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Cinema, theatre, sport, museums, dining out, dancing, live music or taking your chances at a casino or club. What will it be? As the national political seat, Canberra is not short of entertainment. Keeping up to date with events is easy as picking up a paper in Canberra. The Canberra Times has a daily list of every area of entertainment in their 'Alive' section. Two free newspapers are also available at music stores, inner city cafes and information centres: BMA Magazine lists live music events and Muse has updates on literary and theatrical events in the region. Canberra Tourism also has a regularly updated list of events and entertainment locations on their comprehensive website. Bars and Pubs There are 'watering holes' open in just about every suburb of Canberra, with the Irish/English tavern being the current trend. More and more venues with that distinctive old English style, such as PJ O'Reillys, are opening around the city area and Tuggeranong. There are also many standard pubs with pool tables and live music. Add to this the very Australian 'RSL' Club scene such as the Canberra Tradesman Clubs and Canberra Southern Cross Club chain, which offer poker machines, live music and dancing, and bistro meals. Canberra is also known for its Mediterranean lifestyle, so if pubs and clubs are not your scene, there are seemingly-endless sidewalk cafes and eateries to choose from. Traditionally, they have been concentrated in the city centre, Kingston and Manuka areas, but are now branching out all over the city. Live Music All musical tastes are represented in Canberra. Local and interstate bands perform at most clubs and pubs in the city, while there are several other venues that specialise in live music. The Gypsy Bar in the city not only has live music - jazz and retro often being on the agenda - but also other performance arts such as poetry readings and theatre. Tilleys in Lyneham and the Northside Tavern in Belconnen have well known Australian artists perform on a regular basis. Blues and jazz lovers are well catered for, with such venues as PJ O'Reillys, Dickson Tradies, Canberra Southern Cross Club and the Wig and Pen offering live acts on a regular basis. En Vogue nightclub specialises in Latin music and Club Mombasa in Afro and Reggae. Irish music has also become popular, with established city club The Pheonix having live performances every Sunday. For something more classic, the School of Music has regular concerts, and visiting chamber orchestras perform at various locations. The School of Arts Café is the regions foremost cabaret venue. Popular international acts visit the city more often now and are often at venues such as the Royal Theatre or AIS arena. Tickets and information for these concerts are available through Ticketek. Nightlife The latest dance music is always the flavour in Canberra with several nightclubs in the city and main town centres offering late night dancing on the weekends. The concentration of nightclubs are in the city and Manuka areas with well known and established night clubs, such as Pandoras and Minque, always the favourite. New venues are popping up all the time, and many offer speciality nights to cater for all musical tastes. The Liquid Lounge, for example, has Retro Night every Friday and En Vogue in Manuka host Latin night on a Sunday. Canberras first and only Casino, Casino Canberra, has entertainment available in every arena and is guaranteed to keep you going well into the night, whether you enjoy dancing, dining, live music or gambling. Gay Scene Heaven nightclub was traditionally the main gay nightclub of Canberra, but has in recent years been joined by the popular Meridian. There is a strong social and support base for the gay and lesbian community with a calender of events, membership to social clubs and sporting, literary and musical groups. Theatre and Cinema Be it main stream or alternative cinema you prefer, Canberra caters for both. With large complexes in each town centre - Pacific 6 in Tuggeranong, Hoyts in Belconnen and Woden, Greater Union in the city and Manuka and Cosmopolitan Twin Cinemas in Woden - you can see the latest films on huge screens. Ronin Independent - Center Cinema and Electric Shadows - have been the alternative and Australian film hotspots in Canberra for many years. International films and cult favourites get a great deal of screen time, not only at these venues but also at Screensound Australia. Events Canberra hosts a full annual calendar of festivals, many of them internationally known and visited by tourists across the globe who come to Canberra specifically for them. The best known and loved of these is Floriade, the spring festival held in September and October each year when the shores of Lake Burley Griffin are transformed into a botanical masterpiece. The Canberra National Multicultural Festival is held annually in March to celebrate the multicultural diversity of Australia and the ACT, followed shortly by the Australian Science Festival in April and May. The National Folk Festival, a celebration of music, is also in April and Oktoberfest is held each year in, of course, October. Sporting fans are well catered for, with the Canberra Raiders rugby league and the ACT Brumbies rugby union football games, the Black Opal Stakes horse races, and Summernats and the Rally of Canberra for motor racing fans. For basketball lovers, theresalways the Canberra Cannons, and soccer fans are not forgotten in the enterainment stakes with action from the Canberra Cosmos. |
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