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Canberra Today 14°/16° | Friday, May 3, 2024 | Digital Edition | Crossword & Sudoku

CIVIC’S vacant shopfronts are set to come alive next month with a series of music, theatre and visual art exhibitions when the Centenary of Canberra launches a surprise festival for the city’s 98th birthday. Landlords have agreed to events happening in unused shopfronts and in the lanes and courtyard of the Melbourne Building. There will even be a circus tent in front of the carousel. ELERI HARRIS has the story and it’s just a click away…

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