Music
Tanks Arts Centre is the leading contemporary music venue in the region, voted Cairns’ Best Entertainment Venue for seven years (and counting!) in the Cairns Post HIT Awards.Every month Tanks launches a diverse program of live music acts complimented by events such as the World Music Series, Jazz Up North, Music Botanica, Tanks Unplugged, Tanks Up Late and our yearly Bluesfest Touring Sideshows. Tanks has earned the reputation as a premier force in entertainment in the Far North Queensland region.
Eves Karydas - Summerskin Tour 2019
$26.25 / $21 (CONC) inc b/fee
Australia’s rising pop queen, Eves Karydas, is taking her new record summerskin on the road this coming February.
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The Beasts
All tickets - $52 inc b/fee
After an emotional final performance with the Beasts of Bourbon, Tex Perkins thought of getting the band’s members, past and present into a recording studio just to celeb...
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Hot 8 Brass Band - Take Cover Tour
$40 / $35 (CONC) inc b/fee
It’s been two years since Hot 8 performed their swaggering raucous brand of jazz funk to a lively sold out Cairns crowd.
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Flame.Music - The Ironing Maidens & Tegan Koster Project
$12.60 / $10.50 (CONC) inc b/fee
Award-winning electronic duo, The Ironing Maidens, ingeniously adapt real irons and ironing boards into electronic instruments to create techno bangers paying homage to t...
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Brian Cadd
$45 / $40 (CONC) inc b/fee
Multi-award winning singer, songwriter, producer Brian Cadd (AM) is a bona-fide music legend.
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Dead Letter Circus
$35 / $30 (CONC) inc b/fee
Brisbane favourites Dead Letter Circus consistently earn their place as one of Australia’s most loved modern rock acts and now they are bringing their fierce live set to ...
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Nahko
$36.75 / $31.50 (CONC) inc b/fee
Nahko is returning to Cairns for Bluesfest Touring, featuring a solo performance at Tanks Arts Centre!
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Meg Mac - Give Me My Name Back Tour
$44 / $39 (CONC) inc b/fee
‘Give Me My Name Back’ the first track taken from Meg Mac’s forthcoming record is a compelling rallying cry about reclaiming identity, dignity and self-worth.
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The Bamboos
$43 / $38 (CONC) inc b/fee
Award winning eight-piece powerhouse, The Bamboos, continue to redefine Australian Soul music and cement their reputation as harbingers of musical evolution.
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Florian Hoefner International Jazz Quartet - Jazz Up North
$26.50 / $21.00 (CONC) inc b/fee
Led by pianist Florian Hoefner, the quartet combines highly inventive writing with electrifying improvisations and interplay.
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Deborah Conway, Willy Zygier & The Men
$45 / $40 (Concession, Children 6-17 years) / Children under 5 free on laps (prices include booking fee)
Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier are set to launch their 10th album together, The Words Of Men and will perform it at Tanks for one special night alongside their first alb...
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