The Weekend Edit
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Your essential guide to what’s on in Canberra this weekend!
Every Monday for more than seven years, we’ve published This Week in The Can, our comprehensive guide to everything happening around the city this week – but sometimes it’s just too epic to get through! That’s why each Friday we publish our Weekend Edit… Here are the things you shouldn’t miss!
HAMLET: PRINCE OF SKIDMARK
An hour-long blast of comedy, Shakespeare and ninjas. Plus zombies!
After winning over everyone who came to see it in 2016, this very cheeky, very clever, utterly irreverent riff on Hamlet – made especially for children – is back for an eagerly anticipated return season. The Listies, maestros of children’s entertainment, have pulled apart Shakespeare’s classic and glued it back together with hilarious costumes, loads of silliness and plenty of interactivity.
Hamlet is already full of things kids love in a good story: ghosts, castles, sword fights, bodily fluids and spooky stuff. Add to the mix some super-sonic gags and expertly timed stage magic unlike anything kids have seen before and you have a brilliantly disguised Shakespearean tragedy for everyone aged five and over.
And that’s not all… expect bonus pillow fights, pirates, ninjas, ninja pirates, aliens, ninja pirate aliens, zombies and a bunch of other hilarious stuff as The Listies take kids and their adults on a fun-filled hour of theatre. The only thing we can be sure of is that everyone dies at the end – including the audience!
Happening Friday 3 August from 6.30 pm at Canberra Theatre Centre, Civic.
More information and tickets here.
ORANGE WINTER FIRE FESTIVAL
The Orange Region, known for its incredible food and wine is excited to launch the first Orange Winter Fire Festival this August, celebrating an authentic winter experience in regional NSW.
The Orange Winter Fire Festival, taking place in Orange and the surrounding villages of Millthorpe, Molong and Carcoar from 3-5 August 2018, aims to showcase why the Orange region is an ideal destination all year round, and in particular what is on offer during the winter months.
On Friday 3 August the festivities will fire up in Millthorpe, turning Pym Street into a winter wonderland of fire drum art, food and wine stalls and entertainment by Smith and Jones, setting the festival alight for the weekend.
There will be a number of bonfire, culinary and entertainment events throughout the region during the weekend, including Wassailing at Canobolas Dance Hall, hosted by See Saw Wines, Canobolas Dance Hall and Small Acres Cyder, who will also be offering mulled cider and apple tarts by the fire at their cellar door. There will be a Fire and Poetry night in Molong, a Sunday lunch in historic Carcoar, a true representation of a country Sunday Roast at The Lord Anson and even an Ancestral Dinner at De Salis Winery.
There will also be three star-gazing experiences available on Saturday night (4 August), each embracing the warmth of fire, delicious food and local wine, however, each offering a different focus when it comes to astronomy.
Happening 3-5 August at various locations across Orange, New South Wales.
Full event information and tickets available at orangewinterfirefestival.com.au.
CELLAR DOOR
Image via facebook.com/pg/CellarDoorCBR
Cellar Door is a new wine market for Canberra’s wonderful wine scene. Buy wines from local makers every Saturday afternoon in the iconic Nishi Grand Stair, NewActon Precinct.
Grab a souvenir glass, taste the latest drops, and buy at cellar door prices.
Wine stalls rotate each week with complementing stalls like flowers, cheese, chocolate and books. Capital City Soul Club are the resident DJs.
Make a day of it with a film at Palace Electric Cinema and NewActon’s leading food and drink destinations.
Happening Saturday 28 July from 2-5 pm on the Nishi Grand Stair, inside the Nishi Building, Philip Law Street, NewActon.
See Facebook for more details.
THE CALUM STENNING BAND
Calum Stenning, Miles Burns and Aaron Jessop are ready to beat the strings and skins and have a sing, cook up some feisty country grooves and generally have a good time playing music for drinking, dancing and lovin’.
Happening Friday 3 August at Smith’s Alternative, Alinga Street, City.
See Facebook for more information.
THE TRUFFLE FESTIVAL – CANBERRA REGION
Credit: Martin Ollman
Indulge in a feast of the senses and join in the fun as The Truffle Festival – Canberra Region celebrates its 10-year anniversary. Each year from June to August more than 250 individual events are held across the Canberra region showcasing the region’s fresh Black Winter Truffle.
Taste and experience the magic of these highly-prized gems. Indulge in the special flavours and aromas of truffle dishes at local restaurants and cafes. Join a hunt and see for yourself how the talented dogs unearth truffles. Learn from the chefs and other truffle experts at a cooking class or demonstration, or pop along to a market and pick up some truffle delights for yourself.
The Truffle Festival is the ultimate foodie festival, and a fabulous celebration of winter in the Canberra region.
Happening Friday 1 June–Friday 31 August at various locations around Canberra.
Check out the website for more information.
Mini-Minties at the Royal Australian Mint
Head along to the Royal Australian Mint on Friday 3rd August for their children’s program Mini-Minties.
Join in the hands-on fun connected to this month’s theme ‘Saving Money’. There will be gallery exploration and the opportunity for kids to craft their very own piggy bank to start saving coins.
Mini-Minties is held on the first Friday of each month, with new themes monthly. The sessions are packed with exciting activities, including craft-making, storytelling, museum exploring and more.
Happening Friday 3 August from 10.30am to 11.15am at the Royal Australian Mint. Tickets are $10 per child and can be booked via . Accompanying adults do not need to purchase a ticket and receive a complimentary coffee from the café.
