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Open Gardens NT
Two spectacular gardens are open for you to explore in June. Kingfisher Haven boasts themed garden beds featuring bromeliads and cycads, and bird and wildlife-attracting natives. Beth's Garden has an...
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Performing Arts
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...
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,...
Around Town
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...
Get Your Culture On
Round up the crew, soak up that beautiful balmy weather, and experience Goyder Square like never before. The inaugural Palmerston Multicultural Festival transforms this gorgeous outdoor space into a vibrant...
Music
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...
Top Brass
If you've been in the Top End a while you may have spotted the Darwin City Brass Band at various community events, lifting people’s spirits with their bright sound or...
Food and Drink
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...
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...
Visual Arts
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,...
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...
Festivals
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...
Sneak Peek at DF21
This month, Darwin Festival lets a few cats out of the proverbial bag with a sneaky snippet of the 2021 Festival program. Artistic Director Felix Preval says he’s especially excited...
Books and Film
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...
Delivered Differently
For more than a decade, Darwin International Film Festival (DIFF) has delighted film fans and filmmakers for 10 flick-filled days each September. And although the global pandemic buckled plans for...
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...