Music

The extensive offering of live music during the Festival is listed below. From opera to hip hop; rock to traditional cutural music, the Darwin Festival music program has something for everyone. Visit the links for more information on each event.

To purchase tickets, either call the number listed under each event, or visit the online bookings link, where you will be taken to the Darwin Entertainment Centre online bookings page for that event.

La boheme
Fall in love with Puccini’s romantic tale of passion and heartbreak, as it follows the adventures of group of talented young friends living, laughing...

Sing Your Own Opera
Have you ever dreamt of being an opera star? Well, here is your chance to be in the spotlight - for one performance only - when you become part of...

Xavier Rudd - Amphitheatre Concert
The Darwin Festival presents Xavier Rudd – Live in Concert – One night only! Xavier brings his entourage of instruments and new millennium roots roots...

Great Fences of Australia
Creating ethereal music with fences and violin bows. Many people look at a fence and don’t think much about it, but Jon Rose and Hollis Taylor...

Batari - Taiko Trio
Batari is a Brisbane based contemporary Taiko (Japanese Percussion) ensemble of three performers who blend their wealth of musical and...

Purna Das Baul "King of the Bauls"
Purna Das Baul represents a tradition of wandering minstrels whose songs of joy, love and longing have universal appeal. Purna Das Baul is known...

Urban Village Cultured Beats
Urban Village Cultured Beats features some of the Northern Territory’s leading Indigenous musicians, producers, and DJs in collaboration with...

NT Music Festival
The NT Music Festival, formerly known as Original Recipe, will be staged as part of the Darwin Festival, and will showcase and celebrate the Territory’s...

Yilila Concert
Yilila are an exceptional band and dance group from Numbulwar in Arnhem Land. When they perform, through music and dance they tell the story of...

Ross Wilson and the Urban Legends
Singer, songwriter, producer and Australian Music Legend Ross Wilson, with his band the Urban Legends, will be performing hits from Daddy Cool...

Tetrafide Percussion
Tetrafide Percussion is Australia’s hottest young contemporary ensemble. Funky, spunky and a touch outrageous, Tetrafide Percussion brings...

Tunas Mekar Balinese Collective
Darwin based Balinese collective, Tunas Mekar, will merge with three visiting Balinese performers to present an exotic and mesmerising performance of...

Splendour of Yue Ju
For the first time in Darwin’s history, a group of local Cantonese-Darwinese, together with the Hong Kong Phoenix Opera Troupe, will conduct a Sunday...

Iolanthe
Iolanthe, presented by OperatuNiTy, is a great dig at the pomposity of the English House of Lords. Some of the best music Sullivan wrote and a witty...

Sydney International Piano Competition
The Sydney International Piano Competition was first held in 1977 and is the premier piano competition in Australia. Thirty-six competitors from around...