Check it Out
Crankworx World Tour
When: 4 – 8 October / Various Times
Where: Smithfield Mountain Bike Park
More info: www.crankworx.com/cairns
The Crankworx World Tour is a multi-stop series of mountain bike festivals, bringing together the best mountain bike athletes to compete in elite-level competitions in a variety of disciplines.
This year, one of the World Tour’s destinations is Cairns, with the Smithfield Mountain Bike Park as the perfect location to host athletes of all levels and skills. Register for participation via the website or come as a spectator – the four day event is FREE for visitors, so bring the family and enjoy the action up close.
BIG Splash Expo 2022
When: 5 – 9 October
Where: Allan’s Pool Shop
More info: www.allanspoolshop.com.au
Welcome the warmer months with the Big Splash Expo 2022. Held at Allan’s Pool Shop, visitors will receive a 20 – 30% discount storewide, and have the chance to enter a prize draw with over $10,000 up for grabs! Bring the family to this free event where kids can pat farm animals, play on the water slide, or ride the mechanical bull. For more info, head over to the website or Facebook page.
Babinda Harvest Festival
When: 8 October / 10.00am
Where: Babinda
More info: Babinda Harvest Festival
This year’s babinda Harvest Festival is full of activities for the whole family. A full day of events begins with the Tractor Pull in the morning, the Grand Street Parade at 3.00pm, and festivities afterwards at the Babinda Showgrounds. There will be food stalls, children’s entertainment, market stalls, live entertainment and a bar, a pavilion filled with local arts, fruits and displays.
The night concludes with a wonderful firework display at 9.00pm. Get amongst the festivities and bring the whole family to this historical event. Tickets cost $6.00 – $40.00.
Free Movie Night at Redlynch: Sing 2
When: 8 October / 7.00pm
Where: Redlynch Valley Tennis Club
More info: www.cairns.qld.gov.au
Head to the Redlynch Valley Tennis Club for a free family screening of Sing 2 as part of the Cairns Moving Picture Nights series. Moving Picture Nights are free, open-air family film nights hosted throughout the Cairns region. The events kick off with music from 6.00pm by a local performer, followed by the film screening at 7.00pm. Bring a picnic blanket, snacks and your mates to enjoy a family-friendly film under the stars.
Trash to Treasure Fair
When: 22 October / 9.00am – 4.00pm
Where: Buy Back Shop Portsmith Transfer Station
More info: www.cairns.qld.gov.au
Check out the Buy Back Shop’s Trash to Treasure Fair this month. The team at the Cairns Buy Back Shop find and collect treasures of all shapes and sizes and offer them back to the community to ensure old things get a second chance. With the motto #ReThink, #ReUse, #RePurpose, treasures
in store are waiting for the right person to find them a good home. So, what are you waiting for? Head to the Buy Back Shop. You never know what you might find.
Morning Melodies – 1954: Ella, Etta, Eartha
When: 10 October / 11.00am
Where: Cairns Performing Arts Centre
More info: www.cairns.qld.gov.au/CPAC
With swinging jazz, powerful soul, and cheeky kitsch, Melissa Western and her world class all-female band pay tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James and Eartha Kitt. Suitable for all ages, this show celebrates the magnificent musical era of the 50s. Cost $18.00 – 20.00, free entry for companion card holders.
BIG Splash Expo 2022
When: 5 – 9 October
Where: Allan’s Pool Shop
More info: www.allanspoolshop.com.au
Welcome the warmer months with the Big Splash Expo 2022. Held at Allan’s Pool Shop, visitors will receive a 20 – 30% discount storewide, and have the chance to enter a prize draw with over $10,000 up for grabs! Bring the family to this free event where kids can pat farm animals, play on the water slide, or ride the mechanical bull. For more info, head over to the website or Facebook page.
Gallery Art School Classes
When: October – November / Various Times
Where: Cairns Art Gallery
More info: www.cairnsartgallery.com.au
Let your child explore their creativity with Cairns Art Gallery’s art programs and classes. Suitable for children aged 4 to 14, classes explore a range of mediums, experiment with different aesthetics and trends, and focus on painting, watercolour, mixed media, and drawing. For more information and bookings visit the website.
