Tom Glassey
  - **Description**: 8 November, 2016: A young man receives a letter. 12 November, 2016: A young man's phone rings. 27 February 2024. A politician rises in the House of Representatives and drafts his legacy. Elsewhere, a former journalist watches on and knows it's not the who
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    - Count: 1
  - **Date**: Sat May 23 2026 at 09:30 am – Sat May 23 2026 at 10:40 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/playback-or-a-play-about-but-not-starring-a-famous-politician-by-tom-glassey/200029978843923
  - **Venue**: 15 Childers St, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2601
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  - **Categories**: art, theatre, fine-arts, comedy
- **Event Name**: New Year's Feast
  - **Description**: Come join us for afternoon tournaments and an evening feast to celebrate the new year.


Location
St John’s Church Hall, 45 Constitution Ave, Reid ACT, Australia.


Timetable
2:00pm Start, 2:30pm Heavy and Rapier tournaments, afternoon tea, 5pm feast hall
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 76
  - **Date**: Sat May 23 2026 at 04:00 am – Sat May 23 2026 at 01:00 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/new-years-feast/200029576222842
  - **Venue**: St John’s Church Hall, 45 Constitution Ave, Reid ACT, Australia
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  - **Categories**: tournaments, sports, workshops
- **Event Name**: Hypno Yoga
  - **Description**: A 90-Minute Journey to Optimal Health & Wellbeing

✨ Indulge. Let go. Surrender. ✨

Experience Hypno Yoga®, a deeply restorative practice that blends gentle yoga with hypnosis, guiding your mind and body into profound relaxation and lasting calm.

Wha
  - **Date**: Sat May 23 2026 at 03:00 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/hypno-yoga/200029990665905
  - **Venue**: Level1, 13 - 19 Botany Street, 2609
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  - **Categories**: health-wellness
- **Event Name**: City LOVE Scavenger Hunt Date Night For Couples - Canberra Area
  - **Description**: CITY LOVE SCAVENGER HUNT Date For Couples (Self-Guided) Enjoy your city scavenger hunt with fun digital activities along the way!About this Eventhttps://vimeo.com/947228367CITY LOVE SCAVENGER HUNT FOR COUPLES
  - **Date**: Sat May 23 2026 (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/canberra/city-love-scavenger-hunt-date-night-for-couples-canberra-area-tickets/10000919256028527
  - **Venue**: **Recommended starting point or another city spot of your choice! (MUST USE PDF TICKETS-NO QR CODES)
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  - **Price**: USD 10
  - **Categories**: health-wellness, trips-adventures, entertainment, nonprofit, contests

## Trending Events in Canberra

- **Event Name**: City LOVE Scavenger Hunt Date Night For Couples - Canberra Area
  - **Description**: CITY LOVE SCAVENGER HUNT Date For Couples (Self-Guided) Enjoy your city scavenger hunt with fun digital activities along the way!About this Eventhttps://vimeo.com/947228367CITY LOVE SCAVENGER HUNT FOR COUPLES
  - **Venue**: **Recommended starting point or another city spot of your choice! (MUST USE PDF TICKETS-NO QR CODES)
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- **Event Name**: The Whitlams with Canberra Symphony Orchestra
  - **Description**: 8 – 9 May 2026
7.30pm
TICKETS ON SALE 10AM THURSDAY 18 DECEMBER

The Whitlams joins the Canberra Symphony Orchestra in two performances of their renowned symphonic collaboration on Friday 8 and Saturday 9 May at the Canberra Theatre Centre. The Whitlams w
  - **Venue**: Canberra Theatre Centre, Civic Square/London Cct, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2601
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- **Event Name**: SUMMERNATS 39
  - **Description**: STREET MACHINE SUMMERNATS 39 EARLY BIRD TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

The world's wildest car festival returns to Canberra January 7-10, 2027.

A strictly limited batch of Platinum and Season Passes are on sale now.

This is the cheapest you’ll ever get into SN39
  - **Venue**: Exhibition Park In Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2602
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- **Event Name**: Louis Tomlinson in Canberra
  - **Description**: 🎶 Get Ready for Louis Tomlinson Live at Qudos Bank Arena on Thursday, October 22, 2026! 🎶
This is not just a concert—it's a moment you'll talk about for years. Louis Tomlinson is set to light up Qudos Bank Arena wit
  - **Venue**: Qudos Bank Arena
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- **Event Name**: Khalid in Canberra
  - **Description**: 🎶 Don't Miss this Out! Khalid is Live at Qudos Bank Arena on Friday, November 13, 2026! 🎶
This is your moment. Khalid is hitting Qudos Bank Arena on Friday, November 13, 2026, and with chart-topping
  - **Venue**: Qudos Bank Arena
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- **Event Name**: Guy Sebastian in Canberra
  - **Description**: 🎤 Experience Guy Sebastian Live at Tiktok Ent Centre on Saturday, May 2, 2026! 🎤
The countdown has begun! Guy Sebastian is taking over Tiktok Ent Centre on Saturday, May 2, 2026, and with hits like
  - **Venue**: Tiktok Ent Centre
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- **Event Name**: Jason Derulo in Canberra
  - **Description**: 🎶 The Ultimate Jason Derulo Experience LIVE at Qudos Bank Arena—This Saturday, September 19, 2026! 🎶
It's that time of the year where everyone wants to have a musical breath! Your favorite, Jason Derulo is hitting Q
  - **Venue**: Qudos Bank Arena
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- **Event Name**: Peking Duk in Canberra
  - **Description**: 🎶 Don't Miss Peking Duk Live in Canberra on Friday, May 15, 2026! 🎶
Are you ready to experience Peking Duk like never before? With chart-topping hits like High (feat. Nicole Millar), Take Me Over (feat. SAFIA) and Fire
  - **Venue**: Hordern Pavilion
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- **Event Name**: Jim Jefferies: Son of a Carpenter - Australia 2026 | Canberra: Royal Theatre
  - **Description**: Australia’s global comedy heavyweight, Jim Jefferies will bring his internationally acclaimed Son of a Carpenter tour home in 2026 for a huge run of dates across the country, hitting arenas and theatres this July and August.
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  - **Venue**: Royal Canberra Theatre
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top events in Canberra?
  - **A:** Vision Pres. WHAT SO NOT + Anna Lunoe (Sat May 23 2026 at 08:00 am at Dairy Road Precinct), Canberra Paws Walk (Sat May 23 2026 at 11:00 pm at Patrick White Lawns), NEVER ENDING 80s PRESENTS: 80s vs 70s - GLOW vs FRO - HELLENIC CLUB CANBERRA (Sat May 23 2026 at 09:00 am at Hellenic Club of Canberra), Sheltering (Sat May 23 2026 at 09:30 am at Canberra Theatre Centre, Civic Square/London Cct, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2601), OSNS MEET #3 (Sat May 23 2026 at 10:00 am at National Arbetorum).
- **Q**: How can I find events in Canberra?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming events in Canberra on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for events in Canberra?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for events in Canberra?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting events in Canberra include Dairy Road Precinct, Patrick White Lawns, Hellenic Club of Canberra.
- **Q**: What is the price range for events in Canberra?
  - **A:** Prices for events in Canberra range from USD 10 to USD 10. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for events in Canberra?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting events in Canberra include Vision Ent, RSPCA ACT, Never Ending 80s.
- **Q**: Are there any online events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new events in Canberra?
  - **A:** Follow the  category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new events are listed in Canberra.

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