La Vita Dei Diamanti, 'The life of Diamonds' is a surreal and sensory immersion into the decadent world of Alice Springs cabaret favourites, the Desert Diamonds. Come experience the lavish life inside the house of the diamonds, where audiences will be served up a lush fantasy landscape of art deco glamour. This performance begins with […]
Get your entire ecosystem bopping at this adults-only garden party. With local queer artists as our master gardeners, a night of collective creativity and kinky imagination awaits. Soak yourself in sensory delight including live music, roving performers, DJs, VJs, theatre and dance. Expect interactive installations, solarpunk peep shows and a whole microcosm of creatures to […]
From artist and researcher Dean West, The Buffel Harvest is an experimental performance orbiting around a live demonstration of how to grow Oyster Mushrooms using Central Australian weed species Buffel Grass as a substrate. The demonstration will take you through harvest, pasteurisation, inoculation, incubation and finally harvest again. The demonstration will be elaborated with animations, […]
Come to the edge. We might fall. Come to the edge. It’s too high! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed. And they flew. - Christopher Logue Dusty Feet Dance Collective aims to create uplifting dance theatre that inspires and provokes. Set to an evocative soundtrack, with quirky characters, contemporary dance physicality […]
The Nestmakers is a time capsule of climate anxieties, a resting place for your doom and gloom. It is a funny and sad play about culpability and climate, bunkers and billionaires, and the refusal to give into your prepper side. Written by Betty Sweetlove and directed by Bek Law with dramaturgy by Declan Furber Gillick […]
Come to the edge. We might fall. Come to the edge. It’s too high! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed. And they flew. - Christopher Logue Dusty Feet Dance Collective aims to create uplifting dance theatre that inspires and provokes. Set to an evocative soundtrack, with quirky characters, contemporary dance physicality […]
The Nestmakers is a time capsule of climate anxieties, a resting place for your doom and gloom. It is a funny and sad play about culpability and climate, bunkers and billionaires, and the refusal to give into your prepper side. Written by Betty Sweetlove and directed by Bek Law with dramaturgy by Declan Furber Gillick […]
Stellar Sea explore our hidden aspirations in a time when we need to desire less for the sustainability of our planet. Weaving live music, projected media and a compelling poetic narrative, they will deliver an embodied experience inspired by PJ Harvey and their own dreams. Stellar Sea are a cohort of post-punk eco queers with […]
Amidst times of questioning our losses, our sense of belonging and our resilience, songs came to be. This is a collaborative project initiated by Jakarta- born, now Mparntwe-based musician and visual artist Dina Indrasafitri. Dina will be collaborating with local legends such as Dave Crowe and Xavia to create a medley of song, dance and visuals rich […]
Three women co-exist within a forest of plastic columns, experimenting with gentle but persistent acts which transform their bodies and surroundings over a six hour period. Their collective attempts to understand the material gives way to unintended consequences, patience is required in this precarious landscape. From Infancy is a collaboration from Ashleigh Musk with Kelly Beneforti […]
Fringe dwelling experiential spaces that bring together people and ideas to explore the heart and soul of the desert through multiple mediums and transitions This immersive experience brings together a collaboration of artists in an experiential installation that integrates people, culture and lands by creating safe spaces that change the way people experience their surrounds […]
Please join us at 5:30pm for the official Welcome to Arrernte Country with Kumalie Riley. Featured performances include: 5:45pm - Ayenge Arrweketye (I Am Woman) - Toni Lord X GUTS GUTS Dance and emerging Indigenous choreographer Toni-louise Lord share Ayenge Arrweketye, in Arrernte, meaning "I am Woman". Indigenous Contemporary Dance piece, Ayenge Arrweketye, is an […]
Interplay Project x Desert Festival Change has always come from the Edge Fringe dwelling experiential spaces that bring together people and ideas to explore the heart and soul of the desert through multiple mediums and transitions A community art installation curated by a diverse group of volunteer artists including and with guidance from Mparntwe’s Traditional […]
World renowned beatboxer Tom Thum, and talented musician-songwriter Jamie MacDowell guide you through an interactive vocal and sampling workshop for participants of all skill levels. In this hands-on session, participants will learn how to create, manipulate and arrange sampled sounds to craft compelling musical compositions. Please note this is and Adults only workshop. FREE - […]
'It takes longer than you think' is a mixed-media exhibition investigating the multiplicities of temporal experience in expanded and multiple frames. Drawing on Einstein’s special theory of relativity, black holes, meteorites and event horizons, artists Gretel Bull and Jaxon Waterhouse unite sculpture, photography, video, and sound in an immersive experience exploring manifestations of time from […]
Join an exciting opportunity to create screen-printed posters and then paste your work up in a large-scale installation at Desert Festival. The CDU print studios will host a workshop for high-school students to explore playful and political approaches investigating critical, contemporary issues that participants are passionate about; providing the opportunity to communicate their messages through […]
One ticket, 3 performances! 6pm - Songs of Spring by The Splinter Sisters The Splinters Sisters invite you to celebrate the new beginnings of Spring through song. From a Swedish love ballad about wrapping flowers around your heart, to a Spanish song opening doors to new beginnings, and closer to home with a Torres Strait […]
Interplay Project x Desert Festival The audience is invited to an experience of Deep Listening to the important but less-heard voices of in our community. 4pm - The Edge Community Bush Expo; Sharing Knowledge & Ideas The Edge huts host a bush style expo event that brings together people and cultures to share knowledge, passions […]
One ticket, 4 performances! Featuring: 6:30pm - Spindles Spindles is an indie folk musician who writes songs about love, grief, revolution and cosmic wonderment. Layering fingerstyle guitar, violin and vocals to construct contemplative emotional landscapes, Spindles warmly welcomes you to wander with them here. 7:30pm & 9pm - Who is sticking around? A contemporary dance […]
The much anticipated second run of The Gutter Collective’s Holey Cummunion will take audiences back into the sacred Church of Erotica, exploring themes of ritual, kink, queer eroticism, and an insight into the backstage world of a strip club and brothel. Madam & the Mafia are joined by their filthy gutter family of hookers, queerdos […]
One ticket, 2 performances! 6:30pm - Karnage n Darknis featuring spoken word by Victoria Alondra 8:30pm - Phantom Femme Fatale Not to be dismissed as a sexist figure of male fantasy, the ‘Phantom Femme Fatale’ is a subversive character who transgresses female subjugation with assassin-like stoicism. Defiantly exploiting her physical prowess she pays homage to […]