Since March 2020 life as we know it has changed forever due to the infectious, deadly coronavirus COVID-19
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Local businesses are adjusting to the 'New Normal', please check with the advertised contact for any updates or changes to an advertised service.
The Darwin 2021 Calendar of sports, festivals, markets, open days and just about anything else that is happening around Darwin this year.
After the 2020 experience with Covid-19 this will again be a fairly uncertain year. At this time the following calendar is a "best guess", based on normal life in Darwin pre-covid-19.
Click here to add your event to the calendar, whether it's fund raising, a fishing
competition, a floral show or a seabreeze festival, there's room for
everyone.
Click on the Event Name for more detailed
information, only dates and locations are shown on this page.
Dates
for some events are still to be finalized and will be published as they
become available, meanwhile events have been added in the anticipated month.
Take advantage of the opportunity to see some special places.
Australian Army Open Day
Robertson Barracks
May
10am to 2pm
Botanic Gardens Open Day
Gardens Road
Darwin
May
Open Gardens NT 2021 program
See page for various times & locations
April to September
Pitch Black Open Day
RAAF Darwin
August ?
Open Cockpit Day
Aviation Heritage Museum
557 Stuart Highway Winnellie
May ?
Entry charges apply
Dragonfly Craft Fair and Open Day
NT Museum and Art Gallery grounds
19 Conacher St, Darwin City
Sunday July?
9am - 3pm
Government House
September ?
10am -2pm
29 The Esplanade
Free Admission
Charles Darwin University Open Day
August ? ,
10am - 4pm
Ellengowan Drive
Casuarina
Chinese Museum Open Day
During Seniors Week in August
Date to be confirmed
25 Woods St or 8 Litchfield St
Darwin
The Green Room is held on the last Friday of each month from May to September.
Darwin Art Trail
Sundays July, August, September and October
Check here for details
Mindil Beach Sunset Markets
(April - October)
Mindil Beach
4pm - 9pm
Palmerston Markets
(May - October)
Goyder Square
4pm to 9pm
Parap Village Markets
(All Year)
8am to 1pm
Malak Marketplace
(May to October)
Chambers Crescent Malak
4pm to 9pm
Mindil Beach Markets
(April - October)
Mindil Beach
4pm - 9pm
Nightcliff Markets
(All Year)
Progress Drive, Nightcliff
8am - 2pm
Rapid Creek Business Village,
(All Year)
Trower Rd
8am to 1pm
Too Much Stuff Markets
varoius locations & dates
Check for details
DTBC Boot Sales
Freds Pass Rural Markets
(All Year)
Cnr Bees Creek Rd & Stuart Highway
8am to 1pm
Freds Pass Markets
(Nov - Feb)
Coolalinga Shopping Centre
Cox Country Club Market
Every Second month beginning October
103 Cox Drive Wagait Beach
9am to 12pm
Berry Springs Community Markets
(March - December)
Cox Peninsular Road, Berry Springs
Last Sunday of month
8am to 12pm
City of Darwin
Australia Day Awards Event
26 January 9.30am - 11.30am
Darwin Entertainment Centre
A full weekend of activities around Darwin
New Years Day
Friday 1 January
Australia Day Holiday
Tuesday 26 January
Great Northern Barra Bash
Darwin Trailer Boat Club
Darwin Harbour/Shoal Bay
26 January
6am to 4pm
Million Dollar Fish Competition
Season 5
Ends on 31 March 2021
Hot100 Australia Day Ute Run
Hidden Valley to Noonamah
7am- Gates open 9.30am for run
Sunday 26th January?
Island of Origin Football Match
Tiwi Islands
Oz Fusion celebrates Darwin’s cultural diversity
26 January ?
Palmerston Recreation Centre
4:00-7:00pm
alcohol free event
Deckchair Cinema
Darwin
5th February?
Travelling Film Festival
BCC Cinemas
Casuarina Square Shopping Centre
247 Trower Rd Casuarina NT 0810
Phone: (08) 8945 7777
February ?
