Red Dirt Poetry Festival is a 4-day International poetry and spoken word celebration in Mparntwe/Alice Springs
This hybrid festival promises to be an in person and digital delight with curated events and commissioned work, bringing together poets from around the country and overseas to share their stories and creative works.
With live events at venues throughout Alice Springs and online via social media and our website; presentations, workshops, showcases and exclusive commissioned works will be presented.
A message from Festival Ambassador, Catherine Satour
As the 2022 Red Dirt Poetry Festival Ambassador I invite you to ignite your imagination. As a songwriter I love creative writing and poetry – it’s raw and real.
The program this year absolutely spoils us with creative writing, performances and arts events over four days here in Mparntwe, there’s something for everyone.
Ongoing Events
Consciousness for the Subconscious: A Mindful Poetry Podcast
Consciousness for the Subconscious: A Mindful Poetry Podcast
Red Dirt Poetry Festival invites you to relax with us, meditate or even fall asleep. We all need and deserve some time out to rest, every night of the festival we will release a new episode on 8CCC and online. In this short podcast our poets will speak to your subconscious and help guide you to creatively relax and support your mind to process the world around us and the spaces we occupy.
2022 Artists
Raynen is an artist and writer, with a dance practice and a background in film studies. They write with attention to relationality, place and cultural...
Fan Fatale is a courageous collaboration between two eclectic Alice Springs artists, Rosie Wild and All Things Peachy, exploring connection, strength, humour, vulnerability and the...
Anjelka has been performing and writing since forever Inspired by world events, heart stories, her proud Croatian heritage, twisting words and experiences that rumble in...
Kirra Voller is a Wirangu woman, singer/songwriter/poet and an activist. Kirra began performing onstage when she was 15 as part of MusicNT’s Desert Divas program...
Rob Waters is a Gomeroi man with deep cultural connections to the North West of NSW. He is a poet, storyteller, cultural educator and spoken...
Frankie Garnett is a Mpartntwe based visual artist who primarily works in acrylic and texta on canvas. They draw from fantasy and botanic imagery to...
Flora is a Melbourne-based South Sudanese writer and poet. She is the self published author of Tomorrow’s Dream, her debut poetic anthology. Flora’s writing is...
Jasmine McGinness is a young aboriginal dancer and choreographer. She is sixteen years old and was born and raised in alice springs but her mob...