Features
Music NT Presents: Dave Garnham
AWARD-WINNING SINGER-SONG-WRITER Dave Garnham is having a mammoth 2019. He was recently announced as a recipient of an Arts NT Fellowship, and his band, David Garnham and The Reasons to...
The Fast Five - Sara Storer
MUCH-LOVED AUSSIE MUSO and former Katherine school teacher Sara Storer is bringing her Raindance tour to the Territory, and hopefully with it, some cool rains for our Wet season ahead...
Go Loco for Bingo Loco
BINGO IS APPEALING TO A NEW GENERATION AND IS HITTING UP MITCHELL STREET! Bingo Loco takes the traditional game and spins it on its head. Think a glow stick rave...
30 Years of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra
DARWIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (DSO) celebrates a very special milestone this month – we caught up with Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Jonathan Tooby for a chat. What does this milestone...
National Indigenous Music Awards
It’s been a massive year for Indigenous musicians in the Australian music charts. Dr. G won the Australian Music Prize and four ARIAs for Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow), and...
Darwin Festival Opening Extravaganza
DARWIN FESTIVAL IS SET to kick off their 40th birthday celebrations with an epic opening night show, celebrating old and new. Grab the fam and a picnic blanket, and settle...
From Mangkaja to the Masses
One of the most exciting collaborations in the Australian fashion world will sashay down the catwalk at the From Country to Couture show in Darwin. MANGKAJA ARTS IN Fitzroy Crossing...
What's on at Salon
Returning for a second year, complementing the Salon des Refusés, Salon Indigenous Art Projects presents seven exhibitions by both emerging and established artists representing art centres across Australia. We caught...
Pupuni Jilamara Nginingwula (Our Beautiful Paintings)
TIWI ISLAND ART CENTRES Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association, Munupi Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Association, and Ngaruwanajirri Incorporated have joined forces to present Pupuni Jilamara Nginingwula (Our Beautiful Paintings). This...
Global Positioning
DANCE FANS CAN TAKE a look at the past, present and future as Tracks Dance makes statements with its latest production Global Positioning. Artistic Co-Director David McMicken says audiences will...
Wilegal
FOR COMEDIAN WIL ANDERSON, his run-in with the law back in 2017 was anything but funny. In fact, his arrest on a flight to a gig in Wagga Wagga was...
Comics' Corner - August 2019
SHOWCASING TOP END COMICS AND LOCAL STAND-UP PERFORMERS By Will Crawford It’s August. After work beers, Hanuman curries and wood fired pizzas in the bamboo food village at Festival Park...
An Artistic Exchange
PAIWANESE DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER, Aulu Tjibulangan, is offering workshops in Darwin as part of Artback NT’s 2019 Taiwan-Australia Indigenous Artist in Residency program. Tjibulangan has traded countries with Maningrida visual...
Language with a Local - August
Have you ever tried to say an Aboriginal word, perhaps a place name, and kind of felt that you weren’t saying it properly? By Emily Tyaemaen Ford Aboriginal languages use...
Saltwater Sounds
IF YOU MISSED THE SALTWATER DIVAS at their sold-out Darwin Fringe show, you’re in luck! This talented group of emerging Indigenous singer-songwriters bring their soulful tunes to the next Sounds...
Our Cooking Climate
IT’S OFTEN THE YOUNGEST minds that have the most creative and innovative ideas when it comes to tackling the big issues. Darwin City Council has tapped in to some of...
Mahbilil Magic
JABIRU’S ANNUAL MAHBILIL FESTIVAL is held during Gurrung season in Kakadu, when the climate is still hot and dry and flocks of magpie geese are out, but the thunderclouds are...
Desert Harmony Festival
HOSTED BY BARKLY REGIONAL ARTS in Tennant Creek, Desert Harmony Festival returns for its thirtieth time to showcase the culture of the Warumungu region. With a healthy combination of locally...
Freedom Day Festival
HELD ON GURINDJI COUNTRY, the birth of Aboriginal Land Rights in Australia, Freedom Day Festival celebrates the spirit of unity and pride. The festival tagline is ‘blackfella, whitefella unite as...
Which Picnic to Pick?
August is here, the sun is shining and the weather’s spot on for picnicking. We can’t think of a better way to spend Picnic Day long weekend. But where can...
