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Canberra sleepily welcomes in the new year, streets are quiet, and many residents have headed to the coast or interstate. Soon, we’re jolted awake again by the smell of petrol and the revving of engines as the entrants make their way to EPIC for the country’s biggest car festival. To be held from 5 to 8 January, Summernats 35 promises to be the biggest and best festival yet.

The much-anticipated DESIGN Canberra Festival returns in November, bigger and better than ever. This year, the celebration of Canberra creatives embodies the theme of ‘transformation’ and sees the creative Capital come to life with installations, symposiums, workshops, markets, and exhibitions over 19 days, 2-22 November.

Returning to the shores of Lake Burley Griffin, SummerSalt brings a day of chill vibes for the whole family on 27 January, with a line-up featuring some of the biggest names in folk, indie, and alternative music.

After a two-year hiatus due to pandemic restrictions, Canberra Moon Festival returns to the city centre this month. City Walk and Garema Place will come to life with multicultural festivities and delicacies for three days, from 9 to 11 September.

From the brains behind the iconic Falls Festival comes the brand-new Wanderer Festival, which hopes to engage a multigenerational audience on the shores of Pambula Beach next month.

The ninth annual DESIGN Canberra Festival has unveiled its most ambitious program to date, featuring over 200 events to celebrate the nation's capital as a global city of design, spanning two weeks from 2 to 20 November.

The leaves are dropping from the trees and there’s plenty of things dropping into Canberra’s social calendar this weekend – from the first in-person Handmade Market since 2019 at EPIC, to the Zero Waste Festival at Kambri, the final weekend of the heritage festival and the first performances of the Canberra International Music Festival and Ausdance ACT’s Australian Dance Week.

After a two-year hiatus, the dust has finally settled on Coachella’s opening weekend, and we have a moment to reflect on festivalgoers’ experimental looks.

The National Folk Festival made a full-scale return to Exhibition Park over the 2022 Easter Long Weekend, and CW was there to capture it.

The inaugural Canberra Circus Festival will roll up and into town later this month, bringing in some of Australia’s best circus performers.

After two years of disruptions the National Folk Festival is back at EPIC for 2022 and gearing up for a return to the glory days.

CW sat down with Josh Biondillo, of the founding members of the groovy Aussie band, San Cisco, to chat about cancelled shows, Canberra vibes, and childhood dreams of performing with The Wiggles.

on. With all the fun and excitement of the Enlighten Festival making a welcome return to the national capital, there's so much happening it's almost - but not quite - overwhelming.

Over the first weekend of March, Braddon and Civic will come to life with Surface Festival, Canberra’s first ever celebration of street art.

The 15th Canberra Craft Beer & Cider Festival will go ahead in Braddon on Saturday 19 March, with over 50 breweries presenting some 250 craft beers and ciders for tasting.  Mercure Canberra will...

Canberra’s iconic summer food event, the Night Noodle Markets, is officially going ahead in 2022, albeit separately from the Enlighten Festival. The Canberra Night Noodle Markets will take place from Friday 25 February...