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No Place Like Home - Community Callout
Wed, Apr 22 2026
Share your story — or encourage a friend or family member to step forward. Help us celebrate the people, places and moments that shape life in the Territory.
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Roller Coaster - Community Call Out
Wed, Apr 15 2026
Come along to find out more about Roller Coaster - a show about skating coming to Darwin Festival 2026
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The Drones are back and heading to Darwin!
Tue, Apr 14 2026
The Drones are reuniting for a special one-off tour of Australia and they're kicking it off in Darwin!
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Darwin Festival celebrates a landmark year
Mon, Mar 23 2026
Darwin Festival celebrates a landmark year as Kate Fell prepares for her final season and search begins for next artistic director
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Darwin Festival Wins Gold at Brolga Awards
Tue, Nov 18 2025
We’re thrilled to announce that Darwin Festival has taken home Gold in the Major Festivals & Events category at the prestigious Northern Territory Tourism Brolga Awards!
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Arts Access for Every Student
Tue, Oct 14 2025
On Thursday 23 October, Darwin Festival is proud to take part in AusArt Day, the national Giving Day for the Arts, to raise funds for our transformative Schools Program.
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Dive Deeper: The Mixed-Race Tape
Mon, Jul 28 2025
The Mixed-Race Tape isn’t just a hip hop theatre show, it’s a deeply personal, autobiographical performance that blends rap, spoken word, piano, archival footage, and intimate interviews. It’s about identity, heritage, and connection, told through the lens of one man’s life, as a son, husband, father, and artist.
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Dive Deeper: Crown and Country
Mon, Jul 28 2025
Jerry Jangala Patrick OAM was just a boy when he first encountered white people. Now, he and his son, Wanta Jampijinpa Pawu-Kurlpurlurnu, invite us into Warlpiri Country with the world premiere of Crown and Country.
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Dive Deeper: Helios & Orpheus
Mon, Jul 28 2025
Join internationally renowned Wright & Grainger in the Brown’s Mart Studio for Helios and Orpheus, a modern-day retelling of these Ancient Greek tales through intimate storytelling and soulful music.
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Dive Deeper: Night Night
Mon, Jul 28 2025
Since launching in 2013, The Last Great Hunt has carved out a distinctive space in the Australian theatre landscape, with a bold commitment to making new work. Over the past decade, they’ve created 37 new works, presented over 100 seasons, and racked up more than 2000 performances. Now they are bringing their work Night Night to Darwin Festival, a production that explores themes of life, death, and other dimensions, centred around a scientist’s quest in Antarctica.
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Dive Deeper: Buffalo Country
Mon, Jul 28 2025
Get ready for an epic, wall-to-wall musical journey, as Buffalo Country promises to be three hours of pure power celebrating a truly classic NT album. With full length sets by country music icons Shane Nicholson and Sara Storer as well as David Garnham & The Reasons to Live and featuring special guests The Choir of Man, Gleny Rae Virus and Sally Balfour, Buffalo Country is an all-star tribute to a Top End country music icon
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Explosive Territory Day Offers!
Tue, Jul 1 2025
This is your chance to snap up seats to the shows that’ll set your August alight
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