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At the last North Queensland Sports Awards were (from left) NQSF chairwoman Cr Rhonda Coghlan, Stephen Farrell, Tori West, NQSF CEO Alexander Fisher, Jade Nelson and (in front) Grant ‘Scooter’ Patterson. Picture: NQSF

Sport awards first for city

THE 36th North Queensland Sport Star Awards are being held in Cairns for the first time.

15 July, 2026

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Kawanji Dancers will present ‘Imbala – The Dance of the Butterfly’ at CIAF 2026, sharing a Western Gu Gu Yalanji songline through dance, language and storytelling. Picture: Supplied

Cultural lens on arts expo

Paul Dempsey will bring his ‘Shotgun Karaoke Vol. II’ regional tour to Tanks Art Centre in Cairns on July 23, performing an intimate acoustic set shaped by audience requests. Picture: Ash Ludkin

Singer: ‘You call the shots’

Ray Beadle will perform with Ryo Montgomery and Ian “Johno” Johnson at Tanks Blues in Tank 5 at Tanks Arts Centre on Saturday 4 July. Picture: Supplied

Blues talent unite under hill

Cairns Djembe organiser Jeff Cotter (centre) leads the group for the last time at the Cairns Friendship Garden pagoda. Picture: Nick Dalton

Drummed out

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Cast members (from left) Karen Wilson, Ben Cook, Rebecca Martin, Melanie Hossell, Herman Smith and Vanessa Dinelli in Catwalk Chaos, opening at the Rondo Theatre on 26 June. Picture: Paul Furse/ Frontrow Foto

Chaos on Rondo’s catwalk

Documentary cinematographer Pieter de Vries will present ‘On the Wild Side’ for ArtsNational Cairns at Stratford Library on Sunday 21 June. Picture: Supplied

Take a trip on the wild side

Actors Vaughan Wapau (left) and Jimi Bani perform in The Boy Who Found His Way Home, which will be presented as a special one-night-only performance during CIAF 2026 at Tank 5, Tanks Arts Centre. Picture: Supplied

Boy is on way home at Tanks

ARIA Hall of Fame inductees The Living End will bring their ‘I Only Trust Rock n Roll’ tour to Cairns in August. Picture: Jacob McCann

Trio trusts rock ‘n roll

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Mary Calvert, nèe Mitrovic, whose decades of service to many groups has been remembered. Picture: Supplied

Vale Mary Calvert

Flashblak founder Kerry Klimm and Professor Henrietta Marrie AM. Klimm will host the new Welcome Blak Home Elders Lounge at CIAF 2026. Picture: Supplied

Elders Lounge at CIAF

Cairns Botanic Gardens curator Dr Charles Clarke will took about the insect trapping pitcher plant at the Friends of the Botanic Gardens’ talk on Wednesday June 10. Picture: Cairns Regional Council

Plant is talk of the gardens

Cookin’ On 3 Burners will perform at Tanks Arts Centre on Friday 29 May alongside vocalist Stella Angelico. Picture: Supplied

Band just cooking with gas

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