What's On?
Keep an eye on this page for an entertainment guide for cairns and surrounds.
What’s on?:
*** If you would like to have your event/workshop/lessons listed, email your contact details to info@fetish4life.com.au with information and artwork flyer etc***
Entertainment for Cairns and surrounds:
MARCH 2012:
SAT 3rd & SUN 4th Connect Magazine presents Body, Mind & Spirit @ Cairns Youth Recreation Centre
129 Mulgrave Rd, Cairns - Stalls, Art exhibition, Free Workshops & Presentations
Sat 10am - 6pm, Sun 9am - 4pm - Entry Gold Coin Donation
SAT 10th Techno Asylum @ Bohemia Central, 100 Sheridan St. Cairns
$10 Entry, Laser filled dance floor, outdoor chillzone, 2 bars
DJs Cyberstorm, Madjik, Zebb
SAT 10th OUT! Cairns Presents Traffic Light Party - Post Mardi Gras
@ The Buddha Bar Cnr Shields St. & The Esplanade $5 Entry
APRIL 2012:
MAY 2012:
SAT 12th The 4th Annual Cairns Blues Festival
JUNE 2012:
29th - 30th Kuranda Roots Festival, presale tickets $60 + booking fee
JULY 2012:
FRI 20th - MON 23rd Bushcraft Productions Presents COLLABORATIONS 2012
Tickets pre-sale $105, Gate Price $140
AUGUST 2012:
FRI 17th - SUN 2nd Sept Festival Cairns
SUN 2nd Festival of Cairns
SAT 1st Reggae Town World Music Festival
FRI 28th - SUN 30th Wallaby Creek Festival - A celebration of music and arts in the rainforest @
Home Rule Rainforest Lodge, Rossville via Cooktown.
OCTOBER 2012:
THU 27th - MON 1st OCT TABLELANDS Folk Festival @ Yungaburra
NOVEMBER 2012:
SAT 10th - FRI 16th SOLAR ECLIPSE FESTIVAL, FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND
Formed From a collaboration of crews from around the world the 2012 Eclipse Festival
in Cairns will be an explosion of Music, Art and Culture.
DECEMBER 2012:
Local Workshops, Lessons:
- Back Street Dance
Back street dance is an all ages dance school for Jazz, Funk, and Hip Hop
- Belly Dance Cairns
- Bujinkan Cairns Ninjitsu
Self Defence Classes – Training 5 Times a week
Instructor Steve Joyce 10th Dan trained for over 18 years
- Drumming Classes – DRUM UP BIG
www.drumupbig.com
Drum Up Big is committed to drumming as a cultural and educational resource and as a means of personal expression,
while celebrating cultural diversity and the shared experience of drumming with others.
Gypsyrain Tribal Belly Dance
- Poi Twirling and Dance Workshops
Shelly 0410240762
1st Saturday of every month at the Cairns Esplanade
- Pole Dancing Classes – Pole Play Studios www.poleplaystudios.com.au
Pole Play Studiosin Cairns is dedicated to the fine art of Pole Dance and associated forms of dance and movement. We aim to provide a space in which you can learn to artfully express your inner sensuality while gaining fitness and self empowerment through the movement of pole dancing.
- Roller Derby - Reef City Roller Girls
@ Cairns Recreation Centre www.reefcityrollergirls.com
Salsa Dancing:
Cairns Tango Dancing
Salsa mania Cairns
School of Latin Dance
Furyus Feet Dance
Dance Styles: Argintine Tango, Salsa, Flamenco, Latin Fitness
Local Publications:
- Connect Magazine
Connect is a monthly magazine which focuses on the community, spirit, environment, the arts, health and wellbeing as well as different monthly themes that explore the topics important to you.
- The Place Street Press
THE PLACE street press is published monthly by The Entertainment Empire pty ltd, Nth Qld owned company, started in late 2008. We love music, arts and entertainment culture. We pack
as much of it into the magazine as we can. Including a Gig Guide for Cairns to Townsville to Mackay and surrounding towns.
- Time Out
www.cairns.com.au
The time out magazine is a lift out from the Cairns post newspaper every Thursday. It offers news on entertainment in the Far north region and provides reviews and articles on events, musicians, Djs and artists.
Listen To:
Radio Stations
AM 84.6 4CA FM Cairns Easy Listening www.4cafm.com.au
87.8 KISS FM Melbourne Dance Music
Cairns Suburbs
88.0 KISS FM www.kissfm.com.au
Cairns City
89.1 4CCR FM Cairns Community Radio Variety of Music
98.7 FM Cairns Indigenous Radio
99.5 Sea FM Cairns Commercial Station/Rock
101.9 Coast FM Cairns Youth Community
102.7 ZINC FM Cairns Commercial Station/Rock
103.5 Hot FM Cairns Commercial Station/Top 40
106.7 ABC Far North Cairns Contemporary/Easy Listening
107.1 FM Port Douglas World Music, blues, electro, traditional jazz, contemporary rock
107.5 Triple J National Youth
Links
Check out these other great local websites!
Arts Nexus connects Northern Queensland’s artists, creative producers, organisations, enterprises and communities.
Bush week is an interactive Festival where people can get involved in workshops and help in the construction of stages, art projects and performance. This is an opportunity for sharing skills and learning whilst enjoying a holiday in remote North Queensland.
Cairns and Far North Environment Centre. Stay tuned for the envirofiesta 2010 and check out www.envirofiesta.cafnec.org.au
Cairns annual Blues festival Port Douglas Carnivale
www.cellartspace.com
Cell art space is a voluntary, not for profit run art space for local artists to feature their work. The art space is located on Lake Street in the city centre. Digger Street arts collective is a Cairns based community project currently encompassing four large Queenslanders. It houses around 20 people from a variety of backgrounds.
It aims to create a supportive community where people are able immerse themselves in their pursuits.
www.eclipsedownunder.com
End Credits Film Club is dedicated to sourcing and screening non mainstream films for it's members and the general public.
A celebration of Cairns and the community held once a year with a variety of events and activities.
Cairns annual white outfit party
J Create offers all aspects of traditional photography, be it wedding, portrait,
commercial and everything in between.
commercial and everything in between.
Teaming that with our creative spark we bring uniqueness to every shoot while providing a comfortable and care free environment to capture you at your most natural.
Jute Theatre
Contemporary visual arts organization
Unique venue located in the tropical rainforest that holds concerts, festivals and other events.
Kuranda Roots is a new, annual, contemporary roots and world music festival focused on Kuranda Amphitheatre, a distinct venue located in the lush rainforest of Tropical North Queensland.
Outdoor Festival held in Far North Queensland between Cairns and Cooktown featuring a variety of artists and DJs.
Market Square is a unique part of Cairns with a diverse range of shopping and dining experiences on offer. Get off the tourist strip and discover the soul of the Far North.
Open Records is a progressive, techno, minimal music label intended to create a base for Australian electronic music, artists & DJs on the international stage.
Crate 59 Gallery and Studio is a Non-Profit Artist run Initiative (ARI) in the heart ofCairns.
Reggae and Roots Festival in Cairns
Shi Sha beads are an exotic collection of wholesale and retails beads. Choose from ready made jeweler or create your own.
Keep your eye on this website for developments for the Cairns solar eclipse festival in 2012.