Cairns Region Events Calendar
Below you'll find listed interesting events in Cairns and Surrounding areas. You'll also see Queensland School and Public Holidays listed. As Cairns is a tourist town most Public Holidays will not affect your visit. The exceptions are Good Friday, Anzac Day, Cairns Show Day and Christmas Day (click here for Cairns Tours that operate on Christmas Day). Alcohol cannot be sold on Good Friday and Christmas Day unless whilst dining at a licensed restaurant, most of which will be open in Tourist Areas. All Tours operate on Public Holidays with the exception of Christmas Day, with only some larger companies operating. (click here for Cairns Tours that run on Christmas Day)
January 2012
|
- Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
- 1st - New Years Day (tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
- 2nd - New Years Day Holiday (tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
- 9th - Full Moon
- 21st - Chinease new Year Street Festival
- 23rd - Chinease New Year
- 23rd - Back to School Qld
- 26th - Australia Day - Aussie Family Fun Day - Yorkeys Knob (tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
|
February 2012
|
- Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
- 1st - Midday - Barramundi Fishing Season Re-Opens
- 8th - Full Moon
- 17th - Australian Psychic Expo
- 19th - Wedding & Formal Expo
|
March 2012
|
|
April 2012
|
- Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
- 1st - April Fools Day
- 1st - Palm Sunday
- 2nd - Qld School Holidays Begin
- 6th - Good Friday (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed, Pubs and Bars closed, alcohol restrictions in place)
- 7th - Full Moon
- 8th - Easter Sunday (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
- 9th - Easter Monday (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
- 9th - Qld School Holidays End
- 21st - MS Swimathon - TAS Aquatic Centre (click here for more info)
- 25th - Anzac Day (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
- 27th to 11th May - Artists of the North
|
May 2012
|
- Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
- 27th May to 11th - Artists of the North
- 5th - Mt Garnett Races & Rodeo
- 6th - Full Moon
- 6th - Groovin the Moo - Townsville
- 7th - Labour Day (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
- 12th - Chillago Rodeo
- 12th - Cairns Blues Festival
- 13th - Mothers Day
- 13th - Cairns Tropical Garden Fair
- 17th - 27th - Port Douglas Carnivale
- 18th - Great Wheelbarrow Race - Mareeba/Chillagoe
- 18th - The Longest Lunch - Port Douglas
- 19th - Food Wine and a Taste of Port - Port Douglas
- 19th - Golden Gumboot Festival - Tully
- 20th - Million Paws Walk
- 26th - Babinda Harvest Ferstival - Babinda
- 27th to 4th June - Cairns Adventure Festival
- 27th - RRR Mountain Bike Challange - Port Douglas
- 27th - Coral Coast Triathlon - Port Douglas
- 27th - Hekili Ocean Challange race
- 31st - Quicksilver Reef Swim - Green Island
|
June 2012
|
- Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
- 1st to 3rd - Cairns Home Show & Caravan Expo
- 1st to 3rd - Cairns Sport & Lifestyle Expo
- 1st - The Cairns Post Run for Cairns Fun Run
- 4th - Full Moon
- 8th to 10th - Cooktown Discovery Festival - Cooktown
- 9th - Festival of the Knob - Yorkeys Knob
- 11th - Queens Birthday (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
- 14th to 30th - Cairns Junior Eisteddfod
- 25th - Qld School Holidays begin
- 29th & 30th - Kuranda Roots Festival
|
July 2012
|
- Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
- 1st - Mareeba Horse Sports Gymkhana
- 4th - Full Moon
- 6th to 8th - Malanda Show
- 6th to 8th - Cairns Ukelele Festival
- 7th - Qld School Holidays End
- 9th to 10th - Atherton Show
- 12th to 13th - Innisfail Show
- 14th to 15th - Mareeba Show
- 14th to 15th - Mareeba Rodeo
- 16th to 20th - Cairns ARTescape
- 18th to 20th - Cairns Show
- 20th - Cairns Show Holiday (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
- 22nd to 23rd - Mossman Show
- 27th to 28th - Tully Show
- 28th - Cooktown Race Day
- 29th to 5th August - Cairns Golf Week
|
August 2012
|
- Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
- 29th July to 5th - Cairns Golf Week
- 2nd - Full Moon
- 4th to 5th - Cairns Cup Horseracing
- 11th - NQ Gold Panning Championship - Mareeba
- 11th - Mt Carbine Bull & Bronc Ride - Mt Carbine
- 12th - Atherton Gem Festival - Atherton
- 12th - Warbirds Airshow - Mareeba
- 17th to 2nd Sep - Cairns Festival (click here for detailed program)
- 18th - Cairns Festival Grand Parade & Fireworks
- 18th - Mission Beach Banana Festival
- 18th to 25th - Atherton Maize Festival
- 24th - Cooktown Country Show
- 25th - Mareeba Multicultural Festival
- 25th - Atherton Maize Ball
- 28th - Cairns Tropical Pride Festival
- 31st Maize Festival Mardi Gras
- 31st - Full Moon
|
September 2012
|
- Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
- 17th Aug to 2nd - Cairns Festival (click here for detailed program)
- 2nd - Carnival on Collins
- 2nd - Fathers Day
- 7th to 8th Cairns Amateurs Horseracing
- 8th - Reggaetown
- 15th - Cairns Tropical Wave Festival
- 21st to 24th - Cairns Buskers Festival
|
October 2012
|
- Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
- 12th to 14th - Country Music Festival - Walkamin
- 21st - taste of the Tablelands Festival - Atherton
- 23rd to 1st November - Crocodile Challenge Mountain Bikes - Cairns to Cooktown
- 25th to 28th - Yungaburra Folk Festival
- 30th - Full Moon
- 31st - Halloween
|
November 2012
|
- Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
- 2nd to 4th - Lake Tinaroo Barra Bash
- 6th - Melbourne Cup
- 9th to 18th - Go Troppo Arts Festival - Port Douglas
- 10th to 16th - Eclipse 2012 Festival - Palmer River
- 11th to 17th - A Cosmic Convergence - The Granite
- 14th - New Moon
- 14th - Solar Eclipse - 2012 Eclipse Info
- 14th - Solar Eclipse Marathon - Port Douglas
- 14th - Eclipse Viewing Festival - Port Douglas
|
December 2012
|
- Regular local Community Markets (click here for Markets page)
- 2nd - Carols on the Knob - Yorkeys Knob
- 2nd - Carols by Candlelight - Mission Beach
- 9th - Carols by Candlelight - Cairns Esplanade
- 12th - Carols by Candlelight - Edmonton
- 14th - Carols by Candlelight - Innisfail
- 16th - Carols by Candlelight - Tully
- 17th - Qld School Holidays Begin
- 24th - Christmas Eve
- 25th - Christmas Day (most shops closed) (some tours do not operate) click here
for a listing of Xmas Day Tours
- 26th - Boxing Day (PUBLIC HOLIDAY - tourist areas open, most other shops closed)
- 28th - Full Moon
- 31st - New Years Eve Family Fun Concert - Cairns Esplanade
|
|
If you are an event organiser and would like to be on this list or know of something we've missed click here .
|