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What’s on this weekend in Canberra 25-27 March

From world-class comedy to charity gigs, Open Gardens to exhibitions, there’s a wealth of activities on across the ACT and region this weekend, 25-27 March.

Woden Seniors Book Fair: Woden Seniors’ well-known and much-loved Big Book Fair will be held on 25-27 March 10am-4pm at 12 Corinna Street, Woden. The Club will be filled with a huge range of quality pre-loved books, magazines, games, puzzles, vinyl records, CDs and DVDs and beautiful water colour paintings – all for sale at very low prices. Most fiction and non-fiction books will be priced at $2.50 each and children’s books, DVDs, and CDs at $1. Entry is by gold coin donation.

Church fair: St Andrew’s Church Fair is on Saturday 26 March from 9am at 1 State Circle, Forrest. Lots of great items for sale. Come and find a bargain! Plenty of free parking.

The 4th National Indigenous Art Triennial: Featuring 35 artists from across Australia, the exhibition, titled Ceremony, is at the NGA from 26 March to 31 July; nga.gov.au

King of Pigs: Steve Rodgers’ astonishing new play offers an unflinching glimpse into the nature of power, and the way men abuse it, 24-26 March at The Q, Queanbeyan; theq.net.au

Craft ACT: Host new exhibitions Home Grown and Tension(s) 2020, at their Civic gallery, until 14 May; craftact.org.au

Grand Budapest Hotel: Strathnairn Arts, Holt, hosts an outdoor screening of the Wes Anderson movie with live music from Super Rats, 25 March 5.30-10.30pm; strathnairn.com.au

Great Gable: The Perth four-piece play UC Hub, Bruce, Friday 25 March 8pm; moshtix.com.au

Goulburn Performing Arts Centre: Will open with a community led grand opening performance, REeNTRANCE, 25-26 March; gpac2022.sales.ticketsearch.com

Charity Gig Fundraiser: Eight acts, a silent auction, and a raffle with proceeds going to Rise Above Capital Region Cancer Relief, Harmonie German Club, Narrabundah, 26 March 1-11pm; tickets at the door or via Humanitix.

Kate & Co. in Concert: Performances from Kia Holmes, Pippin Carroll and Luke Worth of songs by Kate Rankine, Ralph Wilson Theatre, Braddon, 26 March 7.30-8.30pm; Eventbrite.

Ainslie Salon Autumn Series: A host of homegrown and interstate musicians play Ainslie and Gorman Arts Centres, Braddon, 26 March, 30 April, 21 & 28 May; agac.com.au

Stephen K Amos: Before and Laughter at Canberra Theatre, 26 March 7.15pm; canberratheatrecentre.com.au

PhotoAccess: See their 2022 Open Day on Saturday 26 March 12-4pm at their Griffith facility; photoaccess.org.au

The ACT Embroiderers’ Guild: A mini members’ exhibition at Yarralumla Guide Hall, 26-27 March; embroiderersact.org.au

Open Gardens Canberra: Davenport Garden, 31 Bainton Crescent, Melba, and the Mediterranean Garden at 37 Molloy Crescent, Cook, 26-27 March 10am-4pm; opengardenscanberra.org.au

The Triumph of Imagination: Musica da Camera performs music written by WWII prisoners of war, Saturday 26 March 2.30pm at Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Barton; trybooking.com/BXHHP

Canberra Comedy Festival: Back and bigger than ever with some of the biggest international, national, and local superstars playing across town, until 26 March; canberracomedyfestival.com

Old Bus Depot Markets: After their long-awaited re-opening last weekend, the OBDM will be on again this Sunday 27 March 9.30am-2.30pm with many old market favourites and new stallholders too. Open every Sunday; obdm.com.au

The Book Cow: The Kingston bookstore hosts a ‘book party’ for When I Grow Up I Will Shine by local author Casey Bruning, Sunday 27 March from 11am; Eventbrite.

Mid-Flight Brawl: A special live recording of the comedy podcast about air rage incidents, with hosts Nick Cody and Luke Heggie, Smith’s Alternative, 27 March 2-3pm; smithsalternative.com

The Tender: Local artist Jacqueline Bradley will be headlining Canberra Glassworks’ first exhibition of the year until 27 March; canberraglassworks.com

Kyeema Gallery: The Hall gallery hosts new exhibition Covidipity, by artist McCarron-Benson, until 27 March; capitalwines.com.au

Click here for a more extensive listing of what’s on in Canberra in March.

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