Making plans? Here’s a curated selection of what’s on in Canberra this weekend, 6-8 August. Get out and make the most of it while we still can!
What’s on Friday 6 August
Tonight, over two hours of Metallica classics will be performed by The George Ellis 24-piece symphony orchestra for A Symphonic Tribute to Metallica at Canberra Theatre, 6 August 7.30pm; canberratheatrecentre.com.au
One of Australia’s most renowned photographers Stephen Dupont premieres his new exhibition, Are We Dead Yet? at aMBUSH Gallery, ANU, from 6 August to 5 September.
Through 21 photos, Are We Dead Yet? offers poignant portrayals of the recent floods around Sydney and NSW, the black summer bushfires of 2019-20 and their aftermath, the drought and its effects in central NSW, and deforestation in both Tasmania and Western Australia; ambushgallery.com
READ MORE: Stephen Dupont captures impacts of climate change in new exhibition
Dirrum Festival will see two evenings of engaging speakers and local musicians, 6-7 August at the Morison Centre, Radford College, Bruce; dirrumfestival.org/cbr21
The NFSA are hosting a handful of screenings and other events over the weekend. On Friday night, you can get along to listen to your favourite records at the Vinyl Lounge from 5.30-7pm or see Aussie indie flick Unsound at Arc Cinema from 6pm.
Then on Saturday 7 August the Archive hosts a screening of The Croods: A New Age at 10.30am and then Unfolding Florence from 2pm; tickets and more here.
What’s on Saturday 7 August
Celebrate International Blues Music Day with Canberra Blues Society, who will have 11 acts on two stages, a Hot Rod display and markets at Harmonie German Club, Narrabundah, 7 August 1-11pm; Humantix.
Drop-in between 1pm – 4pm on Saturday 7 August at Tuggeranong Arts Centre to join artist Rebecca Mayo for a free workshop on the final day of her exhibition, Embracing the Familiar.
Canberra Potters are hosting Fired Up 2021, a festival celebrating Canberra’s ceramics community, Saturday afternoon from 3-8pm; canberrapotters.com.au
Be swept up in the magic of film music performed live at CSO at the Cinema, 7 August, 7.30pm at Llewellyn Hall, ANU.
The concert will feature nine works spanning the western film canon; with ubiquitous works by John Williams and George Gershwin through to obscure Australian compositions of equal quality; cso.org.au
READ MORE: Get your popcorn ready for CSO at the Cinema
What’s on Sunday 8 August
LGBTIQ+ Elders Dance Club Canberra, a free monthly dance event for LGBTIQ+ people over 55, is on from 1-3pm, Sunday 8 August, Ainslie Main Hall, Ainslie Arts Centre, Braddon; Humanitix.
Sunday is also your last chance to catch Piinpi at the National Museum of Australia. The exhibition shines a light on contemporary Indigenous Australian fashion and creatives.
Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion brings together around 60 works of Indigenous artists and designers from the inner city to remote desert art centres, celebrating Australia’s leading First Nations creatives; nma.gov.au
READ MORE: New exhibition celebrates Australia’s leading First Nations creatives
Similarly, out at Gold Creek’s Aarwun Gallery, it’s the final day to see I Regret Nothing, an exhibition of late gangland killer turned author Mark ‘Chopper’ Read’s paintings. A total of 41 paintings and memorabilia plus a coffin turned into a coffee table will be on display and also for sale; aarwungallery.com
