Harmonising in the desert

The Desert Harmony Festival features 17 days of cultural, contemporary, Indigenous and youth events in the heart of the NT.
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Joseph Shannon, Winanjjikari Music Centre Musician, Tennant Creek; image via Desert Harmony Festival

From the stand-up comedy of Deadly Funny to the local talents of Barkly Divas, a three-day workshop program for aspiring female Indigenous singers and songwriters; and from poetry night The Dirty Word to a special outdoor screening of Rolf De Heer’s Charlie’s Country under the stars, the Desert Harmony Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary in style.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts