Exhibition Park in Canberra

35°13′59″S 149°08′45″E / 35.233071°S 149.145968°E / -35.233071; 149.145968Public transit EPIC and RacecourseOwnerACT GovernmentOperatorExhibition Parks Corporation^[1]TypeMulti-Purpose Events FacilityAcreage173ConstructionBroke ground1976 ^[1]Websitehttp://www.exhibitionparkincanberra.com

Exhibition Park in Canberra (EPIC) is a 70 hectare showground and multi-building venue for exhibitions, conferences, and events located in the suburb of Lyneham (though commonly listed in the adjacent Mitchell) in Canberra, Australia.

Regular events

There are a number of events held regularly at EPIC but in 2020, and into 2021 many were postponed, cancelled or changed in format as a result of crowd and travel restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.

• Summernats, an annual four-day car festival, at the beginning of January.
• Cancon, an annual games convention, over the Australia Day long weekend.^[2]
• The Royal Canberra Show, in late February.
• The National Folk Festival (Australia), over the Easter long weekend.
• The Capital Region Farmers Market, weekly.
• The Lifeline Bookfair, a biannual fundraising book fair
• The Canberra leg of Groovin' the Moo, an annual music festival held in regional centres (since 2019)
• The Handmade Canberra Market, held four times per year.

References

• Lawson, Kirsten (23 October 2014). "ACT government disbands Exhibition Park corporation". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
• "Exhibition Park In Canberra - EPIC – Canberra Convention Bureau". www.canberraconvention.com.au. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
• "EPIC – Exhibition Park in Canberra". EPIC. Retrieved 11 February 2021.