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Seven shows not to miss at Junction Arts Festival 2019

Launceston’s annual arts festival is the perfect blend of community event and high culture. Here are our recommended highlights.

23 Aug 2019 12:00

Richard Watts

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Junction Arts Festival 2018. Photo credit Jacob Collings.

Held over four nights in the northern Tasmanian city of Launceston, Junction Arts Festival occupies a rare position in the arts calendar as a festival that’s both grassroots celebration of community and place, as well as a significant showcase of some of the state’s most exciting artists and arts organisations.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts