From fun outdoor cinemas to New Year's Eve extravaganzas, we've curated must-attend celebrations that will make your stay in Cairns unforgettable....
You'll find the holiday experience you've dreamed of in lively and tropical Cairns, from sumptuous shopping and dining to outdoor adventures. And if you book a room at Tropic Towers, you'll have access to a plethora of things to see and do in Cairns. Trop...
Cairns Festival, the most important and fastest-growing community event in regional Queensland, has gone a long way since the Cairns Regional Council established it on May 26, 1962. Back then, the headline event is the grand opening of a new jetty on Gree...
The most extensive regional agricultural exhibition in Australia has returned. Prepare for the 2023 Cairns Show, held at the Cairns Showgrounds from July 19 to 21. The first Cairns Agricultural, Pastoral, and Mining Association show was in 1891. The Hall...
Are you an art enthusiast? If you intend to travel, pick Cairns. In this relaxed city, which is the location of the well-known Great Barrier Reef, you can unwind. It is home to stunning natural attractions and the Cairns Performing Arts Centre. The Cairns...
This May, Cairns is jam-packed with activities. If you intend to attend the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games, Cairns Expo, Crankworx, or Cairns Children's Festival, you should start making travel arrangements and reservations for accommodations in Cairns....
Why not have a wonderful family summer holiday in Tropical North Queensland, a stunningly beautiful area where the rainforest and reef converge? And because of its convenient location, Tropic Towers Cairns accommodation can give you easy access. You can e...
So you want to relax in a beautiful setting close to the excitement? We've got your back. Spend your holiday at Tropic Towers, your gateway to a tropical holiday in Far North Queensland. Tropic Towers is on Sheridan Street, which connects the airport to t...
Trucking Australia 2020 In the trucking industry and hoping to network and learn from the best? Trucking Australia by Australian Trucking Association comes to Cairns this April - Australia's number-one conference for truckers, businesses and stakeholders...
Book a Cairns Holiday During Chinese New Year Festival! If you're looking to experience Cairns like no other time in the year, book your Cairns holiday during Great Barrier Reef Chinese New Year Festival 2020 - a 15-day celebration that takes over Cairns...
Don't Miss This Explosive Music Festival Weekend in Cairns! If you're on the hunt for the perfect excuse to head to Cairns, set your sights on spring for The Grass is Greener and Scene Heard Festival 2019. Set to take over the Cairns city centre for one m...
Discover Cairns This Spring with Tropic Towers Apartments Visit Cairns this spring with Tropic Towers Cairns Holiday Apartments. As spring makes its way around the corner this 2019, there isn't a better reason to head to Cairns to discover Far North Queen...
Catch the Flame.Music - The Ironing Maidens Tegan Koster Project on Friday 08 March at Tanks Arts Centre. Electronic duo, The Ironing Maidens, innovatively adapt real irons and ironing boards into electronic instruments to make techno bangers that pay tri...
Catch Brian Cadd on Friday 22 March at Tanks Arts Centre. Award-winning singer, songwriter, and talented producer Brian Cadd is a music icon. This legendary singer and piano player still has it even when compared to today's retro-pumped music business. He...
Catch Wicked at CPAC Theatre on January 18. CPAC Theatre is located at Sheridan Florence Streets. The story of Wicked focus on the events that happened in Oz before Dorothy arrived. Elphaba is the headstrong, feisty and misunderstood emerald-green coloure...
Catch The Bamboos on Friday 17 May at Tanks Arts Centre. The Bamboos continue to reinvent Australian Soul music and solidify their place as purveyors of musical evolution. Founded in Melbourne in 2000 by Lance Ferguson, The Bamboos have been honoured with...
Catch the exhibition Lynette Shaw - Scenes From My Youth from Friday 14 December - Sunday 20 January at Tanks Arts Centre. Lynette Shaw's debut solo exhibition of works on paper and paintings features her familial heritage. Generations of her family have...
