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Malandarri Festival
Held in Borroloola, this exciting traditional dance festival attracts performers from across Arnhem Land and further afield, as far as Torres Strait. This year the Malandarri Festival hosts five dance...
Pine Creek Gold Rush Festival
The thirst for gold in the tiny Top End town of Pine Creek hasn’t been quenched. In fact, it’s celebrated every year with the spirited olde time Gold Rush Festival...
Katherine Junk Festival
The art may be rubbish, but in five years Katherine's quirky Junk Sculpture Festival has grown from a simple idea to spur locals’ creativity, to a competitive quest for junk...
Garrmalang Festival
A three-day celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music, dance, arts and culture, right in the heart of Larrakia country. For the traditional custodians, Garrmalang is the name of...
Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival
Like a cool waft of salty Dry season air, the Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival is upon us again, and more refreshing than ever. This week-long, multi-art form festival is a beloved...
Darwin Festival Early Release
Word – Darwin Festival has announced more shows for 2017, joining its early announcement that Darwin Symphony Orchestra will perform in the Festival this year. The new shows announced include...
Wide Open Space Festival
Wide Open Space is a unique festival in Central Australia that offers three days of music, performance, art and workshops. Held each year at the Ross River Resort, located about...
National Heritage Festival
The Territory is a treasure trove of stories and places and the 2017 Australian Heritage Festival is a chance to explore your own extraordinary backyard. Check out the talks, tours...
Review: Tunnel Number Five - Deep Within the Belly
Around 100 concert-goers gathered outside Darwin’s WWII Oil Storage Tunnels last Saturday night. Complete with BYO camping chairs, the capacity crowd was buzzing with anticipation as they made their way...
Review: Tunnel Number Five – Song of the Land: Song of the People
It is hard to imagine a more unique concert hall than Darwin’s World War II Oil Storage Tunnels. Built to store oil but never used, they have finally found their...
Review: Tunnel Number Five – Song of the Land: Song of the People
Walking out of the small dark entrance in the side of the hill, I wanted immediately to go back in and experience it all again, if only to confirm it...
Review: Tunnel Number Five – Sacred Sound Journey
Hidden underneath the city and unbeknown to many on the streets above, a unique musical experience was echoing through the World War II tunnels. Directed by Anne Norman, Tunnel Number...
Women of the World Festival
Originating at London's prestigious Southbank Centre, the Women of the World (WOW) Festival has taken the globe by storm expanding to Wales, Egypt, Somaliland, the USA, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sydney –...
Rolling with the Times
Darwin International Film Festival Words by Anna Dowd Image (detail) by Del Kathryn Barton from the short film The Nightingale and the Rose, to be screened at DIFF as part...
D'FEST IS D'BEST
Who’s excited? We are. Darwin Festival is finally here! By Tierney White For almost three gorgeous Dry season weeks, Darwin plays host – not only to local and touring acts...
Q&A with Peter Garrett
GRACING THE AMPHITHEATRE WITH SOUNDS FROM HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM, A VERSION OF NOW, is Aussie rock legend and Midnight Oil front man Peter Garrett. It’s Garrett like you’ve never...
Yirrkala Yarrapay Festival
In the north east corner of the Top End sits Yirrkala. A tiny dot on the Australian map, but home to a massive space in Australian music and culture. By...
Darwin Fringe Festival
Check out the full program here!
BASSINTHEGRASS 2016 – Review | Turn It Up
Saturday mornings for me usually involve a sleep in and a fairly slow start. But that wasn’t the case on Saturday May 21. I woke up well before my alarm...
