Canberra's hospitality venues will be allowed to welcome up to 100 people per enclosed space from midday, June 19.

Patrons will also be allowed to drink alcohol without ordering a meal, Chief Minister Andrew Barr announced.

Local theatres, cinemas and concert venues will also be able to reopen from next Friday, while up to 100 worshippers will be permitted in churches, provided they can comply with the one-person-per-four-square-metre rule.

Non-contact community sport has also been given the go-ahead.

Mr Barr said it wasn't quite a "getting on the beers" moment but the news came as welcome relief to Canberra's hospitality industry.

Hippo Co bar co-owner Alex Dyriw said it meant the venue could finally reopen next week.

The key to reopening for the small bar was doing away with table service and the need to serve food with alcohol.

"We're just so happy to be able to have bums on seats again, and for people to be social and get out of the house," he said.

"Our guys are chomping at the bit to be able to allow people to have a good time again."

He said the news had given his staff and others in Canberra's tight-knit hospitality industry a real boost.

Australian Hotels Association ACT general manager Anthony Brierley said the industry was grateful for the significant changes.

"We've been calling for it for a while," he said

"We're pleased the chief health officer and the ACT government have responded to the logical arguments we've presented.

"We can't pretend this is all over ... but this goes a long way to getting people back to work and getting the industry up and running."

He said the next step was loosening the one-person-per-four-square-metre rule, which he said would give smaller venues greater viability.

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Mr Barr said the nation's success in suppressing COVID-19 had allowed jurisdictions including the ACT to relax restrictions ahead of schedule.

In line with the decision of the national cabinet made earlier on Friday, the 100-person limit won't apply when the ACT moves to stage 3 restrictions at some point in July.

Instead, any number of people will be allowed inside a venue, subject to a limit of one person per four square metres.

"We should be proud of how our city has responded," Mr Barr said.

"The dedication that the community has shown in adhering to physical distancing has put us in this very strong position. The pandemic is not over, but the situation today is more positive for Australia."

As more businesses start to reopen, Mr Barr said the ACT government would next week launch a major new campaign encouraging Canberrans to shop local.

Community football and rugby teams can start full training from Friday ahead of the resumption of competitions on July 10. Circuit training will also be permitted at gyms from next week.

Meanwhile non-contact sport like netball and hockey will be able to be played again from June 20.

Fans will be allowed back into Canberra Stadium in limited numbers in July.

However, gaming venues won't be able to reopen until next month.

No firm timeframe has been set for the reopening of nightclubs and resumption of large festivals or conferences.

Father Tony Percy, the Vicar-General of the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, said he was "delighted for the community - both the wider community and the Catholic community".

"The government's done a great job in controlling the illness and they are now making good decisions after the sacrifice people have made," he said.

He had been lobbying for a lifting of the numbers for church services, arguing that 50 people could go to a pub in Queanbeyan but only 20 to church in Canberra on a Sunday.