Cairns Speedway
When: 15 October / 3.30pm
Where: Cairns Speedway
More info: www.cairnsspeedway.com
Come and witness an action packed night of dirt track racing as drivers go pedal to the metal in the seventh round for 2022. From formula 400s battling it out to the V8 sprint cars tearing around at 160km per hour, there’s nothing like being there trackside and watching these awesome racing machines fight to the finish and hearing the roar of the engines at full throttle! The Totally Workwear Cairns Speedway is a family friendly environment with 4 hours of non stop adrenaline fuelled competition. Grab your tickets online at $15.00 – $20.00. Kids under 12 are free. Bar and canteen available on site for all your refreshment needs. Pack the camping chair, blanket and mozzy repellent, and enjoy the night!
PakMag Spooky Spectacular
When: 29 October / 4.00pm
Where: Cairns Esplanade next to the Reef Eye Ferris Wheel
More info: PakMag Cairns
It’s happening! The countdown is on for PakMag’s amazing Halloween Party. Join us for some spooktacular family fun at The Cairns Esplanade from 4.00pm, with a movie screening of The Addam’s Family 2 at 6.00pm. There will be music, activities, Halloween fun, singing, dancing, and more. Bring the whole family, get ready for an awesome afternoon, and prepare
yourself for a few spooktacular surprises. For more info and to register for your free tickets visit the Facebook page.
What’s on Guide
We’ve found all the best Cairns events to check out this month, so you don’t have to!
SATURDAY 1 OCTOBER
2022 Queensland Underwater
Hockey State Titles
Runs until 3 October
Tobruk Memorial Pool
9.00am – 5.00pm / TBA / PG
FB: Cairns Crays Underwater Hockey
Japanese Tea Ceremony and Gong Bath
Khacho Yulo Ling
Buddhist Centre
4.00pm – 6.30pm / $56.00 / PG
www.soundangelmusic.com
Breathwork Experience – Life Changing
Serbian Cultural & Information
Center Cairns Inc.
8.00am – 11.00am / $129.00 / PG
@creatorswillcreate_au
Cairns Oktoberfest
North Cairns Tigers
Football Club
5.00pm – 11.00pm / $129.00 / PG
www.germanclubcairns.com.au
One Act Play Festival
Runs until 2 October
Bulmba-ja arts centre
9.00am – 3.30pm / $15.00 / PG
www.tropicalarts.org
The Amazing Bass -2
Bar 94
7.30pm – 11.59pm / $15.00 / PG
FB: Bar94
Turtle Cove Pride Festival
2022 Opening Party
Turtle Cove Beach Restort
6.00pm – 2.00am / 18+
www.turtlecove.com
Art vs Science
Tanks Art Centre
7.30pm – 10.00pm / $45.00 –
$50.00 / 18+
www.tanksartscentre.com
Bingo for Breast Cancer
Atherton International Club
5.30pm / $16.00 / M
pinkribbonevents@outlook.com
Keep Chalumbin Wild –
Stop the Wind Farm:
Public Information Event
Ravenshoe Primary School
1.00pm – 4.00pm / FREE / PG
FB: Rainforest Reserves Australia
Flickerfest 2022 Tour –
Short Laughs Comedy
Cairns Botanic Gardens
7.30pm / $10.00 – $40.00 / PG
www.flickerfest.com.au
SUNDAY 2 OCTOBER
NRL Finals 2022
Live Stream
Dunwoody’s Hotel
12.00pm – 9.00pm /
Gold coin / M
FB: Edelweiss Cairns
Professional Theatre
Workshops for Teens
Bulmba-ja Arts Centre
9.00am – 12.00pm / 12.30pm –
3.30pm / $15.00 / PG
www.tropicalarts.org
Kundalini Yoga & Meditation
Class
17 Anderson St
6.00am – 7.30am / $25.00 / PG
www.alchemymindset.com.au
Oktoberfest
Hemingway’s Brewery FNQ
1.00pm / FREE / 18+
FB: Hemingway’s Brewery FNQ
MONDAY 3 OCTOBER
Laughing Heart Comedy –
Weekly Showcase Mondays!
