Indie around Dickson
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Right now, most of the action is around Gang Gang Cafe, Hordern Pavilion and Exhibition Park in Canberra.
Events — indie around Dickson
Sat31
Saturday 31 October
Later
Tue 10 · 7 PMA$45–50
RockPunk
Dirty Fences (NYC) Australian Tour @ Dissent | Supports TBA
Dissent Cafe and Bar
Thu 12 · 7:30 PMA$20–25
RockIndie
total tommy 'Trapezoid' Album Tour
Dissent Cafe and Bar
Fri 20 · 9 AMIT
PopIndie
LANY in Canberra
Tiktok Ent Centre
Sat 21 · 9 AM
IndiePop
Men I Trust in Canberra
Enmore Theatre
Sat 21 · 7:15 PM
IndieRock
Two Door Cinema Club in Canberra
Hordern Pavilion
Thu 26 Nov · 6 PMA$42
Folk / AcousticIndie
#1 Dads
Gang Gang Cafe
Sat 12 Dec · 12 PM
PopHip-Hop
Spilt Milk Canberra 2026
Exhibition Park in Canberra
See also around Dickson
Thu 29 · 9:30 PMA$12.49–22.87
Club
Canberra's Biggest Halloween Party
Fiction Club, Canberra
Sat 31 · 7 PMA$27.78
Parties
Booze & Boos
Canberra Deakin Football Club
Tue 10 · 6:30 PM
Street party
Australian Region Formal Dinner, Canberra, 2026
Commonwealth Club, Yarralumla
Tomorrow · 6 PMA$15
Street party
FOCUS Extravaganza
St John's Anglican Church, Reid
Thu 29 · 9:30 PMA$12.49–22.87
Club
Canberra's Biggest Halloween Party
Fiction Club, 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 · 7:30 PMA$7.50–69.67
Club
The Fright Crawl | Canberra's Hottest Halloween Bar Crawl 2026 | Fri, Oct 30
TBA, Canberra, AU
Fri 30 · 9 PM
ClubDJ set
Latino Big Night Out: Hallowen Edition! 💀🌼
Bootleg + Fiction, Canberra
Fri 30 · 9 PMA$10–33.08
DJ setWorld music
Halloween Bollywood Night | Friday 30 October | Embassy CBR
The Embassy CBR, City
Fri 30 · 9 PMA$20–35
Club
Into The Dark - EMOWEEN
Mooseheads Pub & Nightclub, Canberra City
Fri 30 · 10 PM
ClubDJ set
One22 Pres. Josh Heywood
One22, Canberra
Sat 31 · 10 AMA$30
Street party
La Grande Fete 2026 Rides All Day Pass
Telopea Park School, Barton
Sat 31 · 11 AM
Street partyLGBTQ+
SpringOUT Fair Day 2026
Glebe Park, Canberra
Sat 31 · 4 PMA$0–32.97
Street partyOutdoors
Canberra Halloween festival and parade （Ghosts in the City ）
Petrie Plaza & City Walk, Canberra
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
Sat 31 · 7 PMA$19–30
DJ set
Halloween Reloaded
Bailey's Corner Canberra
Sat 31 · 9 PMA$27.78–530.73
ClubDJ set
Rova Republic presents Uncool Angels
38 Northbourne Ave, Canberra
Sat 31 · 9 PMA$20
ClubDrag show
FRUITBOWL: Tutti Spooky Party
ChiChiz Bar, Canberra
Sat 31 · 9:30 PMA$15–20
DJ setSalsa
Día De Los Muertos - DAY OF THE DEAD x Halloween Party
Blackbird bar, Canberra
Thu 5 · 7 PMA$28.25–43.25
Parties
Canberra | Christian Singles Mixer | Public Bar, Manuka | 5th November
Public, Canberra
Sat 7 · 1 PM
Street partyWorld music
La Fiesta | Canberra’s Latin American Festival
Latin American Plaza, Canberra
Sat 7 · 7 PMFree
South Asia
GH Diwali Party
ANU Graduate House, Acton
Fri 13 · 7 PMA$20–60
CabaretDrag show
GLAM SLAM CLUB
Shadows, Canberra
Tue 27 · 6:30 PM
Stand-up
Open Mic Comedy @King O'Malley's
King O'Malley's, Canberra
Wed 28 · 5 PMA$7
Socials
ANUCAD CHEER SHOWCASE 2026
ANU Sport Old Court 1, Acton
Sat 31 · 6 PM
Poetry slamTournament
North Vs. South Heat #3
Smith's Alternative, Canberra
Sat 31 · 8 PM
Stand-up
Lawrence Mooney - Full Moon Party - Canberra
Canberra Theatre Centre
Wed 4 · 7 PM
Stand-up
Harry Jun - Inside Jokes, Outside Voice
Fun Time Pony, 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 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
