Darwin Festival
IncarcerNation opens conversation on Indigenous incarceration in Australia
A major exhibition examining Australia's incarceration crisis and its impact on First Nations people...
Joseph Guenzler
5 Aug 2026
Sharing cultures, one powerful story: Gapu Ŋupan brings Yolŋu and Taiwanese knowledge to the stage
Some performances entertain. Others carry something much deeper. Gapu Ŋupan (Chasing the Rainbow) is...
A full circle moment: Ben Graetz returns home to lead Darwin Festival
There is something powerful about our people coming home. For proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isl...
'I'm just so happy' - New Darwin Festival artistic director Ben Graetz takes the reins
Arts leader Ben Graetz is returning home to take the helm at the Darwin Festival, making him the onl...
Darwin Festival announces expansive 2025 program
Set to feature 734 artists presenting 402, engaging performances across a record 50 venues from Augu...
IncarcerNation opens conversation on Indigenous incarceration in Australia
A major exhibition examining Australia's incarceration crisis and its impact on...
Joseph Guenzler
5 Aug 2026
Sharing cultures, one powerful story: Gapu Ŋupan brings Yolŋu and Taiwanese knowledge to the stage
Some performances entertain. Others carry something much deeper. Gapu Ŋupan (Cha...
Nicole Brown
21 Jul 2026
A full circle moment: Ben Graetz returns home to lead Darwin Festival
There is something powerful about our people coming home. For proud Aboriginal a...
Nicole Brown
26 Jun 2026
'I'm just so happy' - New Darwin Festival artistic director Ben Graetz takes the reins
Arts leader Ben Graetz is returning home to take the helm at the Darwin Festival...
Liz Hobday (AAP)
22 Jun 2026
Darwin Festival announces expansive 2025 program
Set to feature 734 artists presenting 402, engaging performances across a record...
Phoebe Blogg
5 Jun 2025
Choreographer Rosealee Pearson's dance piece Song Spirals, premiering at the upcoming Darwin Festival, began with a book she couldn't put down.
For decades now we have been telling companies such as Woodside, Santos, BHP and Origin they need a social licence to operate. That means funding local clubs where their operations are, providing job...
COVID-19 restrictions have pared back some acts from the opening weekend of Darwin Festival but there are still plenty of amazing Indigenous artists to catch at the event.
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