# Theater Events, Live Performances In Cairns & Shows in Cairns

- **Subtitle**: Discover best of Cairns performances, theater events & musicals. Experience best of performing arts in Cairns & buy the tickets to the best of theatre events.
- **Category**: Performances
- **Type**: format

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## Featured Events

- **Event Name**: The Jazz Room: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans
  - **Description**: ⭐ Come on down to The Jazz Room in Cairns! With a mix of carefully chosen classics and spontaneous improvisation, this feel-good live music performance takes you on a journey to the roots of revolutionary New Orleans jazz. Get your tickets now for The Jaz
  - **Date**: Sat, 04 Jul at 08:00 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cairns/the-jazz-room-a-journey-to-the-heart-of-new-orleans/2700030035298911
  - **Venue**: Bulmba-ja
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, live-music, art, theatre

## About

For the lover of all things art there is a lot to catch; performing arts, musicals and theater events in [CITY] are all set to keep you entertained. There are these amazing and unforgettable performances in [CITY] that will keep you hooked for days long. This is your guide to the [CITY] show listings and all the top-rated performances so you never miss out on top-rated events. Explore the best of Broadway shows, plays and performances with us and book your tickets already.

## Performances Events in Cairns

- **Event Name**: Jim Jefferies: Son of a Carpenter - Australia 2026 | Cairns: CPAC Theatre
  - **Description**: Australia’s global comedy heavyweight, Jim Jefferies will bring his internationally acclaimed Son of a Carpenter tour home in 2026 for a huge run of dates across the country, hitting arenas and theatres this July and August.
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  - **Date**: Sat Aug 08 2026 at 09:00 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cairns/jim-jefferies-son-of-a-carpenter-australia-2026-|-cairns-cpac-theatre/200029746518221
  - **Venue**: Cairns Performing Arts Centre
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  - **Categories**: art, theatre, comedy, entertainment, sports, storytelling
- **Event Name**: Tom Gleeson: Out of Touch || Cairns Performing Arts Centre
  - **Description**: Hard Quiz host. Taskmaster Australia host. Gold Logie winner. 5 times AACTA winner.

Tom Gleeson is completely out of touch. His head is up his arse.

Come along to the show and take him down a peg.
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  - **Date**: Sat Jun 20 2026 at 08:30 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cairns/tom-gleeson-out-of-touch-||-cairns-performing-arts-centre/200028671388624
  - **Venue**: Cairns Performing Arts Centre
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- **Event Name**: Boy & Bear in Cairns
  - **Description**: 🎤 Join Boy & Bear LIVE at Munro Martin Parklands on Friday, July 3, 2026! 🎤  
Here is the moment you've been waiting for! Boy & Bear is coming to Munro Martin Parklands on Friday, Ju
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  - **Date**: Fri Jul 03 2026 at 05:00 pm – Fri Jul 03 2026 at 07:00 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cairns/boy-andamp;-bear-in-cairns/3300029956075848
  - **Venue**: Munro Martin Parklands
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- **Event Name**: Boy & Bear || Munro Martin Parklands
  - **Description**: Boy & Bear mark a powerful return to Cairns performing at the iconic Munro Martin Parklands with very special guests.

Boy & Bear swiftly catapulted onto the world stage releasing their double-platinum debut album Moonfire which went on to receive
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  - **Date**: Fri Jul 03 2026 at 08:00 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cairns/boy-and-bear-||-munro-martin-parklands/200029865450944
  - **Venue**: Munro Martin Parklands
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  - **Categories**: entertainment, performances, music, live-music
- **Event Name**: FNQ Legacy Gala Ball presented by Elite Executive
  - **Description**: Let’s “Raise the Roof” for FNQ Legacy House and stand alongside our local veterans’ families.
Join us for an unforgettable evening of purpose, connection and celebration at the 2026 FNQ Legacy Gala.

