Features
Music She Wrote
Darwin singing group Vocalective makes a triumphant return in 2025, kicking off the season with Music She Wrote – a performance in honour of, and to celebrate, female composers. WORDS...
Tunes Hit the Track
For the first time in over a decade, the Darwin Symphony Orchestra (DSO) hits the road for a special Territory Tour, stopping off in Katherine, Tennant Creek, and Alice Springs...
Kasey Chambers
Aussie music legend Kasey Chambers has been laying down tracks that resonate across generations, from country anthems to heartfelt ballads, that hit you right in the feels. Chambers’ live shows...
Eskimo Joe
Aus music legends Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, and Kav Temperley – aka Eskimo Joe – make tracks to Darwin this month for one huge night of sweet, sweet music. Hits...
A Classical Christmas
Singing heavenly hymns in honour of the holidays, Darwin’s Vocalective presents a selection of masterful Christmas classics from renowned Baroque era composers. By Jenna Kirkham KNOWN FOR DELIVERING a dynamic...
Alice Sings Out the Year
The Araluen Arts Centre stage is filled with heartwarming harmonies and breathtaking original arrangements at the Alice Sings End of Year Concert. By Betty Sweetlove SUMMER IS IN the air...
The Way The Black Sorrows Do Business
Aussie icons The Black Sorrows have brought sweet music to our ears since the early eighties. Last month, they hit the road on a national tour to celebrate the release...
Rockin’ the Blues
Following the release of his new album Bootleg Melancholy, American-born Aussie singer-songwriter and rock music legend Diesel takes to the Top End stage with his extensive discography and smooth mixture...
Navigating North
Offering a soothing balm to the Build Up, Arafura Music Collective delivers a unique composition of works in their end-of-year performance, The Edge of North. By Jenna Kirkham WHILE TOP...
Out of Reach
THE FINANCIAL AND CULTURAL COST TO FIRST NATIONS MUSICIANS IN THE NT This special feature is a collaboration between Off The Leash and The Music Writer's Lab for Ausmusic Month...
The Traveller Without Baggage
Darwin’s own dynamic chamber group, Whistling Kite New Music (WKNM), returns to the Darwin Entertainment Centre stage this month with The Traveller Without Baggage, featuring guest pianist Georgina Lewis. By...
WOAH BLACK BETTY bam-ba-lam
Aussie alt-rock legends Spiderbait descend on Darwin to help One Mile Brewing Co. celebrate their 10th year, headlining the Territory BAR-BQ Festival on the Saturday night of the weekend-long birthday...
GUTS TOUR JAMES RANGE BAND & FLOODLIGHTS
GUTS TOUR RETURNS with James Range Band from Pitjantjatjara community and Floodlights, a rock outfit from Melbourne. Travelling via a solar powered 4WD convoy bus, this tour focuses on including...
Hometown Lovin’
The riff raff that is Jigsaw Collective is coming to a haunt near you, Top Enders, as the beloved local contemporary soul, jazz and blues band embarks on a hometown...
Bush Bands Bash 2024
MUSIC NT PRESENTS The highly anticipated Bush Bands Bash returns to Mparntwe/Alice Springs this month, celebrating the richness of First Nations music, language and culture from across Australia’s most remote...
SPIRITS Lifted
EXPERIENCE AN UPLIFTING evening, as two internationally acclaimed gospel groups come together for the Australia Tour Musical Concert at the Araluen Arts Centre. By Jenna Hoare The world music collab...
FEEL THE RIPPLE EFFECT
RIPPLE EFFECT BAND, the all-gal rock outfit from Maningrida, unleashes their brand-new single ‘Na-kalamandjarda’ at Bustard Town in Darwin before scooting south to play Desert Harmony Festival in Tennant Creek...
