Iltja Njtarra Art Centre: Mural

Todd Mall Todd Mall, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

As the Central Desert landscape is once again a cascade of colour, a group of young emerging artists are endeavouring to capture the vibrant display of blooms native to this […]

Elliat Rich: between stars and quarks

Megafauna Central 21 Todd Street Mall, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

Installation by designer Elliat Rich, accompanied by words with Jennifer Mills and sound by Edi Donald. For 70,000 year humans understood their world through a mythological framework; a complex integration […]

Artisan Trail

Registrations are open! - click here to register.  Eclectic and diverse, the 2022 Artisan Trail will take visitors on a journey through different disciplines and locations across the two weekends […]

Author Talk: Matt Garrick, ‘Writing in the Sand’

Red Kangaroo Books 79a Todd Mall, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

Writing in the Sand, by Yothu Yindi's authorised biographer, Matt Garrick, is the epic story of one of Australia's most original bands and how 'Treaty' gave voice to Indigenous Australia's […]

Children’s Ground: Ampe-mape Alyelheme! Kids Sing

Alice Springs Telegraph Station Stuart, NT, Australia

Anwerne Apurte Alyelheme Anwerne alyelheme angkentye Arrernte-le Anwerne angkentye nenhe lterrke atnyenetyeke Anwerne imerneme ampe mape-ke We are singing together We are singing in our language Arrernte We are keeping […]

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 […]

$12.00

Desert Diamonds: La Vita Dei Diamanti

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

La Vita Dei Diamanti, 'The life of Diamonds' is a surreal and sensory immersion into the decadent world of Alice Springs cabaret favourites, the Desert Diamonds. Come experience the lavish […]

$75.00

Putrika

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

From Jakarta to Eora, Putrika will bring her alt-soul electronica sound to Mparntwe. Her sound is a combination of multi-layered synths, percussive and groovy beats, ambient soundscapes paired with soulful […]

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 […]

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 […]

$15 – $45.00

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 […]

$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 […]

$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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

$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 […]

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 […]

$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 […]