Tropic Weekender: Your insider guide to the best events this weekend


It's forecasted to be sunny on Saturday and party cloudy on Sunday with maximum temperatures of 31C. We are so lucky to have such terrific weather in TNQ!

And we're also lucky in TNQ to have so many awesome events this weekend including the Rugby League World Cup double header on Sunday afternoon at Barlow Park, an epic Halloween party at Three Wolves on Saturday night, a 'Sangria and Sounds' Sunday Sesh at the Boatshed and the Tablelands Folk Festival in Yungaburra all weekend.

While the sun is shining and the skies are blue, get out to some of these great events and enjoy your week-end in tropical paradise!


Saturday 28 October

1. Tantalising Thai cooking master class: Info

2. KickArts artist talk for Head in the Clouds exhibition: Info

3. Three Wolves Holloween Party: Info

4. Cairns Parkrun's 200th run on the esplanade: Info

5. Grab a cocktail at Gin Social: Info

6. Esplanade community markets: Info

7. Botanic Gardens basketry group: Info

8. Day of the Dead - Halloween at Gilligans: Info

9. Smitten with Shells exhibition at the Cairns Museum: Info

10. Garrett Kato & Leanne Tennant perform live at CoCA: Info

Sunday 29 October

11. Tablelands folk festival: Info

12. Community Foods 20th anniversary party: Info

13. Free entry to the Cairns Art Gallery: Info

14. Rugby League World Cup double header: Info

15. Chris Holliday performs live at the Tanks: Info

16. Sunday Session at AJ Hackett: Info

17. Sangria and Sounds at the Boatshed: Info

18. Reef Blitz - Fitzroy Island clean-up day: Info

19. Redlynch community dog walk: Info

20. Tanks community markets: Info

21. Annual Zombie shuffle at the Jack: Info

22. Port Douglas community markets: Info

23. Cairns blues explosion at Elixir: Info

24. Broadway on Greenslopes: Info

25. Secret Solis perform live at the Jack: Info