Catch Calexico at Tanks Arts Centre on Saturday 19 January at Tanks Arts Centre. If you're traveling to Cairns this January, don't miss Calexico live in concert. Calexico finally makes their way to Cairns. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the pan...
Enjoy the music of 'Keb 'Mo on Saturday 13 April at Tanks Arts Centre. Keb' Mo' is a modern master of American roots music. His stellar live and studio performances have gained him fans from all over. His career breakthrough was in 1994 when he came out w...
Enjoy Tanks Round Cinema Her Sound, Her Story on Wednesday, November 28 at Tanks Arts Centre. Film buffs will enjoy Tanks Round Cinema. Tanks Arts Centre and End Credits Film Club present a bold cinema series on the edge in the cool comfort of climate-con...
Catch the Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase on Friday 26 October at Tanks Arts Centre. The Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase Tour is back to delight crowds and dazzle audiences. For the sixth year in a row, the Sydney Comedy Festival Showcase will bring the f...
Catch The Superjesus - 20 Years of Sumo on Saturday 17 November at Tanks Arts Centre. Following the re-release of their platinum selling album Sumo (1998), The Superjesus are itching to celebrate, hitting the road with a massive national tour and the expe...
Get rid of stress and go on a well-deserved break. Head over to Cairns and experience the sun-drenched beaches, lush natural surroundings, rainforest, World-Heritage sites and so much more. Pack your bags and enjoy a holiday to remember. Our accommodation...
If you were lucky enough to catch this juggernaut ensemble as part of Cairns Festival in 2016 then you already know this is an orchestra with a difference. Formed in 2003 and touring with over 20 members, Melbourne Ska Orchestra (MSO) contains some of Aus...
Join Kasey Chambers by the "Campfire" for a musical journey through the stories of places, people, cultures and sounds that have inspired one of Australia's most revered performers. Be part of this intimate acoustic experience enjoying songs new and old t...
Catch The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show on Tuesday 31 July at Tanks Arts Centre. One of the most-read and famous children's books of all time, 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' emerges off the page in a masterful theatrical experience for the whole family. Jou...
Yemen Blues' original sound and world-renowned live performances have invented a new language in contemporary music, provoking joy wherever they play. Catch Yemen Blues on June 9 at Tanks Arts Centre. With musicians hailing from New York City, Uruguay and...
Catch Cosmic Psychos on Friday 01 June at Tanks Arts Centre. Formed in Victoria 1983, the Psychos had the likes of Seattle grunge legends Pearl Jam, Mudhoney and The Melvins all singing their praises in the 2013 documentary about the band, Blokes You Can...
Don't miss the Dan Sultan Killer Solo Tour on Saturday 02 June at Tanks Arts Centre. Leaving his incredible band at home, the Killer Solo Tour will see the Melbourne musician strip things back to basics just Dan Sultan, his piano and guitar. This intimate...
The GBROC (Great Barrier Reef Ocean Challenge) is Australia's longest distance outrigger race (45 km), starting at Yorkeys Knob and ending at Port Douglas. In 2018, the National OC6 (6 person outrigger canoe) Changeover Titles will run in conjunction with...
Catch Flickerfest 2018 on Saturday 12 May. FlickerFest, celebrating 27 years of bringing you the Best of Australian shorts! 'Now That's a Short Film'. Flickerfest is considered in international circles as the leading Australian competitive short film fest...
As part of Tanks' 17th annual International Women's Day series Clairy Browne, Rochelle Pitt and Sue Ray will help us celebrate the achievements of women through music and song. In 2018 we welcome the divine and whip-smart Clairy Browne. With a deep affect...
Catch The Vampires on Friday 23 March at Tanks Arts Centre. The Sydney based world-roots-jazz quartet have developed a style all their own that effortlessly combines influences from all corners of the world. They will be joined by bassist Alex Boneham for...
Andy and Terry's treehouse just keeps on growing. With yet another 13 levels, it's now got a Scribbletorium, a high-security potato chip storage facility (guarded by one very angry duck!) and even an open-air movie theatre. Speaking of movies, our friends...
