Cloncurry Beat the Heat Festival

Cloncurry Beat the Heat Festival Things are heating up in 2026 🔥
Beat The Heat Festival is back! Join us 11-13 September 2026 for 3-days of festival fun 🏇🥘💃

Cloncurry Beat the Heat Festival is back from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 September 2025! The festival is an opportunity for locals and tourists to come together and celebrate Cloncurry’s mining and pastoral history. Beat the Heat Festival includes a street party, Cloncurry and District Races, Digger Dash and markets. It is a weekend filled with live music, family entertainment, novelty events and much

more! Cloncurry Beat the Heat Festival Street Party is organised by Cloncurry Shire Council. For more information please contact Council on 07 4742 4100 or [email protected]. The Cloncurry and District Races are organised by the Cloncurry and District Race Club. For more information please visit their website, www.cloncurryraces.com. The Digger Dash will be organised by the Cloncurry PCYC this year. The Sunday Markets are organised by Cloncurry Historical Society. For more information, please contact the Historical Society at [email protected].


**This page was originally the C150 page, for the Cloncurry's 150th celebrations. Beat the Heat Festival originated from the C150 celebrations, as a way to continually celebrate the town's history, industries and community.

2 WEEKS TO GO, CLONCURRY! 🔥Beat the Heat Festival is getting close, and now’s the time to stop talking about going and s...
28/08/2026

2 WEEKS TO GO, CLONCURRY! 🔥
Beat the Heat Festival is getting close, and now’s the time to stop talking about going and start getting sorted.

Grab your tickets, round up the crew and make a weekend of it in Cloncurry.
Festival night, racing, markets and plenty of outback energy are just around the corner.

FREE Tickets available now: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1587666
Experience Outback Queensland, Australia

28/08/2026

Round up your crew and make a weekend of it in Cloncurry. 🔥

Beat the Heat rolls from Friday Festival Night into Saturday Spring Races, then winds down with Sunday Markets before the trip home.

Book the stay, sort the tickets and give the group chat something to commit to.

FREE tickets available at https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1587666

Experience Outback Queensland, Australia

Our 2026 Beat the Heat Curry Cook-Off team allocation is officially FULL! Missed out on a spot? Don’t worry, you can sti...
27/08/2026

Our 2026 Beat the Heat Curry Cook-Off team allocation is officially FULL!

Missed out on a spot? Don’t worry, you can still get in on the action! Come along to the festival, sample the delicious curries, soak up the atmosphere and cheer on our curry champions. 🍛🔥

And if you’re keen to throw your hat in the ring next year… keep an eye out for the 2027 registrations!

Need an excuse for a Northwest Queensland road trip with friends? This is it. 🔥If you’re coming from out of town, accomm...
25/08/2026

Need an excuse for a Northwest Queensland road trip with friends? This is it. 🔥

If you’re coming from out of town, accommodation is the first thing to lock in. Book early, then start sorting the road trip snacks, road trip playlist, outfits and who’s driving.

Come for the festival, stay for the races, wander the markets and enjoy a proper North West weekend while you’re here.

Experience Outback Queensland, Australia

Looking to plan a weekend getaway this September? 🔥Beat the Heat Cloncurry is right here, bringing together live music, ...
19/08/2026

Looking to plan a weekend getaway this September? 🔥

Beat the Heat Cloncurry is right here, bringing together live music, local flavour, competitions, racing, markets and proper North West energy across one big weekend.

Round up your mates, sort the accommodation and make a weekend of it in Cloncurry.

Get your FREE ticket now at https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1587666

Beat the Heat. Experience the Outback. 🔥

Experience Outback Queensland, Australia

17/08/2026

Geed UP band are coming to Cloncurry, and they sound just about as excited as we are. 🔥

Get ready for a big Friday night, plenty of energy and a crowd that won’t need much convincing to get moving.

Get your FREE ticket now at https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1587666

Experience Outback Queensland, Australia

THE COUNTDOWN IS ON, CLONCURRY! 🔥Beat the Heat Festival is just 4 weeks away!It’s time to get your tickets sorted, lock ...
14/08/2026

THE COUNTDOWN IS ON, CLONCURRY! 🔥

Beat the Heat Festival is just 4 weeks away!

It’s time to get your tickets sorted, lock in the plans, message your mates and prepare yourself for a true outback experience at Beat the Heat Cloncurry.

If you’ve been saying “I’ll sort it later”, this is later.

Tickets available now: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1587666

Experience Outback Queensland, Australia

11/08/2026

The Mine Cart Rally is back for 2026 ⛏️🔥

It’s fast, loud, a little bit chaotic and one of the moments that makes Beat the Heat uniquely Cloncurry. 🔥

Hand in your submissions now at: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1588468

Experience Outback Queensland, Australia

Bragging rights served hot 🔥Last year, Liki’s Spice Corner took out the Curry Cook Off title. Now we want to know who’s ...
09/08/2026

Bragging rights served hot 🔥

Last year, Liki’s Spice Corner took out the Curry Cook Off title. Now we want to know who’s ready to step up for 2026.

Home cooks, family recipe keepers and station cooks: this is your sign to have a crack. The prize is great, but the real win is reminding everyone about it for the next 12 months.

Enter the Curry Cook-Off through the link in our Bio 📎

Experience Outback Queensland, Australia

07/08/2026

Bragging rights, served hot. 🌶️🔥

The Curry Cook-Off is one of Beat the Heat’s signature events, bringing together local flavour and friendly competition with a prize pool of $4500!

Come along, back the cooks and see who serves up the winning curry for 2026.

Register now at: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1588466

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