Cairns Crocodiles 2027
Australia's advertising and marketing industry heads north for its biggest week of the year. The best client entertaining happens on the water.
DATES
MAY 25-27, 2027
LOCATION
CAIRNS, QUEENSLAND
What to Expect
Cairns Crocodiles is Australia's awards festival for the advertising, marketing and creative industries — three days of awards, talks and networking that bring agency, brand and media leaders to Far North Queensland. The nickname is well earned: Cannes in Cairns.From May 25-27, 2027, clients, colleagues and competitors are all in the same town at once. A private boat is the simplest way to get proper time with the people who matter — a half-day out to the reef, sunset drinks off the Esplanade, or a quiet morning away from the program.
Festival Highlights
Why the week is worth planning around
The Awards
The industry gathers to recognise the year's best creative work in Australian advertising and marketing
Speaker Program
Talks and panels across three days with agency leaders, brand marketers and media figures
Cannes in Cairns
The nickname stuck for a reason — the same industry week, held in the tropics rather than the south of France
Client Entertaining
One week a year when your clients and prospects are all in the same place. A boat gets you real time with them
Reef & Islands
Cairns sits on the doorstep of the Great Barrier Reef — a half-day charter and you are back for the evening program
Between Sessions
Sunset drinks off the Esplanade, or a quiet morning on the water away from the schedule
The Awards
The industry gathers to recognise the year's best creative work in Australian advertising and marketing
Speaker Program
Talks and panels across three days with agency leaders, brand marketers and media figures
Cannes in Cairns
The nickname stuck for a reason — the same industry week, held in the tropics rather than the south of France
Client Entertaining
One week a year when your clients and prospects are all in the same place. A boat gets you real time with them
Reef & Islands
Cairns sits on the doorstep of the Great Barrier Reef — a half-day charter and you are back for the evening program
Between Sessions
Sunset drinks off the Esplanade, or a quiet morning on the water away from the schedule