Two of the most popular annual festivals in Australia's Northern Territory have been rescheduled to later in the year.

The People's Choice BASSINTHEGRASS festival, originally set down for 23 May, has been rescheduled to 31 October at Darwin's Mindil Beach.

Photos courtesy of Tourism NT

High profile music festival

Established in 2003, People's Choice BASSINTHEGRASS is the NT's biggest and longest running music festival. BASS is a Darwin rite of passage and in its 18 years has seen some of the country's biggest acts perform to sell-out crowds. Last year the festival moved to a bigger, brand new seaside location at Mindil Beach, famous for its weekly markets and stellar sunsets, and hasn't looked back since.

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This year, the focus will be on water, the cosmos and country with a diverse program that includes the lighting of the majestic MacDonnell Ranges, unique, large-scale sculptural installations in the desert, a national line-up of artists and performers plus a series of conversations, called Deep Listening, with writers, academics and storytellers.

It is a dazzling light and art event in the desert landscape unlike anywhere else in the world. Each evening prepare to be transported to another world as nearly two kilometres of the beautiful MacDonnell ranges come to life with spectacular lighting effects, all crowned by the brilliant star-scape above.

Visitors are invited to embrace the rich, sensory experience of large-scale sculptural installations.

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