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OUTLANDISH feat. Spindles, Who is sticking around? Phantom Femme Fatale & Wilful Mischief

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

One ticket, 4 performances! Featuring: 6:30pm - Spindles Spindles is an indie folk musician who writes songs about love, grief, revolution and cosmic wonderment. Layering fingerstyle guitar, violin and vocals to construct contemplative emotional landscapes, Spindles warmly welcomes you to wander with them here. 7:30pm & 9pm - Who is sticking around?  A contemporary dance […]

$15 – $25

ASTC x Desert Festival Pop Up Park

Lyndavale Park 41 Lyndavale Dr,, Larapinta, NT, Australia

Alice Springs Town Council invites all community members to enjoy the Desert Festival Pop Up Park held at Lyndavale Park, Larapinta from 4-7pm. Join local Hip Hop legends Dan the Underdog, Karnage N Darknis & Dem Arrente Mob for an evening of live music and festivities at Lyndavale Park. There will also be a Youth […]

Free
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ROUGE

Araluen Arts Centre 61 Larapinta Drive, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

All the spectacle of a circus with a deliciously deviant, adults-only twist - ROUGE is a mind bending blend of death-defying acrobatics, grandiose cabaret and deeply twisted burlesque. A titillating celebration of astonishing proportions that’s surprising, subversive and supremely sexy. Winner: Best Circus & Physical Theatre Show Adelaide Fringe 2020 “One badass sizzler of a […]

$75

THE GUTTER: Holey Communion feat. Madam and the Mafia & Homostasis

Araluen Arts Centre 61 Larapinta Drive, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

The much anticipated second run of The Gutter Collective’s Holey Cummunion will take audiences back into the sacred Church of Erotica, exploring themes of ritual, kink, queer eroticism, and an insight into the backstage world of a strip club and brothel.  Madam & the Mafia are joined by their filthy gutter family of hookers, queerdos […]

$20 – $30

ASTC x Desert Festival Public Art Walk

Todd Mall Todd Mall, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

Join local artist Pip McManus in a wander around the Alice Springs/Mparntwe town center, to discover the huge array of public street art. FREE - registration required. Meet at the Todd Mall entrance sign - corner of Todd St & Gregory Terrace. Due to the weather, this has been moved foward and will now start at […]

Free
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Alice Cotton // Casii Williams // MusicNT Desert Divas // From the Edge to the Centre

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

One ticket, 4 performances! 6:15 & 8pm - From the Edge to the Centre We celebrate the sacred Country that holds us here in a playful and uplifting show of light, performance, soundscape and song - all woven together as a web of community artworks. A playful and gentle procession of lanterns through Country is […]

$15 – $25

Karnage n Darknis // Victoria Alondra // Phantom Femme Fatale

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

One ticket, 2 performances! 6:30pm - Karnage n Darknis featuring spoken word by Victoria Alondra  8:30pm - Phantom Femme Fatale Not to be dismissed as a sexist figure of male fantasy, the ‘Phantom Femme Fatale’ is a subversive character who transgresses female subjugation with assassin-like stoicism. Defiantly exploiting her physical prowess she pays homage to […]

$15 – $25

Passion Paste Up Posters: Screen Printing Workshop

Charles Darwin University 10 Grevillea Dr, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

CDU X Desert Festival 14th 15th & 22nd September Get a message you are passionate about out on the streets of Mparntwe! The CDU print studios will host a workshop to explore playful and political approaches investigating critical, contemporary issues that participants are passionate about; providing the opportunity to communicate their messages through bold and […]

$10 – $20

Synth School with RONA.: The Sound behind the Song

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

In partnership with In The Mix As part of Desert Festival’s Synth School series join Kaytetye producer and DJ, RONA. for a music production workshop. Discover her unique sound, production techniques, and methodologies as you unpack track stems. Share ideas, connect with others, and bring your creativity. Joining RONA. to host this workshop, is the […]

$10

‘Portals – Transformative Encounters’ By Stick Mob Studio

Watch This Space 8 Gap Rd, The Gap, NT, Australia

Red Hot Arts Project Seed Exhibition: Fri 20th - Sat 28th Sep (open during WTS gallery opening hours) Exhibition Opening Night When: Fri 20th Sep, 6 - 8pm Where: Watch This Space Gallery (WTS) Immerse yourself in Portals, an evocative exhibition celebrating the transformative power of collaborative storytelling, by Stick Mob creatives Seraphina Newberry, Alyssa […]

Free

Synth School with V.N Lucarelli

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

Build an electronic sound circuit As part of Desert Festival’s Synth School series, join Vito Lucarelli (they/them), for a workshop & demystify and exploring the fundamentals of synthesisers. If you've ever wondered what some terms like frequency, waveshape or oscillator sync mean, or what the insides of some synthesisers look like, then this workshop just might be […]

$10

Opening Event: Timepiece and CRISÁLIDA

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

Red Hot Arts Project Seed Join us for the grand opening of two new works by inspiring homegrown artists. Places are limited, so make sure you register to welcome these two impressive Project Seed artworks into fruition. ______________________ CRISÁLIDA Opening: 6pm-8.30pm The first collaboration between dance artist Ashleigh Musk and video artist Ivan Trigo Miras, […]