Runs weekly
Three Wolves
7.00pm – 9.00pm / $ 8.00 –
$12.00 / M
FB: Laughing Heart Comedy
Hoop Dance Classes Cairns
Crathern Close Park, Edge Hill
6.15pm – 7.15pm / $25.00 –
$60.00 / G
FB: Beauty in Movement
TUESDAY 4 OCTOBER
Life Drawing Cairns
Runs every Tuesday only
55 Greenslopes Street Edge Hill
6.00pm – 8.00pm / $15.00 / M
www.northsite.org.au
Crankworx World Tour
Runs until 8 October, free for
spectators
Smithfield Mountain Bike Park
Various Times / FREE / PG
www.crankworx.com/cairns
WEDNESDAY 5 OCTOBER
Big Splash Expo
Runs until 9 October
Allan’s Pool Shop
9.00am / FREE / PG
www.allanspoolshop.com.au
THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER
Standup Comedy
Runs until 7 October
Macalister Brewing Company
8.00pm – 9.30pm / $25.00 –
$130.00 / M
www.macalisterbrewing
FRIDAY 7 OCTOBER
Free Online Painting Classes
For Adults – Cairns
Runs every Friday
Palak StudioInk
10.00am – 11.00am / FREE / 18+
www.palakstudioink.com
Casual Catch Up –
Mums On The Go
The Secret Jungle Cairns
10.00am / FREE / PG
FB: Mums on the Go Business Network Inc.
Mum’s n Bub’s Yoga Cairns
Cairns Birth Collective –
FNQ Region
10.30am / $85.00 / PG
FB: Jaye Seal
SATURDAY 8 OCTOBER
Leathercraft for Beginners
Blackbird Warehouse
12.00pm – 5.00pm / $155.00 / 18+
Your Wardrobe Cairns
Cairns Show Grounds
9.00am – 1.00pm / FREE –
$55.00 / PG
FB: Your Wardrobe Cairns
Multicultural Comedy Gala
Cairns Performing Arts Centre
8.00pm – 9.30pm / FREE –
$59.95 / 15+
www.cairns.qld.gov.au/CPAC
Saturday Night Date with a
DJ @ Ecstatic Dance Cairns:
8 Oct DJ Zoey Sutra
Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre
6.45pm – 9.15pm / $35.00 –
$96.00 / 18+
www.ecstaticdancecairns.com
Cairns Has Talents Launch
Tanks Art Centre, Tank 5
5.30pm – 10.00pm / $28.00 –
$39.00 / PG
www.tanksartscentre.com
Connect & Sip for a Cause
Ozmosis Café Trattoria Bar
3.00pm – 6.00pm / $40.00 / M
lauren@hopkinsandstrong.com.au
Taste of The Tropics Grand High Tea
Sheraton Grand Mirage
Resort, Port Douglas
2.00pm – 4.00pm / $52.00 –
$84.00 / M
FB: Sheraton Grand Mirage
Resort, Port Douglas
Oktoberfest 1: The Best and Original!
German Club
3.00pm / FREE / PG
www.germanclubcairns.com.au
Multicultural Comedy Gala
Cairns Performing Arts Centre
8.00pm – 10.00pm / $25.00 –
$59.00 / 15+
www.cairns.qld.gov.au/CPAC
The Paradise Quartet
Elixir Music House
7.30pm – 10.30pm / $25.00 / M
FB: Elixir Music House
Babinda Harvest Festival
Babinda
10.00am – 9.00pm / $6.00 –
$40.00 / PG
FB: Babinda Harvest Festival
Stay in the FIGHT – Charity Launch
The Benson Hotel
7.30pm -11.30pm / $150.00 / M
FB: Stay in the FIGHT
Free Movie Night
Redlynch: Sing 2
Redlynch Valley Tennis Club
7.00pm / FREE / PG
www.cairns.qld.gov.au
SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER
All Of Us Festival – Celebrating
QLD Mental Health Week
Fogarty Park
3.00pm – 8.00pm / FREE / PG
www.kochfoundation.org.au
Innisfail Paint and Sip,
Choose Your Own Adventure
Innisfail Rowing Club
2.00pm – 5.00pm / $70.00 / M
FB: Mission Beach Community Arts Centre
Unseen Cinema – The Quiet Girl
BCC Cinemas Earlville
5.45pm / $15.00 – $20.00 / M
FB: Unseen Cinema – End Credits
MONDAY 10 OCTOBER
Morning Melodies – 1954:
Ella, Etta, Eartha
Cairns Performing Arts Centre
11.00am / FREE – $20.00 / PG
www.cairns.qld.gov.au/CPAC
Soul Deep, Self-Development Workshop
Malanda Co-working and
Wellness Centre
9.00am – 4.00pm / $407.00 / M
www.rahrahconsulting.com
TUESDAY 11 OCTOBER
Life Drawing Cairns
Runs every Tuesday only
55 Greenslopes Street Edge Hill
6.00pm – 8.00pm / $15.00/ M
www.northsite.org.au
FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER
