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Alice Springs Beanie Festival
If you’re missing winter fashion and need a chilly get-away, the Alice Springs Beanie Festival has got you covered. Walking into the Araluen Arts Centre to see more than 7000...
Prize Fighter
Art and sport imitate life in a deeply personal theatre production by playwright and Congolese refugee Future D Fidel. BY Tamara Howie Prize Fighter tells the story of Isa, an...
Malandarri Festival
The costumes are coming together and dancers are preparing for the annual Malandarri Festival in Borroloola. A unique community based event, presented by Artback NT and the community of Borroloola...
Barunga Festival
A unique all-female band from Arnhem Land will be a highlight at this year’s historic Barunga Festival. By Tamara Howie This year the festival marks 30 years since Bob Hawke...
Darwin Festival – Early Release
Darwin Festival is still a few months away, but the team have released a sneak peek into what’s in store this year. There’s comedy, ballet and a boxing story-telling theatre...
Pine Creek Gold Rush Festival
The little town of Pine Creek swells in numbers every year with punters testing their skills panning for gold. More than 1000 people are expected to venture up and down...
Junk Sculpture Festival
A trip to Chernobyl has given last year’s Junk Sculpture Festival winner inspiration for his latest creation. By Tamara Howie Mechanic and minister Patrick Bauer won the gong last year...
Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival
The Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival is expanding its wings from a single day breezing along the foreshore, to two full weeks of festive fun. Over the last few years the crew...
Garrmalang
Darwin's own Indigenous arts and cultural festival is fast becoming a must-do activity for locals and visitors. Garrmalang celebrates the talents and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people...
Wide Open Space 2018
There are no festivals nestled in the heart of the country quite like Wide Open Space. Each year more than 1500 people get dusty, and quite often glittery, at the...
French Film Festival
It couldn’t come at a better time. The Build Up might be underway but, although the Deckchair Cinema is closed, there’s still a chance to get your fill of foreign...
Pride Festival
The rainbow flag will be flying high this month as Darwin pride festival kicks off and the Pride March relaunches itself after a hiatus of more than 10 years. Music...
Disability Awareness Festival
The Disability Awareness Festival promotes access to all kinds of community activities, educates about disability and empowers people to know their rights and roles in the community. This year the...
Desert Mob
The Top End has the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair, but the Centre has Desert Mob, a three-day feast of desert art, featuring work from some of the most remote art...
Darwin International Film Festival (DIFF)
The organisers of the 2017 Darwin International Film Festival (DIFF) have scoured the world to bring us this year’s program, from the grand old Hong Kong International Film Festival, to...
Darwin Festival
18 days and nights of Festival fun is coming your way. This month’s Darwin Festival sees a hot line-up of cabaret, comedy and music, plus some of Australia’s best theatre...
Mahbilil Festival
Jabiru’s annual Mahbilil Festival comes during Gurrung season in Kakadu, when the climate is still hot and dry and flocks of magpie geese are out, but the thunderclouds are building...
Tunnel Number Five
Darwin's WWII Oil Storage Tunnels were built during the war to protect oil stored in Darwin from Japanese bombing. By the time the tunnels were completed the risk from bombing...
Darwin Festival – Q&A with Acting Artistic Director Felix Preval
Darwin Festival is almost upon us and anticipation is running high. For three weeks in August, Darwin is abuzz with some of the hottest music, theatre, comedy and cabaret –...
Rosella Festival
Rosellas have proven a popular drawcard for this festival in Adelaide River, where the wild, red hibiscus is plentiful and locals make handmade goods year-round. “We do a lot of...