Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu with the Ad Hoc String Collective

A Merrepen Arts Festival concert, Nauiyu Community, Daly River
7:00pm Saturday 31st May 2008

Tickets to this event are available from the Darwin Entertainment Centre Box Office at 93 Mitchell Street, Darwin, our ticketing outlets at Casuarina Square (Customer Service Desk), Palmerston (Oasis News and Lotto) and Darwin City (Tourism Top End Mall Information Booth) or by phoning (08) 8980 3333. To book online please follow the links below.

Please note prices exclude service fees and mailing fees (where applicable).

Tickets can be purchased online until 5:00pm Friday 30th May. Tickets booked online can be collected at the venue (Nauiyu Community) from 6:30pm. Please provide appropriate ID and proof of booking as listed on your booking confirmation email.

Prices

Full price	$39.90	Available on-line: Book Now
Concession	$36.90
Child 8 - 17 years	$19.90
Bush tucker picnic hampers	$15.00	SOLD OUT

Ticketing Information

Child:	Includes children aged 8 - 17 years. Children under 8 years admitted free of charge.
Concession:	Includes full time students, seniors and unemployed pension cardholders.
Picnic hampers:	Picnic hampers cater for two people and include cured meats, barramundi, crocodile, kangaroo pastrami, cheese, bread and salad drizzled with a dressing infused with local bush tucker herbs. Advance booking recommended. To book a hamper in conjunction with your tickets follow the link above. Once you have made your ticket selection you will be given the option of adding a hamper to your booking. Alternatively, to book a hamper alone, click here.

Event Information

Entry to the concert is general admission and patrons should take chairs and rugs to sit on.

Please note that alcohol is not permitted to be taken into Nauiyu community. Food, non-alcoholic drinks, eskies, cans and chairs are permitted. Patrons are welcome to pack a picnic, or pre-purchase bush tucker picnic hampers prepared by 'walkabout chef' Steve Sunk. Patrons should avoid taking glass into the venue and shade devices and umbrellas are prohibited.

The concert will begin at sunset with traditional dancing performed by the Palumpa Dancers and a traditional water ceremony welcoming the visiting string quartet. Running time of the performance is approximately 2 hours.

About the Festival

The concert forms part of the Merrepen Arts Festival held on Saturday 31st May and Sunday 1st June. Entry to the festival is free, however patrons attending the concert will be required to purchase a ticket.

Merrepen Festival is easily accessible on sealed bitumen roads and is only 3 hours drive from Darwin driving through the picturesque Daly River Region. Drive south from Darwin on the Stuart Highway to Adelaide River and turn right onto Dorat Road, just after the bridge in Adelaide River. Drive along Dorat Road for approximately 90 kms then turn right onto the Daly River Rd. Follow this road all the way to the Merrepen Art Centre at Nauiyu.

Camping is not available in the community but there are a number of tourist parks throughout the area offering a full range of accommodation options.

For more information about the festival go to www.merrepenfestival.com.au.

Please note that Merrepen Arts Festival is an alcohol free event.