Desert Harmony FestivalFeaturing a diversity of artistic and cultural programs, the Desert Harmony Festival celebrates the Barkly region’s unique Indigenous and multicultural demographic.
With endless horizons, rolling hills, vivid blue skies and a blanket of red dirt, the Desert Harmony Festival is outback Australia at its finest.
“There is no other place in Australia I’d rather be each year! The Desert Harmony Festival showcases the best of a remote region that has a heart of gold!”
Desert Harmony Festival is of national significance and is the region’s main event to promote artists from the Barkly region, share culture for education and harmony, and support community safety through participation and collaboration.
Featuring a diversity of artistic and cultural programs, the Desert Harmony Festival celebrates the Barkly region’s unique Indigenous and multicultural demographic.
The Desert Harmony Festival is held on the NT Picnic Day Long Weekend at the beginning of August each year – which is right in the middle of the Northern Territory tourist and festival season. The perfect time to visit Tennant Creek!
The festival is a celebration of arts, culture and community.
CULTURE
COMMUNITY
MUSIC
ARTS
MEDIA
The festival is a combination of these ‘evergreen’ events and national headline acts – professionally produced by BRAs festival team. The DHF provides the bridge that enables the unique culture, music, visual arts, dance, language and stories of the Barkly region to be shared locally, nationally and internationally.