EVENTS

FROM CAIRNS TO THE CAPE, THERE’S AN ANNUAL PROGRAM OF INDIGENOUS EVENTS THAT BRING TO LIFE A CULTURE 60,000 YEARS IN THE MAKING. TICKETS NOT ONLY GRANT ENTRY, BUT A BACKSTAGE PASS TO THE STORIES AND TRADITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. FEEL THE GROUND SHAKE, SEE THE DUST FLY AND MOVE TO THE RHYTHM AT QUEENSLAND’S LONGEST-RUNNING INDIGENOUS EVENT, LAURA QUINKAN DANCE FESTIVAL. SEE SELL-OUT FASHION PERFORMANCES AND SHOWS AND BROWSE AN ABUNDANCE OF AUTHENTIC INDIGENOUS ARTWORKS AT CAIRNS INDIGENOUS ART FAIR. EXPERIENCE LOCAL INDIGENOUS BANDS AND PERFORMANCES COME TOGETHER IN ONE LARGE CELEBRATION AT BIG TALK ONE FIRE ABORIGINAL CULTURAL FESTIVAL.

Big Talk One Fire Indigenous Cultural Festival

SHOWCASING & PROMOTING THE BEST OF TROPICAL NORTH QUEENSLAND

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UMI Arts’ Big Talk One Fire Indigenous Cultural Festival is the companies annual signature event and is free and family friendly. The event includes a concert with local Indigenous bands, traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing artists and pop-up Indigenous markets. This event aims to showcase and promote the best of Tropical North Queensland Indigenous culture to a large and varied audience.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Multi-faceted cultural event

• Traditional Torres Strait Islander dance troupes

• Celebration of all Indigenous art forms

Laura Quinkan Dance Festival

• Gathering of Indigenous peoples celebrating culture

• Family friendly, all welcome