Late last week, Darwin Festival launched its 2022 program. On the same day, a delegation of Traditional Owners from Larrakia Country, the Tiwi Islands and the Beetaloo Basin, joined by members of the Northern Territory arts group Fossil Free Arts NT, held a ‘Darwin Festival Dump Santos’ campaign rally in Darwin’s CBD.
The campaign includes an open letter signed by over 200 Australian artists (including 130 from the Northern Territory) calling on the festival to end their decades-long sponsorship deal with Santos, one of various energy companies conducting exploratory gas projects and drilling for gas (fracking) in parts of the NT.
