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Royal Darwin Show
With 70 years of Royal Darwin Show history, tradition and community spirit to celebrate this year, Off The Leash put the call out for people’s first or best memories from...
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The Arty Heart of the Tropics
What could be better on a perfect Dry season day than cruising through the tropical creativity on display at the Tactile Arts Dragonfly Craft Fair? Following it up with even...
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Stretch Yourself
Limber up folks, Darwin Fringe Festival is back and biting! With over 150 innovative, hyper-entertaining shows – expanding your horizons, and imagination, is what it’s all about. By Anna Dowd...
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Comics' Corner – June 2021
Over the past year, Darwin has experienced something of a comedy renaissance, a new breed of outrageously talented young comedians coming to a stage near you. Graeme Lewis recently opened...
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Down the Track – June 2021
Jo Nixon tells us the origin story of the infamous Alice Springs Beanie Festival. It began with her aunty in Darwin who came to Alice to teach literacy, language and...
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Tucker & Tunes
Bring some extra sunshine to your week and head along to Tourism Top End for Lunch on the Lawn, where you can treat your ears to some gorgeous acoustic sounds...
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Lakeside Sounds
Round up your crew, pack your picnic blankets, and make tracks to Palmerston for free live music once a month throughout the Dry! Live at the Lake is a new...
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Liam Devine
A successful performer in his own right, Liam Devine is in the process of setting up Indigenous owned and operated studio, Devine Productions. Aside from his success as a solo...
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Rediscover Disco
Dust off your dancing shoes and get ready to boogie because Darwin Symphony Orchestra is taking you back to the golden age of disco! Transforming the George Brown Botanic Gardens...
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Double the Fun at Dom's
About a year-and-a-half ago, Dom Wundke realised his dream of owning a small bar in the seaside suburb of Nightcliff, his bar – Dom’s Bar – taking up residence in...
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She Got It From Her Nonna
Inspired by childhood memories of frequenting the markets for fresh produce, and delicatessens for cured meats and olive oil with her beloved nonna, Lina, setting up a food biz seemed...
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Do I Seduce You?
Throw back to February last year, and queer Darwin artist Tarzan JungleQueen was hitting the track to Alice Springs, successfully selected for the Travelling Artist Residency at Watch This Space...
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You Are Here
This provocative exhibition has truth-telling at its core as artivist, Therese Ritchie, factually examines Australia’s frontier wars and the massacre of Indigenous peoples, alongside the nation’s history of coal extraction...
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Party with Pride
Don the sequins and glitter, and get set to party with Pride in the gorgeous tropics-meets-the-outback locale of Katherine for the inaugural Katherine Pride Festival. Last year, Top End Pride...
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Beyond Alice by Tanya Heaslip
Riased on an isolated cattle station north of Alice Springs in the 60s and 70s, Tanya Heaslip spent many hours dreaming of the overseas lands depicted in her childhood storybooks...
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Ben Elton
British comic writer Ben Elton has had a hugely varied career since he first exploded onto the scene over 30 years ago, penning everything from novels to musical libretti. Now...
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Getting in the Zone
Art forms can be experienced in entirely new and exciting ways when merged with other art forms. We’ve seen art move from picture frames to walls on the streets, and...
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New Babylon
What could the world look like one day if we don’t take action on climate change? One of the country’s leading playwrights, Stephen Carleton, let his imagination loose on this...