International Ocean Film Tour
Casuarina
February ?
Anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin
Cenotaph,
Bicentennial Park,
Darwin
9.30am
19th February
Tiwi islands Grand Final and Art Sale.
Tiwi Island
Sunday 15 March ?
Book ferry service here.
Million Dollar Fish Competition
Season 5
Ends on 31 March 2021
See all the fishing competitions here.
Easter Weekend
Friday 2 April 2021 to
Monday 5 April 2021
Nepal Festival
Darwin Waterfront
Saturday April ?
Heritage Festival
2 weeks of events
Monday to Sunday April
Deckchair Cinema
Darwin Waterfront
April to November
Details TBA
Anzac Day
Saturday 25 April 2021
Arafura Games
April- May ?
Thailand Grand Festival
(formally the Songkran Festival)
Darwin Waterfront
Saturday May ?
11am to 10pm
Free Entry
Battle of the School Bands
Darwin Railway Club
Friday May ? 6pm
Gold coin donation
Entries Close Monday 11 March
Malak Marketplace
4pm-9pm
Every Saturday May to October
Free Entry
May Day
Monday 3rd May 2021
A Taste of Kakadu
Kakadu National Park
Info at Parks Australia
May?
Darwin Italian Festival
Civic Park,
Harry Chan Avenue, Darwin
BI-annual festival
May ? 2021
Free Entry
Seabreeze Festival
Nightcliff Foreshore
Saturday May ?
Free Entry
Community Choice Prizes
Individual Artwork Gold $3000
Schools/groups Art Gold $3000
Mothers Day Craft Fair
Darwin Waterfront
Sunday May ?
9am - 2pm
Freds Pass Show
Stuart Highway,
Saturday 21 - 23 May 2021
Nightcliff Community Bank
Seabreeze Art prize awards
Community Bank Branch
40 Progress Drive, Nightcliff
Sat May ?
Bass in the Grass
Music Festival
Mindil Beach
Saturday 15 May 2021
Indonesian Festival
Goyder Square
Palmerston
Saturday May?
5.30-9.30pm
Harmony Soiree
Darwin Waterfront
Saturday May?
4pm - 8.30pm
Noonamah Tavern & Rodeo
Stuart Highway
Noonamah
May, July & September ?
Garrmalang Festival
May ?
Territory Taste Festival
Cruise Ship Terminal
1 Anchorage Court, Darwin
May ?
Cota NT Seniors Expo
Palmerston Recreation Centre
11 The Blvd, Palmerston City
Friday May ?
10am to 2pm
Pine Creek Gold Rush
Pine Creek
Saturday June?
Katherine Junk Art Festival
Lindsay St Complex
Katherine
Friday May?
Adelaide River Races
Saturday June ?
Greek Glenti
Bicentenial Park
June ?
Barunga Festival
Barunga NT
11-13 June 2021
Adelaide River Show
Friday – Mon June ?
Queens Birthday
Monday 14 June 2021
Malandarri Festival,
Borroloola Showgrounds
Friday - Sat June ?
Merrepen Arts & Music Festival
Nauiyu/Daly River
June ?
Summer Sessions Beach Party
Mindil Beach,
Darwin, NT 0820, Australia
Saturday 8 June 2019
2pm to midnight
NT Orchid Spectacular
Foskey Pavillion
Darwin Showgrounds
Stuart Hwy Winnellie
Sat & SundayJune
4WD Boating and Camping Expo
Royal Darwin Showgrounds
Stuart Hway Winnellie
Sat - Sun June ?
Borraloola Show Day
Friday 28th June 2019
MUFF Mandorah Ukulele Folk Festival
Cox Country Club
103 Cox Drive
Wagait Beach
29-30 June
Jingili Water Gardens
Sat June
4pm - 9.30pm
Territory Day
Monday 1 July 2021
Darwin PBR
Saturday 1st July, (Territory Day)
Robbie Robbins Reserve – 176 Stuart Hwy, Berrimah NT 0828
Alice Springs Show Day
Friday 2 July 2020
Dragonfly Craft Fair
Museum grounds
19 Conacher St, Darwin City
Sunday July?
