Shine On Gimuy Art Display Heading To Queensland's Tropics Trail

A beautiful First Nations light display, Shine On Gimuy, is heading to Queensland as part of the Tropics Trail event.

The Queensland Music Trails is officially in full swing, with the recent Yarrabah Music & Cultural Festival line-up dropping and already nearly reaching total capacity.

Indigenous Creative and Cultural Guides lead the team behind Shine On Gimuy, bringing an unforgettable light display to the Cairns waterfront for ten days, from 5-15 October.

Shine On Gimuy will take over Cairns on the same weekend as Yarrabah Music & Cultural Festival (7 and 8 October). A free event employing over 70 people and tracking 60,000 years of history, science, tradition and stories untold, Shine On Gimuy is an exhibit you don’t want to miss.

Tickets and further information are available at the Queensland Music Trails website.

“The Yidindji of Cairns host ‘Shine on Gimuy,’ a new festival that is the illumination of ideas, knowledge, AND country,” Shine On Gimuy Creative Director Rhoda Roberts OA said in a statement.

“Staged on the Cairns Esplanade, highlighting the magnificent tree canopies with artworks by celebrated local artists Paul Bong and Michelle Yeatman leading to the events space on Cairns Waterfront where music, dance, stories reflect the philosophy of land, waterways and sky country.”

“Come and join us and meet the locals; our elders will make you feel like you’re visiting like family, as the sunset provides a magical backdrop of singular beauty for our music, song and dance.”

Minister for the Arts Leeanne Enoch MP, speaking on behalf of the Queensland state government, proudly welcomes Shine On Gimuy to the state’s entertainment calendar.

“The Queensland Government is proud to invest in the Shine on Gimuy Festival with support of more than $460,000 over three years through Arts Queensland’s Strategic Partnerships Fund and $80,000 from the First Nations Commissioning Fund for the event’s opening ceremony,” Enoch added.

“We are also supporting arts sector employment and capacity building through the festival with an investment of $125,000 over two years, enabling two industry placements that will grow marketing and partnerships expertise and production coordination.

“Importantly Shine on Gimuy will employ more than 70 local artists and arts workers, generate social, cultural and economic benefits, and share the region’s powerful First Nations stories, arts and cultures ahead of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games when Queensland will be showcased on the global stage.”

SHINE ON GIMUY

5-15 October – Cairns Esplanade Lagoon Precinct

Paul Bong, Michelle Yeatman