Features
Sounds @ Sunset #4
It can be hard to get a gig playing original live music in Darwin, and it’s even harder when you’re still in high school. But the producer for the next...
Buried Country - Darwin Festival Opening Night Concert
While American country music stars were household names in Australia, the powerful songs from Aboriginal country musicians were being played out of earshot of the mainstream radio waves. By Tamara...
Biladurang
Joel Bray grew up as a queer, light-skinned Aboriginal in a country town and never felt like he quite fit in. By Tamara Howie Bray turned those feelings of displacement...
Salon Indigenous Art Projects
The annual Salon des Refusés exhibition is set to look a little different this year. Co-organiser Matt Ward says the show will surprise regular viewers of the exhibition, now in...
Pathetic Fallacy
Canadian artist Anita Rochon is obsessed with the weather and a good challenge – so she created a show with a touring party of zero, finding local actors to perform...
In Your Blood
The sports field meets the dance floor at Darwin Festival for Tracks Dance’s latest production. In Your Blood looks across generations, cultures and sporting codes to find what makes people...
Letters to Lindy
It’s the story that gripped – and divided – the nation. By Tamara Howie An infant snatched by a dingo. Her mother, Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, trialled by the media and jailed...
Freedom Day Festival
52 years ago, a group of aboriginal pastoralists and their families walked off the Wave Hill Station into the unknown – the first powerful steps for Aboriginal land rights. By...
National Indigenous Music Awards
Each year, the National Indigenous Music Awards celebrate not just the greatest music being made by Indigenous artists but, quite simply, some of the greatest music being made in Australia...
Mahbilil Festival
It's Gurrung season in Kakadu. The days are warm, but the nights are cool and the magpie geese are on the move, which means the annual Mahbilil Festival is just...
Little Miss Korea's new ventures
The team at Little Miss Korea (LMK) have been busy planning the opening of a new bar and a pop-up at Darwin Festival. By Tamara Howie The new hole-in-the-wall bar...
Roger Woodward
Roger Woodward is one of Australia’s greatest pianists. After decades travelling the world, he finds home when he sits down to play and will be bringing his world-class performance to...
The Gin Thing
Darwin Festival bar manager Joshua Dolman has given Off The Leash a sneak peek into the cocktails set to wet your whistle this Darwin Festival. There are four gin cocktails...
Growing Up Troppo - August
Reviews, tips and advice for travelling the world with kids. By Libby Larsen While lots of families headed out of town for the holidays we stayed local and revisited some...
Shania Choir
Amongst the line-up of music, theatre, comedy, film, cabaret and dance at this year’s Darwin Festival, you’ll also find a whole lot of Shanias. Production manager and choir soprano Shania...
Bar-BQ
Beer and a BBQ is a match made for the tropics. The crew from One Mile Brewery is hosting a family-friendly ‘Bar-BQ’ at their Winnellie site as a thank you...
Les Moutons
Three healthy ewes and a ram from the CORPUS production Les Moutons are preparing to make themselves at home at Festival Park. By Tamara Howie The show has been an...
Electric Fields
Merging ancient language with modern electronica, Electric Fields will take you on an epic sonic journey. Michael Ross spoke to Off The Leash. I can remember watching Zaachariaha on The...
Clean Living in the Tropics - August
Clean Living is being mindful of what you put in your body, mindful of keeping a healthy home and work environment, and mindful of your environmental footprint. By Lina Parselli...
From Country to Couture
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair’s (DAAF) fashion show, From Country To Couture, has fast become one of the fair’s highlights since its debut in 2016. The show marries high-end fashion and...
