Cairns Children's Festival Sun 18th May

Venue: Tanks Arts Centre

Program: Sun 18 May
8.30am-3.00pm. Free all day.
Sunday's Cairns Children's Festival program at the Tanks Arts Centre and Cairns Botanic Gardens is bursting with fun for all ages!

Explore the Botanic Gardens with thrilling treasure hunts and exploration walks, perfect for young adventurers. Inside Tank 5, enjoy live music performances that will have the whole family grooving. The Tanks Promenade is filled with interactive fun and creative spots offering hand-on fun for all ages. Over in Tank 3, kids can dive into Brick Mania, where kids can build, create, and imagine with LEGO.

With so much to see and do, it’s a day packed with joy and exploration!

Tanks Arts Centre & Cairns Botanic Gardens
Collins Avenue, Edge Hill
8.30am-3.00pm

Zindzi & the Zillionaires
Tank 5
9.30am and 11.30am

Brick Mania
Tank 3
8.30am - 3.00pm

Live Builds: 9.00am & 12.00pm
Quieter Hour: 2.00pm

Tinkering Tank: The Great Airventure
Tank 4
8.30am - 3.00pm

5 Minutes of Fame Stage
Tanks Promenade
8.30am - 3.00pm

screenPLAY
Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre
8.30am - 3.00pm

Creation Station: The Hairy Place
Tanks Promenade
8.30am - 3.00pm

Creation Station: Stop on by & Catch a Butterfly
Tank 4 - Fig Tree
8.30am - 3.00pm

Story Walk: Where is the Green Sheep?
Gondwanan Evolution Walk
8.30am - 3.00pm (self-guided or guided sessions)

The Scaredy Gardener's Quest
Flecker Lawn
9.00am, 10.30am, 12.00pm, 1.30pm

The Playable Plants
Flecker Garden
8.30am - 3.00pm

Creation Station: The Yarntree
Flecker Garden
8.30am - 3.00pm

Little Sprouts
Flecker Garden
8.30am - 3.00pm

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