Since the event began in 2013, it has grown and been held at a different location each year.

While the main drawcard of the evening will be the junk sculpture competition and finding out which artists will walk away with more than $5000 in prizemoney, there are also a number of other elements that will make opening night a must-do community event.

Over the past month, Katherine Regional Arts has been working to prepare for the main event with junk percussion workshops.

A samba walk will mark the official start of the event and introduce musical comedy host Barry Morgan.

Northern Territory Music School’s Zeb Olsen assisted with the junk percussion workshops held in the lead-up to Friday night and said it had been great to see so many young people getting involved.

“We started working on a samba beat, because we want to come in walking, playing, a samba beat,” she said.

“It’s really fantastic to see them here, especially after a long day of school.

“Young and old can play percussion – anyone can do it.”

Katherine Regional Arts executive officer Jacinta Mooney said a big part of the festival was about getting people to be mindful before they threw things away, as the percussion instruments had been sourced from the tip shop.

The sculptures have been worked on separately to the other workshops, and professional sculpture artists were enlisted to run them and provide budding junk artists with some pointers.

The junk fashion workshops encouraged those involved with the festival to be a bit imaginative and creative with their entries, rather than just throwing potential resources away, Ms Mooney explained.

Sculpture submissions closed on Sunday night and from 5.30pm on Friday, Katherinites will be able to see the completed creations in all their glory.