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  […]

Interplay x Desert Festival – The Edge – Community art installation

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

Interplay Project x Desert Festival Change has always come from the Edge Fringe dwelling experiential spaces that bring together people and ideas to explore the heart and soul of the […]

Jamie MacDowell & Tom Thum – Vocal and Sampling workshop

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

World renowned beatboxer Tom Thum, and talented musician-songwriter Jamie MacDowell guide you through an interactive vocal and sampling workshop for participants of all skill levels. In this hands-on session, participants […]

Free

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 […]

It takes longer than you think

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

'It takes longer than you think' is a mixed-media exhibition investigating the multiplicities of temporal experience in expanded and multiple frames. Drawing on Einstein’s special theory of relativity, black holes, […]

It takes longer than you think – Exhibition Opening & Artist Talk

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

Join, Project Seed artists Gretel Bull & Jaxon Waterhouse at in-depth artist talk about their project concept, design process and how exploding ceramics pieces makes you feel. 'It takes longer than […]

Mparntwe Bush Dance

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

One ticket, 3 performances!   5pm - Music that Moves - Dusty Feet Dance Collective - Project Seed Music that Moves is a collaborative performance between Dusty Feet Dance Collective […]

$10 – $60

CDU x Desert Festival Paste-Up Passion Project

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

Join an exciting opportunity to create screen-printed posters and then paste your work up in a large-scale installation at Desert Festival. The CDU print studios will host a workshop for […]

Free

Ampe-mape Alyelheme! (Kids Sing!) Album Launch

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

Join Children's Ground to launch our album of deadly, uplifting Arrernte songs for children: 'Ampe-mape Alyelheme! (Kids Sing!)'. The first children’s Arrernte language album of its kind – created by […]

Free

Voices from The Edge & Bush Expo

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

Interplay Project x Desert Festival The audience is invited to an experience of Deep Listening to the important but less-heard voices of in our community. 4pm - The Edge Community […]

Free

Shadows of the Prehistoric Past

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

Come on a journey to discover some of the amazing prehistoric stories of the Northern Territory. In a delightful adventure for the whole family, world-renowned singing palaeontologist Professor Flint, helps […]

Free

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 […]

Free

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 […]

$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 […]

Free

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 […]

$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 […]

$10 – $20