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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 12:00

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 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