Fiche festival
Oceania
Laura Quinkan Dance Festival
Traditional and popular parties · Laura (Cap York), Australia
Dates
Biennial — next edition: 4-6 June 2027 (reprofiled from 2026)
Venue
Laura (Cap York), Australie
Genres
Traditional and popular holidays
The festival
Founded in the 1980s and presented as Queensland's oldest cultural event, the Laura Quinkan Dance Festival brings together up to 1,000 dancers from 20 Aboriginal communities on the Cape York Peninsula every two years. Laura's village is also the guardian of Australia's largest rock art collection, the Quinkan galleries, ranked among the top ten in the world.
The June 2026 edition was postponed by the organizer, Ang-Gnarra Aboriginal Corporation — a prolonged rainy season, fuel prices, uncertainty — and will take place from June 4 to 6, 2027. An early postponement, to protect a unique gathering.
Good to know
Never post June 2026 as future edition: official report to June 2027.