Cairns 50 Community Running Festival

Cairns 50 Community Running Festival

Saturday, 28 March 2026 to Sunday, 29 March 2026

Glenoma Park, Cairns, QLD

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The Cairns 50 Community Running Festival is 2 days of running, fun and community from 28 to 29 March 2026.

The premier event is Sunday's Cairns 50 Ultra Marathon through the Redlynch Valley rainforest and cane fields.

Saturday includes all the Family Funday events including the Family 5km, and the Kids 1km and 2km, plus activities for the kids and lots of food and fun. A new addition to Saturday's events is the Fast Fun 5 - a 3 x 1.7km lap fast and fun run with prize money for the top 5 men and women.

The 10km, 30km and the 50km are held on Sunday. The scenic laps follow the footpaths through shady parks and topical rainforest, passing Far North Queensland cane fields and along Freshwater Creek.

Distances/Events

Saturday events:
Kids' 1K
Kids' 2K
Family 5K
Fast Fun 5K

Sunday events:
10K
30K (2 laps)
50K (3 laps)

Location map

The event is based at Glenoma Park. Refer to the event website for course maps.

Please note: the map location may be approximate. Refer to the event website for start lines and course maps.

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This listing was last manually checked on 30 April 2025.

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