DESERT MOB AFTER DARK | WED 14 OCT 2026
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Desert Mob After Dark returns in 2026 for an unforgettable and intimate evening celebrating art, music and food.
Enjoy a ‘taste of country’ with a unique alfresco dining experience featuring bush foods and flavours hosted by Rayleen Brown, of Kungkas Can Cook, alongside Maxi and the Yaye’s Café team.
Join curators Hetti Perkins, Aspen Beattie and Kelli Cole for an exclusive after-hours tour of the Desert Mob and Vincent Lingiari Art Award exhibitions.
Mudburra musician, environmental advocate and community leader Ray Dimakarri Dixon shares his music and storytelling under the stars, speaking deeply to culture, country and resistance.
Location: Yaye's Cafe at the Araluen Cultural Precinct, 61 Larapinta Dr Mparntwe/Alice Springs.
Purchase tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/desert-mob-after-dark
To see the full Desert Mob program, head to: https://desertmob.com/
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Image: Desert Mob After Dark floor talk 2025. Photo by Sara Maiorino, courtesy Desart.
Presented by Desart, Kungkas Can Cook and Yaye's Cafe in Mparntwe, on Arrernte Country.
After Dark is one of many events that makes up Desert Mob, one of the nation’s most significant Aboriginal art events. Desert Mob is an unmissable celebration of the art, stories, cultural connection and vitality of hundreds of artists from 35 Art Centres across central desert Country.
Desart acknowledges and sincerely thanks Rayleen Brown, Yaye’s Cafe and the musical acts for their support in the development and delivery of this event in the 2026 Desert Mob program.
Desert Mob is supported by the NT Government through Arts NT, Tourism and Events NT, and the Community Benefit Fund, Creative Australia, and the Australian Government’s Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Strategy and the Visual Arts and Crafts Strategy
Enjoy a ‘taste of country’ with a unique alfresco dining experience featuring bush foods and flavours hosted by Rayleen Brown, of Kungkas Can Cook, alongside Maxi and the Yaye’s Café team.
Join curators Hetti Perkins, Aspen Beattie and Kelli Cole for an exclusive after-hours tour of the Desert Mob and Vincent Lingiari Art Award exhibitions.
Mudburra musician, environmental advocate and community leader Ray Dimakarri Dixon shares his music and storytelling under the stars, speaking deeply to culture, country and resistance.
Location: Yaye's Cafe at the Araluen Cultural Precinct, 61 Larapinta Dr Mparntwe/Alice Springs.
Purchase tickets here: https://events.humanitix.com/desert-mob-after-dark
To see the full Desert Mob program, head to: https://desertmob.com/
✨✨
Image: Desert Mob After Dark floor talk 2025. Photo by Sara Maiorino, courtesy Desart.
Presented by Desart, Kungkas Can Cook and Yaye's Cafe in Mparntwe, on Arrernte Country.
After Dark is one of many events that makes up Desert Mob, one of the nation’s most significant Aboriginal art events. Desert Mob is an unmissable celebration of the art, stories, cultural connection and vitality of hundreds of artists from 35 Art Centres across central desert Country.
Desart acknowledges and sincerely thanks Rayleen Brown, Yaye’s Cafe and the musical acts for their support in the development and delivery of this event in the 2026 Desert Mob program.
Desert Mob is supported by the NT Government through Arts NT, Tourism and Events NT, and the Community Benefit Fund, Creative Australia, and the Australian Government’s Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Strategy and the Visual Arts and Crafts Strategy
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Where is it happening?
Araluen Arts Centre, 61 Larapinta Drive,Alice Springs,NT,Australia
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