Chess, music, hospitality, art, knick knacks, records, wine, beer, fun in the sun, cool in the shade, old, young, can, can’t, new, learning…

Everyone is welcome.

Clubb Chess is a three day interactive exhibition featuring collaborations between contemporary creatives from multiple industries across Canberra and surrounds Here for the centuries old game…Chess.

Jaquie Meng, Mark Brook, Shaun Hayes, Harry Townsend, Hands on Studio, Olivia Kidson, April Phillips, and Nathan Nhan have dissected, resurrected, folded, manipulated, built, broken and constructed artworks presented as games for play. 

Things to do… play, eat, listen, drink, shop, win, lose, smile, laugh, dance, have fun.

Make a day of it.

ARTS CURATOR: GRACE BLAKE | MUSIC: SONIC BUISNESS | PHOTOGRAPHY: CASSIE ABRAHAM | ACCESSIBILITY: FANCY AND PICKLES

This program is part of the 2026 Craft + Design Canberra Festival held on 5 - 15 November, and supported by artsACT through City of Design fund.

Major Sponsors: OpenTable, Eifer

Sponsors: Archie Rose, Capital Brewing, Spirits Platform, Heaps Normal

Partners: Chess.com, Go:od, Mada, Vino Friendo, Bluff, Go Transit