Cairns Vibrance

The Tanks, nestled amongst lush rainforest at the base of Mount Whitfield, is surrounded by the Cairns Botanic Gardens just four kilometres north of the heart of Cairns city. Originally the centre was the World War II Royal Australian Navy Fuel Insta

CPAC presents innovative and debut performances in addition to a well-crafted mix of classics and revived theatrical pieces. With multiple performance spaces, the versatility of the venue enables the presentation of a variety of events, including the

CPAC & THE COURT HOUSE SATURDAY 14 MAY TANKS ARTS CENTRE SUNDAY 15 MAY www.cairns.qld.gov.au/childrens-festival @CairnsCreativeLife ■

A LOST STAR FINDS ITS WAY HOME BY PATCH THEATRE Combining old school whimsy with state-of-the-art technology, ZOOOM is an enchanting story of a child alone in her bedroom, unable to sleep and curious to understand. Adventures happen and the audience

CAIRNS CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL AT THE COURT HOUSE SATURDAY 14 MAY 10.00AM - 4.00PM Get your young people into a beautiful old building. Explore the history, architecture and exhibitions at The Court House, where insects rule for Cairns Children’s Festiva

SUNDAY 15 MAY 9.00AM - 3.00PM SUNDAY 15 MAY TANK 5 9.30AM, 11.00AM & 1.00PM FREE Dee is just a regular kid living in Cairns. She likes icecream, basketball and hanging out with her mates. But best of all Dee loves rocking it out! Dee Rocks the Tank i

“It was the sort of night that reminded just how huge a loss live music was since the beginning of the pandemic.”TONE DEF, THE BRAG ■

Inspirational creative works come easier in inspiring and interesting working spaces. In Cairns there are several ways to track down access to spaces. The Cairns Arts and Culture Map website lists both Council and private spaces and currently has 43

Melbourne-based artist, Vicki Soar, spent February creating portraits of some of our region’s most celebrated female artists, as part of her residency at the Tanks; Female Empowerment, exhibited throughout the month of March, and coinciding with Inte

Explore over 1000 listings List your creative service for free The Cairns Arts and Culture Map is a one-stop-shop for information on our region’s cultural assets as well as the community’s creative services and resources. You can search Council asset

Join our team of dedicated volunteers to support events and exhibitions in Cairns. We’re looking for enthusiastic people with an interest in the arts and an ability to interact with the general public to help us present vibrant events and arts experi

The Tanks presents a series of Sunday Markets at the Tanks Arts Centre. The markets are held every month from April to November. There are many markets around Cairns and each provide a different slice of cultural life in the tropics. At the Tanks Mar

The Artists of the North Exhibition is a presentation of the talent and formidable skills of our region’s artists. The theme for this year’s exhibition is Humanity which is right on-trend for our time. Humanity is a significant quality which differen

Get Local & Vocal as we celebrate Youth Week 2022 with a free gig, games and activities at Tanks Arts Centre on the first Sunday of the school holidays. Come along to Tanks from 2 pm for games, giveaways, food vans, multicultural dance workshops, wea

The electrifying show, Respect journeys through Aretha Franklin’s courageous life of love, tragedy and triumph, while showcasing her greatest hits over the last 50 years! Starring Australia’s Soul Mama, Angie Narayan, Respect is a masterful piece of

A Taste of Culture is a series of free workshops, artists’ demonstrations, artists’ talks and presentations, providing an insight into the creative and cultural practices of some of our region’s best loved Indigenous artists and creators. If you have

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

Sneaky Sound System are an Australian dance music group and it was back in 2004 when Miss Connie and producer/DJ Angus McDonald started making beautiful music together. A series of singles at first, then in 2006, their self-titled, 3 x platinum debut

This is the only show of its kind in the world and is officially endorsed and presented by Roy Orbison’s eldest son Wesley Orbison. Featuring spoken word from Wesley with a very personal narrative of Roy’s intriguing yet tragic life. Internationally

