SUBURBAN SOUNDS SELECTIONS!

If you’re between 15 - 25, or if you know someone in that age group that would be keen, please let them know about Suburban Sounds Seletions. It’s an amazing opportunity. Things like this can help kick-start someone’s musical journey.

City fo Palmerston is looking to showcase the Territory’s finest at Suburban Sounds! Complete the form below to submit your interest by 20 June 2022. Get selected and you'll need to be ready to own that stage on 10 July 2022.

Not only will you perform at Suburban Sounds, you will win a recording package at City of Palmerston's NEW state-of-the-art recording studio! Work with ARIA nominated producer and artist Kuya James a.k.a James Mangohig to put together a recording package to match your needs!

City of Palmerston is offering free workshops for young people (15 years and over) to learn skills to become a Master of Ceremonies or more commonly known as an MC. MCs are the glue that hold live events together including everything from cabarets, poetry readings, official ceremonies, awards nights, and everything in between. They play a crucial role in the atmosphere, vibe and audience experience. It is also a fun and great way to earn money if you have the skills. City of Palmerston hopes to have a pool of young, skilled MCs that we can draw from in future, so the aims of this workshop is to get you paid and gigs in future.

These workshops are highly practical and taught my two of the most experienced and prolific MCs in the NT, Sarah Reuben (Darwin Festival, NT Writers' Centre & Brown's Mart) and Brent Watkinson (Hot 100, Panel Beaters).

Workshops will cover microphone technique, vocal technique, and performing with confidence and clarity and will be hands on, relaxed and very fun. Build your confidence and your employable skills!

Workshops are:

• Sunday, June 19, 1pm-3pm, Durack Community Arts Centre - 33 Packard Avenue, Durack
• Sunday, June 26, 1pm-3pm (online via Microsoft Teams - link distributed after registration)
• Sunday, July 3, 1pm-3pm, Durack Community Arts Centre - 33 Packard Avenue, Durack

Each workshop will build on the previous workshop's content, and so participants are encouraged to attend all 3, but we understand if you are only able to make 1 or 2 in the series.

About the facilitators:

Sarah Reuben

Sarah is a Darwin based theatre-maker, performer and producer. Reuben’s performance credits include: New Babylon, Knock-em-Down Theatre; The Laramie Project, Black Swan; Pollyanna, Weeping Spoon; and The Hurting Game, Brainstorm Productions. For her own Company, she wrote four shows: Best, Short Change, Death Party and This Jew Sits. Sarah co-created The Hypotheticals, which premiered at Darwin Festival, I’ll Tell you in Person, which had seasons at Darwin and Perth Festival and Lower The Bar for the Darwin Entertainment Centre. Sarah co-created and performed with the nationally touring show Shania Choir, and in 2020 was awarded the NT Literary Award.

Brent Watkinson

Brent Watkinson is a Comedian, Radio host and Hot Chip enthusiast. With a decade of work as an MC and comedian, Brent has entertained audiences across every state and territory as well as abroad. Locally he has hosted notable events such as the Young Achiever's awards, The 2022 youth conference and the NYE celebrations on the Darwin Waterfront the last 2 years.

Calling all Cosplayers!! 

It’s your time to shine! So, dust off those costumes because the City of Palmerston will be hosting the NTs biggest cosplay competition! The competition is open to young and old with no prior experience required so get out those glue guns and get to crafting!

For more info call 89359967

Help us create a new Arts & Creative Industries Plan for Palmerston

City of Palmerston are creating a new arts strategy for 2022-2027 and we want to hear from those in Palmerston and its surrounds who have a stake in the arts (audience, artists, arts workers, and everything in between). You don’t need to be living within Palmerston, as I suspect one of the focuses of the plan will be how to better integrate the Palmerston and Rural and Darwin Arts overlap. 

The City of Palmerston is developing its new Arts and Creative Industries Strategy for 2023-2027. Territory based consultants Matrix on Board Consulting have been engaged to work with the community and Council to develop a five-year strategy to support participation and engagement in the arts across the diverse population and economy of the City of Palmerston footprint. Involving the artists and arts and cultural organisations who call Palmerston home or use workshops, classes, exhibitions, or performance venues across Palmerston’s footprint is a crucial part of developing a useful strategy.

You are invited to participate in our survey, we want to hear from artists based in Palmerston and its surrounds. Your experiences, opinions and ideas are highly valued and appreciated.

Kidz Vs Cops

The second Kids Vs Cops Event went well with good attendance and partnership from a range of organisations.  The final event, Grand Final will be held on Wed 29^th June at the Palmerston Rec Centre.  A Flyer will be sent and please promote this event with young people you work with.

Squad 145 took on the challenge at the Kidz vs Copz comp recently however, at the final buzzer the kids sent the recruits back to the classroom after being schooled

Thanks to Constable 1C David Miles from the Community Resilience and Engagement Command for lining up the recruits to play!

Thank you to all our participants and young people who schooled the recruits!