All the arts action in and around town every week in HELEN MUSA’s Artsweek column. 

Actor Bryan Brown will be in town for an ANU Meet the Author conversation about his  latest coastal crime thriller, The Hidden. Cinema, Lowitja O’Donohue Centre, ANU, November 21.

The Friends of the ANU Classics Museum celebrate 40 years with a special gathering. ANU Classics Museum, November 27.

Concerts

• The 9th Remember Bach festival, five events across three venues – St John’s Anglican Church in Reid, Greenaway Studio in Chapman and All Saints’ Anglican Church in Ainslie – November 20-24.
• A night of Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty classics at The B, Queanbeyan, November 20.
• Pianist Piotr Anderszewski returns after a decade with Brahms, Bach and Beethoven, for Musica Viva. Llewellyn Hall, November 21.
• The Jazmourian Ensemble blends Persian and early Western music in an intimate acoustic program. ANU Drill Hall Gallery, November 22.
• The UK Rod Stewart Show is at The B, Queanbeyan, November 22.

• Chinese psych-rock band Run Run Run brings experimental energy to Canberra. Dissent Café and Bar, near the merry-go-round in Civic, November 22.
• The Australian Chamber Orchestra closes its 50th season with Cocteau’s Circle, featuring Le Gateau Chocolat and Chloe Lankshear. Llewellyn Hall, November 22.
• Damien Leith offers an intimate Roy Orbison tribute. Belconnen Arts Centre, November 22.
• Three community big bands, Sonus, In Full Swing and TraXion, unite for Triptych: Three Big Bands, One Big Night. Harmonie German Club, November 23.
• Polifemy presents Four Candles for Advent, Renaissance motets themed around Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. Wesley Uniting Church, November 23.
• Norwegian Hardanger-fiddle virtuoso Benedicte Maurseth leads a super-group in Polar Night and Midnight Sun. Tuggeranong Arts Centre, November 25.
• Pianist Stuart Long and poet Rohan Buettel share a blend of piano music and spoken word. Wesley Uniting Church, November 26.

Stage

• The SpringOUT Comedy Gala, hosted by Holly Hazelwood, is at The Street Theatre, November 21.
• Dario Fo’s farce Low Pay? Don’t Pay! at Canberra Rep, Acton, November 21-December 6.
• The inaugural Canberra Fringe opens with three days of  indie performance featuring 15 acts. The Pot Belly, Belconnen, November 21-23.
• Med School Noah: Noah Szto turns gruelling medical-school years into comedy. The Street Theatre, November 22.
• Daddy, a comedy about ageing disgracefully, at The Street Theatre, November 22.
• Becky Steepe’s Cancer Card blends comedy, candour and balloon puppetry. Potbelly Beer Garden, Belconnen, November 23.
• Podcast Queers Past steps onstage with queer history, storytelling and pride. Courtyard Studio, November 26.

Galleries

• Jackson Taylor opens Is This Us?, a playful exhibition of everyday moments in faux-naïve style. Manuka, November 20.
• Illuminate ’25, the 12th annual Friends of the Gardens Photographic Group exhibition, opens with nature-focused photography. ANBG Visitor Centre Gallery, November 21.
• Woden Valley Uniting Church unveils a new mural by Wiradjuri artist Eddie Longford. Curtin, November 23.