
Chamber Music Festival powers regional tourism
After a strong 2025 in Townsville, AFCM will bring music lovers to Cairns in 2026 with reef and rainforest appeal.
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After a strong 2025 in Townsville, AFCM will bring music lovers to Cairns in 2026 with reef and rainforest appeal.

Clarion Hotel Townsville recognised in Choice Hotels Asia-Pac 2025 Gold Awards alongside several Queensland hotels.

Holiday Inn is set to reopen in Townsville CBD by early 2026, marking a big step for tourism and business growth.

What’s Happening? With two world premieres, the return of Stephen Johnson, Piers Lane, Roderick Williams, Lotte Betts-Dean and Brett Dean, the official farewell of the Goldner String Quartet, the debut of cellist and conductor, Umberto Clerici and 13 other artists, and more Guilty Pleasures, the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville-Gurambilbarra is a musical degustation full of flavour. Also, keep scrolling to the bottom to see some epic local spots to dine, sip and eat while the festival is in town. When? The Australian Festival of Chamber Music (AFCM) returns from July 26 to August 4 in Townsville-Gurambilbarra with a sensory feast for the ears, offering a musical degustation that promises to delight connoisseurs of chamber music from across the world. AFCM Artistic Director Jack Liebeck has curated an auditory banquet

After a strong 2025 in Townsville, AFCM will bring music lovers to Cairns in 2026 with reef and rainforest appeal.

Clarion Hotel Townsville recognised in Choice Hotels Asia-Pac 2025 Gold Awards alongside several Queensland hotels.

Holiday Inn is set to reopen in Townsville CBD by early 2026, marking a big step for tourism and business growth.

What’s Happening? With two world premieres, the return of Stephen Johnson, Piers Lane, Roderick Williams, Lotte Betts-Dean and Brett Dean, the official farewell of the Goldner String Quartet, the debut of cellist and conductor, Umberto Clerici and 13 other artists, and more Guilty Pleasures, the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville-Gurambilbarra is a musical degustation full of flavour. Also, keep scrolling to the bottom to see some epic local spots to dine, sip and eat while the festival is in town. When? The Australian Festival of Chamber Music (AFCM) returns from July 26 to August 4 in Townsville-Gurambilbarra with a sensory feast for the ears, offering a musical degustation that promises

After a strong 2025 in Townsville, AFCM will bring music lovers to Cairns in 2026 with reef and rainforest appeal.

Clarion Hotel Townsville recognised in Choice Hotels Asia-Pac 2025 Gold Awards alongside several Queensland hotels.

Holiday Inn is set to reopen in Townsville CBD by early 2026, marking a big step for tourism and business growth.

What’s Happening? With two world premieres, the return of Stephen Johnson, Piers Lane, Roderick Williams, Lotte Betts-Dean and Brett Dean, the official farewell of the Goldner String Quartet, the debut of cellist and conductor, Umberto Clerici and 13 other artists, and more Guilty Pleasures, the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in Townsville-Gurambilbarra is a musical degustation full of flavour. Also, keep scrolling to the bottom to see some epic local spots to dine, sip and eat while the festival is in town. When? The Australian Festival of Chamber Music (AFCM) returns from July 26 to August 4 in Townsville-Gurambilbarra with a sensory feast for the ears, offering a musical degustation that promises