Festivals in Tropical Australia promote the arts of the region!

Festivals in Tropical Australia are an exciting way of getting an action-packed "quick fix" on a region.

Many of an area’s cultural, creative and sporting attractions are showcased in a kaleidoscope of frenzied activity.

To become involved in a brand new arts festival, check out Go Troppo Festival, Port Douglas to see how you can help to build it!

However, most people visit festivals just to have a great time, not to actually shape them.

Maybe you like the pace to be fast and furious?

If you would prefer to proceed at a more leisurely pace, or if you have a particular interest, it’s easy to just choose components from what is on offer.

Take your pick from street parties, sporting events, circus, multi-cultural community activities, food and wine celebrations, art exhibitions, cabaret or fashion parades.

August sees the cosmopolitan city of Darwin come alive with song, dance, stories and art for the Darwin Festival, a melting pot of Asian, Indigenous and Pacific cultures. So exciting; I would like to go every year!

Festival Cairns showcases the region and its multi-cultural diversity with a week long event-filled celebration.

Yungaburra's Folk Festival, true to its name, offers a plethora of concerts, body painting, lantern making, fire dancing, writing, belly dancing and storytelling workshops.

If you are interested in history, the Cooktown celebrations kick off with a re-enactment of its founder, James Cook’s forced landing at the mouth of the Endeavour River in 1770.

The artist with the Cook expedition, Joseph Banks, spent his time ashore drawing the many strange botanical specimens that he had collected and naming some (eg banksia).

The award winning Port Douglas Carnivale has established itself as a leading event in the region.

People just like you travel from afar to be involved in it, so we hope to see you at the street party, the beach day... or unrecognisable in your mask at the elegant art exhibition or food and wine evening!

Whatever your interests one of the Festivals in Tropical Australia is sure to be a highlight of your visit.

And now a newcomer bursts onto the scene!

Following on the success of the Low Isles Exhibition in November, 2007, it was decided to extend the celebrations centred around this season of abundance and renewal that heralds the Wet season, to include a number of art related events under the banner of Go Troppo Arts Festival, Port Douglas.

Keep an eye on this one!

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