Song Circle with Emma Trenorden

Festival Hub 123 Gap Rd, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

Come join the song circle! This workshop is open to people of all levels of singing - the only requirement being a joy for singing with others. Most Sunday afternoons Emma enjoys sharing and leading songs with Splinter Sisters, a small circle of singers in Alice Springs. She will share with you some quick-to-learn songs […]

Frank Yamma and Band

Festival Hub 123 Gap Rd, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

Frank Yamma is one of Australia’s most significant Indigenous songwriters, with an ability to cross cultural and musical boundaries. A Pitjantjatjara man, Frank speaks five languages and sings in Pitjantjatjara and English. His mighty songs, magical guitar playing and deeply evocative voice tell stories of country, protection, heartache, travel and love. Frank Yamma is joined […]

$15 – $45.00

Panel: Creating Accessible and Inclusive Events, Programs and Communications with Incite Arts

Red Hot Arts Central Australia 67 Bath street, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

Incite Arts has been delivering inclusive arts programs since 2004. As an organisation, they have learnt a lot on their journey over the years and will be sharing these learnings in this exciting panel. From physical access to the need for accessibility in communications, this panel will be centred around how we can help make […]

The Buffel Harvest

Festival Hub 123 Gap Rd, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

From artist and researcher Dean West, The Buffel Harvest is an experimental performance orbiting around a live demonstration of how to grow Oyster Mushrooms using Central Australian weed species Buffel Grass as a substrate. The demonstration will take you through harvest, pasteurisation, inoculation, incubation and finally harvest again. The demonstration will be elaborated with animations, […]

$7.00 – $20.00

Come to the Edge & Dancing in the Air – 4pm Showing

Centralian Senior College 10 Grevillea Dr, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

Come to the edge. We might fall. Come to the edge. It’s too high! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed. And they flew. - Christopher Logue Dusty Feet Dance Collective aims to create uplifting dance theatre that inspires and provokes. Set to an evocative soundtrack, with quirky characters, contemporary dance physicality […]

$10.00 – $25.00

Billy Black

Festival Hub 123 Gap Rd, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

Billy Black is a talented and travelled singer and guitarist. He has performed across a wide array of musical styles over a long career of six stringed debauchery. Join him for a delicate evening of acoustic, pure, clean, joy.  

Bambadino: Yearning to Belong

Festival Hub 123 Gap Rd, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

Bambadino is a Filipino-born lesbian Maths teacher singer-songwriter who yearns to belong. Her songs take you from funny anecdotes to bittersweet ballads about belonging to her body, to her family, to community, to herself. Bambadino lives in Mparntwe wtih her wife, dogs and chickens. She loves singing and watching the sunrise. If you can't make […]

The Nestmakers – 8:30pm Showing

Festival Hub 123 Gap Rd, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

The Nestmakers is a time capsule of climate anxieties, a resting place for your doom and gloom. It is a funny and sad play about culpability and climate, bunkers and billionaires, and the refusal to give into your prepper side. Written by Betty Sweetlove and directed by Bek Law with dramaturgy by Declan Furber Gillick […]

$10.00 – $25.00

Ronja Moss

Festival Hub 123 Gap Rd, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

Ronja Moss is a twinkly-eyed singer songwriter who delights in telling tales with her banjo and rolling melodies. Recently relocated to our Nation’s capital, Ronja grew up in the central desert of Alice Springs. Her songs paint pictures; either witnessed, or imagined, endeavouring to take the listener into the lives of her characters and thoughts. […]

Kardboard Kingdom

Festival Hub 123 Gap Rd, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

On The Wing Theatre Co. invites you to come and get creative in the Kardboard Kingdom! Blending workshop and theatre performance, this interactive piece gives audiences the chance to get crafty and then enjoy watching performers bring their creations to life. If you can't make this performance, Kardboard Kingdom will also take place on Saturday […]

$12

Desert Festival Presents: Alice Springs Town Council Pop Up Park

Ross Park 30/32 Undoolya Rd, East Side, NT, Australia

The Alice Springs Town Council with support from the Northern Territory Government are proud to bring back the highly successful Pop Up Park Series in 2022, and this edition will feature a curated lineup of exciting Desert Festival talent! This place-based activation series targets Alice Springs families, neighbours and individuals looking for an opportunity to […]

Dina: Should You Lose Your Belongings

Festival Hub 123 Gap Rd, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

Amidst times of questioning our losses, our sense of belonging and our resilience, songs came to be. This is a collaborative project initiated by Jakarta- born, now Mparntwe-based musician and visual artist Dina Indrasafitri. Dina will be collaborating with local legends such as Dave Crowe and Xavia to create a medley of song, dance and visuals rich […]

$20.00 – $33.00

From Infancy

Red Hot Arts Central Australia 67 Bath street, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

Three women co-exist within a forest of plastic columns, experimenting with gentle but persistent acts which transform their bodies and surroundings over a six hour period. Their collective attempts to understand the material gives way to unintended consequences, patience is required in this precarious landscape. From Infancy is a collaboration from Ashleigh Musk with Kelly Beneforti […]

FIX IT – The Hero

Festival Hub 123 Gap Rd, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

An adventure awaits you – will you answer the call? Join FIX IT the clown in this interactive workshop as they undertake a journey of mystical and mythical proportions to discover what it takes to become true hero. This physical, performative workshop from Anna Thomson will include improvisation, movement, object play and more, as children […]

$12.00

Interplay x Desert Festival – The Edge

Olive Pink Botanic Gardens 27 Tuncks Rd, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

Fringe dwelling experiential spaces that bring together people and ideas to explore the heart and soul of the desert through multiple mediums and transitions This immersive experience brings together a collaboration of artists in an experiential installation that integrates people, culture and lands by creating safe spaces that change the way people experience their surrounds […]