Cairns

Australian Festival of Chamber Music moving to Cairns in 2026
After 35 years, the AFCM is moving 347 kilometres north to Cairns, but not before its final edition in Townsville…

Pay Attention! – and maybe learn a thing or two
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair returns with an empowering message and new cultural experiences in tropical Queensland.

The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair is returning to the Tanks in 2025
CIAF is on its way back to where it all began for this year's special rendition of its annual program.

Fashion, craft and design calendar 2025
What’s on in fashion, craft and design this year, including exhibitions, fashion festivals, design weeks and makers' markets.

First Nations choir Marliya to take ‘Spinifex Gum’ to London
Making their international debut, the Cairns-based choir Marliya will perform the critically acclaimed ‘Spinifex Gum’ at the Barbican in October.

How 65,000 years of culture can inform contemporary questions of identity
Every year the Cairns Art Gallery hosts exhibitions of Indigenous artists to coincide with CIAF. In 2024, a diversity of…

Exhibition focuses on a next generation of Torres Strait Island artists
Curatorial collaboration celebrates diversity of new making and greater exposure at NorthSite Contemporary Arts.

Deaf Indigenous Dance Group celebrates 27-year history at State Library
The Far North Queensland Deaf Indigenous Dance Group empowers d/Deaf First Nations artists through Culture and dance.

Charcoal exhibition united through art-making
Charcoal symbolises renewal, and a new exhibition explores the medium for Reconciliation Week.

Country Speaking at Indigenous art fair's 15th anniversary
The Cairns Indigenous Art Fair heralds its 15th year with anniversary celebrations unveiled.