Australia now: Pacific edition
- Australia
- Climate
- Fiji
- New Zealand
- Performance
1 October 2026 — 12 November 2026
Oceania Pacific Arts Residency, Fiji
The Oceania Pacific Arts Residency is a tri-nation partnership between Creative Australia, Creative New Zealand, and the Oceania Centre at The University of the South Pacific in Fiji, bringing together artists from Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Fiji for a shared six-week performance residency in Suva from 1 October to 12 November 2026.
- Music
- Performance
- Solomon Islands
6 November 2026 — 14 November 2026
Sing Sing Blong Wan Solwara – Music Exchange, Solomon Islands
Wantok Musik Foundation brings together First Nations Australian, Solomon Islands and Australian artists for a program of cultural exchange and collaborative music-making, based at Dreamcast Theatre in Honiara. The residency will conclude with public performances in Honiara and Auki, showcasing new music, creative partnerships and cultural connections built through the exchange.
- Australia
- Performance
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
1 August 2026 — 30 November 2026
First Nations performance and cultural exchange – Australia, Solomon Islands and Samoa
A unique cultural exchange is taking place between Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi people of the Pilbara in Western Australia, Dharawal people of the New South Wales south coast, and delegates from Solomon Islands and Samoa. This exchange will be taking place from 29 July – 5 August 2026, with further exchange activity planned August – October 2026.
- Australia
- Fiji
- Performance
1 November 2026 — 30 November 2026
Asia TOPA Dance Festival and Dance Fest Fiji Creative Exchange
Establishing a new partnership between Arts Centre Melbourne’s Asia Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts (Asia TOPA) and Dance Fest Fiji.
- Australia
- Cultural Heritage
- Fiji
- French Polynesia
- New Caledonia
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Vanuatu
2 November 2026 — 30 November 2026
Pacific Cultural Professional Exchange with the Australian Museum
The Pacific Cultural Professional Exchange is a capacity-building initiative connecting cultural heritage professionals from six Pacific island nations with the Australian Museum.
- Climate
- Cook Islands
- Cultural Heritage
- French Polynesia
- Kiribati
- Solomon Islands
12 October 2026 — 30 November 2026
Traditional Ecological Knowledge Tour Strengthens Climate Partnerships Across the Pacific
As part of Australia now: Pacific edition, celebrating the deep cultural connections between Australia and Pacific partners, Australia will deliver a Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Tour across French Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands and Kiribati between October and November 2026.
- Australia
- Fiji
- Music
- Performance
10 November 2026 — 17 December 2026
Rua: Performing Arts Exchange and Collaboration
Rua is a contemporary Pasifika theatrical collaboration between Casus Circus (Australia) and Rako Pasefika (Fiji). Drawing on a foundational Pacific origin story, the work brings together music, dance, physical theatre and circus to celebrate the interconnected cultures of Rotuma, Samoa and other neighbours of the Pacific.
- Australia
- Cultural Heritage
- Kiribati
- Performance
1 August 2025 — 31 December 2026
The Flying Canoe
An immersive audio storytelling experience that transports families to the islands of Kiribati. Developed by Kiribati-Australian writer Marita Davies in collaboration with Kiribati artists and cultural consultants, it celebrates Indigenous storytelling and Australian innovations in digital theatre. Available to Australian schools through a partnership with Arts Centre Melbourne.
- Australia
- Cultural Heritage
- Culture
1 June 2026 — 31 December 2026
Pacific Peoples of Australia with National Library of Australia
The Pacific Communities Collection Project is a long-term cultural heritage initiative ensuring the stories, traditions and contributions of Pacific communities in Australia are preserved, visible and accessible for generations to come.
- Australia
- Fiji
- Performance
- Performing Arts
20 August 2026 — 10 January 2027
VOU’s Fijian Flying Circus Australian Tour
The Fijian Flying Circus, Fiji’s first contemporary circus, combines aerial acrobatics, live drumming and Indigenous Pacific storytelling in a world-class production by VOU, a social enterprise supporting sustainable careers for Pacific artists. The show is scheduled to tour Darwin, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney from August 2026 to January 2027.
- Australia
- Climate
- Film
- Music
- Performing
- Solomon Islands
- Visual Arts
1 December 2026 — 31 October 2027
Connected Oceans Cultural Exchange
Connected Oceans is an arts-led cultural diplomacy project connecting Antarctic climate science with the lived reality of Pacific Island communities on the frontline of climate change.
- Climate
- Samoa
- Tonga
- Vanuatu
1 December 2026 — 31 December 2027
Australia-Pacific Climate Futures Indigenous Arts Exchange
The Australia-Pacific Climate Futures Indigenous Arts Exchange will bring together emerging artists from Australia, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and Indonesia for a residency in Samoa exploring Indigenous knowledge systems and climate futures. Delivered by Dr Michael Chew.
