[ 21 December, 2012 to 23 December, 2012. ]

The last regular weekend of 2012, what summer fun is to be had in and around Canberra?

Just leave your thoughts in the comments.

[ 22 December, 2012; 8:00 pm; ]

News Flash ! :

Cell Block 69 to carry out a totally awesome post apocalyptic feat !

Sure, by the time that December the 22nd comes around the world will have already ended. But don’t let that get you down. Why not loose those apocalyptic blues by spending a night with Corey ?

Laugh it away with Corey. [...]

[ 22 December, 2012; ]

Just a reminder that this Saturday is action packed down at Belco Skatepark! We’ve got “Santa Cons” busting out the hilarity as MC carrying a big red sack of goodies, you might get a pressie just for being there!

There’s a free BBQ and loads of prizes to be won. We’ve also got $150 cash [...]

[ 22 December, 2012; 10:00 pm; ] One of Canberra’s less spoken of traditions is Christmas Eve at The Phoenix.

People who’ve moved interstate come back to see their families and by Christmas Eve already need a break, so they go to the Phoenix to catch up with old friends and Fred Smith plays a killer set before the bell is rung vigorously [...]

[ 14 December, 2012 to 13 January, 2013. ]

This just in:

Presenting the fourth annual College Express exhibition, with outstanding artworks by Year 11 & 12 students from eight colleges and schools in the Belconnen region: Dickson, Gungahlin, Hawker, Radford and St Francis Xavier Colleges, Burgmann Anglican School, Melba Copland Secondary School Copland College and UC Secondary College Lake Ginninderra. In a stunning array [...]

[ 1 December, 2012 to 19 January, 2013. ] December

Saturday 1st 9:30pm
Topnovil
Bladder Spasms
Rather be Dead

Sunday 2nd 8pm
Lloyd Spiegel
Jonno Zilber
$15

Monday 3rd 8pm
CMC presents The Bootleg Sessions
She & I
Cuddlefish
Fats Homicide
The Wanninashvilles

Tuesday 4th 7:30pm
Andrew and Shannon’s Pub Trivia

Wednesday 5th 9pm
CIT end of year Jam

Thursday 6th 9pm
Sean McMahon’s Western Union
Hannah Gillespie

Saturday 8th 9:30pm
Waterford’s 5th Birthday
Owen M Carroll (Voss)
Shoeb Ahmad

Monday 10th 8pm
2XX Local n Live presents The Bootleg Sessions
Fun [...]

[ 22 December, 2012; 8:00 pm; ]

Facebook brings word of a very big christmas show:

Cell Block 69 – Xmas with Corey.

Do they know it’s Xmas time at all in Canberra ? If they don’t yet, they certainly will by the end of the night on Sat the 22nd of December at the ANU Bar and Stadium Refectory.

Do Canberran’s like it [...]

[ 1 November, 2012 to 31 July, 2013. ]

An intriguing exhibition up on the War Memorial website:

The small French village of Vignacourt was always behind the front lines. For much of the First World War it was a staging point, casualty clearing station and recreation area for troops of all nationalities moving up to and then back from the battlefields on the [...]

[ 14 December, 2012 to 2 April, 2013. ]

The National Gallery has announced Toulouse-Lautrec: Paris & the Moulin Rouge is the big summer drawcard coming up.

‘The National Gallery of Australia is excited to bring together Australia’s first Toulouse-Lautrec retrospective exhibition, showing only in Canberra. Together with our own collection of works, the exhibition will provide a comprehensive insight into the artistic life of [...]