Here’s HELEN MUSA’s latest Artsweek column, listing upcoming arts events all over Canberra. 

Canberra’s Causeway Hall in Kingston marks a century of community, culture and creativity with a special Centenary Concert presented by ACT Hub and the Canberra City Band, honouring the hall’s place in the city’s cultural life on March 7.

Quincy Houghton, deputy director for exhibitions and international initiatives at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will deliver the 2026 Betty Churcher AO Memorial Oration, onsite and via livestream, National Gallery of Australia, March 11.

The International Women’s Day Roundtable brings together community voices for an English language discussion celebrating Hispanic migrant women and their leadership, moderated by Prof Catherine Travis, ANU, March 5.

Space Cathedral launches Blank Cultural Platform in the heart of Civic with an immersive experience of music, performance art and large-scale audiovisual installation on March 5.

The Alliance Française French Film Festival returns with a 38-film line up at Palace Electric Cinemas, March 5-April 8.

Amy Remeikis joins Frank Bongiorno in conversation about her new book examining the case against John Howard, at Cinema ANU, March 10.

The Canberra & District Historical Society presents the 2026 Canberra Day Oration, with Frank Bongiorno delivering this year’s address in a free evening event at the National Library of Australia, March 12.

The premiere screening of a new documentary straightens the record on the life and artistry of Geoffrey Tozer. Palace Cinemas, March 10.

A new Australian documentary called True South centres on lifelong friends Herman Winning and Nathan and Peter Dean. Their bond was forged long before the 1998 Sydney to Hobart race where John Dean, father to Nathan and Peter, lost his life. Twenty-five years later, they returned to the Sydney to Hobart race together. Dendy Cinemas Canberra, March 5.

Stage

• Co-hosts Harriet Gillies and Xanthe Dobbie unleash Queer PowerPoint across the region, celebrating queer creativity. The Q, Queanbeyan, March 11; Tuggeranong Arts Centre, March 12; Belconnen Arts Centre, March 13.
• My Brilliant Career reimagines Miles Franklin’s feminist heroine Sybylla as a defiant singer songwriter in a vibrant Melbourne Theatre Company production starring Kala Gareat Canberra Theatre, March 7-15.
• Acting For the Fun of It celebrates its 36th year with the return of its introductory acting techniques course at the Hedley Beare Centre for Teaching and Learning, from March 23. Contact Peter Wilkins on 0408 034373.

Concerts

• The Buzz Bar hosts the Banksi Sisters at The Queanbeyan Hive, Crawford Street, March 6.
• The King’s Singers will be at the Snow Concert Hall, March 7.
• Harpsichord Divas sees four soloists, Callum Tolhurst-Close, Ariana Odermatt, Marko Sever and Marie Searles, join Wesley Strings, led by John Ma, for a spirited performance of Bach’s Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords at Wesley Music Centre, March 7.
• Symphony in the Park unites Mark Seymour with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra in a free outdoor performance at Commonwealth Park, March 8.
• The Merry Muse features The Jerrabatgulla Boys at the Canberra Irish Club, on the afternoon of March 8.
• The Chamber Philharmonia Cologne, one of Germany’s finest ensembles, will be in concert at St Christopher’s Cathedral, March 10.
• Soprano Sarah Mann and pianist Ella Luhtasaari perform works by Duparc, Beach, Ravel and Strauss in the Wesley Lunchtime Concert series at Wesley Uniting Church, March 11.
• Ganavya, the New York born and Tamil Nadu raised vocalist known for fusing South Indian classical forms with jazz and experimental soul, brings her sound to The Street Theatre, March 11.
• Griffyn Ensemble offers a free concert looking back over its chamber repertoire at Llewellyn Hall, March 15.

Galleries

• The Gallery of Small Things presents its second exhibition of 2026, featuring 17 artists and 51 miniature artworks in a compact showcase, Wade Street, Watson, from March 5.
• Tilly Davey’s Settle exhibition of ceramic sculpture, wood carving and oil painting is at ANCA Gallery, March 6-29.
• A 13.8 Billion Year Adventure sees the School of Art and Design illuminate Mount Stromlo Observatory with a fusion of art and science as part of the Enlighten Festival, March 6-7.
• Rusten House Art Centre presents Flights of Fancy by Adrianne, David and Morgan Smith alongside Some Things I Saw by William Verdon, at Rusten House Art Centre, March 7-April 2.
• Harriet Schwarzrock’s Eliciting Plasma Illumination as a Responsive and Relational Medium within Blown Glass exhibition is at the School of Art and Design Gallery, opening March 11.