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A heritage-listed former warehouse that is now an arts centre. The photo shows the sandstone which makes up the building, several windows, and a sign reading 'Salamanca Arts Centre' above the main entrance.
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Salamanca Arts Centre campaigns for Tasmanian Icon status

Home to many artists and arts organisations, Hobart's heritage-listed Salamanca Arts Centre has not received recurrent government funding for over…

a montage of sepia toned 18th and 19th century illustrated portraits of 18th and 19th century Australian convicts and First Nations people.
Features

Major new museum show unshackles convict stories from myth

The exhibition spotlights freedom fighters among Australia’s early convicts to reframe well-worn narratives around their fates as dispossessed victims. Instead,…

Accessibility. A blue figure is in the background with a stream of pancake like yellow discs winding out in front of them like a path.
Opinions & Analysis

Mona Foma – working to increase accessibility

Accessibility is not a 'one and done' issue, but festivals like Mona Foma are moving in the right direction.

Hyperbolic Psychedelic Mind Melting Tunnel of Light, the image is the silhouette of a person holding a joystick in the foreground and behind them an explosion of red laser lights.
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Installation review: Hyperbolic Psychedelic Mind Melting Tunnel of Light, Mona Foma Festival

An installation that allows you to control the light and sounds yourself.

Mona Foma, Kutcha Edwards and the Australian Art Orchestra. Image is of a First Nations man singing at night on a stage, with a band of musicians around him and yellow spotlights beaming across the image.
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Music review: Mona Sessions, Moma Foma

Mona Sessions presented a dazzling array of different musical acts as part of the Mona Foma festival.

Black and white photo of a woman with curly hair and glasses wearing a black dress. Stella Day Out.
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Stella's Big Day Out

The next stop for Stella's free one-day festival is Hobart.

Dark Mofo. Hall filled with neon crosses and diners.
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Paused in part, but not cancelled, Dark Mofo announces dates

Dark Mofo beckons, despite being a reduced event in 2024.

Upcoming free programming. Xenos, Mofo Sessions at Royal Park, Mona Foma 2021. Photo: Mona/Jesse Hunniford. Image: Courtesy of the artist and Mona. Two musicians backlit on the stage, the one on the left is playing a sousaphone and the one on the right a saxophone.
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Free music programming all summer long

A snapshot of upcoming free music and arts events, including symphonies under the stars and bold local acts.

Blue Cow. Image is a group of people in and around an old rusty jeep.
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Blue Cow Theatre to take its final bow

Lacking secure government support, the Hobart-based Blue Cow has decided to bow out on its own terms.

Hobart Festival of Comedy. Image is of a man wearing a lot of makeup and sporting a huge open mouthed grin, while standing in a blue strobing spotlight.
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Hobart to host new comedy festival in 2024

Building on Hobart’s strong local comedy scene and presented by the team behind Dark Mofo, the new festival will run…

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