Our special guest speaker, Peter Overton, will share re
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  - **Date**: Sat Jul 25 2026 at 08:00 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cairns/fnq-legacy-gala-ball-presented-by-elite-executive/200029799395331
  - **Venue**: Pullman Cairns International
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  - **Categories**: workshops
- **Event Name**: Brad Cox in Cairns
  - **Description**: 🎤 Experience Brad Cox Live at Tanks Arts Centre on Saturday, August 8, 2026! 🎤
The countdown has begun! Brad Cox is taking over Tanks Arts Centre on Saturday, August 8, 2026, and with hits like
  - **Date**: Sat Aug 08 2026 at 07:00 pm – Sat Aug 08 2026 at 09:00 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cairns/brad-cox-in-cairns/3300029959351657
  - **Venue**: Tanks Arts Centre
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  - **Categories**: Art, Concerts, Music, Entertainment
- **Event Name**: Casey Barnes in Cairns
  - **Description**: 🎤 Experience Casey Barnes Live at Tanks Arts Centre on Friday, September 4, 2026! 🎤
The countdown has begun! Casey Barnes is taking over Tanks Arts Centre on Friday, September 4, 2026, and with hits
  - **Date**: Fri Sep 04 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri Sep 04 2026 at 09:00 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cairns/casey-barnes-in-cairns/3300030169589354
  - **Venue**: Tanks Arts Centre
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  - **Categories**: Art, Concerts, Music, Entertainment
- **Event Name**: CPAC CAIRNS - Friday 2 October from 7.30pm.
  - **Description**: The Billy Joel Experience 
Billy Joel is far more than just a "Piano Man"—he’s a global icon with a legendary career spanning over five decades. Now, Anthony Mara and his7-piece band bring that legacy to life in an explosive concert event. With world-clas
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  - **Date**: Fri Oct 02 2026 at 09:30 am – Fri Oct 02 2026 at 11:50 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cairns/cpac-cairns-friday-2-october-from-730pm/200029888213131
  - **Venue**: Cairns Performing Arts Centre
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- **Event Name**: CPAC CAIRNS Saturday 22 AUGUST, 7.30pm.
  - **Description**: ROCKARIA - THE ELO EXPERIENCE A tribute to Jeff Lynne's THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA.
Evil Woman, Rock and Roll is King, Don't Bring me Down, Xanadu, Living Thing, Telephone Line, Turn to Stone and also featuring music from Jeff Lynne's Traveling Wilburys
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  - **Date**: Sat Aug 22 2026 at 09:30 am – Sat Aug 22 2026 at 11:45 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cairns/cpac-cairns-saturday-22-august-730pm/200029803437625
  - **Venue**: Cairns Performing Arts Centre
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Michael Jackson HIStory Show
  - **Description**: Don’t miss your chance to see Showtime’s The Michael Jackson HIStory Show – returning to Australia in 2026 to commemorate 30 years since Michael Jackson’s final, ground-breaking world tour: HISTORY.

Celebrate Jackson’s creative genius and unsurpassed tal
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  - **Date**: Thu Jun 11 2026 at 09:30 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cairns/michael-jackson-history-show/200029844851751
  - **Venue**: 9-11 Florence St, Cairns, QLD, Australia, Queensland 4870
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- **Event Name**: CPAC CAIRNS - Saturday 12 September from 7.30pm.
  - **Description**: Join us this year as we celebrate The Eagles Greatest hits.
A two-hour musical journey through the timeless melodies that defined an era. "Take it to the Limit, Lyin Eyes, New kid in Town and Hotel California are just some of the great songs in this unmis
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  - **Date**: Sat Sep 12 2026 at 09:30 am – Sat Sep 12 2026 at 11:45 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cairns/cpac-cairns-saturday-12-september-from-730pm/200029812881457
  - **Venue**: Cairns Performing Arts Centre
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- **Event Name**: Creative Generation Instrumental Fanfare - FNQ Regional Final 2026 || Cairns Performing Arts Centre
  - **Description**: Instrumental Fanfare is the biennial statewide festival of bands and orchestras from Queensland state schools. It showcases the exciting music-making that occurs in school-based ensembles across the state. The emphasis for Instrumental Fanfare is on impro
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  - **Date**: Fri Jun 12 2026 at 04:00 am – Fri Jun 12 2026 at 06:30 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cairns/creative-generation-instrumental-fanfare-fnq-regional-final-2026-||-cairns-performing-arts-centre/200030119365946
  - **Venue**: Cairns Performing Arts Centre
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- **Event Name**: The Big Chillout - Celebrating The Soundtrack That Saved Motown || Cairns Performing Arts Centre
  - **Description**: *Get in quick: Early Bird Special Ends Wed 5 Nov 9:59am*