Events
- Australia
- Climate
- Cook Islands
- Cultural Heritage
- Fiji
- Samoa
13 September 2026 — 22 September 2026
International Congress of Maritime Museums
The Australian National Maritime Museum is proud to have been selected as the host for the 22nd International Congress of Maritime Museums. This is the first time that the Congress has been held in Australia, and only the second time in the Southern Hemisphere. 130 delegates are travelling to Sydney from across Europe, Great Britain, the Americas, Asia, Africa and the Pacific.
- Australia
- Cook Islands
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Fiji
- Food
- French Polynesia
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Music
- Naoero
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Niue
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Performance
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
19 September 2026
Pasifika Made at the Brisbane Festival
Pasifika Made returns to Brisbane Festival in 2026, bringing together Pacific and First Nations artists, cultural practitioners and community across a program of cultural and contemporary live performance, workshops, artist talks, knowledge sharing, live demonstrations and a cultural marketplace experience.
- Fiji
- Film
24 August 2026 — 4 September 2026
Fiji Family Screenings: Kangaroo
Join the Australian High Commission in Fiji for free community screenings of the Australian film Kangaroo – a heartwarming outback adventure about friendship, resilience and the rescue of orphaned joeys.
- Palau
- Visual Arts
31 August 2026 — 3 September 2026
Two Nations, One Ocean – Australia and Palau
The Australian Embassy in Palau is supporting a new large-scale mural at Palau High School as part of Australia now: Pacific edition. Australian First Nations artist Maddison Gibbs and Palauan artist Elsei Tellei are collaborating on the new mural, Two Nations. One Ocean at Palau High School, with painting underway during July 2026.
- Film
- Tuvalu
16 August 2026 — 21 August 2026
Pasifika Film Fest – Tuvalu
Between 16 – 21 August, Pasifika Film Fest will curate a film program for the Fakaapo Tuvalu Arts Festival in Tuvalu.
- Australia
- Cook Islands
- Fiji
- Music
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
14 August 2026
Darwin Festival in Palmerston: Family Fiesta
Learn some deadly new dance moves with legendary Torres Strait Islander dancer Albert David, backed by the Gaba Gaba Bayan drummers from across the Pacific led by PNG/Australian master drummer Airileke.
- Cultural Heritage
- Music
- Samoa
21 July 2026 — 1 August 2026
Breath of Country, Breath of Ocean – William Barton
In Samoa, Australia now: Pacific edition program will open with Breath of Country, Breath of Ocean a series of performances, workshops and cultural exchange led by internationally acclaimed First Nations musician William Barton in partnership with Tiapapata Art Centre from 21 July to 1 August 2026.
- Film
- Kiribati
- New Caledonia
6 July 2026 — 12 July 2026
NAIDOC Week Film Screenings: Kangaroo
For NAIDOC Week, audiences will have the opportunity to see this Kangaroo at screenings in New Caledonia and Kiribati organised by the Australian Consulate General in Noumea and Australian High Commission in Kiribati.
- Australia
- Music
- Vanuatu
4 July 2026
Between the Tides Music Festival
Queensland Music Festival’s concert series Between the Tides is back in 2026 and has found a stunning new home on Ngaro Country at Airlie Beach along the sparkling Great Barrier Reef coastline. Bundjalung, Innigai and South Sea Islander Georgia Corowa will carve out a unique sound that blends honesty, culture and acoustic simplicity.
- Music
- New Zealand
22 June 2026 — 3 July 2026
Gondwana Indigenous Children’s Choir Tour to Aotearoa New Zealand
The Gondwana Indigenous Children’s Choir (GICC) will travel to Aotearoa New Zealand for a cultural exchange and performance tour with the New Zealand Children’s Choral Academy and the Treble Voices Festival.
- Australia
- Fiji
- Music
- New Zealand
- Performance
- Samoa
- Tonga
1 June 2026 — 30 June 2026
Rising Festival: God Save the Queens
As the sun sets, Federation Square in Melbourne turns into a free, all-ages Pasifika block party with live beats and killer moves. Featuring New Zealand/Aotearoa’s kings and queens of street dance, The Royal Family Dance Crew, and Neo Sun and the powerful voices of the Pasefika Vitoria Choir.
- New Zealand
- Performance
19 March 2026 — 22 March 2026
The Visitors by Jane Harrison
Awarded Best Mainstage Production and Best Ensemble at the 2023 Sydney Theatre Awards, written by Muruwari playwright Jane Harrison, and directed by one of Australia’s most celebrated directors, Quandamooka man Wesley Enoch. The Visitors is a riveting, deeply researched insight into one of the most impactful and painful days in Australia’s history and a hugely entertaining study of how communities respond to change and the unknown.
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