Discover all events at the Queensland Country Bank Festival Hub, Strand Park – the heart of NAFA in Townsville. Live performances, art, culture, and entertainment by the sea.
MUSIC
KIMMI. In the Key of Amy
A soulful tribute to Amy Winehouse, blending original songs, jazz-infused grooves, and raw emotion in a powerful, interactive live music experience.
Genre: Music
Age Rating: 15+
Contemporary Strings
A dynamic student ensemble from The Cathedral School delivering energetic performances of pop, rock, and iconic film and TV themes with a fresh, modern twist.
Genre: Music
Age Rating: PG
HOME
A powerful audio-visual journey fusing cello, didgeridoo, and stunning visuals to inspire love for nature, connection to biodiversity, and collective action to protect our planet.
Genre: Music
Age Rating: PG
Bella Ciao
A spectacular all-ages musical journey to Italy — through soaring arias, iconic ballads, and Italian-American pop nostalgia.
Genre: Music
Age Rating: G
Queens of Song
A polished show filled with epic hits, nostalgia and stories of a lifelong friendship forged through a love of music.
Genre: Music
Age Rating: G
Dr Trevor Jones
Sip a cool drink and groove to Dr Trevor Jones, king of the keys and maestro of musical theatre storytelling.
Genre: Music
Age Rating: G
Songs of the Sea
Clear the decks, prepare your best singing voice and come on a musical journey across the seas with 33 1/3. A pirate costume is not compulsory (but it certainly helps).
Genre: Music
Age Rating: G
The Procession
A bold one-woman journey through song, ritual, and resistance — excavating fragments of The Procession of the Naked Beggars in a raw, intimate reimagining of operatic storytelling.
Genre: Music
Age Rating: 15+
ACTIVITIES & EXPERIENCES
Sip&Sing Community Karaoke
Sip&Sing is a fun, feel-good community choir where everyone’s welcome—no experience needed!
Genre: Activities & Experiences
Age Rating: G
Hello Possum
A night of real stories told live. Funny, raw, and always true, local people share unscripted moments that shaped their lives. Come for the laughs, stay for the goosebumps.
Genre: Activities & Experiences
Age Rating: 15+
Feast of Bacchus
A mythic life drawing experience featuring a live model embodying Dionysus through dynamic poses, art, and revelry in a vibrant, theatrical setting.
Genre: Activities & Experiences
Age Rating: 15+
Renegade Handmade Market
Townsville's best market for locally made fashion, jewellery, arts, crafts, gifts and homewares.
Genre: Activities & Experiences
Age Rating: G
Tattoos by Laleh Azargoon
Receive a flash tattoo by local artist Laleh Azargoon from Studio Ukiiyo. Walk-ins only, no bookings required.
Genre: Activities & Experiences
Age Rating: 18+
Tattoos by Stu Stone
Join the waitlist to receive a handpoke tattoo by Stu Stone and become part of a sacred, one-on-one experience unlike any other.
Genre: Activities & Experiences
Age Rating: 18+
COMEDY
No Safe Space
Fresh off Australian Survivor, Indy returns to NQ with her bold new comedy show, No Safe Space — unfiltered and unapologetic.
Genre: Comedy
Age Rating: 18+
Theatresports™
Theatresports™ returns to Townsville! It's the hilarious, high-energy show where no two nights are ever the same.
Genre: Comedy
Age Rating: PG
Johnson's Out
A humorous and wholesome show of slam poetry and silly songs, performed by emerging artist Ingrid Johnson.
Genre: Comedy
Age Rating: 15+
Kel Balnaves - Where The Bloody Hell Am I?
One man, one Commodore, a thousand laughs—Kel Balnaves hits the road with stories only the outback could write.
Genre: Comedy
Age Rating: 15+
Teardrops on My Dildo 2: Lube Me Alone
Following the success of her internationally acclaimed debut 'Teardrops on My Dildo', Vanessa Larry Mitchell returns with her hilarious new comedy hour 'Lube Me Alone'.
Genre: Comedy
Age Rating: 18+
Future Science Talks: Comedy Edition
Townsville scientists team up with comedians to turn science into side-splitting storytelling.
Genre: Comedy
Age Rating: PG
NQ Comedy Showcase
North Queensland's funniest comedians are bringing their best material to entertain you at NAFA this season.
Genre: Comedy
Age Rating: 18+
A Serve of Whacky with a Side of Red Flags!
Sistas in Comedy is a bold, diverse troupe of women serving up side-splitting stories of love, life, parenting, and ageing.
Genre: Comedy
Age Rating: 18+
CABARET
Magnetic Tease
Step into a high-voltage world of glitter, drama, and irresistible allure. Magnetic Tease is a dazzling fusion of burlesque, drag, excellence, and variety acts.
Genre: Cabaret
Age Rating: 18+
Nachita Nights
Enter the Nachita dreamscape—a hedonistic night of burlesque, cabaret, circus, and comedy where debauchery, radical inclusion, and wicked delights collide in a hot, dark den of pleasure.
Genre: Cabaret
Age Rating: 18+
Nighttime Nostalgia - The History of a Showgirl
A dazzling tribute to the timeless art of tease.
Genre: Cabaret
Age Rating: 18+
Liquored Up Late
Side-splitting comedy acts, things we can't explain and sexually charged nonsense, this show is about the strength, resilience and humour of women.
Genre: Cabaret
Age Rating: 18+
Les Femmes
Women in suits, singing male anthems — a cheeky, soulful tribute to the men we’ve loved, left, or totally ghosted.
Genre: Cabaret
Age Rating: PG
I Don't Drink Wine Anymore
A witty, heartfelt cabaret featuring Odette Baxter’s original songs about everyday absurdities. Expect life hacks, lessons, laments and laughs!
Genre: Cabaret
Age Rating: 18+
DANCE
Echo Mapping
An immersive duet of sound and movement where musician Jack Prest and dancer Azzam Mohamed explore rhythm, voice, space, and connection - utterly transformative.
Genre: Dance
Age Rating: G
Groove Lab Dance Workshop
An all-ages, no-experience-needed dance workshop that invites everyone to explore rhythm, movement, and self-expression through street and club dance grooves.
Genre: Dance
Age Rating: G
Wide Horizons
A documentary dance film screening following the largest regional tour of a contemporary dance work in Australia.
Genre: Dance
Age Rating: PG
LEGACY
A powerful celebration of belly dance and world rhythms honouring 30 years of movement, culture, and community.
Genre: Dance
Age Rating: G
Crimson Confluence
Tracing Kerrod Box’s queer journey with a red robe symbolising his shift from vibrant dance floor persona to safe haven—honouring the passion and struggles of queer identity.
Genre: Dance
Age Rating: 15+
Indian Classical and Semiclassical Dances
A vibrant celebration of Indian culture through rhythm, grace, and generations of dance.
Genre: Dance
Age Rating: G
CIRCUS
Cloud Nine
A dynamic circus performance by Friends of CircUP, featuring the talented adult trainers of CircUP Arts, Townsville’s only circus school.
Genre: Circus
Age Rating: G
Trip
Strap in for a destination most unbecoming. An exploration of the surreal and uncomfortable, with flexible performers, and acrobats in airports. Hella Nervous wants to take you on a Trip.
Genre: Circus
Age Rating: 18+
THEATRE
Hemlines
Dive into the delightful and daring world of Hemlines, a fresh and provocative piece of devised theatre that balances on the razor's edge between the silly and the serious.
Genre: Theatre
Age Rating: PG