Get ready to relive the music that defined a generation in The Big Chillout, a joyous and soul-stirring celebration of the legendary Big Chill soundtrack and the Motown revival it inspired.

This p
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  - **Date**: Sat Oct 24 2026 at 09:30 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cairns/the-big-chillout-celebrating-the-soundtrack-that-saved-motown-||-cairns-performing-arts-centre/200029196822819
  - **Venue**: Cairns Performing Arts Centre
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- **Event Name**: Bangarra Dance Theatre | Horizon || Cairns Performing Arts Centre
  - **Description**: There is a place between sea and sky, a sacred realm, where the sun rises and falls and the light is new.

From two of the world’s great First Nations comes a new work: Horizon. Some call it a feeling, some call it the mother spirit. It’s the place where
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  - **Date**: Fri Aug 14 2026 at 09:30 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cairns/bangarra-dance-theatre-|-horizon-||-cairns-performing-arts-centre/200029901851615
  - **Venue**: 9-11 Florence St, Cairns, QLD, Australia, Queensland 4870
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- **Event Name**: Cirque Nouvelle || Cairns Performing Arts Centre
  - **Description**: Cameo Rascale Entertainment presents Cirque Nouvelle - A New Evolution of Circus.

After sell out shows across Australia, this internationally acclaimed all-star cast are back and ready to present a truly unique and versatile production. This multitalente
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  - **Date**: Sat Jul 11 2026 at 09:30 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cairns/cirque-nouvelle-||-cairns-performing-arts-centre/200029760427820
  - **Venue**: 9-11 Florence St, Cairns, QLD, Australia, Queensland 4870
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## Trending Events in Cairns

- **Event Name**: Jim Jefferies: Son of a Carpenter - Australia 2026 | Cairns: CPAC Theatre
  - **Description**: Australia’s global comedy heavyweight, Jim Jefferies will bring his internationally acclaimed Son of a Carpenter tour home in 2026 for a huge run of dates across the country, hitting arenas and theatres this July and August.
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Presale commences 11am (lo
  - **Venue**: Cairns Performing Arts Centre
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- **Event Name**: 2026 Cairns Show
  - **Description**: WELCOME TO THE 2026 CAIRNS SHOW! 🌟

Get ready to celebrate the largest regional agricultural Show in Australia – where the city meets the country in three action-packed days of fun, tradition, and community spirit. 🎡🐴🌾

What to Expect:
🎶 Thrilling live en
  - **Venue**: Cnr Severin St & Mulgrave Road, Cairns, QLD, Australia, Queensland 4870
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- **Event Name**: PNAU in Cairns
  - **Description**: 🎤 Catch PNAU Live at Gilligan's on Friday, June 19, 2026! 🎤
Ready to experience the night of your life? PNAU is bringing their infectious energy and hit songs like Cold Heart - PNAU Remix, Changes - Radio Mi
  - **Venue**: Gilligan's
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- **Event Name**: Urzila Carlson | Cairns
  - **Description**: JUST ANNOUNCED 🛥️ Urzila Carlson is back with her brand-new stand-up show 'Fatty On a Yacht', touring across Australia from April to August 2026!⁠ Sign up now for early access → lvntn.com/UrzilaCarlson26
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Mastercard Presale: Tue 28 Oct, 11am local⁠
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  - **Venue**: Cairns Convention Centre
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- **Event Name**: Grand Parade & Fireworks || Cairns Festival 2026
  - **Description**: To celebrate Cairns’ 150th anniversary, the much-loved “Fun in the Sun” Grand Parade returns to the Esplanade in 2026 with a vibrant new twist.

