Come and see the beauty of New Ireland on display!
The SME Industry of New Ireland Province proudly present an exciting two-day event promoting tourism, arts and crafts.
The New Ireland Mini Arts and Craft Tourism Show will be held, May 28th – 29th at the Kavieng Club, Kavieng Town.
Come along and meet the New Ireland business community, see the wonderful crafts and products on display, take away a souvenir, and sample some delicious island food.
COVID-19 hygiene protocols will apply.
For further information email: pacifikanaka.musik.events@gmail.com or call +675 7524-0404
*As per the Milne Bay Provincial Government Pandemic Measures dated 19th March 2021, the Fiesta Milne Bay event is re-scheduled to: 11th to 14th June, 2021.
FIESTA MILNE BAY is an Artist Run Initiative that showcases the best Milne Bay has to offer in contemporary culture, instilling the importance of cultural diversity and fostering the development of the arts, local tourism, youth, community and SME.
Travel, stay and play in beautiful Milne Bay. Experience 3 days and 3 nights of an exclusively curated music, art and food experience unlike any other.
Begin your June 2021 on an inspiring note with Fiesta Milne Bay.
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For more information and bookings visit the Milne Bay Fiesta website or email: marketing@fiestamilnebay.com
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This is an ideal event for contemporary Papua New Guinean music-lovers.
Enjoy listening to fresh local artists from across Milne Bay Province as they showcase their musical talents in Alotau Town.
Milne Bay is known for its contemporary artists, producing some of the nation’s finest painters, writers and musicians.
“Milne Bay Out Loud Music Festival” is a non-profit event, offering a platform for local musicians.
For further information email: outloudmusicfestival@gmail.com
🪶 Celebrate one of Papua New Guinea’s most culturally and environmentally rich festivals in the heart of the Southern Highlands Province.
The Kutubu Kundu & Digaso Festival is an annual gathering that honours the cultural heritage of the Kutubu people — especially the traditional kundu drum and digaso oil, a sacred red oil derived from local tree bark. Held from 15–17 September 2025, the festival takes place across two stunning locations: Lake Kutubu and Pimaga Station.
Surrounded by the untouched beauty of the Kikori Basin — home to rare wildlife such as the world’s longest land-living eel and 12 endemic fish species — the festival brings together over 40 communities from Bosavi, Kikori, Hela, Enga, and beyond. It’s a vibrant celebration of tradition, storytelling, biodiversity, and peace-building.
Since its inception in 2011, the festival has served as a platform for:
Cultural exchange and preservation
Promoting sustainable tourism and local economies
Raising awareness on education, environmental issues, and climate change
Under this year’s theme, “Strongim Pasin Tumbuna na Kalsa Bilong Yumi” (Strengthen Our Ancestral Ways and Culture), visitors can look forward to a truly immersive experience, including:
Traditional sing-sing performances
Digaso oil and sago extraction demonstrations
Bilum weaving and traditional arts & crafts
Canoe races and Lake Kutubu cultural tours
Visits to the iconic Kutubu long haus
The festival warmly welcomes both local and international guests to connect with the spirit of Lake Kutubu — through dance, dialogue, and deep cultural knowledge.
For further information, email the Kutubu Kundu & Digaso Festival committee: festivalkuts017@gmail.com or call +675 7066-0057 / 7119-5699
🪶 The 2025 Hagen Show will be staged at Kagamuga showground, Mount Hagen town in the Western Highlands Province – August 16th to 17th.
The Hagen Show is an exciting ‘singsing‘ involving cultural groups from across the Western Highlands and other parts of the country perform traditional dances, ritual performances and feasting.
The event was first staged in 1961 before PNG’s Independence as an event to unify tribes.
Local entertainers from the modern music scene will also perform at the show. Arts and crafts will also be on display.
Don’t miss out on this exciting cultural event in one of the Highlands region’s biggest commercial townships.
For further information, email: service@pngtours.com
🤠 The Largest cultural display of agriculture, industry and community in the Country!
The Morobe Show is on during Papua New Guinea’s Independence Week celebrations in Lae, Morobe Province this year!
Over two days, Lae becomes a hub of activity as it plays host to cultural performances, community pride, and displays of hard work through big harvests in agriculture from subsistence farming through to industrial farming from the coasts, to hinterlands of Morobe Province and its border-sharing provinces.
The Morobe Show brings together an estimated number of 80,000 visitors annually. Guests can wander the crafts and food markets of Lae city and the surrounding historic and natural wonders and tourist sites.
The national airline, Air Niugini, travels five times into Lae city from the capital of Port Moresby.
Enquiries for tourist packages can be found at Air Niugini offices, online on the Air Niugini website and on the Morobe Show Page.
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For tickets and further information, contact the Morobe Province Agricultural Society: email info@morobeshow.org.pg or call: +675 78673508 or 430-4085 or 430-4042 or visit the Morobe Show website. Follow the Morobe Show Facebook page for updates.
🪶 Join the people of Enga as they celebrate 31 years of their extraordinary annual festival showcase – the Enga Cultural Show, now set for the 8th to 10th August 2025.
Wabag Town in Enga Province will be the venue of this exciting annual event. Witness dozens of cultural performances from tribes across Enga, as well as the Highlands region. Singsings, rituals, crafts and produce will be on display – come and experience the best of Enga!
Visitors will be privileged to see a spectacular display of culture unique to Enga, especially the amazing Engan dancers with their iconic black-painted faces and unique headdresses.
For further information, email: contact@engashow.com / engaculturalshow@gmail.com
🐊 The Sepik River Crocodile Festival is a three-day cultural celebration staged annually in Ambunti, East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea.
Experience one of East Sepik’s popular and most exciting cultural festivals.
The Sepik River Crocodile Festival highlights the importance of the crocodile and its cultural significance to the people of the Sepik River.
The Sepik River is one of the largest rivers in the Asia-Pacific region and is home to some of the world’s largest freshwater and saltwater crocodile populations.
In Sepik culture men and crocodile share a special bond. The Crocodile symbolizes strength, power and manhood. Skin-cutting initiations continue in Sepik River communities where men proudly wear scars cut into their skin during the rite of passage. These scars, resembling the back of a crocodile, run from the shoulder to the hip.
Crocodiles are significant to the Sepik culture where they have cultural traditions, beliefs and legends based on this ancient animal.
The festival is held every year, August 5th – 7th.
🪶 The 2025 Goroka Show is set for September 20th to 21st in Goroka Town, Eastern Highlands Province.
The ‘Goroka Show’ is a significant cultural event in the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea (PNG). It is also the longest running annual cultural festival in Papua New Guinea drawing thousands of tourists to the country every year in September during the week of the nation’s Independence Day celebrations.
Over a hundred tribes from all over Papua New Guinea will participate in the event performing extraordinary ‘singsings’ in a riotous display of colour and sound.
The staging of the Goroka Show began in 1957 and was first introduced and organized by Australian patrol officers known locally as ‘kiaps’.
Contact the event organizers: Mrs. Keryn Flynn Hargreaves email gorokashow2014@gmail.com or call +675 532-2644
Or book a show tour package with a Goroka-based tour operator, PNG Highlands Adventures – email Ms. Jenny Wal Gonapa, email: pnghighlandsadventures@gmail.com or call: +675 7046-8746