Kwartatuma Festival is emerging in 2025 as a 'legacy' event of the Desert Song Festival that ended in 2024, presenting three days of culture, environment and music 'on country' at Kwartatuma (Ormiston Gorge).
The much anticipated annual 'A cappella in the Gorge' will headline this new and exciting festival, staged in one of the most iconic Central Australian locations of outstanding beauty and cultural significance on Western Arrarnta country.
In collaboration with Parks NT and Ormiston Gorge TOs – (Taarna Valley), the new Festival Team is excited to present a program that maintains the quality, the artistic brilliance and cultural diversity that were the hallmarks of the Desert Song Festival, presenting three days of culture, environment and Music at Kwartatuma (Ormiston Gorge).
They renew the invitation to 'come to the desert'.
Come and experience the land, the traditional custodians, their languages and cultures and some world class music.
Event Date
12 – 14 September 2025
Facilities
- Café
- Carpark
- Coach parking
- Family-friendly
- Kiosk
- Public toilet
- Shop / gift shop
- Broadband internet access
Accessibility
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia) Caters for people who use a wheelchair. Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person.
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