Inspired by the city’s tropical lifestyle, colourful history and bright future, this year’s theme invites the
  - **Venue**: Cairns Esplanade
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- **Event Name**: PNAU - THE NIRVANA TOUR
  - **Description**: Across decades of boundary-pushing releases, chart success and global collaborations, PNAU have established themselves as one of Australia’s most influential electronic acts. Born out of Sydney’s underground clubs and now based in Los Angeles, Nick Little
  - **Venue**: Gilligan's Hotel and Resort
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- **Event Name**: 7Cairns Marathon Festival 2026
  - **Description**: The 7Cairns Marathon Festival will return on 12 July 2026!

This event sells out early, so lock it in to avoid missing out.

ENTER NOW: https://cairnsmarathon.com.au

Race our pancake-flat course along the Esplanade in Cairns in the heart of Tropical Nort
  - **Venue**: Cairns Esplanade
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- **Event Name**: The Jungle Giants in Cairns
  - **Description**: 🎶 Get Ready for The Jungle Giants Live at Brothers Leagues Club Cairns on Friday, July 31, 2026! 🎶
This is not just a concert—it's a moment you'll talk about for years. The Jungle Giants is set to light up Brothers
  - **Venue**: Brothers Leagues Club Cairns
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- **Event Name**: Son of a Carpenter Tour
  - **Description**: Comedian/Actor/Writer and Australia native Jim Jefferies is one of the most popular and respected comedians of his generation, entertaining audiences across the globe with his provocative, belief-challenging, and thought-provoking comedy.

The comedian ha
  - **Venue**: Cairns Convention Centre
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- **Q**: What are the top Performances events in Cairns?
  - **A:** Jim Jefferies: Son of a Carpenter - Australia 2026 | Cairns: CPAC Theatre (Sat Aug 08 2026 at 09:00 am at Cairns Performing Arts Centre), Tom Gleeson: Out of Touch || Cairns Performing Arts Centre (Sat Jun 20 2026 at 08:30 am at Cairns Performing Arts Centre), Boy & Bear in Cairns (Fri Jul 03 2026 at 05:00 pm at Munro Martin Parklands), Boy & Bear || Munro Martin Parklands (Fri Jul 03 2026 at 08:00 am at Munro Martin Parklands), FNQ Legacy Gala Ball presented by Elite Executive (Sat Jul 25 2026 at 08:00 am at Pullman Cairns International).
- **Q**: What Performances events are happening in Cairns in June 2026?
  - **A:** Tom Gleeson: Out of Touch || Cairns Performing Arts Centre (Sat Jun 20 2026 at 08:30 am at Cairns Performing Arts Centre), Michael Jackson HIStory Show (Thu Jun 11 2026 at 09:30 am at 9-11 Florence St, Cairns, QLD, Australia, Queensland 4870), Creative Generation Instrumental Fanfare - FNQ Regional Final 2026 || Cairns Performing Arts Centre (Fri Jun 12 2026 at 04:00 am at Cairns Performing Arts Centre).
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  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Performances events in Cairns include Cairns Performing Arts Centre, Munro Martin Parklands, Pullman Cairns International.
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  - **A:** Prices for Performances events in Cairns range from AUD 42 to AUD 49. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Performances events in Cairns?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Performances events in Cairns include TEG Live, Cairns Performing Arts Centre, Melody Mapper.
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