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No northern lights for Dark Mofo

The winter festival’s plans for a Launceston program have been cancelled due to the lack of a sustainable business model.

19 Mar 2014

Richard Watts

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Image via Dark Mofo’s Facebook page.

Dark Mofo, the winter counterpart of the Museum of Old and New Art’s (MONA) Festival of Music and Art (FOMA), today cancelled plans for a Launceston leg of its program.

The festival’s scheduled expansion into Launceston, intended to run from 20 June to 5 July, has been abandoned due to the organisers’ inability to ‘develop a sustainable business model at this time’, according to a statement released today.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts