Darwin Festival Program Launch
The Darwin Festival program is hot off the press and out in the wild.
Thu 21 June, 2018
The Festival boasts a huge program with more than 113 events in every genre across the three-week festival from August 9-26.
Tickets are on sale from Thursday 21â July at 10am.
Artistic director Felix Preval says the team is thrilled to finally share the program with the world.
“We have another fantastic program for this year’s Darwin Festival and we couldn’t be more delighted to announce it,” he says.
“Our Festival program spans 113 events, features 595 artists - 305 of who are NT locals - and is spread across 31 Darwin venues, so there is no shortage of artistic happenings to enrich one’s Festival experience.
“It’s a program full of light and laugher and reasons to celebrate, with an incredible line up of international cabaret, comedy and contemporary music acts, as well as work from across the country and, of course, a stellar line up of local performers right from here in the Territory.”
The program features a line-up of local shows to celebrate 40 years of Territory self-governance, Congress, Pivot, and Face to Face, the who’s who of comedy – including Sam Simmons, Urzila Carlson, Ross Noble and Joel Creasey – and a special opening night performance of Buried Country.
“We welcomed record crowds at last year’s Festival and 50% of shows sold out. The appetite for incredible entertainment is strong in the Top End so I encourage everyone to book in early to avoid disappointment this year," Preval says.
OFF THE LEASH TOP PICKS
Read our interview with lead actor Pacharo Mzembe here.
Darwin Festival | Thu 9 - Sun 26 Aug | darwinfestival.org.au
