Join us at Cairns Ecofiesta 2025

Queensland’s premier sustainability festival is back in 2025 and is proudly celebrating its 10th year!

In the Heart of Cairns City

This beautiful inner city green space will be buzzing with excitement as crowds descend to the lush vine draped, tropical park. The perfect space to celebrate, reconnect and appreciate the organisations and individuals working sustainably and protecting this iconic tropical region, the Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics Rainforest. Cairns Regional Council host many local eco-events throughout the year, but this one is by far the biggest and the best, so mark your calendar and come along to see what the fuss is all about.

🌱  Learn & Engage – Dive into workshops, lectures, and panel discussions on sustainability and the environment.

🌏  Connect & Collaborate – Meet local environmental groups, climate committees, reef & rainforest authorities, and green businesses.

🎶  Festival Vibes – Enjoy live music, delicious local eats, and vegetarian treats from top food vans.

🛍️  Eco Markets – Discover green tech, sustainable products, and zero-waste solutions.

👨‍👩‍👧   Fun for All Ages – Interactive activities and entertainment for the whole family!

As supporters since inception, we are thrilled to host our annual market stall alongside the Skyrail Rainforest Foundation.

We’ll be bringing back our native bee hotel building activity for another year.

Last year we invited the local community to help us build and decorate native bee hotels that are now taking up residence around the Skyrail lake in our wildlife corridor.  

Working with Students

Skyrail Rainforest Foundation funding recipient Holly Farnan who is ‘Investigating interactions in bee hotels and threats to native bees’ at James Cook University, recently visited us for World Bee Day and inspected our native bee hotels to see who’s taken up residence. Holly gave us some tips to make sure this year’s native bee hotels will become the perfect place for various species to make their homes. 

Our Commitment to the Environment & the Event

As you soak up the festival atmosphere be sure to come and say hello to our Skyrail Rainforest Rangers.

Learn how we, as an ancient tropical rainforest experience, are committed to the highest standards of environmental responsibility and management. As an advanced ecotourism green travel leader and climate action innovator we are proud of what we do to showcase, conserve and protect the world’s oldest tropical rainforest for future generations. Or find out about the Skyrail Rainforest Foundation and their objective for the protection of tropical rainforests worldwide through sound management, understanding and appreciation through research and education.

Join the Foundation to support tropical rainforest research and enjoy discounted eco-experiences throughout Tropical North Queensland!

It will be a stellar day of live talks and performances on various event stages. Find a space on the grass to enjoy the music and cultural performances, enjoy a picnic lunch with a tasty selection of healthy food and drink stalls. Spend the day wandering in and out of workshops and hands-on activities. Spend time browsing the eclectic market stalls because that’s where you will find us!

So, if you are looking for a fun day out filled with positive energy but also learning to live more eco-consciously, then look no further than Cairns Ecofiesta.

Cairns Ecofiesta is hosted by Cairns Regional Council and is sponsored and supported by the Queensland Government, Tourism Tropical North Queensland, environmental groups, climate committees, reef and rainforest authorities and a myriad of local and green businesses. It is a unique chance to connect with an ancient landscape, and the organisations and individuals working for its protection.