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Join the Ministry
If you love the club classics from the early days but also enjoy your music delivered on the strings of violins, Ministry of Sound Classical is, without a doubt, the...
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Live at the Lake
After the success of previous years events, Palmerston residents and visitors are in for a treat with the return of City of Palmerston’s Live at the Lake sessions. By Kate...
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Spotlight on Chamber Music
DESIGNED HISTORICALLY for formal, intimate gatherings, such as regency courts or cozy home settings, chamber music is small-scale classical music performed by up to 15 musicians with personal flair and...
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Fierce Fiesta
Returning after an iconic inaugural year, the Katherine Pride Festival once again lights up K-Town for three fun-filled days to celebrate diversity, acceptance and rainbows. By Kate Conway While last...
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Rugged Up in the Red Centre
You walk into this gallery and it’s like no other exhibition opening you’ve been to. People are touching the art, grabbing it, wearing it on their heads. They’re high from...
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Malandarri Festival
The remote community of Borroloola is located on the McArthur River, about a seven-hour drive form Katherine. Although the small historic town might be famous for its fishing, the community...
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A Special Series of Sundays
Some of the biggest names in Indigenous music are making tracks to the remote Aboriginal community of Beswick/Wugularr, located just over 420 clicks south of Darwin on Bagala Country, for...
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Balarr Catching the Light
Architects and aficionados of the written word rejoice, as the 2022 NT Writers Festival (NTWF) returns, this year’s big celebration of words held in Garrmalang/Darwin. By Tierney Seccull The 2022...
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Urzila Carlson
We’ve been waiting a long time for this. Award-winning Kiwi-South African comedian Urzila Carlson returns to the Top End with her hilarious new show, It’s Personal. Tierney Seccull caught up...
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Trash Magic
RUBY IS A YOUNG girl who is deaf, and she and her family have embarked on a camping trip to the Northern Territory. Trash Magic is presented in black light...
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The Sapphires
Put yourself in Lorinda Merrypor’s shoes of yesteryear. A young Indigenous kid growing up in Rockhampton, Queensland, harnessing a deep burning love for musical theatre with nothing but her telly...
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Swan Lake
Ballet in the desert? Not what you’d assume to be a thriving option for Territorians. By Hannah Muir “Every day someone asks me if there’s ballet in the NT and...
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Golden Years of Brown's Mart
Brown’s Mart Theatre is a beloved local treasure, making valued deposits to the memory banks of thousands of locals and visitors over the years. This year, Brown’s Mart goes gold...
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Diamond in the Rough
From humble beginnings, the Katherine Junk Festival has evolved into a celebration of arts, culture and music. Now in its 10th year, with multiple, hotly contested categories in the Junk...
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White Louvres, Green Thumbs
If you're a self-professed green thumb, or aspiring to be one, and love local history and architecture, an invitation to attend Government House is a welcome one. This month, Her...
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Gumurr’manydji Manapanmirr Djäma
In 1972, the Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation (ALPA) was developed as a co-operative to manage seven community stores in Arnhem Land. The largest independent Aboriginal corporation in the country...
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Lunch on the Lawn
BREAK UP THE working week and make your lunch break wonderful as Lunch on the Lawn returns. On Wednesdays, you’re invited to pull up on a patch of grass under...
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Sounds of the Red Centre
WHAT SOUNDS COME to mind when you think of this place? This place that is so sensory rich, so vibrant and grandeur. Thunder through the summer, cicadas, the whoosh of...
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Great Southern Land
For over four decades, the songs of Aussie rock band Icehouse have won them a legion of devoted fans. But there’s one song in particular that’s captured the heart of...