With CIAF in hiatus for 2013, the party continues in tropical Cairns with CIAF Presents, 15-18 August.

Arts Queensland is partnering with the Far North's arts and cultural organisations, Indigenous artists, Traditional Owners and Cairns Regional Council to stage CIAF Presents.

CIAF Presents is a homegrown, Far North Queensland event celebrating the state's Indigenous arts and culture with a major free concert on 16 August, dance gathering, food festival, exhibitions from leading artists Ken Thaiday Snr and Roy McIvor, national forums on Indigenous festivals, fabrics and curatorial leadership, an art market and much more.