Mental Health First Aid
Runs 14 and 21 October
11 Sheridan Street
9.00pm – 4.30pm / $225.00 / M
www.mhfa.com.au
Cairns Food and Wine Festival 2022
Runs until 15 October
Munro Martin Parklands
Various Times / $27.00 –
$222 / 18+
www.cairnsfoodandwine.com
Free Online Painting Classes For Adults – Cairns
Runs every Friday
Palak StudioInk
10.00am – 11.00am / FREE /18+
www.palakstudioink.com
Radical Reels Tour 2022
Cairns Performing Arts Centre
7.00pm – 9.45pm / $27.00 –
$35.00 / PG
www.cairns.qld.gov.au/CPAC
CBWC October Luncheon
Pullman Reef Hotel Casino
12.00pm / $69.00 – $89.00 / M
www.cbwc.org.au
SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER
Sign Time Cairns: Oaks Hotel
Oaks Hotel, Roof Top
6.00pm – 9.30pm / FREE / PG
www.deafconnect.org.au
TWW Cairns Speedway’s
‘Greatest Show on Dirt’
Cairns Speedway
5.30pm / Various Prices / PG
www.cairnsspeedway.com
Oktoberfest II: Getting Serious
German Club
4.00pm – 11.45pm / FREE / PG
www.germanclubcairns.com.au
Walk to Remember – Cairns 2022
Cairns Esplanade Fun Ship
Playground Esplanade
5.30pm – 8.00pm / FREE / PG
www.sands.org.au
Flute Circle Mareeba
FNQ Oriental Healing Centre
2.00pm – 3.30pm / FREE / PG
www.soundangelmusic.com
FNQ Dogs Day Out Festival
Barron Waters-
Burrawungal Park
10.00am – 5.00pm / FREE / PG
FB: FNQ Dogs Day Out Festival
Cairns Show Auto Spectacular
Runs until 16 October
Cairns Showgrounds
9.30am / $8.00 – $40.00 / PG
www.cairnsshow.com.au/auto-spectacular
Navratri 2022
Caravonica State School
7.00pm – 11.30pm / $20.00 –
$40.00 / PG
FB: Gujarati Club Of Far North Queensland
Big Talk One Fire Festival
Fogarty Park
2.00pm / FREE / PG
FB: UMI Arts
SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER
Candle Making Workshop
The Cheek Co.
10.00am – 12.30pm / $90.00 / M
www.thecheekco.com
2022 Solahart Cairns Golf Club Junior Open
Cairns Golf Club
8.00am – 1.00pm / $10.00 – $22.50 / PG
www.golfgenius.com
TUESDAY 18 OCTOBER
Roaming Wild Storytime
Earlville Shopping Town
9.00am – 11.30am / FREE / PG
www.earlvilleshoppingtown.com.au
Life Drawing Cairns
Runs every Tuesday only
55 Greenslopes Street,
Edge Hill
6.00pm – 8.00pm / $15.00
www.northsite.org.au/
WEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER
Free Poetry Writing
Workshop and Poetry Reading
The Cairns Institute
4.00pm – 8.00pm / FREE / PG
www.cairnsinstitute.jcu.edu.au
THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER
Free CORES Suicide
Intervention Training Cairns
Brothers Leagues Club Cairns
9.00am – 4.00pm / FREE / M
www.cores.org.au
FRIDAY 21 OCTOBER
Tablelands Folk Festival
Runs until 23 October
Yungaburra
Various Times / $30.00 – $300.00 / PG
www.tablelandsfolkfestival. org.au
Cameron Cusack and Anais Campbell
Tanks Art Centre, Tank 5
7.30pm – 10.00pm / $20.00 / PG
www.tanksartscentre.com
Free Online Painting Classes
For Adults – Cairns
Runs every Friday
Palak StudioInk
10.00am – 11.00am / FREE / 18+
www.palakstudioink.com
SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER
JCU Dentistry and Dental
Protection Clinical Day 2022
Students and Practitioners only
JCU: James Cook University,
Australia, Cairns, Nguma-bada campus
8.30am – 5.00pm / $82.50 / M
FB: JCU: James Cook University, Australia
Gong and Tibetan Singing
Bowl Meditation
The Yoga School
12.00pm – 1.00pm / $15.00 / PG
www.soundangelmusic.com
Vika and Linda
Tanks Art Centre
7.30pm – 10.00pm / $60.00 / PG
www.tanksartscentre.com
Friends of YAPS’s Event
Trinity Beach Sports Club
7.30pm – 10.00pm / FREE / PG
FB: Friends of YAPS
Cent Sale
Cairns Brass
1.30pm – 5.00pm / FREE / PG
FB: North Qld Animal Rescue Inc.
