Techno around Dickson on a budget
Get techno around Dickson on a budget in your weekly roundup.
Techno around Dickson on a budget means the clubs that don't close, the warehouses, the afters and the open airs once summer hits. We round up the parties and DJ sets, from sharp underground collectives to the big all-nighters.
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Events — techno around Dickson on a budget
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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
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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2 events
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1 event
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1 event
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1 event
Emmaus Christian School
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2 events
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1 event
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1 event
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1 event
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2 events