So Fine: Contemporary women artists make Australian history
Credit: The Girls, Zoe Davis and Linde Ivimey, 2018 by Linde Ivimey. Steel armatures, acrylic resin, cast and natural human, sheep turkey, fox, chicken and snake bones, earth, paper, natural fibre, dyed cotton, dyed and sewn viscera. Courtesy of Linde Ivimey.
As conceptually thrilling as it is aesthetically rich, So Fine features new works from ten women artists reinterpreting and reimagining elements of Australian history.
Forming part of the Portrait Gallery’s twentieth birthday celebrations, the exhibition enriches the contemporary narrative around Australia’s history and biography, reflecting the tradition of storytelling in our country.
So Fine’s contributing artists – of various ages and backgrounds, and hailing from different parts of Australia – have all created new works for the exhibition. Aside from gender, their common attributes are a meticulous approach to creation, driven by considered, nuanced thinking. Their works are intricate, refined and affecting objects that reconceive events, people and places from Australia’s past.
The artists involved are Shirley Purdie, Linde Ivimey, Bern Emmerichs, Leah King-Smith, Nusra Latif Qureshi, Nicola Dickson, Pamela See (Xue Mei-Ling), Fiona McMonagle, Valerie Kirk and Carol McGregor. Charged with these makers’ passionate, intensely individual takes, and incorporating themes from pre-history to the present, So Fine challenges and delights, as well as interrogating the boundaries of contemporary portraiture.
Showing until Monday 1 October at the National Portrait Gallery. See the website for more information.
CHINESE HIGH TEA AT NATURAL NINE, CASINO CANBERRA
Canberra’s only ‘pop Chinese” restaurant, Natural Nine, is holding a weekly Chinese High Tea! Not only does this High Tea bring a delicious Asian twist to the high tea experience, but it also allows you to purchase treat stands rather than pay per head. If you love high teas or modern Asian cooking than this event is a must!
One stand including tea selection for two: $35pp. One stand including Sparkling to begin and tea selection for two: $45pp.
Happening every Friday and Saturday from 2.30pm – 4.30pm at Natural Nine, Casino Canberra.
Bookings required in advance, so to book via 02 6257 7074 or online at casinocanberra.com.au.
PLAY UP
Discover PlayUP – The Right to Have an Opinion and Be Heard, where kids can explore the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child in a playful way. Adults can even join in the fun too! From listening pods and a roleplay Kindness Café to a fuzzy felt wall and craft activities, PlayUP has a range of exciting and immersive experiences that flip the traditional idea of museums completely on its head.
See the website for more information.
Free after museum admission.
GAMMA.CON
GAMMA.CON is a celebration of pop culture in the ACT and Southern NSW.
They have video game, retro, arcade, VR, pinball, esport and indie game free play, tournaments, board games, cosplay, vendors and artists, panels and workshops, wrestling, guests, kids entertainment, face painting, movie, TV and anime screening, comic book artists and much, much more!
GAMMA @Night will run on Saturday 4th August from 6 pm. This over 18 event offers tasty cocktails, stage shows, cospole dancing and mature gaming and screenings!
Happening on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 August at EPIC, Exhibition Park in Canberra.
See the website for bookings and more information.
ORANGE WINTER FIRE FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE PACKAGE
Five-star sparkling breakfasts, three festival events, three cellar door visits, two gorgeous historic villages and one AMAZING food and wine weekend.
A carefully curated epicurean adventure from Canberra to Orange to experience the heart-warming Orange Winter Fire Festival and designed to introduce you to the sophisticated cool climate wines of the Orange wine region.
Package includes transfer from Canberra to Orange in a private minibus, with a small group limited to a maximum of 10 guests. It also includes two nights King Room accommodation in a 4.5 star centrally located hotel within walking distance of the town’s main restaurants, cafes and bars.
Silver Compass Tours’ itinerary focus is on immersion in festival events throughout the three days – the food and wine Night Markets in the historic goldrush-era village of Millthorpe on Friday evening; mulled wine & star gazing at a local vineyard, followed by dinner and dancing to a local 1920s jazz & blues band at a Dancehall in an orchard on Saturday evening; and a traditional roast lunch by a fire in the historic village of Carcoar on Sunday. Your hosted packaged experience also includes a boutique wine tasting at a local wine bar; three premium cellar door visits and lunch on Saturday; as well as sparkling breakfasts at local cafes each morning.
Most meals and all wine-tastings are inclusive in the package, except for the Friday evening Night Markets in Millthorpe where we think you’ll enjoy being free to wander the stalls and select your own food, wine, craft beer and cider to taste. Wine is available for purchase with cash for the Saturday evening event.
Cost: $1,207 per person (based on double occupancy). Fabulous Singles Supplement Available.
Happening 3-5 August at various locations across Orange, NSW.
For bookings and more information contact Kelly on 0437 091 503 or click here.
WAKANDA NIGHT AT RELOAD BAR AND GAMES
Reggae Rockas will be presenting Wakanda Night on 3 August at Reload from 9 pm, a night of cos-play and Reggae music. The line-up includes artists from Zimbabwe, Uganda, New Zealand and Australia. Reggae Rockas was formed in 2018 as a collaboration between more established (Ras Kuman) and emerging (Madda Irie) DJs inspired by the Reggae Revival music & social roots movement on the rise in Jamaica.
Through the power of music, Reggae Rockas looks to empower and motivate new and emerging artists while inspiring and educating a growing audience. Our revival of traditional roots reggae stands for love, unity, positivity and truth-seeking: as peaceful revolution and social activism.
The event will raise funds for The Blue Heart Campaign against Human Trafficking, which works to raise awareness of the plight of victims and to build political support to fight the criminals behind trafficking.
More information via Facebook.
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