One of Australia’s longest-running Indigenous festivals, the Laura Quinkan Dance Festival in Cape York, has been postponed for 2025. The announcement came shortly before the region experienced historic rainfall and flooding. Organisers cited costs and organisational delays as the reason for cancelling in 2025.
Arts Queensland had previously provided funding for the event, but said no funding had been released for the 2025 festival. Ang-Gnarra Aboriginal Corporation did not hold its 2024 annual general meeting, but did secure an extension from the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations.Â
