Stand-up around Acton
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Stand-up around Acton has exploded: from new-material nights where comics road-test their jokes, to sold-out solo shows, by way of free open mics. We list everything that's getting laughs right now.
Whether you're after a big headliner or a 5-quid open mic, the next date is right below.
Events — stand-up around Acton
Tue27
Tuesday 27 October
Later
Sat 31 · 8 PM
🎤Stand-up
Lawrence Mooney — Full Moon Party — Canberra
Canberra Theatre Centre
Wed 4 · 4:30 AM
🎤Stand-up
Open Mic Comedy
The Baso Canberra
Wed 4 · 7 PM
🎤Stand-up
Harry Jun - Inside Jokes, Outside Voice
Fun Time Pony
Thu 5 · 7:30 PMA$22–25
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
Gang Gang Comedy - Peter James w/ MC Shad Wicka
Gang Gang Cafe
Fri 6 · 6:30 PMA$24–28
🎤Stand-up
Shad & Pete Save the World
Dissent Cafe and Bar
Fri 6 · 7 PMA$30–35
🎤Stand-up👑Drag show
Creative Juices
Tuggeranong Arts Centre
Fri 6 · 8 PM
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
The Canberra Stand Up Comedy Extravaganza
Matilda Street, Woden, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2606
Sat 7 · 7 PMA$65
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
AUnliTawa - Canberra
Weston Creek Community Centre
Mon 9 · 7 PMA$5
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
Bush Capital Comedy - November Open Mic
Dickson Taphouse
Fri 13 · 7 PMA$20–60
✨Cabaret👑Drag show
GLAM SLAM CLUB
Shadows
Sat 14 · 8 PM
🎤Stand-up
Marty Sheargold - The Red Card Tour - Canberra
Canberra Theatre Centre
Sat 21 Nov · 7 PMA$34–39
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
Daniel Muggleton — White Here, White Now Tour 2026
Fun Time Pony
Fri 4 Dec · 7:30 PM
🎤Stand-up
A Very Canberra Comedy Festival Christmas
Canberra Theatre Centre
Sat 19 Dec · 7:30 PMA$60
🎤Stand-up
Troy Kinne & Monty Franklin: Live
Manning Clark Centre ANU
Sun 7 Mar · 5 PM
🎤Stand-up
Go Back To America! by Joe Wong Live Canberra
Cultural Centre Kambri (ANU Building 153)
Sat 15 May · 7 PM
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
Aise Kaise by Amit Tandon — Live Canberra
Cultural Centre Kambri (ANU Building 153)
See also around Acton
At 9 AM
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
The High Kings in Canberra
Enmore Theatre, Canberra
At 6 PMFree
🎻Classical🌐World music
Bach in Shiraz - University House
Fellows Garden, University House, Acton
At 6 PMFree
🎫Concert
Blue Room Sessions #4 (2026)
Big Band Room, Canberra
Tomorrow · 8:30 PMA$41.50–84.504.9(23)
🎻Classical🎶Singer-songwriter
Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
Qudos Bank Arena, Canberra
Tomorrow · 4 PMA$10–30
🎶Singer-songwriter🪕Folk / Acoustic
Bloom
Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest
Tomorrow · 6:30 PM
🎻Classical✨Pop
Candlelight: Queen vs. ABBA in Canberra - Tickets
James Fairfax Theatre at National Gallery of Australia, Parkes Pl E, Parkes ACT 2600, Australia, Canberra
Fri 30 · 6:15 PMA$35–75
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Clásicos Argentinos
Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Barton
Fri 30 · 7 PM
🎸Rock🎫Concert
THE EXPLODING UNIVERSE OF ED KUEPPER | The Street, Canberra
The Street Theatre, Canberra
Sat 14 · 8 AM
🌐World music🎫Concert
George Wassouf in Canberra
Darling Harbour Theatre, Canberra
Tomorrow · 2:30 PMFree
🎪Street party🎊Socials
66th Nigeria Independence & Community Day Celebration
Nigeria High Commision, Canberra
Thu 29 · 9:30 PMA$12.49–22.87
🎉Club
Canberra's Biggest Halloween Party
Fiction Club, Canberra
At 7:45 PMA$8–10
🎊Socials
Friday 23 October 2026 Request night 🎤🎤🎤
Canberra Dance Theatre
At 10 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
One22 Pres. Oots
One22, Canberra
Tomorrow · 1 PMA$18–149.90
🎪Street party🌳Outdoors
Oktoberfest in the Gardens - Canberra 2026
Patrick White Lawns, Canberra
Fri 30 · 6:30 PMA$5–7
🎉Parties
ATCS Youth Wing presents Party with Pei: Halloween 2026
Function Room -Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre, Canberra
Fri 30 · 7 PMA$28.25–43.25
🎉Parties
Canberra | Halloween Singles Mixer | 88mph | fri 30th October | Under 35s
10 Hobart Pl, Canberra
Fri 30 · 9 PMA$20–35
🎉Club
Into The Dark - EMOWEEN
Mooseheads Pub & Nightclub, Canberra City
Sat 31 · 10 AMA$30
🎪Street party
La Grande Fete 2026 Rides All Day Pass
Telopea Park School, Barton
Sat 31 · 6 PMA$30–132
🎉Parties
GOE HALLOWEEN COCKTAIL PARTY AT MONSTER
Monster Kitchen and Bar, Canberra
Sat 31 · 7 PM
🎉Parties
The Lost Boys | Halloween Party at the NFSA
Mccoy Cct , Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2601
Tue 10 · 6:30 PM
🎪Street party
Australian Region Formal Dinner, Canberra, 2026
Commonwealth Club, Yarralumla
Sat 14 · 7:30 PMA$85.47
🪗Folk dance🪕Folk / Acoustic
Canberra Bushdance 2026
Yarralumla Woolshed, Weston
Sat 21 Nov · 6:30 PMA$65–90
🎉Club💿DJ set
Retro Silent Disco | National Museum of Australia | Canberra
