Cape York Events
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View the below Cape York Events which range from cultural, historical and sporting events.
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Laura Horse Sports, Races and Rodeo - June
Cooktown Discovery Festival, June
The Cooktown Discovery Festival is held on the Queen’s Birthday weekend in June and features the re-enactment of Cook’s landing in 1770 and his first meeting with Aboriginal people.
Laura Festival, June
The Laura Festival is a gathering of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people held every two years at the Ang-gnarra Festival Ground near Laura, 300 kilometres north of Cairns. Performers and artists from over 25 Cape York and Gulf Aboriginal communities travel to Laura to perform traditional dance, music and song and to display traditional arts and crafts.
For more information visit: www.laurafestival.tv
Cooktown Race Cup Meeting, July
The Cooktown Race Day is held annually with participants attracted from as far south as Townsville chasing prize money is in excess of $20,000.
For more information visit: www.cook.qld.gov.au/annualevents/races.html
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday Coming of the Light, July
St James Day – Lockhart River, July
Weipa Fishing Classic, July
For more information visit: www.weipafishingclassic.com
Mareeba Rodeo, July
Kowanyama Rodeo, July
NAIDOC Week, July
Celebrations are held around Australia in the first full week in July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
NAIDOC originally stood for ‘National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee’. This committee was once responsible for organising national activities during NAIDOC Week and its acronym has become the name of the week itself.
The week is celebrated not just in the indigenous community, but also in increasing numbers of government agencies, schools, local councils and workplaces.
For more information visit: www.naidoc.org.au
Cooktown Art Festival, August
Mareeba Multicultural Festival, August
Wallaby Creek Folk Festival, September
Three days of music and festivity in the north Queensland rainforest. The festival is located at Home Rule Rainforest Lodge at Rossville, Far North Queensland, north of Cairns and just south of Cooktown.
www.wallabycreekfestival.com
Walkamin Country Music Festival, October