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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

$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 […]

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 […]

$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 […]

ASTC x Desert Festival Night Market

Todd Mall Todd Mall, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

Live entertainment, food from across the globe, and unique crafts and culture will fill the Todd Mall. Come and check out great live acts by Sissy Fu!, Michael Connell, Super […]

Opening Night feat. Music // Dance // Theatre performances

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

Please join us at 5:30pm for the official Welcome to Arrernte Country with Kumalie Riley.  Featured performances include: 5:45pm - Ayenge Arrweketye (I Am Woman) - Toni Lord X GUTS  […]