Plus Kate Emery, Timepiece, Dan The Underdog & Friends, Desert Melody Makers and more

Bring the family to the gardens for a fun-filled send off for DesFest 2024, featuring some of Mparntwe’s best up-and-coming talent.

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Featuring

The unique and legendary sounds of Bunna Lawrie and Coloured Stone! Recognised worldwide, Coloured Stone is Australia’s premier Aboriginal band, combining rock, ska, and reggae with a unique First Nations sound.

Singing songs in Warlpiri, Luritji and English, roots rock reggae legends, Desert Melody Makers are in town from Yuendemu to give us a special performance.

Join local Producer/MC Dan The Underdog as he introduces the next generation of Northern Territory Hip Hop. Some of these young people have been through the youth justice system and have a story to tell. Others are just young Hip Hop heads from around Mparntwe expressing themselves through music. Dan The Underdog hosts, hypes and performs alongside the up and comers, and drops some of your favourites from his catalogue as well. It’s an upbeat, inspiring, eye opening and sometimes controversial live show that is sure to leave you with a story to tell.

Back in Mparntwe performing solo is folk-pop charm singer songwriter, Elsie Lange. Her music, inspired by legends like Sharon Van Etten and Laura Marling, is heartfelt and intimate, tackling love, growth and the distance between the city and the desert.

The debut performance of Project Seed recipient Kate Emery’s Lady Lady clown show; a family friendly ballet-dancing butterfly, accompanied by a Ladybug, through an airport.

Betty Sweetlove, Jazzy Story, Sarah Moore and Miriam Nicholls will momentarily lure the crowd from the main stage, for a site-specific performance of Timepiece in the farther reaches of Olive Pink Botanic Gardens. Also a Project Seed outcome, this stunning work of physical theatre invites audiences to explore their own experiences of time.

Play and spin hula hoops as the sun sets with with Mparntwe’s favourite hula hooper, Fula Hoops. This is an all-ages, -levels and -abilities workshop with hoops provided. You will leave with a trick or two up your sleeve and a smile on your face. Hips don’t lie!

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