Exhibition Park in Canberra

Exhibition Park in Canberra
EPIC
	Logo of the park
Location	35°13′59″S 149°08′45″E / 35.233071°S 149.145968°E
Public transit	R1 EPIC and Racecourse
Owner	ACT Government
Operator	Exhibition Parks Corporation
Type	Multi-Purpose Events Facility
Acreage	173
Construction
Broke ground	1976
Website
	http://www.exhibitionparkincanberra.com

EPIC viewed from the air, with the Canberra Racecourse beyond it to the southwest.

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

^ ^a ^b "Exhibition Park Corporation Act 1976 (repealed) A1976-1 Republication No 13, Effective: 1 January 2015" (PDF). www.legislation.act.gov.au. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^ Jeffery, Stephen (23 January 2016). "Tabletop game devotees roll up for CANCON". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

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.

[legislate-cbr-1] "Exhibition Park Corporation Act 1976 (repealed) A1976-1 Republication No 13, Effective: 1 January 2015" (PDF). www.legislation.act.gov.au. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

[cancon-2] Jeffery, Stephen (23 January 2016). "Tabletop game devotees roll up for CANCON". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

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