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Darwin Festival 2025: collective visions, creative collaborations and musical treats

The 2025 Darwin Festival features eight world premieres, an array of acclaimed works and a rich mix of musical offerings.

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Career Advice

So you want my arts job: Festival Director of the Darwin Street Art Festival

Move over Melbourne! According to David Collins, Darwin is where it's at in terms of street art.

A First Nations Elder standing confidently outdoors in the red desert with two of her large-scale paintings. The paintings feature large circles, dots, and washes of paint on yellow, gray and black.
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Beyond the Fair: painting a bigger picture with DAAF

How can an art fair help bridge divides? We speak to two leaders at Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair to find…

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Telstra NATSIAA 2025 has announced 71 finalists

Connecting to country and celebrating culture with another round of the prestigious awards.

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Sharing Trent Dalton's 'Love Stories' on stage: 2025 national tour

From September, the play will be travelling outside Brisbane for the very first time.

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Opinions & Analysis

4 Aboriginal arts and culture centres underway … or not

What is the status of the four major new Aboriginal arts and culture centres underway around the country?

Audience listening to presentation. Live & Local. Sydney Writers' Festival.
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Live & Local returns in Sydney Writers' Festival 2025

Highlights of the 28th edition of the Live & Local program.

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New Indigenous Literacy program kicks off

Four First Nations creatives head to Sydney to skill up for new futures as publishers, graphic designers and writers in…

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Event review: Parrtjima – A Festival in Light 2025, Alice Springs Desert Park

Parrtjima offers joy and hope in a dazzling display of storytelling through light.

Darwin Symphony Orchestra (DSO) Territory Tour hero image. A casually dressed conductor, wearing a t-shirt and baseball cap, leads members of the DSO in an outdoor performance in a park. Cars, families on picnic rugs, and childfren playing footy on the grass are visible in the background.
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Darwin Symphony Orchestra prepares for its first regional NT tour in a decade

This month, DSO is travelling across the NT to perform in three different locations, including a festival concert under the…

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