Students around Acton
15 upcoming events
Get students around Acton in your weekly roundup.
Oazis lists 15 students events around Acton, pulled from ticket sites and venue calendars, updated every day.
Right now, most of the action is around University House Hotel, John Curtin School of Medical Research and The Street Theatre.
Events — students around Acton
Thu5
Tomorrow
Tomorrow · 1 PMFree
TalkFeminism
Inclusive Innovation Playbook
John Curtin School of Medical Research
Tomorrow · 1 PMFree
FoodStudents
Lunch in the Garden: Paneer Curry
ANU Kitchen Garden Plot
Tomorrow · 2 PMFree
Students
Narrabundah College Year 11 2027 - Subject Selections
Narrabundah College
Tomorrow · 5:30 PMA$60–600
FoodStudents
CIT Pour & Pair with Contentious Character Wines
Canberra Institute of Technology - CIT Woden Campus
Fri6
Friday 6 November
Mon9
Monday 9 November
Tue10
Tuesday 10 November
Later
Wed 11 · 8:45 AMFree
TalkScience
BGL HDR Student Symposium 2026
University of Canberra Building 11, Level B, Room 44
Wed 11 · 11 AMFree
ExhibitionCinema
Cybernetics Showcase
Level 2 and 3, Birch Building #35
Thu 12 · 6 PMA$22.49
Students
ANU Blues and ANU Sport Awards 2026
Yukeembruk Village Hall
Sat 14 · 10:30 AMFree
Guided tourStudents
Future Student Saturday Campus Tours
The Street Theatre
Sat 14 · 2 PMA$45
Students
2026 End of Year Celebration & Prize Giving
National Museum of Australia
Fri 20 · 6:30 PMA$120–180
ClubStudents
Graduation Ball 2026
National Arboretum Canberra
Sat 21 · 10 AMA$10
Guided tourOutdoors
An Introduction to Australia's Remarkable Plants
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Fri 27 · 6 PMA$200
Street partyStudents
Year 12 Formal 2026
National Museum of Australia
See also around Acton
Mon 9 · 7 PMFree
Jam / Open mic
Monday Open Mic Night
Dissent Cafe and Bar, Canberra
At 7 PM
JazzConcert
Geoff's Jazz at Smith's
Smith's Alternative, Canberra
Tomorrow · 9 AM
PunkRock
Less Than Jake in Canberra
Enmore Theatre, Canberra
Fri 6 · 5:30 PMFree
Folk / AcousticWorld music
Concert - Mongolia: Echoes of the Steppe
Auditorium, Australian Centre on China in the World, Acton
Fri 6 · 6 PMA$65
ClassicalConcert
CRISP Canberra Piano Recital
Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest
Wed 11 · 7:30 PM
PopSinger-songwriter
James Morrison with Special Guest Mahalia Barnes
Canberra Theatre Centre
Fri 13 · 6 PMFree
ClassicalConcert
Chamber Musicale 13 November 2026
Larry Sitsky Recital Room, Canberra
Fri 13 · 7:30 PM
PopR&B
Khalid in Canberra
Qudos Bank Arena, Canberra
Sat 14 · 8 AM
World musicConcert
George Wassouf in Canberra
Darling Harbour Theatre, Canberra
Sat 14 · 2:30 PMA$20–25
ClassicalConcert
A SATURDAY AFTERNOON ORGAN RECITAL
ST PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, MANUKA
Sun 15 · 3 PMA$25–55
ClassicalConcert
Lotte Betts-Dean and Ronan Apcar
Wesley Music Centre, Forrest
Fri 20 · 9 AM
PopIndie
LANY in Canberra
Tiktok Ent Centre, Canberra
Sat 7
Street partyFood
Sri Lanka Festival 2026
Hampton Circuit, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory ACT 2600
Tomorrow
FitnessOutdoors
No Lights No Lycra — Canberra South (Ngunnawal Country), ACT
No Lights No Lycra — Canberra South (Ngunnawal Country), ACT — Canberra South
Tomorrow · 7 PMA$28.25–43.25
Parties
Canberra | Christian Singles Mixer | Public Bar, Manuka | 5th November
Public, Canberra
Fri 6
FitnessEcstatic dance
No Lights No Lycra — Canberra North (Ngunnawal Country), ACT
No Lights No Lycra — Canberra North (Ngunnawal Country), ACT — Canberra North
Fri 6 · 7:45 PMA$8–10
Socials
Friday 6 November 2026 DJ G is in the house
Canberra Dance Theatre
Fri 6 · 9 PMA$15–25
ClubDJ set
Haessa: Vol. 2
Blank&, Canberra
Fri 6 · 10 PMA$23.15–33.21
ClubDJ set
Afrojamz: Canberra Edition ❀ Friday, November 6th @ Fiction
Fiction Club, Canberra
Sat 7 · 4 PMA$25
Ecstatic danceWellness
Dance the Elements- 5 Elements & Spirits
Kingston Baptist Church, Griffith
Sat 7 · 7 PMFree
South Asia
GH Diwali Party
ANU Graduate House, Acton
Sat 7 · 1 PM
Street partyWorld music
La Fiesta | Canberra’s Latin American Festival
Latin American Plaza, Canberra
Fri 13 · 10 PM
ClubDrum & Bass
One22 Presents S.P.Y
One22, Canberra
Sat 14 · 6 PMA$100–1,000
Bingo
Uqasha's Trivia Gala Night (SOLD OUT)
Rydges Canberra, Forrest
Sat 14 · 2 PMFree
Street party
Azi Beauty Aesthetics and laser launch event
