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Delight in Desert Festival
The Red Centre’s beloved Desert Festival returns for a celebration of art, music, dance and culture, taking place at the beautiful Olive Pink Botanic Gardens. By Betty Sweetlove EXPECT A...
Desert Harmony Festival
BARKLY REGIONAL ARTS PRESENTS As a chilly winter wraps up on Warumungu Country, the annual Desert Harmony Festival returns for its 35th iteration to shepherd in the springtime and bring...
Magic Moments this Awegust
If you’ve been dreaming of balmy Dry season nights under festoon lights, the time has finally come. By Tierney White Armed with a program packed with art, theatre, comedy, cabaret...
Daminmin for the Win Win
Celebrating its fourth year on Limilngan-Wulna Country, the Daminmin Arts and Culture Festival is a growing grassroots event, and a must on your Dry season calendar. By Jenna Hoare TAKE...
Come As You Are
Darwin’s about to get a little bit louder, wilder and weirder, as the underbelly of our thriving creative scene is exposed, unleashing the goods upon us over 10 art-filled days...
Toasty Textiles Brimming with Love
Get your beanie on for this cosy celebration of craft and community, showcasing thousands of textile creations from remote communities and across the world. By Betty Sweetlove On a winter’s...
Wild North Comic Con
REMEMBER THE DAYS when being called a geek may have been intended as an insult? These days, you can proudly wear it like a badge of honour. After a hugely...
Paint the Town Rainbow
Darwin Pride is back, baby. From songstress Ricki-Lee headlining the major Music Festival to a family fun day, comedy show, bush foods feast and more, this year’s program promises to...
Look Out, Wet Paint!
Street art was born in the 60s as a movement of free creative expression, transforming abandoned and eye-sore walls into epic works of art. Since 2017, Darwin Street Art Festival...
DAMARA-LIDJI | Welcome to Garrmalang
Garrmalang Festival returns to Darwin Entertainment Centre in the heart of Larrakia Country, offering a vibrant four-day program rich with the First Nations art, culture and tradition that is so...
Wide Open Hearts
Wide Open Space Festival returns next month, bursting with experimental art, music and cultural workshops in the East MacDonnell Ranges – aka the East Macs – at Ross River Resort...
The Desert Illuminated
Parrtjima - A Festival in Light returns to Mparntwe/Alice Springs this month. With a host of new interactive elements and an artist line-up that shines brightly, the First Nations-led festival...
Thirty, Flirty & Thriving
fabALICE Festival is the annual celebration of drag, cabaret and LGBTQIA+, and returns to the Red Centre this month. 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of legendary and iconic Australian flick...
The Creative Coast
The remote coastal community of Numbulwar, located on the west side of the gulf of Carpentaria, comes alive each year for the three-day Numburindi Festival. Since 2016, the festival has...
Discover Desert Delights
Another unforgettable year of Desert Festival awaits, with award-winning Fringe acts, ground-breaking local arts and a brand-new location. By Betty Sweetlove A delight for lovers of all things art, culture...
Where the Gallery Meets the Streets
You’re in for a technicolour treat this month in the Top End, as creatives continue to transform the city with a mega line up at the 2023 Darwin Street Art...
Festive Fell
Can you feel the buzz in the air? The time to lock in those dates with mates and to set that likely-to-blow-out ticket budget is here, as you’re invited to...
The Harmony of Barkly
Embrace the beauty, art and culture of the vibrant Barkly region at the 2023 Desert Harmony Festival. The theme this year is ‘Kunjuku, Anyinginyi Jangarlki Kapi Kaminya Palpuru, Respect, Identity...
Wagait's Wild Side
In 2013, a small community arts group presented the inaugural Wagait Arts Festival, in true Territory fashion out the back of the local general store. Held every year since, the...
Smitten When Bitten
The underbelly of Darwin’s creative scene is exposed under lights this month, as Darwin Fringe Festival rears its lovely [croc] head for 10 art-filled days of music, theatre, dance, cabaret...
