What's on
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Nautilus Scuba Dive Club - Underwater Photography Exhibition
Over the years, this competition has delivered stunning images of marine life and underwater landscapes which are, as one judge once described, of National Geographic qua...
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Deborah Conway, Willy Zygier & The Men
$45 / $40 (Concession, Children 6-17 years) / Children under 5 free on laps (prices include booking fee)
Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier are set to launch their 10th album together, The Words Of Men and will perform it at Tanks for one special night alongside their first alb...
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Fanta Stick Taiko Beat: Fusion of Japan - World Music Series
$26.25 / $21 (CONC) inc b/fee
Featuring internationally acclaimed Japanese Taiko musicians and the Cairns Taiko cohort, this exclusive performance fuses Japanese tradition with the 21st century in wha...
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Body, Mind & Soul Market Day
Free
The 14th annual BMS Market is a day of inspiration, information and messages from beyond, with over 180 market stalls including the addition of new age healers and local,...
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Thancoupie Tribute - A Legacy of Cultural Power
Free
Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher AO (1937-2011) was an exceptional pioneering artist, linguist, teacher and cultural leader from Napranum in Far North Queensland.
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QMusic & Close Contact Present - Industry Connect Regional Workshop
Free
Workshops designed for new and emerging artists offering a greater understanding of the music from song writing to release and everything in between.
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Emily Wurramara | Flame.Music
$25 / $20 (CONC) inc b/fee
Queensland Music Award winner, prolific songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Emily Wurramara, is a seasoned musician who has toured her sound nationally and abroad, perf...
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Buwal-barra...Messenger, CIAF 2019 Fashion Performance
Preview Performance $30 inc b/fee (PG) All other Performances $65 inc b/fee (PG)
Celebrate Queensland’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture through an extraordinary presentation of art, fashion, dance, music and performance.
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Blak Comedy Up Late, CIAF Comedy Show 2019
$10 (Tickets at the door)
Hosted by Contantina Bush, featuring some of Far North Queensland’s ridiculously funny Indigenous stand-ups, Sean Choolburra, (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Melbourne Intern...
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Emma Pask
$35 / $30 (CONC) inc b/fee
Her effortless honest stage presence combined with her powerful vocal ability, leaves audiences spellbound and inspired.
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Joanne Sisson and Helen Braun - Preserve
Free
Given the current era of environmental change, how do we interpret the natural living world of flora and fauna differently?
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Reasonable & Necessary - Prints and Artist Books by Artel Artists
Free
Artel, CPL’s creative industries studio, supports the development of a positive and participatory cultural identity for people with profound and complex disabilities
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Willing & Able - A Critical Thinkers Forum
Free
Join artists and support workers from Artel Studio, ARC Disability Services and Arts Project Australia in an afternoon of discussion over the often tricky questions surro...
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Preserve Residency Workshops - Imprint with Helen Braun for kids
$40 (materials supplied)
A monoprint workshop where each participant will print a variety of leaves onto a range of surfaces.
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Tanks' Monthly Markets
Free
Tanks Monthly Markets are a unique slice of cultural life in the tropics and a must-do event on the Cairns calendar.
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VEXPO
Free
A community event showcasing a range of Volunteer opportunities available for Cairns people of all abilities and ages to join groups and build social connection around co...
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The Cope Street Parade
$35 / $30 (CONC) inc b/fee
The Cope Street Parade does love songs as no others can.
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Preserve Residency Workshops - Imprint with Helen Braun for adults
$40 (materials supplied)
A monoprint workshop where each participant will print a variety of leaves onto a range of surfaces.
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Jim Moginie and the Family Dog
$35 / $30 (CONC) inc b/fee
Back in 2006 Jim Moginie (Midnight Oil) founded The Family Dog to promote his first solo album Alas Folkloric. They have now hit the road again on the back of the new alb...
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Hoodoo Gurus
All tickets - $64 inc b/fee
Join the Hoodoo Gurus in this rare, intimate rock gig at the Tanks.
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Salmonella Dub Soundsystem
$40 / $35 (CONC) inc b/fee
Introducing The Salmonella Dub Soundsystem - The Dub’s little Mashup Bro.
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Preserve Residency Workshops - Foliage with Joanne Sisson for adults
$40 (materials supplied)
Participants will create a small painting of foliage using bold line in the manner of early Australian painters such as Margaret Preston.
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Pierce Brothers
$40 / $35 (CONC) inc b/fee
After sell out shows across UK, Europe, Canada, USA and Australia, twin brother duo, Pierce Brothers, have established themselves as a figurehead in the folk, blues and r...
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Preserve Residency Workshops - Foliage with Joanne Sisson for kids and teenagers
$40 (materials supplied)
Participants will create a small painting of foliage using bold line in the manner of early Australian painters such as Margaret Preston.
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Pub Choir
All tickets - $16.50 inc b/fee
Everybody can sing, and Pub Choir is on a mission to prove it.
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Jon Stevens - The Noiseworks & INXS Collection
$45 / $40 (CONC) inc b/fee
Jon Stevens is considered one of the country's best musicians and a legend on the live music scene.
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Melbourne Ska Orchestra - One Year of Ska
One price $58 (price includes booking fee)
Don't miss the skankin powerhouse that is, Melbourne Ska Orchestra.
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Justin Townes Earle
$40 / $35 (CONC) inc b/fee
No stranger to the Southern Hemisphere the formidable singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle, on the back brilliant new album The Saint of Lost Causes, will be playing at ...
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Emma Louise - Lilac Everything Tour
$35 / $30 (CONC) inc b/fee
Emma Louise will be bringing her Lilac Everything Tour home to Cairns this September.
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Seeker Lover Keeper
All tickets - $45 inc b/fee
Beloved Australian indie folk supergroup, Seeker Lover Keeper, are made up by Sarah Blasko, Sally Seltmann and Holly Throsby.
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Regurgitator - Quarter Pounder - 25 Years of Being Consumed
$47 / $42 (CONC) inc b/fee
REGURGITATOR quarter pounder tour - 25 years of being consumed!
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The Turner Brown Band
$35 / $30 (CONC) inc b/fee
Australian slide guitarist Dom Turner, (Backsliders), together with Ohio-based lap-slide guitarist and vocal sensation Nikki D Brown, form an uplifting gospel-soul-funk m...
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Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase
$40 / $36 (CONC) inc b/fee
The Festival's funniest in one night!
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Hammerhead - Jazz Up North
$30 / $25 (CONC) inc b/fee
Jason Bruer's powerhouse sextet Hammerhead burst onto the Sydney scene some years ago playing from a catalogue of music largely inspired by the late 50s and early 60s 'Ha...
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