The 2025 Beat Festival | Tempest
Schedule
Fri, 05 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC+09:30Location
AANT Centre - The Territory's Premier Live Entertainment Venue | Darwin, NT
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Northern Territory Music School & The NT Department of Education presentsEvery year, more than 1,000 students perform in the Beat Festival, the NT Department of Education's annual performing arts showcase. An annual event since 1979, each year the three shows in September typically feature a 250-voice choir, 30-piece orchestra, dance groups, rock bands, soloists and other music ensembles and talented vocalists from ages 12 to 18.
Audiences fill AANT Centre each year to glimpse the wealth of talent in public schools and see the dedication, commitment and creativity of the teachers who nurture that talent.
Schools in the massed choirs are performing on the following nights:
Wednesday 3rd September:
Driver primary, Girraween primary, Gunbalyana school, Henbury school, Maningrida school, Moulden Park primary, Nakara primary, Nemarluk school, Nightcliff primary, Wagaman primary, Wulagi primary and Singchronicity, Pure Note NT Music Schools’ combined school’s choir.
Thursday 4th September:
Belyuen school, Casuarina Street primary, Leanyer primary, Millner primary, Nightcliff middle, Parap primary, Zuccoli primary and NT Music School’s Singchronicity combined school’s choir.
Friday 5th September:
Anula primary, Bees Creek primary, Casuarina Street primary, Dripstone middle, Jingili school, Ludmilla primary, Moil primary, Rosebery primary, Wanguri primary, Woodroffe primary and NT Music school’s Singchronicity, Pure Note NT Music school’s combined Schools choir.
Performance warning
Contains smoke effects and strobe lightning.
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Where is it happening?
AANT Centre - The Territory's Premier Live Entertainment Venue, 93 Mitchell St, Darwin City NT 0800, Australia, DarwinEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
