2013 tears up to full speed this weekend with the new year well and truly under way now.
What’s worth seeing and doing around Canberra?
Just leave your suggestions in the comments.

2013 tears up to full speed this weekend with the new year well and truly under way now.
What’s worth seeing and doing around Canberra?
Just leave your suggestions in the comments.
Holditz said :
Gunning Show, at the Gunning Showgrounds, Sunday 10 February, starting at 9am
Actually Holditz, according to the Gunning Show website, it’s not till Sunday 17th Feb. http://www.gunningshow.com.au/
Whilst it’s not entertainment as such, the Computer markets are on at Exhibition Park on Saturday from 10 till 3:
A tiny personal project of mine – http://cultfoodfest.net to help get around on the day
Might be a bit late and not a whole lot of functionality (since I only remembered to do it yesterday).
But it might help a few who also find the official website / map less than helpful.
It would be nice if the multicultural festival released some of their information sooner and in greater detail.
As a result most of the stall locations (and whats on offer) may be partly inaccurate until i can hit the street and update some details.
Gunning Show, at the Gunning Showgrounds, Sunday 10 February, starting at 9am
If you want to travel to Goulburn there is the Australian Blues Music Festival this weekend. It actually started today, and there are free performances at multiple venues in Goulburn.
Spoken word at Multifringe Saturday!
https://www.facebook.com/events/143516305811690/
Sadly not a poetry slam =(
Cassidy’s Ceili is playing at King O’Malley’s on Sunday from 3 until 6pm.
Irish music, mostly: but since it’s the Multicultural Festival weekend we’ll be doing some music from Scotland too.
From Facebook:
Thursday:
— DEVELOP – Photographic and video exhibition @ PhotoAccess
— True Jungle Souljahs present: KLUTE (Commercial Suicide – UK) @ The Clubhouse
Friday:
— OSCAR JIMENEZ TRIO @ Hippo Bar [LATIN]
— (TRAP EDITION) Our Sound w/ DOWN SET GO – Fri 8th Feb @ Trinity
— DiiSTORTiiON @ The Clubhouse
Saturday:
— Los Chavos @ Multicultural Festival!!
— Our Saturdays – Sat 9th Feb ///Trinity Bar///FREE ENTRY///
— Subsquad & Crank Present – Something Fresh feat Kid Kenobi @ The Clubhouse
Sunday:
The Brothers Grim and the Blue Murders (from Melbourne but originally from Canberra) are playing Transit bar tonight.
http://www.facebook.com/events/351998571565281/
Here’s a couple of vids to whet your appetite:
From our calendar:
Friday:
— Brumbies v. ACT this Friday!
— Sculpture Bar at the National Gallery
Saturday:
— Beer And Meat On A Stick Day @ Civic Square
Sunday:
— The Ellis Collective residence at The Front
All weekend:
— Past Present Future at Mount Stromlo (bushfires exhibition)
— But Once in a History at Parliament House. The Canberra origin story…
— Remember me: the lost diggers of Vignacourt at the War Memorial
— Toulouse-Lautrec the summer blockbuster for 2012-13 @ The NGA
— Kastom, the art of Vanuatu at the National Gallery
— Trans Tasman water ski battle on the Molonglo
At the Phoenix:
Thursday 7th 9pm
The In The Out
The Dead Heads
Box Of F***
Nervous
Saturday 9th 9:30pm
Claire
Warchief
Pocket Fox
Monday 11th 8pm
2XX Local n Live Presents The Bootleg Sessions
Lung
Rachel Haircut
Anachel
Billy Erupto
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