BISON BAKE OFF Take along your best decorated cakes, cupcakes and biscuits to Bison Home in Pialligo and try to win over the Country Women's Association judges for the inaugural Bison Bake Off. There will be prizes and cakes will be silently auctioned off with all money donated to Karinya House. Noon-4.30pm. It's part of Botanica, Bison Home's month-long celebration of spring. On Sunday from 2.30pm, there's also Loulou Moxom from florist Moxom and Whitney holding a demonstration on how to style a cloche.

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

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.

7pm STONEFIELD Melbourne psych rock sisters Stonefield are here on their national headline tour. Supported by Rackett. Academy. $23.50 from moshtix.com.au. 18+.

8pm CODA CONDUCT Former Canberra hip hop duo Coda Conduct are back in town for a show at Transit Bar in support of new single, Usually I'm Cool ft. Jimblah. Supported by Kirklandd and Genesis Owusu. $17 from moshtix.com.au. 18+.

10pm MOTEZ The producer, who has filled clubs all over Australia, North America and Europe, is back in town at Mr Wolf. Supported by Sondrio, Skinny and Bakgat. $10 before 11pm. 18+.

From 8am CHARITY GARAGE SALE Find a bargain from a huge range of items for kids, babies and adults plus household items with all proceeds going towards funding projects that promote sustainability and self-reliance in poor communities. 8am-noon. 5 O'Grady Place, Wanniassa.

9am BONSAI AND PENJING SHOW At Canberra Grammar School Saturday and Sunday, this includes displays of traditional exotic plant species and Australian species. demonstration sessions at 11am and 2pm daily covering aspects of designing and maintaining bonsai, bonsai basics' sessions at 10am and 1pm daily, plant sales and more. Entry $3-$5 (accompanied children under 12 free). cbs.org.au.

10am SCOTTISH FAIR A day of pipes and drums, massed bands, pipe band competitions, highland dancing, clan stalls and more at Kambah Oval, Kett Street, Kambah. Until 5pm. Free.

11am DINOSAUR TIME MACHINE Two performers use science, circus, puppetry and imagination in this show aimed at children aged three to nine. The Street Theatre. Also on at 2pm. $17-$22 from thestreet.org.au.

11.30am FOREST OPEN DAY A rare opportunity to drive through the southern forests of the National Arboretum which are usually closed to the public. Open until 4.30pm. Free. See nationalarboretum.act.gov.au.

2pm BEATLES IN SYMPHONY The Canberra Symphony Orchestra conducted by Guy Noble performs orchestral versions of many of the Beatles' biggest hits. Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music. $55.05-$88.70 from cso.org.au.

2pm and 8pm SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER Final day of performances of Canberra Repertory Society's production of the Oliver Goldsmith comedy full of romance, deception and mistaken identity. Theatre 3. Acton. $36-$42 from canberrarep.org.au.

3.30pm AUTHOR TALK Author Tim Winton will do readings from his new memoir, The Boy Behind The Curtain, and talk about what makes his writing tick. Muse Canberra. $50, which includes a drink and the book, from musecanberra.com.au.

7pm POLARITY Warehouse Circus's new show combines contemporary circus, physical theatre and powerful raw acrobatics at The Street Theatre to tell a story of a young man's struggle for survival after a flood. $18-$22 from thestreet.org.au.

7.30pm FREE FILM Ahead of the Environmental Film Festival Australia next weekend, there will be a free screening of family-friendly film All The Time In The World, in Civic Square

7.30pm THE VOW Tobias Cole has adapted Handel's Jephtha into this English-language opera about virtue, love and hate, conducted by Brett Weymark. The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre. Also Sunday at 3pm. $39-$79 from canberratheatrecentre.com.au.

8.30pm METAL NIGHT Psionic Tide, Stone Sovereign, the Loom of Time, and Infested Entrails are playing at The Basement. $10 entry. 18+.

1.30pm SYDNEY LAWYERS ORCHESTRA The Sydney Lawyers Orchestra will perform a free concert at the High Court of Australia of pieces by Haydn, Mozart and Elgar and a forgotten work by Frederick Septimus Kelly. Bookings essential on hcourt.gov.au/about/concerts.

From 3pm SUNDAZE Sunday afternoon spring drinks kick off at the National Museum this Sunday – they're on every Sunday for the rest of spring. Sydney electric duo Polographia will perform alongside Kanion, and there will be drinks and street food on the deck. Free entry.

5pm HENRY V Honest Puck Theatre presents a play-within-a-play adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry V with a theatre company attempting a comeback after a disastrous performance five years earlier. Also Saturday at 8pm. CADA Theatre, 1/9 Lithgow St, Fyshwick. $20-$25 from honestpuck.com.au.

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