Trash to Treasure Fair
Buy Back Shop Portsmith
Transfer Station
9.00am – 4.00pm / FREE / PG
www.cairns.qld.gov.au
Sunday Morning Sundance
Skypark Cairns by AJ Hackett
9.00am – 11.00am / $36.00 –
$96.00 / 18+
FB: Ecstatic Dance Cairns
Cairns Pregnancy and Baby Expo
Cairns Showgrounds
9.00am – 4.00pm / Gold Coin
Donation / PG
FB: Cairns Pregnancy and Baby Expo
TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER
STEAM Storytime with First 5 Forever
Smithfield Library
11.00am – 11.45am / FREE / PG
www.cairns.qld.gov.au/library
WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER
ArtTales with First 5 Forever
Cairns City Library
11.00am – 11.45am / FREE / PG
www.cairns.qld.gov.au/library
Bringing Up Great Kids
Runs weekly until 16 November,
Bookings essential
Hambledon House
10.30am / FREE / PG
FB: Innate Therapies
THURSDAY 27 OCTOBER
Kindergarten Information Evening
Little World Early Learning
Centre Mount Sheridan
5.30pm – 7.00pm / FREE / PG
www.littleworld.com.au
FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER
Sydney Comedy Festival
Showcase 2022
Tanks Art Centre
7.30pm – 10.00pm / $38.00 – $42.00 / 15+
www.tanksartscentre.com
Free Online Painting
Classes For Adults – Cairns
Runs every Friday
Palak StudioInk
10.00am – 11.00am / FREE/18+
www.palakstudioink.com
On by Circa
Cairns Performing Arts Centre
8.00pm – 9.10pm / FREE / PG
www.cairns.qld.gov.au/CPAC
Reclaim the Night 2022
Cairns Esplanade Lagoon
7.00pm / FREE / M
FB: Reclaim The Night Cairns
SATURDAY 29 OCTOBER
The Grass is Greener 2022
Cairns Show Grounds
12.00pm / $123.00 – $195.70 / 18+
www.thegrassisgreener.com.au
Awakening Your Psychic Potential
Kindred Spirit Wellness Centre
10.00am – 5.00pm / $225.00 / M
www.alisonmaiden.com
Turtle Cove Pide Festival 2022 -Cairns CBD Event
Bar 94
6.00pm – 2.00am / 18+
www.turtlecove.co
Get Ready Emergency Services Day
Cairns Local Disaster
Coordination Centre
9.00am – 1.00pm / FREE / PG
www.cairns.qld.gov.au
Rewind 80s Tribute Band
Cairns Performing Arts Centre
7.30pm / $38.00 – $55.00 / PG
www.cairns.qld.gov.au/CPAC
Sign Time Cairns: Palm Cove
2.00pm – 4.00pm / FREE / PG
www.deafconnect.org.au
Secret Solis Live
Elixir Music Bar
2.00pm – 4.00pm / FREE / M
FB: Elixir Music House
PakMag Spooky Spectacular
Cairns Esplanade next to Reef Eye
Ferris Wheel
5.00pm / FREE / PG
FB: PakMag Cairns
SUNDAY 30 OCTOBER
Day Of The Dead – Fiesta Latina
Bar36
6.30pm – 11.30pm / FREE / M
FB: The Reef Hotel Casino
TUESDAY 1 NOVEMBER
Crowded House
Cairns Convention Centre
7.30pm / $122.00 – $305.00 / PG
www.cairnsconvention.com.au
