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Festivities will return on Tuesday, 01 July 2025.
Each year the Territory comes alive with fireworks, concerts and community events to recognise the day the NT declared independence from the Commonwealth Government in 1978. Click here for more info.
From the Top End down to the Red Centre, there are annual free, family-friendly events with concerts in Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Katherine and Darwin, and fireworks displays in regional and remote communities. Locations for 2025 displays will be announced closer to the date.
Check back here closer to 1 July 2025 for more details.
You can only light fireworks during Territory Day celebrations from 6pm - 11pm.
Possessing fireworks after midday of 2 July 2025 is illegal. Call NT WorkSafe on 1800 019 115 to organise handing in of fireworks for safe disposal. Do not:
- store unused fireworks for future use as they can deteriorate with age and become unsafe; or
- dump unused fireworks, throw them away or put them in with rubbish as this manner of disposal may become a safety risk to others.
Call your local council Rangers, or the authority responsible for looking after lost pets in your region.
Please note that although Mindil Beach will allow BYO, glass is strictly prohibited. Personal fireworks are also not permitted.