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Agenda – Cultural Services Committee 20 July 2016 - #5143600

CULTURAL SERVICES COMMITTEE

20 JULY 2016 2

CAIRNS CHILDRENS FESTIVAL 2016 Roz Pappalardo | 10/25/2-05 | #5125285

RECOMMENDATION:

It is recommended that Council notes this Report.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The third annual Cairns Children’s Festival was delivered on Sunday May 15, 2016, continuing to deliver on the success of the previous two festivals. The 2016 Cairns Children’s Festival adopted a new layout and programming elements, focussing more on presenting free activities for families. Festival attendances increased from previous years, indicating the continued popularity of this annual event in the Cairns community. Moving forwards the Cairns Children’s Festival will seek to grow new partnerships and also explore more options for sponsorship for the event.

BACKGROUND:

The Cairns Children’s Festival was introduced in 2014, in addition to monthly Kid’s Tank programming and School Holiday Workshops. The festival was initiated to encourage greater engagement from children and their families with the arts and the wider Tanks Arts Centre site, so that they are exposed to innovative, exciting, participatory and accessible children’s programming and entertainment. The 2016 Cairns Children’s Festival sought to grow on the success on previous years through developing existing partnerships, introducing new partnerships and also adopting an in house, curated approach to programming. The 2016 festival adopted a new layout, removing market stalls and developing a greater focus on free activities outside the Tanks walls, making the event more accessible to the community. The 2016 Festival program included: Tinkering Tank, multi-activity art and learning space with programs including

Cairns Minecraft, engineering workshops with new partner ARUP, water colour classes with artist in residence Rosario Vásquez Mira, paper sculpture with local artist Rosie Miller and town planning in the Amaze, recycled cardboard maze.

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Tinky’s Road Trip, Tinky the recycled robot visited schools around the region finding out what students want in their future Cairns. Results and videos of answers were displayed in the Tinkering Tank and also used for planning by Council’s Sustainability department.

Jay Laga’aia, much-loved actor and children's entertainer with his solo show.

Return of Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo, audiences experienced, close up, amazing life-like dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures.

The ‘Around the World Stage’, made possible through funding from Multicultural

Affairs Queensland, presented free shows to the public from the multi-cultural community, participating performers included; drumming group and Islander Dance group from Parramatta State School, Latin American Folklore Dance Group - Ritmos de mi Tierra, Japanese Yosakoi Dance Group, Cairns and District Chinese Association, Cairns Indonesian Australian Association, FNQ Hmong Youth Society, Indigenous and South Pacific performers through local group Tribal Pacific and Japanese and French Ukulele duo Bosko and Honey.

Library on the Lawn, delivered in collaboration with new partners Family Day

Care Cairns and the First Five Forever program through Cairns Libraries. This space included a pop up library, story readings, workshops and play and create artworks developed by local artist Kylie Burke.

Acting up with ARC, drama and music workshops with a live performance

outcome. Busk Stops, a curated busking alley for performers aged 3-12 years old. Roving performances from Cairns State High School students and The Young

Company Counting stations at the Tinkering Tank and the Info booth located at the front gate indicated an overall attendance of approximately 4000 people; a marked increase on 2015 numbers at the event. Finances The 2016 Cairns Children’s Festival was funded primarily from the Tanks Arts Centre’s operational budget. Income was earned through a grant from Multicultural Affairs Queensland, which funded the ‘Around the World Stage’ and ticket sales from Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo and Jay Laga’aia. An application was also submitted for a Plus1 Grant through Creative Partnerships Australia however this application was unsuccessful.

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*No cash sponsorship in 2016. Meetings are already underway to seek sponsors for the 2017 Cairns Children’s Festival Please note – wages for non-technical and non- contract staff have not been included in the above budget due to the fact that Cairns Children’s Festival is the culmination of an involved program of events which run throughout the Tanks yearly program.

COMMENT:

Increased attendances at the 2016 Cairns Children’s Festival indicate the growing popularity of this event in the region’s annual calendar. Cultural Services programming team will seek to expand on new partnerships made in the 2016 event and creating greater synergy between all children’s programming in the Cultural Services annual calendar to ensure the Cairns Children’s Festival continues to be the pinnacle event where families can engage with innovative, exciting and accessible children’s programming.

Budgeted Actuals Variance

Multicultural Affairs Queensland Grant 5,000 5,000 - Ticket Sales (erth and jay lagaia) 45,000 33,702 (11,298)

Gold Coin Payments for Tinkering Tank 850 1,386 536

Food Stall holder Fees 520 455 (65)TOTAL INCOME 51,370 40,543 (10,827)

Employee Costs 10,500 9,406 1,094 Materials & Services 56,000 57,908 (1,908)TOTAL EXPENSES 66,500 67,315 (815)

NET GAIN / (LOSS) (15,130) (26,772) (11,642)

Pakmag Parents Room 4,500 Pakmag Advertising Sponsorship 8,200 Channel 7 8,000 Family Day Care 1,500 ARUP 1,500 Cairns State High School 500 TOTAL IN-KIND 24,200

Income

Expenses

IN KIND (Additional to above)

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OPTIONS:

1. That Council notes the report. 2. That Council requests additional information / clarification about a specific aspect

of the program.

CONSIDERATIONS:

Corporate and Operational Plans: Corporate Plan Section 1.4

CONSULTATION:

Post the 2016 Cairns Children’s Festival, critical feedback was sought specifically from new event delivery partners as well as return partners. To date, all feedback from partners, audience and performers alike has been extremely positive. The Artistic Director and Executive Producer of Imaginary Theatre, a theatre company that creates work specifically for children aged 0-8yrs who also program Brisbane Powerhouse’s weekly Powerkidz program, attended the festival and consulted on a range of topics from site layout, marketing, promotion and programming. This valuable feedback from Imaginary Theatre will be adopted into the future planning of Cairns Children’s Festival. QPAC’S Out of the Box Children’s Festival and Perth City’s AWESOME Festival for Kids directly and informally mentor the program team from Cultural Services in Children’s programming. QPAC’S Out of the Box programmers have scheduled time in early September to discuss program and presentation models distinct to Children’s programming. Finally, CQU’s incoming Head of Education and the Cairns Children’s Festival program team have been in early consultation regarding an Education Partnership and the development of a ‘scholar in residence’ model. The intention of this partnership will ensure a programming foundation which speaks to an educational soundness across the entire event delivery.

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ATTACHMENTS:

Attachment 1: Festival Program and Photos Roz Pappalardo Artistic Director

Stephen Foster Manager Cultural Services

Linda Kirchner General Manager Community, Sport and Cultural Services

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Attachment 1 – Festival Program and Photos

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