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National Indigenous Music Awards
It's been a big year for Indigenous music. This month the National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMA) will set the stage on fire with hip-shaking rock n' roll, sublime singing, powerful...
One Tropical Day feat. Grinspoon
We are well and truly into the Dry season and Aussie rock heavyweights Grinspoon are dropping by to help Top Enders celebrate. They visit the NT as a part of...
DSO Kids' Classics – Play me a Story
The first instalment of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra's (DSO) new education series Kids' Classics explores how to tell a story through music. By Chelsea Heaney. Designed specifically for a younger...
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...
MUSIC on the Big Screen
When the Darwin Entertainment Centre turned 30 last year, the management’s attention turned to the venue’s projector room, which was built but never commissioned, lying dormant and film-less. “So for...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
It's no surprise that Shakespeare's most delightful and fantastical play found further life as a ballet. Set to a romantic score by Felix Mendelssohn, the Melbourne City Ballet brings the...
10 Years at the Top
10 years ago this month, a brand new little what's-on guide to the Top End was launched kicking and grinning into the world. By Rosa Ellen. In the tradition of...
Comics' Corner – Fringe Festival Forecast – A Jovial July
July sees Darwin electrified by some dynamic comic talent. If Adelaide has Mad March, Darwin now has Jovial and Juvenile July. Maybe it doesn’t quite roll off the tongue but...
Growing Up Troppo – July
Pack away the iPad and put Pokémon on hold – school holidays are here. By Libby Larsen. It's the time of year when Top Enders are itching to get out...
Assault Your Ears – July Podcast Review
Welcome to Assault Your Ears, a monthly column dedicated to podcasts. By Jess Ong. If there’s one thing you need to wrap your ears around, it’s Ear Hustle – a...
Territory Day – signature events
There’s no avoiding the artillery of crackers – and howling of canines – but Territory Day also brings the liveliest Mindil Beach Sunset Market of the year. Singer-songwriter Pete Murray...
Off The Leash – 10 Year Anniversary Cover Comp
In celebration of Off The Leash’s 10-year anniversary we put the call out for a fab, fun cover that celebrated our vibrant Top End home. We could have designed our...
Tactile Arts Dragonfly Craft Fair
The dragonflies are well and truly out now and so emerge Darwin's buzzing art and crafters to the grassy outdoors. Drifting up to a new site on the Esplanade, Tactile...
Royal Darwin Show
It's showtime in Darwin. From sugar to show bags, squealing and shrieking, there's a focus on the down-to-earth, on agriculture and the handmade. If you love the whiff and competitive...
Flora
There's a thriving community of artists working and living on the Cox Peninsula, but you mightn't know it if you only stick to one side of the harbour. This year’s...
Walking With Spirits
David Bridie and Papuan music star George Telek have been working together for decades, ever since they made their hit album Tabaran, with Bridie’s band Not Drowning Waving. Now the...
Darwin Fringe Festival
Brilliant, hilarious, lo-fi, surreal, or green as an unripe mango, Darwin Fringe is your chance to experience the best new theatre, art, music and dance as it explodes into the...
Coranderrk
In 1881 the Kulin clans, facing the imminent loss of their land and freedoms, brought about a Parliamentary Inquiry to continue living on the Victorian Aboriginal reserve of Coranderrk as...
Terror Australis
Leah Shelton was performing in a glitzy variety show in Las Vegas when she had the idea for Terror Australis, an anti-burlesque cabaret show exploring Australian culture’s dark undercurrent. Off...
