Features

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...

Festival Tix Fix
Festival season is well and truly here, and the Territory’s biggest arts and cultural festival is gearing up to deliver almost three weeks of fun and frivolity in August. This...

Unleash the Beast
Get ready to get weird, Darwin, as the 2023 Darwin Fringe Festival program officially launches this month, and you’re invited! This year’s program reveal takes place at Brown’s Mart, the...

Beautiful Borroloola
Back in 2013, in the small town of Borroloola located on the McArthur River, locals and visitors gathered to celebrate traditional and contemporary dance, music and cultural practices from the...

Choirs, Camping & Culture
Daminmin Festival returns for a third year to celebrate the Dry, offering punters the chance to visit Limilngan-Wulna Country just east of Humpty Doo for two days of sharing culture...

Proud to Party
Every June, the LGBTQIA+ community is celebrated across the country during national Pride Month. And although equality is something to be celebrated every day of the year, it’s a wonderful...

From Little Things, Big Things Grow
At the 1988 Barunga Festival, Prime Minister Bob Hawke was presented with a painted bark containing words in English, surrounded by art symbolic of the mobs in northern and central...

Salt, Sea & Community
With its stunning cliffside ocean views, picturesque jetty and outdoor friendly lifestyle, many consider Nightcliff one of the most desirable suburbs in Darwin. Since 2004, Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival has heralded...

Go For Garrmalang
For almost a decade, Garrmalang Festival has descended on the heart of Larrakia Country to celebrate the richness of First Nations art and culture, deeply inherent to the Northern Territory...

Wide Open Perspectives
Central Australia’s eclectic and electrifying Wide Open Space festival returns for a 13th year this May Day weekend. Thinking of making the pilgrimage? Celebrate the creative and cultural delights of...

Fire, Smoke & Festivities
There's no disputing the Tiwi Islands and its people are renowned for two things – their love of footy and the vibrant art synonymous with the region. This month, you’re...

Listening with Heart
On Arrernte Country in the Red Centre, under the blanket of a billion stars, Parrtjima returns to illuminate the rugged natural landscape over 10 beautiful light-filled nights. By Tierney Seccull...

Glittering Good Times
Mparntwe/Alice Springs, well known for its richness in diversity, is the proud home to an extensive, enriching and vibrant queer community. This month’s fabALICE Festival celebrates the heck out of...

Djarmalak, a 20 Year Legacy
This month, the third and final concert in Djarmalak’s 2022 Sunday Series lights up the remote Indigenous community of Beswick/Wugularr, on Bagala land. By Kate Conway Derived from founder Balang...