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Sep
Desert Festival
Desert Festival brings an exciting program of local and visiting artists together in Mparntwe/Alice Springs for an 11-day showcase of arts, culture and community. This year's theme is BLOOM, the...
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Music
Meet the Instruments
When you think of an orchestra what comes to mind? Grand performances of sweeping strings, epic percussion and woodwind melodies? Perhaps you might think of getting dressed up in ball...
Purple Patch
Red and blue make purple, a good honest equation that never fails. Much like the combination of born and bred Alice Springs musicians Darcy Davis, Joey and Jeffery Klarenbeek, and...
Performing Arts
Love Burns
There's no denying true crime is having a moment. From podcasts to TV shows, we’re hungry to find out what happened to the victims, to figure out why people are...
The Comedy of Errors
It's been said that identical twins are telepathic, or have a little thing called ESP – aka Extra Sensory Perception – where they receive information from their twin that is...
Food and Drink
Desert Delish
Bush foods may be a quintessentially Australian symbol, but how many people truly interact with them in a meaningful way? Outside those with cultural knowledge or high-end culinary experience, most...
Loco for Poco
For 19 years, Gertrude Knight and Marc Wagnon have delighted diners in their Spanish inspired restaurant Moorish, with tantalising tapas and sweet sangria on the menu, a favourite for locals...
Visual Arts
Magnetise
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) has grown exponentially since it was founded in 1966. Originally housed in Darwin’s old Town Hall, destroyed in 1974 by...
Salon Art Projects
Salon Art Projects is back with five exhibitions showcasing Indigenous art. With an exciting program of group and individual exhibitions in galleries around town complementing the highly anticipated Salon des...
Around Town
Let's Get Trivial
CALLING ALL BOOKWORMS and lovers of the written word. If you know your Peter Carey from your Peter Temple, your Jane Eyre from your Jane Harper, the NT Writers’ Centre’s...
Geek on at TROPiCON
BEING A GEEK is no longer something to hide. Thanks, in part, to the global success of shows like Stranger Things and video-games-turned-animation-TV-series, the wholesome and inclusive movement is about...
Books and Film
Double DIFF
Since 2010, cinephiles, movie buffs and filmmakers alike have looked forward to the month of September with anticipation, and the Darwin International Film Festival (DIFF) it brings. With an expanded...
Words and Red Dirt
The Red Centre is known for its red dirt, its vibrant arts community, its unique stories and voices. Recognising these beauties, in 2014 a grass-roots festival was seeded. Eight years...
Festivals
Djarmalak, a 20 Year Legacy
This month, the third and final concert in Djarmalak’s 2022 Sunday Series lights up the remote Indigenous community of Beswick/Wugularr, on Bagala land. By Kate Conway Derived from founder Balang...
A Fond Festival Farewell
They say all good things must come to an end. For seven years, Felix Preval has contributed to the magic that is Darwin Festival. He joined the ranks in 2016...
Youth
NTYW - Get Involved
Celebrate NT Youth Week with a host of free events across the Top End. We’re talking movies, skating events, art, dance, esports and more. Remember, It’s Your Tomorrow. Confidence and...
It's Your Tomorrow
It’s Your Tomorrow is the message to the young people of the Territory for this year’s NT Youth Week, with nine days of events created by, and for, Territorians aged...