National Museum of Australia, Acton
Wed 28 · 7 PMFree
❓Quiz
Trivia Night at Lager House by Capital Brewing Co
Lager House by Capital Brewing Co, Parkes
At 6:30 PM
🍽️Food
St Hallett Wine Dinner at the Yacht Club
Yacht Club
Tue 27 · 6:30 PMA$1,500
🗣️Talk
Dinner with Andrew Hastie MP and Sami Omari
Dinner with Andrew Hastie MP and Sami Omari, Canberra
Wed 28 · 5:30 PMA$80–160
🍽️Food
The Champagne Experience
Royal Canberra Golf Club, Yarralumla
At 3 PMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Canberra German Week 2026 - Science and Innovation Day
Allan Barton Forum, Acton
At 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk🎬Cinema
Special Symposium on the Tenth Anniversary of the film “The Handmaiden”
Lecture Theatre 2 (HB2), Hedley Bull Building, Acton
At 6 PM
🎬Cinema
Young Adults' Film Night
Durie Room, St Mark's Theological College, Barton
At 6:15 PMA$12
🎬Cinema🎞️Arthouse cinema
German Film Night
Palace Cinemas Electric, Canberra
Tomorrow · 10 AMA$17.75–35.50
📚Literature🌳Outdoors
Botanic Gardens creative writing walk
Australian National Botanic Gardens, Acton
Mon 26 · 11 AMFree
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
From the Archives: Germany to Australia
National Archives of Australia, Parkes
Mon 26 · 12 PMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
State of the world's land and water resources for food and agriculture
Agrifood Innovation Institute, Acton
Mon 26 · 12 PMFree
🗣️Talk🌱Ecology
ANU School of Sociology Seminar Series: Prof Roger Patulny (Hong Kong Baptist University)
RSSS building, room 4.69, Acton
Mon 26 · 1:25 PMFree
🎬Cinema
Elephant in the Fog - Australian Parliament Theatre Screening
Parliament House, Canberra
Mon 26 · 5:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🏛️Politics & Economy
Tokyo Rising: Japan's Big Choices
Theatrette 2.02, Sir Roland Wilson Building, Canberra
Mon 26 · 6 PMFree
📚Literature🗣️Talk
Meet the author - Kim Huynh
Cinema Theatre, Lowitja O'Donoghue Cultural Centre, Acton
Mon 26 · 6:30 PMA$25–45
🎬Cinema📽️Documentary
Blank Slate City Documentary Screening
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), Acton
Tue 27 · 4:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Revisiting directors’ duties within corporate groups
Phillipa Weeks Staff Library, Level 4, Building 7, ANU Law School, Acton
Wed 28 · 5:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
2026 Robert O'Neill War Studies Lecture: The Transformative War: Australia in the war of 1939–45
The Hall, University House, The Australian National University, Acton
Wed 28 · 5:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Nation Building: How Immigration Made Australia ~ Canberra event
The Great Hall, Australian Parliament House,, Canberra
Wed 28 · 5:30 PMFree
🖼️Exhibition
Exhibition viewing: The Aboriginal Robot with Mia Khin Boe
Innovation Space, Level 2, Birch Building #35, Acton
Wed 28 · 6 PMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Public Lecture by Veritasium’s Dr Derek Muller
Kambri Drama Theatre, Acton
Thu 29 · 4 PMFree
🗣️Talk🏰Heritage
Unearthed | Taking It With You: A Journey to the Chinese Afterlife
Australian Centre on China in the World Tearoom, Acton
Thu 29 · 5 PMFree
🗣️Talk🕊️Human rights
Special Lecture: Oman's History of Religious Diversity
127 Ellery Cres, Acton
Sat 31 · 9:45 AMFree
🗣️Talk♀️Feminism
EQUALIZE: Canberra
ANU School of Music, Canberra
Sun 1 · 1 PMFree
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Vallalar 203 Birthday Commemoration Event: Love All Life and Save the Roos
Old Parliament House, Parkes
Mon 26 · 6 PMFree
✊Activism
Fearless Connections
Fearless Women Office, Canberra
Sun 1 · 9:30 AMFree
💛Inclusivity🔬Science
GPN Canberra Term 4 2026
The Australian National University Skaidrite Darius (formerly CSIT) Building, Acton
Thu 12 · 5:30 PMFree
🏛️Politics & Economy🤝Volunteering
Rebels at the Pub - monthly meet-up
Badger & Co, Canberra
Mon 26 · 7:15 AMA$70–1,000
🕊️Human rights
Australian National Prayer Breakfast 2026
The Great Hall, Australian Parliament House,, Canberra
Wed 28 · 12 PMA$95–900
🤝Volunteering
2026 Lifeline Canberra Spirit of Canberra Awards
Old Parliament House, Parkes
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Venues — stand-up around Acton
Manning Clark Centre ANU
1 event
Cultural Centre Kambri (ANU Building 153)
2 events
Shadows
1 event
Fun Time Pony
2 events
Canberra Theatre Centre
3 events
King O'Malley's
1 event
Dissent Cafe and Bar
1 event
Dickson Taphouse
1 event
Gang Gang Cafe
1 event
The Baso Canberra
1 event
Matilda Street, Woden, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2606
1 event
Tuggeranong Arts Centre
2 events
Frequently asked questions
How many stand-up events are there around Acton?
18 coming up on Oazis.
Where can you catch stand-up around Acton?
Notably Manning Clark Centre ANU, Cultural Centre Kambri (ANU Building 153) and Shadows. See the full list of venues above.