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IncarcerNation opens conversation on Indigenous incarceration in Australia
A major exhibition examining Australia's incarceration crisis and its impact on...
Joseph Guenzler 5 Aug 2026
The Indigenous craftsman who listens for singing trees
The walk comes first. Through the stringybark and scrub outside Yirrkala, Ian Gu...
Robyn Wuth (AAP) 3 Aug 2026
Garma festival shows Yolŋu culture in full colour
On a red-dust mat in northeast Arnhem Land, Yolŋu families gather to show the re...
Robyn Wuth (AAP) 3 Aug 2026
Stunning kookaburra dance lights up Garma Festival
On Yolŋu country at Garma, a kookaburra's laugh isn't just a sound in the trees...
Robyn Wuth (AAP) 3 Aug 2026
Garma returns with four days of Yolŋu culture, art and ceremony
The Garma Festival has returned to Gulkula on Gumatj Country in north-east Arnhe...
Joseph Guenzler 31 Jul 2026
Darebin Fuse Festival returns for Spring 2026

For ten unforgettable days, creativity across Darebin will be celebrated through back-to-back live music, performances, cultural celebrations, installations, hands-on workshops, film screenings, and i...

July 30, 2026
First Nations poets, writers and creatives come together for OUR WORDS event

OUR WORDS brings First Nations poets, writers, creatives and thought leaders together for a series of free live panels to contemplate, provoke and inspire.

July 28, 2026
Giiyong Festival to become biennial event as Twofold Aboriginal Corporation launches Giiyong Ganya

Twofold Aboriginal Corporation has announced Giiyong Festival, first established in 2018, will become a biennial event, with a new alternate-year program, Giiyong Ganya, to be presented for the first...

July 27, 2026
Blak & Bright Writers Festival announces 2026 program

Australia's largest and only gathering of First Nations writers and storytellers, Blak & Bright Writers Festival, returns for its fifth instalment this year.

July 24, 2026
Sharing cultures, one powerful story: Gapu Ŋupan brings Yolŋu and Taiwanese knowledge to the stage

Some performances entertain. Others carry something much deeper. Gapu ÅŠupan (Chasing the Rainbow) is one of those rare works born from relationship, cultural responsibility and years of shared le...

July 21, 2026
Nationally touring First Nations exhibition highlights City’s NAIDOC celebrations

Nationally significant First Nations art and cultural experiences are set to take centre stage in the northern suburbs this NAIDOC Week, with the City of Joondalup bringing a major ACMI touring exhibi...

July 6, 2026
Funding boost to help grow Tiwi Cultural Festival

The Federal Government will invest $250,000 to support the 2026 Tiwi Cultural Festival, with the funding aimed at strengthening one of the Northern Territory's premier First Nations cultural events wh...

July 3, 2026
Wiradjuri soprano to lead First Nations Artist Residency

Wiradjuri soprano Shauntai Abdul-Rahman has been selected to lead the 2026/27 First Nations Artist Residency program delivered by Melbourne International Jazz Festival, the Australian Art Orchestra an...

July 2, 2026
Tjaka taking their didgetronica to the Whitsundays

Tjaka is set to bring their sound to the Whitsundays as part of QLD Music Trails - The Reef. The Magandjin (Brisbane) based band will perform at Airlie Beach Foreshore on July 4, joining Boy & Bea...

June 30, 2026
Darwin Street Art Festival delivers eight new artworks and two new Indigenous Art Precincts

Darwin's streets have become even more colourful following the completion of the 2026 Darwin Street Art Festival (DSAF), marking a decade of transforming the city through public art.

June 26, 2026
A full circle moment: Ben Graetz returns home to lead Darwin Festival

There is something powerful about our people coming home. For proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander man Ben Graetz, being appointed the next Artistic Director of Darwin Festival is more than ano...

June 26, 2026
'I'm just so happy' - New Darwin Festival artistic director Ben Graetz takes the reins

Arts leader Ben Graetz is returning home to take the helm at the Darwin Festival, making him the only First Nations artistic director of a major arts festival.

June 22, 2026
Garrmalang Festival brings music, art and culture to life on Larrakia Country

The countdown is on for the 2026 Garrmalang Festival, with organisers unveiling an expanded program which celebrates the strength, diversity and creativity of First Nations cultures through music, vis...

June 10, 2026
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