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BOOT AND FLOGGER REVIVAL PARTY
TINY MODELS Get your geek on with the ACT Scale Modellers Society which is holding a competition and display on Saturday and Sunday. There's a special Great War centenary model competition and a display for First World War subjects. UC High School Kaleen, 108 Baldwin Drive, Kaleen. 10.30am-4.30pm on Saturday, 10.30am-3.30pm Sunday. Tickets $2-$5. See actms.asn.au.
BLUES FESTIVAL The Canberra Country Blues and Roots Festival runs all weekend with local acts, clogging, dancing, workshops and a ute muster. Get your cowboy hat on and head to Queanbeyan. Tickets $20-$120. Queanbeyan Showgrounds, Glebe Street, Queanbeyan. See canberracountry.com.au
WALK TO WORK DAY Walk to Work Day is an annual initiative which encourages organisations and their employees to build regular walking into their daily routine. Register at walk.com.au to help raise funds for Diabetes Australia.
6pm COMMUNITY SLEEPOUT Raise money to combat homelessness by curling up in sleeping bags for one night. Participants can create greater awareness of homelessness and raise much needed funds to change people's lives. Register at sleepout.org.au.
6.30pm SUNSET CINEMA Watch movies on the big screen under the stars throughout summer at Canberra Sunset Cinema at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Opening night is comedy What We Do in the Shadows (M) from the creators of Flight of the Conchords. Tickets $14-$20 from sunsetcinema.com.au.
6.30pm SPECIAL OLYMPICS TRIVIA NIGHT As the world's largest sports organisation for people with an intellectual disability, Special Olympics transforms lives through the joy of sport. Tradies Club Woden. Tickets $25 a head with 10 a table from specialolympics.com.au.
8pm GAME OF THRONES BURLESQUE It's back - the Game of Thrones parody burlesque show that's full of sexposition, innuendo about winter coming and a naughty "Sansa" humour (boom tish). Sexy performances that are inspired by the characters of Westeros. Don't take your kids. Dames of Thrones is at the Canberra Theatre. $60-$100. See canberratheatrecentre.com.au
From 9am UNBRIDLED FESTIVAL The Unbridled Festival of Horses, Music and Food celebrates the glory of the horse and all it has to offer. There's a multi-faceted equine program including performances, demonstrations, workshops and classes run by industry professionals. Plus food and craft market, and a live music line-up headlines by Busby Marou. 9.30am – midnight. Thoroughbred Park, Mitchell. Tickets $25-$40 and family bundles available from
10am CERAMIC PAINTING Canberra Creatives are offering a Painted Ceramics drop-in workshop from 10am-2pm. You can pop in, paint some blank pottery any way you like - they've got cheese boards, mugs, jewellery, plates and more items to paint. $35-$55. 70/27 Wiseman Street (at the end of Lawry Place)
Macquarie. See themakerscollective.com.au
1pm and 7pm NEXT LEVEL canberratheatrecentre.com.au
2pm and 8pm: MUSICAL The musical La Cage Aux Folles - with a score by Jerry Herman featuring the song I Am What I Am - inspired the Hollywood movie The Birdcage. ANU Arts Centre. Dinner and show packages also available. Phone 62572718. Tickets $29-45. See canberrarep.org,au.
2.30pm LET ALL MEN SING The massed voices from fifteen Australian and New Zealand male choirs, together with Australia's elite military band for a concert. Choristers will sing a variety of songs - spiritual, operatic, Australian and contemporary. AIS Arena. Tickets $20.39-$40.78 from ticketek.com.au.
6.30pm SUNSET CINEMA Watch movies on the big screen under the stars throughout summer at Canberra Sunset Cinema at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Tonight is Gone Girl (MA) starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. Tickets $14-$20 from sunsetcinema.com.au.
7.30pm LAWRENCE MOONEY The inimitable host of ABC2's Dirty Laundry Live - Lawrence Mooney is back with some outrageous fibs, tall tales and hilarious theories on the myths men need just to stay alive. Canberra Theatre Centre. Tickets $35.58-$40.68 from ticketek.com.au.
1.15pm BOWIE DOCO David Bowie is is a documentary about the exhibition created by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The film takes the audience on a journey through the exhibition with special guests including Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamotoand Pulp frontman Jarvis Cockerto explore the stories behind some of the key objects that document Bowie's artistic career. Palace Electric Cinema. Tickets $15-$20. Website: palaceelectric.com.au.
3pm THE GREEN SHEEP Join Mem Fox and Judy Horacek to celebrate the 10th birthday of Where Is the Green Sheep? Find out how they worked collaboratively to produce this classic of children's literature. Enjoy an afternoon tea party with sheep-themed cake and cupcakes. National Library of Australia Theatre. $5 entry. See nla.gov.au/bookings ✓or phone 62621271.
4pm SCANDALOUS BOY Scandalous Boy offers a striking re-reading of the story of thestreet.org.au.