Features
Darwin Italian Festival
Get yourself down to Civic Park for a gastronomic tour of Italy. From wood-fired pizza to lesser-known regional delicacies, the biennial Darwin Italian Festival is a foodie paradise. The variety...
Top End Wedding
Mover over Mick Dundee – the Top End has a new image. By Tamara Howie Top End Wedding hits the silver screen this month. Co-writer and star, Larrakia/Tiwi woman Miranda...
NT Travelling Film Festival
The relationship between music and memory was the inspiration for filmmaker Jane Hampson's short film Sunset. Sunset follows the story of Ingrid, an 89-year-old who is abandoned on her birthday...
Flickerfest 2019
A showcase of Australia’s best short films will also be cracking some jokes this year, with Flickerfest set to include a special comedy line-up for the first time. By Kylie...
Community Cook - Ary Brown
Growing and understanding local produce by Emma Lupin and Ary Brown Ary Brown grew up in a small town called Pekalongan in Central Java, Indonesia, where local food and farming...
A Taste of Kakadu
Indigenous chefs and Kakadu National Park’s Traditional Owners will work together to celebrate the foods that grow in the stunning landscape. The nine-day festival will explore the native foods that...
Language with a local - Larrakia
Welcome to Language with a Local, which celebrates the International Year of Indigenous Languages. By Emily Tyaemaen Ford Darwin - it's a special place. It's the home of people from...
Sounds@Sunset
The first Sounds @ Sunset for 2019 will be the musical pre-party for everyone gearing up for BASSINTHEGRASS. Producer Donald Sanger has lined up local musicians to get revellers in...
Launch Night Series - Call for volunteers
If there’s a job you can do in the basketball and development program, Launch Night Series, Alicia Kent has done it. Logistics, programming, volunteer-ing and marketing - she’s loved every...
Youth Advisory Committee
If you’re a young person with bright ideas, the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) wants you. The YAC is the voice of young people and advises City of Darwin Council on...
Deadly Darwin Comedy
If you're dead-set ready for some laughs from the original comedians of the country then get ready for Deadly Darwin Comedy. The inaugural event features a group of four Aboriginal...
TWO
Pull up a bar stool and get to know the regulars in this timeless classic of the stage. By Anna Dowd Written by Jim Cartwright and directed by Ensemble Theatre’s...
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow
Dane Simpson has a home- grown approach to comedy that audiences can’t get enough of. By Anna Dowd From sell-out shows with the Aboriginal Comedy All Stars, to his Darwin-bound...
Comics' Corner - May 2019
Showcasing top end comics and local stand-up performers By Will Crawford I was at a house-warming of some very hip 20-somethings, music industry types, when the perennial debate about the...
The Plum Spanky Motel
From rock stars to naked giraffes, princes to perverts, The Plum Spanky Motel has a sordid history of debauchery and indulgence. By Tamara Howie What’s The Plum Spanky Motel? It’s...
Darwin Visual Arts
It’s been a long journey, but Darwin Visual Arts is ready to throw open its doors after a big move and re-brand. After several months of relocating and construction, the...
BASSINTHEGRASS - Meg Mac
It’s been a rollercoaster few months for the Sydney songstress Meg Mac. By Tamara Howie Mac is currently traversing the nation on her ‘Give Me My Name Back’ tour while...
Battle of the School Bands Final
The big names at BASSINTHEGRASS will be given a run for their money when the winners of the NT Battle of The School Bands hit the stage. By Tamara Howie...
D*Town Sings
It's a well-known fact that beer makes everyone a better singer. Two local music legends are inviting everyone who has every fancied themselves a pub performer to join in a...
Tex Perkins and Matt Walker
After 20 years of friendship and mutual admiration Tex Perkins and Matt Walker are taking the stage in Darwin as a duo, and fans are in for a wild ride...