Free

CRISÁLIDA

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

Ashleigh Musk & Ivan Trigo Opening Event  -  Thursday 26 Sep, 6pm - 8.30pm Reflective by nature, CRISÁLIDA 26 Sep – Sun 6 Oct, is a moment of calm in a rapidly shifting world. This immersive installation wrestles with our relationships to time, intimacy, landscape and money through the lens of the body, entangling the […]

Free

Deadly Funny Comedy Workshop with Jay Wymarra and Leon Filewood

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

Presented by Desert Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival   For almost 20 years, this deadly competition has been travelling so-called Australia to unearth the freshest, fiercest, funniest First Nations comedians and yarn-spinners.  ------------ 3pm - Comedy Workshop (90 mins) Aspiring First Nations comedians will sit with a seasoned professional comedian in a 90-minute Comedy Workshop […]

Free
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Opening Night: Future is Bright

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

Dallas Frasca, Deadly Funny, Jay Wymarra, MusicNT's Desert Divas & more Friday 27th September, 6:00 – midnight Join Desert Festival for an uplifting Opening Night dedicated to the resilience and power of our region’s First Nations and female artists. The hilarious Jay Wymarra will be your special MC, guiding us through the night. First Nations […]

Free – $30

Public Art Walk with Pip McManus

Todd Mall Todd Mall, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

FREE – registration required Join prominent local artist Pip McManus in a wander around the Alice Springs/Mparntwe town center, to discover the huge array of public street art. This Art Walk will feature works from the CDU Passion Paste Up Projects. Location meet-up: Todd Mall entrance sign – corner of Todd St & Gregory Terrace […]

Free
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Stick Mob In Conversation

Watch This Space 8 Gap Rd, The Gap, NT, Australia

Red Hot Arts Project Seed Saturday 28th September Join the Stick Mob Studio creatives for an intimate conversation in their WTS studio. They will share the sentinel stories that shape their lives and why their creative approach is vital to Mparntwe and beyond. Stick Mob creatives do not distinguish what they do in the studio […]

Free
Zen Zen Zo

Mparntwe Stomp: Physical Theatre Workshop

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

Presented by Zen Zen Zo  Join Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre for a Weekend Workshop, a 3-Day Masterclass, or 5-Day Training Program in Mparntwe / Alice Springs. _____________________________________________________________ MPARNTWE / ALICE SPRINGS STOMP will take participants on a journey of transformation, both personally and professionally, as we investigate the ingredients of “extra-ordinary theatre” in a rigorous, fun […]

$160 – $240

Peachy Parties: A Very Queer AFLM Grand Final Watch Party

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

DesFest Synth Saturday x Peachy Parties Saturday 28th Sept, 2pm – 5pm Footy- but QUEER! Come and watch the Grand Final with your mates and enjoy pre-game and half-time entertainment in between watching all the action on the big screen. Think all the excitement of the big day in September but put a big queer […]

$5 – $20
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Synth Saturday: ft Sleep D

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

V.N. Lucarelli, Peachy Party, Jackfruit, Slumberkitty, Jon Rose & In The Mix Djs   Saturday 28th September, 5:00pm – 11:30pm The pinnacle of our Saturday night nod to all thing synthesis will be a special appearance from one of the most highly-revered underground electronic acts to come out of Australia. _________________________________________ For their first ever […]

Free – $40

Joe Camilleri and the Black Sorrows

Araluen Arts Centre 61 Larapinta Drive, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

Araluen Arts Centre  28 September 2024, 7pm Joe Camilleri and The Black Sorrows are coming to town for one show only! _________________________________________ Joe Camilleri has been at the forefront of the Australian music scene for decades as the leader of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons and The Black Sorrows, and as writer of radio […]

$40 – $69

Synth School with Sleep D

Sunday 29th Sept 2-4pm As part of Desert Festival’s Synth School series join Sleep D's Maryos Syawish and Corey Kikos, fresh from their Saturday night headlining set to give you an insight into their creative practice and the world of electronic music production. Facilitated by Morgan Huggins, this session is designed so that beginner, intermediate […]

$25
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Sunday Send Off: Ft Bunna Lawrie & Coloured Stone

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

Plus Kate Emery, Timepiece, Dan The Underdog & Friends, Desert Melody Makers and more Sunday 29th September, 3:00pm – 8pm Bring the family to the gardens for a fun-filled send off for DesFest 2024, featuring some of Mparntwe’s best up-and-coming talent. _________________________________________ Dan The Underdog & Friends Join local Producer/MC Dan The Underdog as he […]

Free – $20

Synth School with Morgan Huggins

Learn the basics of making music with machines Tues 1st Oct As part of Desert Festival’s Synth School series join Morgan Huggins for a holistic overview of the many different approaches to making music with machines. It is designed so that beginner, intermediate and experienced will come away with a fresh perspective on how to enhance […]

$10