A Taste of Culture is a series of free workshops, artists’ demonstrations, artists’ talks and presentations, providing an insight into the creative and cultural practices of some of our region’s best loved Indigenous artists and creators. If you have

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

With a new album release on the horizon, Kim Churchill sets out on his biggest camper van tour yet! To celebrate the release of his latest single, Fighter, Kim is capitalising on the beautiful natural environments he’s been discovering over the last

Cairns audiences will be treated to an award-winning selection of regional Queensland talent. Paint the Town, is the touring exhibition of 2021 Queensland Regional Art Awards and showcases the works of 28 talented emerging and established artists fro

Welcome back to the first Tanks Market Day! The Tanks presents a series of Sunday Markets at the Tanks Arts Centre. The markets are held every month from April to November. There are many markets around Cairns and each provide a different slice of cu

Indigenous Art Centre Alliance (IACA) recently partnered with Cairns Regional Council Creative Life to deliver training in exhibition curation and design to the 2021/22 cohort of IACA Indigenous Artsworker Program (IIAP) participants. During training

Ed Kuepper with Jim White - why didn’t anyone think of this before! Kuepper; the co-founder of ‘70’s proto-punks The Saints, chief architect of the uncompromising Laughing Clowns and The Aints! and master songsmith over some 15+ solo albums, and Whit

Immerse yourself in one of the most unique productions touring the world. Celtic Illusion, the Irish dance and Grand Illusion sensation that has taken Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Canada and the USA by storm and will celebrate its 10yr annivers

A Taste of Culture is a series of free workshops, artists’ demonstrations, artists’ talks and presentations, providing an insight into the creative and cultural practices of some of our region’s best loved Indigenous artists and creators. If you have

Australian singer/songwriter Missy Higgins has enjoyed phenomenal success with her irresistible melodies and ‘arrow through the heart’ lyrics, delivered by a striking voice that clearly means it. In addition to touring the world with her undeniable s

“I feel like it’s been forever since I’ve played in Cairns, the band and I are so excited to get up there and play at Munro Martin Parklands. Cairns is always such a warm and beautiful change from Melbourne so I’m looking forward to feeling like I’m

A lost star finds its way home. Combining old school whimsy with state of the art technology, ZOOOM is an enchanting story of a child alone in her bedroom, unable to sleep and curious to understand. She begins a transformational journey with light an

Written by Simone Tesorieri, Simona Cosentini and Jason Klarwein A Sky Puppy has fallen from his tree. Lost and alone outside the Cairns Library the small Speckled Flying Fox is given the hopeful name, Lucky. Soon he sets out on an epic journey to fi

Sorami Ochi returns as guest curator for this year’s Cairns Children’s Festival exhibition. Children of Cairns and Far North Queensland were given a simple brief: to think about the habitats, characteristics and the role that insects play in our envi

It’s time to get out your glitz, show us your shimmer and bedazzle us with your sparkle as we celebrate Cairns Festival Grand Parade’s Diamond Jubilee! The city will come alive with a fabulous street party commemorating 60 years of Cairns Festival wh

Visual artist, Katya Petetskaya, and filmmaker, Patrick Colozzi, come from the Blue Mountains and Sydney respectively, to collaborate on a new body of work responding to the flora of our region and the Cairns Botanic Gardens. Petetskaya has developed

This exhibition has two venues, Cairns Museum and the Cairns Court House Gallery. The Omie origin story includes the making of the first skirt or nioge. In isolation the Omie continue to develop the most colourful and compositionally diverse painted

The 2022 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is a 3 hour celebration of the mountain and adventure sport world. Sharing over 2 1/2 hours of the most exhilarating short films from explorers, runners, mountain bikers, skiers, paddlers and climbers

It’s hard to think of two artists who have ingratiated themselves into the hearts and minds of the Australian music loving public more than Kasey Chambers and Busby Marou. This tour will bring together great friends who write incredible songs, love t

