Features

Arafura Games Opening and Closing Celebrations
Music fans are in for a treat when the Arafura Games returns with a huge line-up of entertainment for the opening and closing celebrations. To kick off the event, hip-hop...

DSO - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Be transported to the fantasy world within Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the music of child prodigy Felix Mendelssohn with the Darwin Symphony Orchestra for it’s Kids' Classic production...

Happy Yess' Teghan Hughes
Happy Yess has a new fresh face at the helm to bring the good vibes and music back in 2019. By Tamara Howie Multi-talented Teghan Hughes has dominated radio waves...

The Fast Five - Stephen Cummings
Rising to fame as front man of ‘70s legends The Sports, Stephen Cummings has spent more than 40 years at the forefront of the Australian music scene. Cummings will head...

Fauré Requiem
The words 'lofty', 'sublime' and 'death' do not normally go hand in hand, but in Darwin Chorale’s forthcoming concert, Fauré Requiem, those themes are seamlessly bridged. For composer Gabriel Fauré...

Fat Pigeon
It's been a wild ride for local metal band Fat Pigeon. Since winning the Battle of the School Bands in 2017, the young Darwin outfit has played at BASSINTHEGRASS, supported...

Gurrumul wins Australian Music Prize
Dr G Yunupingu has won the Australian Music Prize for his already acclaimed posthumous album Djarimirri (Child Of The Rainbow). By Tamara Howie Producer and long-time friend Michael Hohnen accepted...

Caiti Baker Beyond the Dust
Top End songstress Caiti Baker is hitting the track and traversing the Territory for her Beyond the Dust Tour. By Tamara Howie Baker will take her unique style that mixes...

Wild Women of the North In song
Wild women of the north will have their stories immortalised in song by some of the Top End’s best female musicians. By Tamara Howie It’s all part of muso Tracey...

DSO in Space
Rhiannon Oakhill will be heading into space in her first show after her new appointment as principal double bass with the Darwin Symphony Orchestra (DSO), after almost a decade with...

The Fast Five - Brian Cadd
Multi-award winning singer, songwriter, and producer Brian Cadd (AM) will hit the stage in Darwin after recently returning to his old stomping ground of Nashville where he recorded a soon-to-be-released...

Re-Imaginings
Get ready to Baroque and roll with the Arafura Music Collective at Pee Wee’s at the Point for the second collaboration between the chamber orchestra and picturesque venue. Guest performer...

Gin and Jazz
Gin and jazz are proving to be a made in heaven with a popular new monthly event at the Darwin Railway Club. Music coordinator Adele Mammon says the event has...

BASSINTHEGRASS line up
No waffle - here's the 2019 BASSINTHEGRASS line up! • Allday • Amy Shark • Ball Park Music • Broods (NZ) • Caiti Baker • DZ Deathrays • Hermitude •...

Top End talent sets his sights on the US
Singer and songwriter Jordan-Ravi, 19, cut his teeth in the mean streets of Darwin and has recently moved to Melbourne to jump at the opportunities being thrown his way. Last...

Indigenous Women in Music
Patsy Coleman may have spent her life writing music, but she has only started sharing her songs with the world this year. Coleman, 31, is one of the Saltwater Divas...

Rage at the Reunion
Featuring Brett Ireland, Bernie Bremond, Shellie Morris, Susan Bisset and The Earth’s Calling, and Perfect Blue Sky, Rage at the Reunion is a festival dedicated to the musos of the...

National Live Music Awards
Recognising voices, events and venues, the National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) celebrate the magic that happens away from recording studios – and with two Territorians (Caiti Baker and Baker Boy)...