Wed 28 · 5:30 PMA$80–160
Food
The Champagne Experience
Royal Canberra Golf Club, Yarralumla
Sun 1 · 3 PM
Food
Tipsy Tea at the Yacht Club – November
Yacht Club
Sat 31 · 1 PMA$10–12
Guided tourHeritage
Calthorpes House Tours 2026
Calthorpes' House, Red Hill
Tomorrow · 11 AMFree
TalkHeritage
From the Archives: Germany to Australia
National Archives of Australia, Parkes
Tomorrow · 12 PMFree
TalkScience
State of the world's land and water resources for food and agriculture
Agrifood Innovation Institute, Acton
Tomorrow · 12 PMFree
TalkEcology
ANU School of Sociology Seminar Series: Prof Roger Patulny (Hong Kong Baptist University)
146 Ellery Cres, Acton
Tomorrow · 1:25 PMFree
Cinema
Elephant in the Fog - Australian Parliament Theatre Screening
The Great Hall, Parliament House, Canberra
Tomorrow · 1:30 PMFree
Guided tourArchitecture
Designing Better Growth: Canberra's Urban Renewal in Action
Garema Place, Canberra
Tomorrow · 5:30 PMFree
TalkPolitics & Economy
Tokyo Rising: Japan's Big Choices
Theatrette 2.02, Sir Roland Wilson Building, Canberra
Tomorrow · 6 PMFree
LiteratureTalk
Meet the author - Kim Huynh
Cinema Theatre, Lowitja O'Donoghue Cultural Centre, Acton
Tomorrow · 6:30 PMA$25–45
CinemaDocumentary
Blank Slate City Documentary Screening
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), Acton
Tue 27 · 8 AMFree
Literature
Canberra Centre: ACOTAR 6 Early Store Openings at QBD Books
QBD Books Canberra Centre
Tue 27 · 8 AMFree
Literature
ACOTAR Early Opening - Canberra
Dymocks Canberra
Tue 27 · 4:30 PMFree
TalkScience
Revisiting directors’ duties within corporate groups
Phillipa Weeks Staff Library, Level 4, Building 7, ANU Law School, Acton
Wed 28 · 7:15 AMFree
TalkScience
Canberra's Space Future
UNSW Canberra City, Reid
Wed 28 · 5:30 PMFree
TalkHeritage
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
TalkLiterature
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
Birch Building #35, Acton
Wed 28 · 6 PMFree
Talk
Thinking about political elites in Indonesia and beyond: Some normative and methodological reflections
Lecture Theatre 1 (HB1), Hedley Bull Building, Acton
Wed 28 · 6 PMFree
TalkScience
Public Lecture by Veritasium’s Dr Derek Muller
Kambri Drama Theatre, Acton
Thu 29 · 10 AMFree
Photography
Canon R8 II Touch and Try - Canberra Civic
Ted's Cameras Canberra Civic
Thu 29 · 4 PMFree
TalkHeritage
Unearthed | Taking It With You: A Journey to the Chinese Afterlife
Australian Centre on China in the World Tearoom, Acton
Thu 29 · 5 PMFree
TalkHuman rights
Special Lecture: Oman's History of Religious Diversity
127 Ellery Cres, Acton
Thu 29 · 5:30 PMFree
LiteratureTalk
Lex Bartlem at Paperchain Bookstore
Paperchain Bookstore, Griffith
Tomorrow · 6 PMFree
Activism
Fearless Connections
Fearless Women Office, Canberra
Sun 1 · 9:30 AMFree
InclusivityScience
GPN Canberra Term 4 2026
The Australian National University Skaidrite Darius (formerly CSIT) Building, Acton
Tomorrow · 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
Wed 4 · 6:30 PMFree
LGBTQ+Inclusivity
NOVEMBER Sess - FLESH Queer Life Drawing @ Smiths - 2026
Smith's Alternative, Canberra
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Venues — indie around Dickson
Frequently asked questions
How many indie events are there around Dickson?
9 coming up on Oazis.
Where can you catch indie around Dickson?
Notably Gang Gang Cafe, Hordern Pavilion and Exhibition Park in Canberra. See the full list of venues above.