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A FESTIVAL FOR ALL
The Festival of Us is a joyful celebration of who we are as a community – in all our diversity and difference. WORDS RITA HORANYI WHAT MAKES OUR community unique...
TAKING COURSE
Got a New Year’s resolution? Want to pick up a different language, learn how to crochet, or improve those sub-par culinary skills? Darwin Adult Short Courses (DASC) can help. WORDS...
WANDER INTO WONDERLAND
It’s that time of the year when the tinsel takes over, the sweet sounds of carols fill the air, and excitement builds. This festive season, City of Palmerston pulls out...
HANDMADE FOR THE HOLIDAYS
‘Tis the season to shop local! The Makers Markets are your chance to do Christmas shopping in the spirit of community and, if you like, with a cocktail in hand...
TREASURES FOR ALL TASTES
Looking for some handmade gems to gift loved ones this festive season? With over 150 stalls brimming with local arts and crafts, the Green Ant Craft Fair is the perfect...
GET GIFTIN'
The Tactile Arts Christmas Makers Market returns to the air-conditioned Territory Netball Stadium, offering a weekend’s worth of gift ideas from local crafts folk. designed, produced, and created by NT...
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS
Looking to start your own biz or take your existing one to the next level? With over 200 events presented by more than 70 event partners, October Business Month (OBM)...
CHAT 10 LOOKS 3
Chat 10 Looks 3 with highly acclaimed journalists, Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales, scintillates with a brilliant brand of banter and shows in Darwin and Alice Springs. WORDS ROSIE WILD...
LESSONS FROM THE OTHER SIDE
What if the dead could speak? What might they say? Psychic-medium Peter Williams reckons he can communicate with the departed, and sets about demonstrating his skills in sell-out shows that...
RETREAT TO THE RHYTHM OF STILLNESS
What a treat to take time out, sit in a circle, be somewhere beautiful, and do something peaceful. WORDS ROSIE WILD TWO EVENTS THIS month – a Beading and Drumming...
ALL REVVED UP
Speed. Dirt. Power. Action. Experience heart‑thumping, adrenaline‑pumping thrills, as the world’s best motocross riders descend upon Darwin to compete in the 2025 Motocross Grand Prix Championship (MXGP), held for the...
A HAVEN FOR MAKERS
The Dry season, with its refreshing breezes and balmy days, has well and truly arrived. So why not make the most of the glorious weather by heading to the front...
ROLL UP, DARWIN
The time has come yet again to roll up, roll up, friends. Over three fun-filled Dry season days, the Royal Darwin Show returns to delight the masses, with over 45,000...
YOUNG PALMY READY TO PARTY
Get ready, young peeps of Palmerston. Your festival is back! WORDS TIERNEY WHITE RETURNING FOR A sixth edition, the Palmerston Youth Festival offers seven huge days of free activities and...
READY TO REV UP
Righto, rev heads. If you feel the need, the need for speed, and a hankering for burning rubber, the weekend you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived. WORDS TIERNEY WHITE...
A DECADE OF CONNECTION
THERE’S A SPECIAL kind of energy that fills the air when the community comes together to celebrate its older members, and this is on full display at the 10th anniversary...
A SWEET SEA CHANGE
Keen to peruse some locally made arts, crafts and wares by the seaside this Dry? You’re in luck, as the ever‑popular Green Ant Craft Fair launches its first Dry season...
GO CHASING WATERFALLS
Do you love the great outdoors? See yourself kicking around the beautiful, rugged landscapes of the NT, your feet in the red sand and cooling off in tropical waterfalls? Northern...
GET AROUND GREEN
WORDS TIERNEY WHITE AS THE WEATHER starts to get a bit more Dry seasony in the Top End, and the rains starts to ease off, it’s become that little bit...
MAKE MUM’S DAY
Tactile Arts is back with the first Makers Market of the year, just in time for Mother’s Day. WORDS TIERNEY WHITE THERE ARE A few signs that the Dry season...
