When creativity meets dissent: Canberra’s design festival returns to challenge the ordinary

Key points

• Canberra's Craft + Design Festival will run from 5 to 15 November under the theme Dissent. More than 130 events featuring over 500 creatives will cover art, architecture, fashion and performance, and many are free.
• Highlights include the Canberra Kinetic Sculpture Race on Lake Burley Griffin and Canberra Open Homes tours. Festival CEO and artistic director Jodie Cunningham said the theme is about questioning accepted ways of doing things and imagining something better.
• The free opening celebration is on 5 November in Civic Square.