9am - 3pm
Tennant Creek Show Day
Friday 9 July 2021
Darwin Fringe Festival
various locations
July?
Darwin Supercars Triple Crown
Hidden Valley,
July ?
Noonamah Tavern & Rodeo
Stuart Highway
Noonamah
July & September
Katherine Show Day
Friday 16 July 2021
Darwin Show Day
Darwin Showgrounds
Stuart Highway
Friday 23 July 2021
Craft and Rosella Festival
Adelaide River Inn
Adelaide River
Friday July ?
8.30-3.00pm
Nepalese Food & Culture Festival
Darwin Waterfront Precinct
Saturday July
4pm - 9pm
No Lights No Lycra Dance
11th Birthday Celebrations
Happy Yess, 12 Smith St.
Darwin
Saturday, July ?,
6:00pm – 7:00pm
RAAF Open Day
RAAF Base, Darwin
?
Picnic Day
Monday 2 August 2021
Darwin Cup Day
Fanny Bay Racecourse
Monday August ?
Darwin Festival
August ?
Navy Week Ceremonial Divisions
Mindil Beach Celebrations
Thursday August ?
6pm
Shannon's Rockabilly & Classic Car Show
Noonamah Tavern
Stuart Highway, Noonamah
August?
From 1pm to late night
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair
Darwin Convention Centre,
Stokes Hill Road, Darwin, NT
August ?
Teddy Bears Picnic
Bicentennial Park
The Esplanade
August?
9am - 12pm
Darwin Festival
August ?
Discover CDU
Casuarina Campus
Sunday August ?,
10am - 2pm
Territory Quilts
Double Tree by Hilton Esplanade Hotel
116 The Esplanade
Thursday to Sunday
August ?
Darwin Boat Travel and Leisure Show
Mindil Beach Casino Resort
Sat – Sun, Sep?
Fathers Day
Sunday 1 September
Craft Market
Darwin Waterfront
September ?
Japanese Festival Darwin
The Charles Darwin Centre
(19 Smith Street. The Mall Darwin).
Sat. September ?
11am - 2 pm
Darwin Street Art Festival
various locations
September
Nitmiluk Festival
September ?
World Suicide prevention/Awareness Day Walk
Beginning at Memorial Park, Palmerston
September, ? 5:30pm
Noonamah Tavern & Rodeo
Stuart Highway
Noonamah
September ?
Darwin International Film Festival
Various locations
September ?
Wagait Arts Festival
Wagait Beach
Cox Peninsula
Sat September ?
10am - 11.30pm
Million Dollar Fish Competition
1 October to 31 March
See all the fishing competitions here.
Waste/Waist Line Exhibition
3/1 Caryota Court Coconut Grove
EXHIBITION OPENS Friday 9 October 6-8pm
EXHIBITION RUNS 9-29 October
Gallery open Wed-Fri 10-4 | Sat 10-2 (closed Public Holidays)
NT Waterfowl Season
Check NT Gov Hunting Website
You can only shoot during certain hours of each day:
Cox Country Club Market
103 Cox Drive
Wagait Beach
Japanese Film Festival
Fri - Sat October?
Too Much Stuff
Alawa Hall, Lakeside Drive Alawa
SUNDAY 1 November 9-12
Christmas Craft Fair 2020
Darwin Convention Centre
Saturday 21 November
Sunday 22 November
9am – 3pm
Centenary Great Air Race
1919 - 2019
London to Darwin reenactment with new tech, low polluting planes
Various events celebrating the original race.
cancelled due to security concerns
Carols by Candle Light
Botanic gardens ampitheatre
6.30pm and finishes at 8.30pm
followed by a fireworks display.
Gates open 4.30
Free Entry
Christmas Eve (7pm - Midnight)
Friday 24 December 2021
Christmas Day
Saturday 25 December 2021
Boxing Day
Tuesday 28 December 2021
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