Your Guide to Parrtjima
Everything you need to know for Parrtjima 2020. You can find the printed guide located around town in Alice Springs.
Learn more2021 Dates Confirmed
Parrtjima will return to Alice Springs from 9-18 April 2021, and the theme for next year’s festival is FUTURE KULTCHA.
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Exclusive Viewing of Deep Listening with Stan Grant
If you missed out on the fascinating Deep Listening talk between Wiradjuri journalist Stan Grant and Festival Curator Rhoda Roberts, subscribe ...
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Last night for Parrtjima 2020
Make sure you come down to Alice Springs Desert Park tonight to catch the final night of Parrtjima. Immerse ...
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Lights Off – Friday 18 September
We regret to inform that due to adverse weather conditions the Ranges light show and installations at Alice Springs ...
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Adverse Weather – Thursday 17 September
Due to adverse weather conditions and high winds we have stopped bus services to Alice Springs Desert Park. We ...
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Thursday 17 September – Program Update
We have an exciting update to the Deep Listening program this evening, with renowned chef Mark Olive joining us ...
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VENUE UPDATE
We’ve received so much interest in our program of Deep Listening talks, workshops and musical performances that we’ve moved ...
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Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about the new dates for Parrtjima.
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Parrtjima dates confirmed
Parrtjima – a 10-night Festival in Light experience will return to the Red Centre in 2021 from 9-18 April. ...
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Parrtjima brings $1.8m into the Red Centre
Parrtjima brings $1.8m into the Red Centre 2 August 2019 From 5 to 14 April, Parrtjima Festival attracted over ...
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MEDIA STATEMENT
Update on Events Affected by COVID-19. Parrtjima – A Festival in Light has been rescheduled to 11-20 September 2020 ...
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Be Part of the Story
There’s a place where birds chatter in the gum trees, fingers of light caress the red dirt and shooting ...
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Festival News
Parrtjima – A Festival in Light begins in Alice Springs tonight, and promises to do exactly what this year’s ...
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Program Change – 19 September
Great news for our Deep Listening fans – we have not one but two fascinating story tellers joining us ...
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Lifting our spirits
Parrtjima 2020 celebrates ‘Lifting our Spirits’ as the festival continues to tell age-old Aboriginal stories through new technologies. Held across Mparntwe (Alice Springs), this year the focus will be on water, the cosmos and country with a diverse program that includes the lighting of the majestic MacDonnell Ranges, unique, large-scale sculptural installations and stories ...
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MacDonnell Ranges Light Show
The Ebb and Flow of Sky and Country Prepare to be amazed as 2km of the majestic MacDonnell Ranges are illuminated with spectacular lighting effects that reflect the colours and movement of the changing seasons. The light show is accompanied by a dynamic soundscape and narration by AGB Events First Nations Adviser Rhoda Roberts ...
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Light Installations: Werte
Werte has been inspired by an artwork by Kumalie Kngwarraye Riley, which takes as its central motif Werte (pronounced Woord-da), the concentric lineal work that speaks of meeting places, and is so relevant to the Central Desert art styles. Among the highlights is artist Greg McAdam’s enormous glowing sphere, Grass Seed, measuring seven metres ...
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Grounded
Immerse yourself in the stories, symbols and knowledge of Aboriginal culture as you wander through a beautiful animated sequence of curated artworks projected on to the sands of Desert Park. A giant, seamless canvas on Country, let the sand trickle through your fingers and discover how each of the seven artworks, by artists from ...
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Lighting of Todd Mall
Come join in the festival ambience created throughout Todd Mall festooned with lanterns through the trees and a kaleidoscope of lights painting the pathways in the evening. The beautiful Grandfather Tree at the crossroads of the Mall will also be theatrically lit and accompanied by an audio recording by Traditional Owner Peter ‘Coco’ Wallace ...
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