Designed to mesmerise and enthrall, the Ocean Film Festival Australia showcases more than two hours of sublime footage taken above and below the water's surface. The films document the beauty and power of the ocean, and celebrate the divers, surfers, sail...
Bring your family along and enjoy Operation Ouch Live! Learn about science in a fun way. Don't miss Operation Ouch Live! coming this January 17 at Cairns Convention Centre. Following their sold out Australian tour in January 2017, Dr Chris and Dr Xand, th...
A man who has devoted his life to crafting perfect jokes and has left a trail of laughter in his wake, Jimmy Carr's new tour will distill everything we love to laugh at and be shocked by, into one incredible, unparalleled night of entertainment. Jimmy Car...
BY POPULAR DEMAND ANH RETURNS WITH HIS SMASH HIT SHOW!! Comedian Anh Do brings his best-selling memoir, The Happiest Refugee, to life in a ground-breaking stand-up show. Anh Do travelled to Australia in 1980 on an eight metre fishing boat with 47 other Vi...
Catch Jimmy Barnes Working Class Man Tour at Tanks Arts Centre from Tuesday 22 May - Wednesday 23 May. This spellbinding and searingly honest theatrical production sees Jimmy using his yarns and his music to reveal the truth behind Australia's greatest ro...
Enjoy John Eaton - Locus Pocus from Friday 08 December - Tuesday 30 January at Tanks Arts Centre. The publication described work achieved through the use of tach (stain) and chance. Coincidentally or not, these imagined landscapes were created at the time...
Enjoy No Stone Unturned - Cairns Mineral and Lapidary Club Inc. Exhibition Demonstration from Tuesday 05 December - Monday 22 January at Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre. Lapidary is the craft of collecting, cutting, and polishing of precious, semi-precious...
The comedy is based on the true stories of Osamah Sami, an Iraqi-Australian Muslim who deceives his parents into thinking he is studying medicine while struggling with the choice between an arranged marriage and a love match. Sami, who stars as himself, c...
Garrett Kato and Leanne Tennant Co-Headline for a special performance. Leanne Tennant is the recent winner and multiple nominee of a Qld Music Award for her track Gentle Annie. Her live performances are receiving praise from the Courier Mail, themusic.com...
Enjoy Josh Pyke 10 Years of Memories and Dust Regional Tour 2017 on Saturday 02 December at Tanks Arts Centre. Throughout his career Josh has received four ARIA Awards and has had nine songs in triple j's Hottest 100. Known for selling out tours, Josh's a...
Catch Kasey Chambers Dragonfly Tour on Friday 03 November at Tanks Arts Centre. The Dragonfly tour and her 5th No.1 album have been widely heralded by fans and music critics in Australian and the USA, as her "best ever". Next up the Dragonfly Tour heads t...
Catch We're Going on a Bear Hunt from Tuesday 12 September - Wednesday 13 September at Tanks Arts Centre. WE'RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT is the wonderful story of a family out for walk and on the lookout for a growling bear - they have to march through long s...
A high velocity collection of adrenaline packed films from the Banff Mountain Film Festival. Raging river descents, never-before-broken snow spines, trippy mountain-bike missions, and mind-melting wingsuit stunts are packed into a 110-minute program. High...
Enjoy An Evening with Tex, Don and Charlie on Friday 15 September at Tanks Arts Centre. Stopping in at the Tanks for an intimate night of story-telling, the band will play songs from their rare, special recordings, including the trio's spectacular 1993 de...
Catch A Night of Stars on Thursday 06 July at Tanks Arts Centre. The feature work of the evening will be the Australian premiere for the Seagull Nebula by award winning composer Michael Csanyi-Wlls. The work depicts an imaginary journey through space to t...
From Friday 21 July - Saturday 22 July, catch Dracula by Bram Stoker at Tanks Arts Centre. The Gothic horror story swoops the country in a gripping, critically-acclaimed production created by shake stir. Another bloody classic. When young Lawyer Jonathan...
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