Features
DSO: Master Series II
New Darwin Symphony Orchestra (DSO) artistic director and chief conductor Jonathan Tooby conducts his first concert at this year’s Darwin Festival. Welcome to the DSO, Jonathon! Can you tell us...
Sing the Camino
If singing up a storm is your idea of a great Sunday morning, set aside July 22 for a sumptuous singing session with choir director extraordinaire Jessie Vintila. Journey in...
NT Song of the Year Winners
Baker Boy continues his reign as the Northern Territory’s top musical powerhouse after coming home with three awards at the 2018 NT Song of the Year Awards. Hit track ‘Mr...
NIMAs Nominations and Performers Announced
Hip-hop super star Baker Boy and late music legend Gurrumul have led this year’s National Indigenous Music Award nominations. Both Top End artists are up for three awards, followed by...
Jack and Gus at Terry's Place
In December last year, Darwin music lover Terry Cleary somehow managed to talk London based singer Emily Barker into playing at his Rapid Creek backyard. By Liz Trevaskis A long-term...
Sam Carmody
Darwin based songwriter Sam Carmody is a double-threat wordsmith. The NT Song of the Year finalist is also a highly acclaimed novelist – but it’s his musical stylings that will...
The Fast Five - Shaun Kirk
While silverchair might have been his first love – it’s blues that has his heart forever. And this month Shaun Kirk will rock the stage at Darwin’s first ever Blues...
Fiesta Latina
Featuring iconic Latino songs, electrifying flamenco guitar and an explosion of sequins and feathers, Darwin Chorale presents the spectacular Fiesta Latina. Curated by former Chorale music director Nora Lewis, the...
Rogue Traders
One of the most successful electro pop-rock bands in recent Australian music history, Rogue Traders, are reprising their hits for one night only at Skycity. Founding member James Ash spoke...
Darwin Symphony Orchestra - Bowie
This is the night when the orchestra and conductor have way too much fun –with the audience hugging every inch of the Amphitheatre lawns and letting their hair down too...
Darwin Country Music Muster
It's a hoedown at the showgrounds! Darwin musician, promoter and serial festival organiser Andrew Arthur spoke to Off The Leash about Darwin’s first Country Music Muster. A country music muster...
Cosmic Psychos
Making their return to Darwin, three years after a raucous show with the Dune Rats, the Cosmic Psychos are back to put some steam into your Dry season. John McKeering...
The Barry Brown Experience
Barry Brown is back in Darwin town for one night only! Don't miss this opportunity to see the Territory's own groove guru, with his ultra-funky band and some very special...
The Fast Five - Stevie Jean
She finished high school only last year, but already Stevie Jean is making waves. Making it to the top five in the annual triple j Unearthed High competition, and receiving...
DSO Opera Gala
Every May, the Darwin Symphony Orchestra welcomes the dry with a spectacular free opera gala under the stars at the Darwin Waterfront. As one of the first large-scale Dry season...
APIA Good Times Tour - 2018
The sixth APIA good times tour kicks off in Darwin this May, with disco legend Leo Sayer sharing the stage with Brian Cadd, Marcia Hines, Russell Morris and John Paul...
Vera Blue - BASSINTHEGRASS
The last time Vera Blue played in Darwin she was on a national tour and didn’t have much time to look around. Joining this year’s lineup for BASSINTHEGRASS, the former...
Songs from the Parisian Belle Époque
In the first of the Darwin Entertainment Centre’s 2018 Concert Series, French soprano Laetitia Grimaldi and South African/Israeli pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz offer a program of romantic French songs, presented in...
Burger Joint Live on Fridays
The NT News live on Fridays returns this dry season, transforming brown’s mart courtyard into the perfect venue to celebrate the end of the week and the start of the...