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Craft with a Capital Sea
Annual ode to the Dry season, the Tactile Arts Dragonfly Craft Fair, returns to celebrate the creativity of Territory artisans in a showcase of handmade goodies including ceramics, jewellery, homewares...
Too Deadly
Celebrate NAIDOC Week at the 2023 Deadly Cup Carnival. This annual highlight on the Territory calendar celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and culture, promotes health and well-being, and...
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...
School of Rock
NT Music School's highly anticipated Battle of the School Bands (BOTSB) Final sees senior and middle school students from across the Territory battle it out for the chance to perform...
Making Noise for Territory Music
The NT music industry's night of nights returns, this year held on Arrernte Country for the very first time. Previously known as the NT Song of the Year Awards, this...
One Frequency Festival
The dream was something like this – part music camp, part professional development week, and big part music festival. This month, dreams are realised as the inaugural One Frequency Festival...
Rediscovered & Reimagined
Music is typically composed in a specific style, with a particular set of instruments in mind. Music can also transcend genres, reimagined to be experienced in new and exciting ways...
90s Nostalgia
Break out the brown lip liner and dust off the dungarees! Darwin Symphony Orchestra (DSO) presents Rhythm of the 90s, the annual amphitheatre spectacular back for a time travellin’ celebration...
mwantye-le awaye - listen deeply
The Territory’s annual celebration of the written word, NT Writers Festival (NTWF), returns this month to invite readers, writers and lovers of storytelling to plunge into four huge days of...
Injalak Arts
A strong pulse beats in the small Aboriginal community of Gunbalanya in West Arnhem Land. Since 1989, Injalak Arts has been a thriving hub for art, craft and community, growing...
Henry Rollins - Good To See You
Henry Rollins is a punk rock icon, writer, producer, actor and director – plus a swag of other things – and brings his new show, Good to See You, to...
Catch a Ride with Emil & the Detectives
South Australia’s Slingsby Theatre Company returns to Araluen Arts Centre this month, with a magical production about the power of community and finding friends in unlikely places. By Betty Sweetlove...
A Roaring Roadshow
Melbourne International Comedy Roadshow hits stages in Alice Springs and Darwin this month, an entourage of four comedians in tow for the Roadshow’s 25th year to serve big laughs over...
A Night at the Museum
This month, Tracks Dance Company presents New Light, a special performance in partnership with the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) to showcase a choreographic response to...
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...
Funky Junk
Art made of rubbish, garbage fashioned into hats, and sculptures crafted from trash can only mean one thing. It’s Katherine Junk Festival time! K-Town’s trashy night of nights is back...
