CANBERRA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Back for its 20th year, the Canberra International Film Festival is on October 27-November 6 with international and local films, special events and workshops. Palace Electric, New Acton. Program and tickets at ciff.com.au

FESTIVAL OF FLAVOUR This weekend, Murrumbateman Recreation Grounds will be filled with local food, wine, beer, ciders and more, all ready to be tasted. 10am-10pm Saturday and Sunday. Tickets $5-$10 from festivalofflavour.com.au

WEBERS CIRCUS The Webers Circus Wild West Show is here until November 13 at Diddams Close, Ginninderra. The two-hour show has the Russian swing, acrobats, daredevils, hula hooping, juggling and clowns. $15-$40 from weberscircus.com

6pm HAPPY ENDINGS Questacon will open after dark for another adults-only evening. This time the theme is "happy endings", with activities based on all things happy. 6pm-9pm. The cafe and bar will also be open. $10 at questacon.edu.au

6pm ANTIGONE Sport for Jove's production of Sophocles' play about a dispute over a young woman wanting to bury a criminal's body that her uncle wishes to leave rotting in the sun that leads to major conflict. The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre. Tickets at canberratheatrecentre.com.au

8pm THE NORMAL HEART Everyman Theatre presents Larry Kramer's play about the early years of the AIDS crisis in New York City as a group of gay men struggles to deal with the political and personal aspects of the growing problem. Canberra Theatre Centre. Also Saturday at 2pm and 8pm. $30-$35 from canberratheatrecentre.com.au

10am THRIFT MARKET The second springtime thrift market is on at Autolyse juice bar in Braddon. There will be pre-loved clothing, bags, shoes, accessories and books. 10am-3pm. Free entry.

10am and 1pm NUTRITION MASTERCLASS Nutritionist and founder of wellness blog The Brown Paper Bag, Jacqueline Alwill, will share her secrets and knowledge on physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health at Canberra Centre's Eden, Level 1 near Country Road. $20 from moshtix.com.au

10.30am INDONESIAN FESTIVAL Indonesia Festival is one of the biggest celebrations of Indonesian cultural exhibition in Canberra. Experience the unique Indonesian Food Festival, cultural performances, music workshop, kids' corner, art and craft exhibition, and a photo booth. Indonesian Embassy, 8 Darwin Avenue, Yarralumla. Free entry. Until 6pm.

11am and 1pm WILL AND STEVE My Kitchen Rules winners Will and Steve are on their national food tour and will be in town with their first cookbook, Home Cook, Aspiring Chef at Westfield Belconnen with two cooking demonstrations at 11am and 1pm. On Sunday they will be at Westfield Woden, also at 11am and 1pm. Free.

4.30pm NARA CANDLE FESTIVAL Lennox Gardens will light up from 2000 candles for the annual Nara Candle Festival. Live entertainment, Japanese food, drumming workshops, calligraphy, origami, lantern making, kite flying, martial arts and sumo wrestling demonstrations. 4.30pm-9pm. Free entry. See act.gov.au/nara

5pm BOOGONG A family evening scarefest at Googong. Pack a picnic, dress in your Halloween outfit and head along for live music, trick or treating, kids' activities and fireworks. Free busses from Queanbeyan interchange at 4.15pm and Woden interchange at 4pm. 5pm-9pm. Beltana Park.

6pm ROSIE WATERLAND Following a run of sold-out debut shows at Melbourne International Comedy Festival earlier this year, the writer is bringing her one-woman show My Life On The Couch (With Vodka) to The Street Theatre. $49 from thestreet.org.au

6.30pm THE TALE OF 10 CLUES Canberra School of Bollywood Dancing presents a Bollywood dance-and-drama spectacular with a cast of more than 100 performers in colourful costumes at Erindale Theatre, Wanniassa. Tickets at trybooking.com

7.30pm THE VICAR OF DIBLEY Tempo Theatre presents the stage adaptation of the long-running British sitcom about a female vicar's arrival in a British village and how it changes the place. Belconnen Theatre. Also 2pm. canberraticketing.com.au

7pm LADY'S MANTLE 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT A celebratory concert of wide-ranging repertoire by the accomplished women's vocal ensemble directed by Maia Harrison. Wesley Music Centre. $15-$20 at the door.

7.30pm ELEANOR MCEVOY The singer whose album A Woman's Heart became the biggest-selling Irish album of all time is touring her new album Naked Music and is performing at the Canberra Irish Club. $25-$30 trybooking.com

8pm DELTA GOODREM The singer songwriter will perform at AIS Arena as part of her national Wings of the Wild tour. $59.90-$142.65 from ticketek.com.au

8pm THUNDAMENTALS The Thundamentals are kicking off their Never Say Never tour in Canberra at the UC Refectory. Supported by Pez and Mallrat. UC Refectory. $30.60 from oztix.com.au. 18+.

9am MARULAN KITE FESTIVAL A day out of kite flying, workshops, vintage cars, bake-off, children's pet show plus food and wine in Marulan. 9am-3pm. Tony Onions Park, George Street, Marulan. Free entry.

1.30pm LEGALLY HIGH The Canberra Wind Symphony under Geoff Grey will perform works by Australian and international composers at the High Court of Australia in a free concert. Bookings: hcourt.gov.au/about/concerts

3.30pm STORM BOY Henri Safran's 1976 debut Australian feature film based on Colin Thiele's novel has been digitally restored and is screening at the National Film and Sound Archive with a Q&A with cinematographer Geoff Burton. $17/$14.50. ciff.com.au

3.30pm LAURA TINGLE Muse's literary guru Nikki Anderson will ask The Australian Financial Review political editor Laura Tingle 20 rapid-fire questions. Muse Canberra. Sold out.

4pm SONGS TO THE MOON This Wesley Scholars Concert at Wesley Uniting Church will feature Peter Sculthorpe's Night Pieces (1971), Maurice Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899), Debussy's Clair de Lune (for organ) and works by Edvard Grieg, Antonin Dvorak and Giacomo Puccini. Afternoon tea is included. Tickets at the door. A $20; C $15; f/t student $5, child U12 free. Wesley Uniting Church

6pm FUNDRAISING RECITAL A piano concert including works by Beethoven, Chopin, Satie and Prokofiev by Canberra pianist and doctor Robert Schmidli to raise funds for music therapy research at Wesley Music Centre, 20 National Circuit, Forrest. $35-$40 from trybooking.com/MYXM

6pm BAD MANNERS Formed in 1976 in North London, Bad Manners spent the first half of the 1980s in the British charts with a dozen hits including My Girl Lollipop and Special Brew. Since then, Buster Bloodvessel and his band have kept performing and will be at Transit Bar. $49.90 from transitbar.com.au. 18+.

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