Christmas Party Canberra

The end of the year is the busy stretch for work functions in the ACT, and December evenings are usually warm, so beer gardens, courtyards and the foreshore all come into play. The trade-off is competition: popular rooms go to the teams that enquire first, so lock in a date before agreeing on the menu.

The district you pick sets the tone of the night.

Matching the party to a part of town:

• Braddon suits a relaxed team night, with pub packages from $20 per person to $40 per person, a Lonsdale Street wine bar from $52 per person and a whisky bar whose private booking sits at a $2,000 minimum spend.
• Civic covers the dressier end: restaurants with private rooms, set menus from $55 per person, and Asian barbecue dining across several function spaces from $88 per person.
• The Kingston Foreshore and Manuka put a team by the water or in a pub with an upstairs bar, with Manuka packages from $60 per person.
• Barton and Parkes handle the large end-of-year functions, from hotel ballrooms at $30 per person to lake-shore fine dining at $85 per person.
• Gungahlin, Belconnen, Woden, Tuggeranong and Queanbeyan keep staff close to home, with suburban pubs, clubs and an events floor above a Queanbeyan hotel from $37 per person.
• The wine district runs weekday group lunches, with a Murrumbateman hay shed from $39 per person and a winery café near Lake George from $79 per person.

If the team wants to do something before eating, axe throwing, mini golf and challenge rooms in Civic all run group sessions. Smaller teams can also take over a themed private room at a Civic karaoke bar, from $60 room hire. See Christmas party venues for rooms only, or team building for activities that fill an afternoon.