Australia now: Pacific edition
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Australia
- Performance
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
1 August 2026 — 30 November 2026
Tjaabi performance and cultural exchange
The Tjaabi performance and cultural exchange series in Samoa, Solomon Islands and Australia consists of public theatrical music performances, arts and culture workshops for young people, and cultural exchanges between Ngarluma cultural leader Patrick Churnside and First Nations people in Samoa and Solomon Islands.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
Events
- 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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