The 3rd South Pacific Festival of Arts was held in Papua New Guinea during 1980 (from the 30th of June through to the 12th of July).

The 3rd Festival was held during the Honourable Sir Julius Chan's term as Prime Minister of PNG. Bart Philemon was the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the South Pacific Festival of Arts (SPFA) and Ralph Wari was the Executive Officer of SPFA.

1980 SPFA - Participating Countries

• Australia
• New Zealand
• Norfolk Island
• New Caledonia
• Tonga
• Niue
• Cook Islands
• French Polynesia
• Pitcairn Island
• The Northern Marianas
• Guam
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Kiribati
• Tuvalu
• Nauru
• The Solomons
• The Tokelaus
• American Samoa
• Western Samoa
• New Hebrides
• Futuna
• Wallis
• Fiji
• Tonga
• and, of course, Papua New Guinea