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

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 Bush Expo; Sharing Knowledge & Ideas The Edge huts host a bush style expo event that brings together people and cultures to share knowledge, passions […]

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 Arrernte artists, families and educators during this International Decade of Indigenous Languages. Come for a dance and, sing along with us to our versions of […]

Free

Espie St AllStars // Songs of Spring – The Splinter Sisters // Hive Alive – Bee Theatre

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

One ticket, 3 performances! 6pm - Songs of Spring by The Splinter Sisters The Splinters Sisters invite you to celebrate the new beginnings of Spring through song. From a Swedish love ballad about wrapping flowers around your heart, to a Spanish song opening doors to new beginnings, and closer to home with a Torres Strait […]

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 and the World Chamber Orchestra, featuring four dancers and a string quartet. Set at the beautiful Olive Pink Botanic Gardens, with composers including Elena Kat-Chernin, […]

$10 – $60

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 desert through multiple mediums and transitions A community art installation curated by a diverse group of volunteer artists including and with guidance from Mparntwe’s Traditional […]

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  GUTS Dance and emerging Indigenous choreographer Toni-louise Lord share Ayenge Arrweketye, in Arrernte, meaning "I am Woman". Indigenous Contemporary Dance piece, Ayenge Arrweketye, is an […]

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 […]