Greetings and Welcome
This year's festival is already a huge success with 15 sell
out shows and all other shows being well attended, the Indigenous
Dance program has exceeded expectations, thanks to the wonderful
dancing by Red Flag from Numbulwar, White Cockatoo from Maningrida
and the Tiwi Island dancers. Highlights have been too many to
mention but one thing is certain everyone is having a wonderful
time in our beautiful tropical city, that's national and international
visitors, locals and artists so well done Darwin but it's not
over yet! Five fantastic Festival days remain, and if you're not
one of the many people who have attended a Festival event yet
you still have the opportunity to be a part of the largest Arts
event in the Northern Territory!
EXTRA FREE RECKLESS
CIRCUS SHOW ADDED TO FRIDAY NIGHT'S LINE UP
Due to public demand we have added another Reckless
Circus show on Friday August 25th at 6.15pm this show is in
addition to the show at 7pm. Reckless Circus are from Corrugated
Iron Youth Arts and are very popular Malcolm Blaylock said demand
for the show was overwhelming "The response to this show
is fantastic, it's a local youth arts group and we are very proud
of its success in the Darwin Festival, or course we want as many
people as possible to experience this event, which is free, so
that's why we've decided to squeeze in one extra perfomrance on
Friday night" FREE Tickets to the event will be available
at 5.30pm from the Box Office at the Star Shell.
STRANGE
FRUIT - ANOTHER FREE FAMILY FESTIVAL EVENT
Festival highlight Strange
Fruit will perform their wistful physical theatre atop 4 metre
poles on Saturday the 26th and Sunday 27th at 6.45pm at the Heritage
Lawns at the Botanic Gardens. Bring your blanket or chair and
and enjoy this outdoor spectacular enjoyed by over 1 minillion
people around the world.
FOURPLAY
- Australia's premiere rock and roll string quartet
Live
from the Barkly - A sensational night of live music from the
Barkly to the Gulf of Carpentaria
NT
Music Showcase - presented by Music NT - Tonight Darwin -
Tomorrow the World!
NT
Indigenous Music Awards - The premier event on the Indigenous
music calendar
George
Bernard's Shorts - Two One Act staged play readings of G.B.Shaw’s
The Fascinating Foundling......
WAKA
- Our Journeys Our Canoes - An amazing night of high energy
performance, song, story and ritual