WHAT’S ON

Cairns Show

l FRI JULY 21, 9:00AM–9:00PM

At the Cairns Show we promise to bring the best of Cairns’ Agricultural, Pastoral, Mining and Cultural Industries! You’ll see jaw-dropping entertainment, incredible competition entries, educational displays, local business exhibits, delicious food stalls, animals of all shapes and sizes, and thrilling rides in Sideshow Alley!

Cairns Show gates open daily at 9am and close at 9pm just before the Fireworks. Tickets available at www.cairnsshow.com.au

IRON & STEAM FAIR HISTORIC VILLAGE HERBERTON

l SAT JULY 22, 9:00AM-5:00PM

Join us for this special event series as Australia’s yesteryear comes alive through the heritage machinery, steam power and classic vehicles that helped build the nation. Attractions include tractor power, steam exhibitions, diesel and working demonstrations and historic and classic motor vehicles.

For more information and to book your tickets visit Historic Village Herberton website.

National Pyjama Day 2023

l FRI JULY 21, 9:00AM-5:00PM www.fundraise.thepyjamafoundation.com/event/npd

Wear your pyjamas this National Pyjama Day to support children in foster care all around Australia. Money raised from National Pyjama Daygoes to help offer learning skills to more than 1200 children, fund educational resources and help provide stable, positive relationships. This year, National Pyjama Day falls on Friday 21 July 2023 but you are welcome to host your day anytime throughout July-September.

Pbr Origin Iii 2023 Cairns Convention Centre

l SAT JULY 22, 7:00PM-10:30PM

The PBR’s (Professional Bull Riders) Monster Energy Tour is bringing the greatest rivalry in Australian sport, a head-to-head competition of the Maroons vs Blues, to Cairns on July 22,2023. It’s the ultimate battle for bragging rights and the toughest 8 seconds in sports. PBR Origin is heading to Cairns Convention Centre for one epic bull riding competition of the blues vs maroons! Book your tickets through Ticketek.

FRIDAY

Peter Kinch, Dunwoody’s, 4:00pm Whiskey Boat, O’Donnells, 6:00pm

Sax Man, Chill Café Palm Cove, 6:00pm Kick Start, Cazaly’s Cairns, 6:30pm

Carinda Christie, Bingle Bay Café, 6:30pm

Kaweyova, Roo Bar & Grill, 7:00pm

Pasta And Sugo Festa Johnstone Shire Hall

l SUN JULY 23, 11:00AM-5:00PM

Ciao amici! It’s time to celebrate Italian culture in Innisfail with our Inaugural Pasta and Sugo Festa. This year, we welcome you on Sunday July 23 at the Innisfail Shire Hall for the first edition of the Pasta and Sugo Competition Festa, a new and exciting event for the region filled with lots of laughter, and of course great food and company. Book your lunch tickets through the Cairns Italian Festival website.

SATURDAY

Rob Howe & The Guillotines, Tessa Devine, Tullara, Ellis Beach Bar & Grill, 2:00pm Mattyboi, Surf Club Palm Cove, 2:00pm Big Pups, Currajah Hotel, 3:00pm Kaweyova, Salthouse, 5:00pm

Sax Man, Coral Beach Lodge Port Douglas, 6:00pm

Bottle Cap Mosaic Smithfield

l FRI JULY 21, 9:00AM-5:00PM

For Plastic Free July, Smithfield Shopping Centre has partnered with Palm Tree Recycling and Melanie Hava to install a unique piece of artwork but we need your help! Collect a plastic bottle cap from the Customer Service Desk & apply it to the artwork, designed by Melanie Hava. Together let’s watch it come to life. Where: Customer Service Desk is located near Surf Dive n Ski in the Smithfield Shopping Centre.

SUNDAY

Stuie Harcourt, Ellis Beach Bar & Grill, 1:00pm

DjGlennW, Dundees at the Cairns Aquarium, 2:00pm

Barbary Coasters, The Beach House at Trinity, 2:00pm

Big Pups, Hemingway’s Brewery Cairns Wharf, 2:00pm

Amber Farnan, Dunwoody’s, 2:00pm

Russell Harris, Yorkeys Knob Boating Club, 3:00pm

The Pigs, Bar36 at the Reef Hotel Casino, 7:00pm

Georgia Duo, Surf Club Palm Cove, 7:30pm

Davie Smith Duo, Mission Beach Blues Bar, 6:00pm Victoria Boxall, Cazaly’s Cairns, 6:15pm

Barbary Coasters, Roo Bar & Grill, 7:00pm

Skye Karaoke Solo, Smithfield Tavern, 7:00pm

The Pigs, Bar36 at the Reef Hotel Casino, 7:00pm Barbary Coasters, Roo Bar & Grill, 7:00pm

Janna Mercedes, Rattle n Hum Palm Cove, 8:00pm

The Wait & Funhouse, Red Beret Hotel, 8:00pm

Big Noise, Rattle N Hum Cairns, 8:30pm Wild Willy, The Jack, 9:00pm

Sax Man, O’Donnells, 3:00pm

Lexi & Waha, Cazaly’s Cairns, 6:15pm

Anais Campbell, Bar36 at the Reef Hotel Casino, 7:30pm