In 2018 a co-founding member of INXS, Andrew Farriss surprised Jon by entering the band room after not seeing each other in 15 years to say, “That was an awesome gig Jon, but you really need to do more INXS songs”. Jon was on The Best of Jon Stevens

All that glitters is gold in this glistening musical mixtape from the award-winning creators of Christmas Actually and There’s Something About Music. Golden unites superstar vocalists Luke Kennedy (Swing On This, The Voice Australia) and Irena Lysiuk

The Court House’s music events begin again in May 2022. Free, fresh, fun and right smack bang in the centre of town. Merging local talent with some of the best and most diverse out of town talent we can muster, gather your friends and loved ones, and

This exhibition of watercolour paintings reflects on “growing anthuriums and tropical flora in the gardens of north Queensland, at a time where caring for the botanical world is foremost in our vision of nature.”. Speewah based artist, Angela Meyer h

This exhibition of oil paintings explores the marine environment, from the miniscule to the massive, capturing the beauty of our neighbouring reef wonderland and awakening us to its curiosities. Karyn McDonald is a Cairns based artist, a passionate s

Jump is a multi-media installation paying homage to the backyard trampoline, while exploring themes of dreams and growing up in suburban and regional Australia. Many of us spent endless childhood days on trampolines. It was our morning coffee; it gav

For the first time in Australia, two of Australia’s most successful and loved classical crossover artists on stage together. Internationally acclaimed sensations Mark Vincent & Andre Rieu’s Angel Of Australia & Leading Soprano Mirusia embark on an ex

Cairns Ecofiesta at Munro Martin Parklands is Queensland’s premier sustainability festival with solar-powered music, markets, waste-free food vans, green tech, workshops and performers. Enjoy music festival vibes with an amazing line-up of bands. Sam

From London to New York, David Strassman’s comic genius has shocked and surprised. Now it’s your turn to experience Strassman’s uproarious comedy with those infamous favourites, the loveable Ted E. Bare and the evil Chuck Wood. In The Chocolate Diet,

We invite you to join us for a celebration of Creedence Clearwater Revival, as we walk through the life and music of one of the world’s most iconic bands – from the songs they wrote, to the songs covered, to the songs they wrote for others. From thei

Xavier Rudd is releasing his tenth album, Jan Juc Moon, out on 25th March. It’s a recurring image that speaks of wide-open space and the awesome natural elements that shape it: a force far greater than us, but ours to harness if we take the time to l

The Musical Gala with an International cast brings London’s West End and New York’s Broadway return to Australia with a brand new show. The World of Musicals brings the very best of Musical theatre to life. The World of Musicals is colourful, inspiri

A live show that brings Tim Rogers Liquid Lunch radio programme out of the Double J studios and onto the stage. Brimming with live music, interviews and musings from those across the cultural spectrum, it promises to be a thinking person’s theatre an

From the producers of Prada Clutch’s: All-Drag Revue comes Les Divas: An all-male revue. Australia’s six-foot something songstress Prada Clutch plays the Goddess of Pop; Cher in her new show set on the Las Vegas Strip featuring an all-star line-up of

Science has proved laughter can induce a Zen-like state similar to meditation but can contemplation, reflection and self-discovery be achieved by thinking every and all the thoughts at once? Nobody knows or cares but let’s hope so because Ross is alw

This will be an unforgettable homecoming for one of Australia’s favourite artists, whose hits – including Riptide, Mess is Mine, Georgia, Fire and the Flood, Lay It On Me, I’m With You, Saturday Sun, We’re Going Home and his latest smash, Missing Pie

Tanks Arts Centre - 46 Collins Avenue, Edge Hill. Next to the remarkable Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre and surrounded by the tropical botanic gardens, walking trails of Mount Whitfield and nearby restaurants and cafés. MMP located, directly opposite