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Evening festival event with crowd and red neon sign. Dark Mofo
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Dark Mofo announces 2026 dates

Arguably, one of Australia’s most loved winter festivals, Dark MoFo returns in 2026,with Night Mass tickets on sale this week.

Man suspended from ceiling from ropes in balance with a log. The Unconformity, Luke George
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Fell review: Luke George’s performance leaves you hanging

Performed in a working saw mill, Luke George rivets audiences in a highly physical and poetic work for The Unconformity…

Close up photograph of a person's arm holding a yellow signal flag in the landscape as part of The Unconformity.
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The Unconformity review: a festival that finds its own way

One of Australia's most remote arts festivals has no problem drawing audiences for its unique embedded, and genuine, program.

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Free exhibitions in Australia September 2025 – guide

From a regional Andy Warhol display to the largest collection of Papua New Guinea urban art outside the country, discover…

Sophie Cape, an ex-athlete, wearing all black with a big smile, standing in front of abstract landscape painting in rusty colours.
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Athlete-turned-artist wins one of Australia’s most lucrative art awards worth $100k

Sophie Cape was once destined for the Olympics, but now she has brought that raw energy to her art –…

A scene from the 2025 ROOKE production 'Wilds', featuring performers Conor Wild and Freyja Wild. Contemporary circus company ROOKE is one of the inaugural members of the Tasmanian Live Performance Exchange. The photograph depicts a female-presenting acrobat wearing brown garments and performing a headstand; in the background, a male-presenting performer in blue clothes and black boots sits in a folding chair beside an inflatable palm tree.
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Tasmanian Live Performance Exchange to develop statewide strategic plan by and for the sector

The newly formed Tasmanian Live Performance Exchange will develop a 10-year strategic plan for the state’s performing arts sector, and…

Man standing in foggy mountains holding up a yellow flag. The Unconformity
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The Unconformity: anything but usual - the intimate festival changing how we engage

The intimate and daring Tasmanian festival, The Unconformity announces its October program - and it's a cracker.

A publicity image for 'Influencer'. a Junction Arts Festival dance production about social media. The image shows a group of people half-visible in a cloud of theatrical smoke: a pasted-on photo of a blonde-haired woman obscures one of the faces, which has a male figure in a brown coat and red beanie holding up a ring-light in front of them.
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Junction Arts Festival's 2025 program celebrates Launceston culture

Celebrating Launceston-based companies and artists, Junction also draws in mainland performers and musicians from across Tasmania.

A figure in a domestic dining room holding a rifle with a round spotlighting shining on them. Free exhibitions in Tasmania.
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Free exhibitions in Tasmania August 2025

Your guide to free exhibitions in Tasmania this August, including the freshest Tasmanian talent and first major show of Sam…

Comical ceramic figures depicting Aboriginal people in different uniforms.
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Best free exhibitions in Australia August 2025 – guide

From PICA’s Hatched Graduate show to 20 years of Modern art in Queensland, discover the best free exhibitions in Australia…

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