Cairns Vibrance

TUE 4 JAN PERFORMER Cairns Festival: Applications Open. Close Monday 7 March. TUE 4 - FRI 7 JAN DESIGN WORKSHOPS Minecraft: Advanced Scale Build. Ages 12+. Venue: The Court House. MON 10 JAN ARTISTS Cairns Children’s Festival: Creation Station Applic

Cairns Regional Council has been working in partnership with Tablelands Regional Council, Douglas Shire Council and Cassowary Coast Regional Council to expand the reach of the arts and culture map. You can now choose your region when you visit our we

Apply for a grant through the Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF), delivered locally in partnership with the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and Cairns Regional Council. RADF promotes the role and value of arts, culture and heritage a

The biennial, international InkMasters Print Exhibition at the Tanks Arts Centre is the largest printmaking exhibition in Australia with prizes totalling a value of $24,150, including $16,500 in cash prizes. Inkmasters Cairns had to postpone the exhi

Flame.Arts aims to help garage bands find a stage; to turn a ‘hobby’ into a creative career; support a young phone videographer move towards the big screen; or give a promising performer the mentorship and confidence they need to find their audience.

In October 2021, ‘Arts Unlimited’ an Arts and Disability Forum was held at the Tanks Arts Centre, facilitated by Get Skilled Access and Cairns Regional Council. Get Skilled Access is a consultancy organisation with real life disability experience, wo

Throughout 2021, The Court House lawn played host to a brand new style of show. The first four shows in the series were funded by Arts Queensland as part of the Open Air funding. The intention of these four shows were to pair State Performing Arts or

CPAC & THE COURT HOUSE SATURDAY 14 MAY TANKS ARTS CENTRE SUNDAY 15 MAY We have a number of positions available at Cairns Children’s Festival. All opportunities include training and induction, and volunteers must commit to a minimum of 3-4 hours. If y

After selling out numerous venues across Australia, Jeff Martin is bringing The Songs of Led Zeppelin to Tanks Arts Centre in Cairns – featuring personal and fan favourites from the legendary group, Jeff will perform solo renditions of Led Zeppelin c

FLAME is the exhibition outcome of a mentorship program to give young women experience in the professional arts industry. This year six established women artists in the Cairns, and Douglas Shire were asked to mentor emerging artists, whose talent had

From ’70s pop icon to the ARIA Hall of Fame, John Paul Young has become the soundtrack for the Countdown generation and beyond. John tells and sings his own story from his beginnings as a Scottish immigrant to his legendary status in Aussie music fol

An exciting collaboration of two ceramicists local to Cairns. Established artist Lone White and new to the scene Monique Burkhead share their Rainforest and Reef inspired ceramic vessels. The Rainforest inspired ceramic forms created by Lone White ac

In celebration of the International Day of Mathematics (IDM), the Cairns Children’s Museum (CCM) will host Pi Daya celebration of circles at the Tanks Arts Centre (because tanks are round!). Pi (ϖ) is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diam

A delicious, feel good story with heart, soul & a big serve of laughter. Chef Antonio de Benedetto is on a quest, to change the world with his delicious Italian food. His apprentices are Mirko Piras, a young man born with Down syndrome, who dreams of

Bjorn Again – the world’s number one ABBA show Mamma Mia! We Are Back Again! Dust off those flares, platform shoes and satins and get ready to sing, dance and have the time of your life on Bjorn Again’s Mamma Mia! We Are Back Again! Bjorn Again are s

In our first concert for 2022 - Cords of Time - the NQ Chamber Orchestra will present a program of music which will span across the history of classical music from ancient times to the present day. Our journey will take us from the ancient Jewish mel

Two of Australia’s most respected singers, musicians and songwriters - Ian Moss and Troy Cassar-Daley - are taking their guitars and songs on the road across 31 dates on the National Together Alone Tour commencing March 2022. The Together Alone Tour

Nicky Bomba hits the road with a National Tour playing songs from his new album Food & Shelter. Debuting in the Top 20, the songs present a fresh new side to one of Australia’s creative blazing sparks. “It’s been a strange world for live performers r