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
Jeremy has been writing and performing poetry since 2009, when a mental break temporarily removed his ability to write in sentences. Now, a resident within...
Darcy is a Melbourne based artist working in a number of mediums, including paintings inspired by Australia’s natural landscape and designing interactive objects made from...
Declan Furber Gillick is mparntwe-arenye, mpweringke-arenye; a Central Arrernte man, also with proud Irish-Australian heritage. He works as a writer, performer, researcher and organiser in...
Victoria Alondra is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the intersections of joy and resistance, identity, displacement, violence and the cosmos. Born in Anáhuac (México),...
Kelly Lee Hickey is an award winning artist, researcher and educator. She builds connections between people, places and ideas through collaborative and participatory creative works....
Huda the Goddess is the current Australian Poetry Slam Champion and two-time QLD champ. Huda is a spoken word poet, educator, mental health advocate, dancer...
Leni Shilton is a poet and educator. She grew up in Papua New Guinea and Melbourne, and lives in Mparntwe |Alice Springs. She has written...
The Holy Dimes are a three piece rock n roll band from Alice Springs who, for better or worse, have been doing whatever the hell...