FLORIADE The month-long floral festival and celebration of spring is on with more than 1 million blooms, workshops, cooking demonstrations, children's activities, gardening tips and live entertainment. Until October 16. Commonwealth Park. Free entry. 9am-5pm weekdays, 9am-5.30pm weekends.

FASHFEST Canberra's annual runway fashion event is on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, with two shows each night packed with fashion from local, national and international designers. Convention Centre. Tickets at premier.ticketek.com.au.

MURRUMBATEMAN MOVING FEAST Spend the weekend roving from winery to winery, sampling the produce and wine of Murrumbateman. Participating wineries will each have a savoury and sweet signature dish, each matched with one of their wines. See makersofmurrumbateman.org.au/moving-feast.aspx for participating venues.

BEYOND FESTIVAL A justice-focused boutique music and arts festival. The line-up includes music from Megan Washington, Montaigne, Hey Geronimo and Lior, and speeches from World Vision CEO Tim Costello and Aboriginal elder Rosalie Kunoth-Monks. September 30-October 3. Greenhills Conference Centre, Stromlo. Tickets at beyondfestival.com.au.

6pm CLIPPED The National Film and Sound Archive is hosting Clipped Music Video Festival. There will be a premier Australian screening of Radiohead's track Daydreaming on 35mm, plus more video clips, live music and panel discussions.

8pm MIDNIGHT ALIBI Music from Midnight Alibi, Local Horror and Northbourne Flats at Transit Bar. Free entry. 18+.

9.30pm ALISON FERRIER Melbourne blues/folk singer Alison Ferrier is performing at Smith's Alternative, supported by Sally Jones. $7-$10 from smithsalternative.com.

10am and 1pm BIANCA CHEAH Wellness specialist and founder of website Sporteluxe, Bianca Cheah, will share her secrets on style, fitness, health and wellness. She's talking at Canberra Centre's Eden, Level 1 near Country Road. $23 from moshtix.com.au.

From 1.30pm BOTANICA Bison Home in Fyshwick is hosting a series of events over the four weekends of Floriade. Today you can learn how to style the perfect event with chef and writer Leanne Kitchen and Bison Home creative director Brian Tunks from 1.30-2.30pm. Then Gus Armstrong from Braddon restaurant eightysix will demonstrate how to create starters for a dinner party from 2.30-3.30pm. Free entry.

4pm and 6.30pm QUEER FILM FEST The National Film and Sound Archive will screen two highlight films from this year's Queer Screen Film Fest: Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four at 4pm and Other People at 6.30pm. Tickets at nfsa.gov.au.

7pm HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL JR Final performance of Pied Piper's production of the Disney musical about teenagers struggling to achieve their dreams. Canberra College Performing Arts Centre, Launceston Street, Woden. $20 from trybooking.com.

8pm SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER Canberra Repertory Society's production of the Oliver Goldsmith comedy about love, deception and mistaken identity. Theatre 3, Acton. Also Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. $36-$42 from canberrarep.org.au.

8.30pm PAPILLON A buffet of circus, cabaret and comedy that turns traditional circus on its head. The Street Theatre. Strictly 16+. Also October 6-8. $28-$34 from thestreet.org.

From 10am LIVING GREEN FESTIVAL Back for its sixth year, this festival has market stalls, entertainment and workshops for the whole family, with a focus on caring for animals, humans and the environment. Albert Hall. 10am-4pm. Free entry.

10.30am and 1.30pm MEET THE GARDENER The Parliament House gardeners will lead this in-depth tour through its gardens and hidden courtyards and show how they manage the intricate systems and plantings that keep the gardens always looking their best. $50-$60 from canberraticketing.com.au.

1pm DRAWN IN Draw while listening to folk music performed by Tony Hunter on the banjo, mandolin and guitar at the National Portrait Gallery. Free, for all ages and abilities; all materials provided. portrait.gov.au.

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