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Up Tempo – Artist Line Up & Times Announced

The Far North’s premier world music festival, Up Tempo, returns this year with a huge global line-up. Headlining a diverse program over 4 stages will be DobaCaracol (Canada), Edou (New Caledonia), Jeff Lang (Aust), Yilala (NT), Joseph & James Tawadros (Egypt), Way Out West (Melb) and many more……info

Welcome

MusiCairnS is a dynamic cross-section of tropical music performance and industry development. MusiCairnS aims to showcase local practitioners, on a platform of National significance, and through a variety of concerts, events and industry activity, promotes Cairns as an International music and culture destination.

From the quirky circus antics of Diva Las Vegas, to the youth arts extravaganza Backdrop, the business murmurs of the Industry Heat program to the world music carnival of Up Tempo, to the showbiz glitz of the Elec: Tropica music awards, MusiCairnS is a distinctly tropical celebration of contemporary culture.

MusiCairnS is a colourful series of themed events that link and cross-fertilise, thus enabling a broad global music festival, with diverse appeal and a focus on growing the music sector.

MusiCairnS is part of the 3-week all of Cairns celebration, Festival Cairns.

The festival will be produced at the Tanks Arts Centre, a unique performance facility that has been re-developed from 3 fuel storage tanks from WW2. Nestled amongst the side of Whitfield Range, and alongside the Botanical Gardens, this lush facility is the ideal festival venue.

Program and Ticket information.