2019 Events

We’re turning 40 and we’re throwing one massive opening night extravaganza to celebrate in style!

For the ultimate Festival party vibes make a date to stay out late each Friday and Saturday night at Club Awi.

Darwin’s favourite big day out for the little ones returns and the whole family is in for a fun-filled adventure.

Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair invites us to see that art makes more than a living – art is living.

Join us every night of the Festival for free music from some of the best local musos going around.

The NATSIAAs are back showcasing high-calibre Australian and Indigenous art from around the country.

Everybody has a story to share and you’re invited to share in stories from young people across the Northern Territory.

Artback NT presents a showing from Indigenous Paiwanese dancer Aulu Tjibulangan

See an exhibition of artworks created by Northern Territory Correctional Centre prisoners.

Take a VR time-jump into a radically different Toronto of tomorrow and rethink your place in history and your role in the future.

Explore an inflatable world in Festival Park.

Warm up for free local music with short dance performances on Festival weekends.