Quest Canberra
Sat 14 · 7:30 PMA$85.47
Folk danceFolk / Acoustic
Canberra Bushdance 2026
Yarralumla Woolshed, Weston
Fri 13 · 7 PMA$20–60
CabaretDrag show
GLAM SLAM CLUB
Shadows, Canberra
Sat 7 · 5 PMA$45
Drag showBurlesque
La Cage BLEU - 7 Nov
Blue Eyes, Canberra
Tue 10 · 6 PMA$22.90–27.69
TheatrePoetry
Everyone On The Bus Fell Down (Not Just Me) – Canberra
National Library of Australia, Canberra
Fri 6 · 5 PMA$15–20
Improv
Thank God It's Theatre
Blank&, Canberra
Fri 6 · 6:30 PMA$24–28
Stand-up
Shad & Pete Save the World
Dissent Cafe and Bar, Canberra
Sat 14 · 4 PM
Theatre
Tales from The Odyssey: The Kindness of Strangers
Smith's Alternative, Canberra
Fri 6 · 6:30 PM
Food
Rising Stars Dinner at the Yacht Club
Yacht Club
At 10 AMA$15–70
Exhibition
RELICS: A New World Rises - November
Canberra Museum and Gallery
Tomorrow · 9 AMFree
TalkHeritage
2026 Mongolia Update: Cultural heritage in a changing world
Lecture Theatre 2 (HB2), Hedley Bull Building, Acton
Tomorrow · 9 AMFree
TalkScience
Science Communication Research Symposium
165 Daley Rd, Acton
At 4 PMFree
TalkEcology
China's Pathways to Industrial Decarbonisation
Barton Theatre, Acton
Tomorrow · 5:45 PMFree
TalkAnti-racism
Alice Tay Lecture 2026 – Preventing Generated Futures: Indigenous Resistance to Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Common Room, University House, 1 Balmain Cres, Acton
Tomorrow · 6 PM
TalkLiterature
Author talk: Going Digital by Margaret Simons
Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600
Tomorrow · 6:30 PMA$15
ExhibitionOpening
The Art of Giving: Filotimo Group Exhibition - Opening Night
The Gallery, Acton
Sat 7 · 9 AMFree
Guided tourInclusivity
Quiet Mornings at the Mint
Royal Australian Mint, Deakin
Sat 7 · 1 PMA$10–12
Guided tourHeritage
Calthorpes House Tours 2026
Calthorpes' House, Red Hill
Sat 7 · 8:30 PMA$50
Guided tourOutdoors
Moonlight Meanders – Lake Burley Griffin, southern foreshore
Lake Burley Griffin Southern Shore, Parkes
Sat 7 · 10 AM
MarketFashion & Design
Canberra's Biggest Fashion Market Returns for the Last Time in 2026!
Canberra, ACT
Mon 9 · 11 AMA$40–500
Talk
ArtsNational Canberra Membership and Bookings 2027
National Library of Australia, Canberra
Mon 9 · 5:30 PMA$50
Talk
Open Book - Candid Conversations on AI and the media - what can you believe?
ACC Centre, Charles Sturt University, Barton
Mon 9 · 6 PMFree
LiteratureTalk
Meet the author - Richard Glover
Cinema Theatre, Lowitja O'Donoghue Cultural Centre, Acton
Mon 9 · 5:30 PMFree
TalkPolitics & Economy
Navigating Great Power Rivalry
'The Heart", UNSW Canberra City Campus, Reid
Mon 9 · 5 PMA$0
TalkHuman rights
Disarming the Resistance
120 McCoy Cct, Canberra
Tue 10 · 6 PMFree
TalkScience
Public Lecture : Empirical Extinction Risk (In-person & Online)
Molonglo Theatre, Acton
Tue 10 · 6 PM
Talk
Judy Horacek: Everyone on the bus fell down (not just me)
Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600
Thu 12 · 12:30 PMA$25–30
TalkDisability
The Disability Leadership Oration 2026
Kings Avenue, Parkes
Thu 12 · 7 PMFree
TalkPolitics & Economy
Gospel Values and the Weaponisation of Christianity
Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Barton
Fri 13 · 5:30 PMFree
LiteratureTalk
Joe Matera at Paperchain Manuka
Paperchain Bookstore, Griffith
Fri 13 · 6 PMA$21–24
LiteratureTalk
Ariarne Titmus: Relentless
Verity Lane Market, Canberra
Sat 14 · 2 PMFree
TalkScience
Dissenting Bodies | Art, Anatomy and Medicine
ANU School of Medicine and Psychology, Acton
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Venues — students around Acton
University House Hotel
1 event
John Curtin School of Medical Research
1 event
The Street Theatre
1 event
ANU Kitchen Garden Plot
1 event
Level 2 and 3, Birch Building #35
1 event
Australian National Botanic Gardens
1 event
National Museum of Australia
2 events
Merici College
1 event
National Arboretum Canberra
1 event
Narrabundah College
1 event
Canberra Institute of Technology - CIT Woden Campus
1 event
CIT Woden Multipurpose Room
1 event
Frequently asked questions
How many students events are there around Acton?
15 coming up on Oazis.
Where can you catch students around Acton?
Notably University House Hotel, John Curtin School of Medical Research and The Street Theatre. See the full list of venues above.