Dark Mofo 2019: Got a question? We can answer it
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THE Dark Mofo festival is one of the best events of the year, warming up Tassie’s winter with edgy art and music, a winter feast and loads of fun. The same can’t be said for the all-too-arty festival website which is confusing and difficult to navigate, to say the least.
That’s where we step in to help.
Check out our Ultimate Dark Mofo guide or if you have a specific question ask via a direct message on our Facebook page and we will do our best to give the answer below.
GALLERY: BEST PICS OF DARK MOFO 2019
It might be about a specific show, where to read a review, how to find the best place for a quick bite to eat or even directions to get to a festival event.
Our journalists live here, know Hobart well and are familiar with the quirks of this fabulous festival. So ask away …
Q: Someone has asked about family friendly options at Dark Mofo.
A: Dark Path and Winter Feast are popular picks. We also have a family friendly section in our Ultimate Guide, which we have expanded with a heap of extra family events.
Q: Can you tell me if there is going to be parking available around the Regatta Ground or Domain?
A: From the Dark Mofo website:
We’re offering free parking at the Regatta Grounds, off McVilly Drive:
Wednesday 12–Sunday 16 June
Wednesday 19–Sunday 23 June
4–11pm nightly
Gates will close at 11pm
For information about accessible parking across Hobart, please see the Hobart City Council website.
Q: I did read that there was going to be a time for those with disabilities to attend the feast prior to general public entry but when I went to find the day and time again I couldn’t find it. Do you know if a time has been set aside?
A: This year Dark Mofo has initated a trial Access Program to select festival events. In order to keep the program at a safe and comfortable size for participants, it has had to limit the capacity for each session and will not be taking any more registrations for 2019. It said: “We hope to be formalising and expanding our Access Program in 2020. If you would like to be kept up to date on future opportunities please contact darkmofo@mona.net.au.
Q: We would like to know if it’s required that we get to the Winter Feast at 4pm to get a table or will there be chances of that happening if we arrive later?
A: Generally if you want to be sure of getting a table, the earlier you arrive the better, but because the Winter Feast is a paid-entry event numbers are better controlled than the summer Taste of Tasmania and there are plenty of places to sit down, inside and out. Spots around the open fires are popular. For more details on the feast see our Ultimate Guide .
WHAT’S ON FRIDAY
Dark Mofo + City of Hobart Winter Feast
4–11pm
Princes Wharf 1
FKA twigs
8–10pm (doors 7pm)
MAC2
Night Mass
10pm till late
Night Mass
Julie Gough
Tense Past
10am–4pm
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
PROMISES BROKEN AND MYTHS BUSTED
Jimmy Cauty
The Aftermath Dislocation Principle
Open 24-hours a day
In front of Hobart Town Hall, Macquarie Street
Julie Gough
Missing or Dead
Open 24-hours a day
Bushland, Queens Domain, Dark Path
REVIEW: DARK PATH FULL OF DELIGHTS
Tony Oursler
6th
5–10pm
Beaumaris Zoo, Dark Path
Tony Oursler
Beyond the Spectrum
5–10pm
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Dark Path
Enclosure
5–10pm
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Dark Path
All This Coming and Going
Terrapin + Teatret Gruppe 38 + Trickster-p
5–10pm, every hour on the hour
Regatta Grounds
Naomi Blacklock
Limbic Resonance
5–10pm
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Dark Path
Chris Henschke
Demon Core
5–10pm
Queen Victoria Powder Magazine, Dark Path
The Purging
Ogoh-Ogoh
5–9pm
The Goods Shed, Macquarie Point
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM DARK MOFO 2019
Gorillas in Our Midst
10am–5pm
Mona
Siloam
Ai Weiwei
Alfredo Jaar
Oliver Beer
Christopher Townend
10am–5pm
Mona
Natty Waves
12–3pm, 4-7pm
Murray St Pier
Simon Denny
Mine
10am–5pm
Mona
Patrick Hall
If They Should Accidentally Fall
10am–6pm
Narryna Heritage Museum
HISTORY MANSION’S CHILLING ART
Andrew Hustwaite
Only the Penitent Shall Pass
11am–5pm
Rosny Barn
Tony Albert
Confessions
12–5pm
Contemporary Art Tasmania
Mike Parr
Towards a Black Square
Exhibition
12–6pm
The Tunnel, Old Mercury Building, access via Argyle Street
MIKE PARR’S LATEST PERFORMANCE
¢ompo$t
2–8pm
Old Hobart Blood Bank & Merchant Store
Project X
Chris Watson + The Wired Lab
Hrafn: Conversations with Odin
Hobart ticket 2.15–9.20pm, Huon ticket 4.30–6pm
Hastings Caves, southern Tasmania
PROJECT X COMING HOME TO ROOST
Paul Yore
It’s All Wrong But It’s Alright
3–8pm
Black Temple Gallery
Totally Unicorn
Marco Fusinato
Dead
Zeahorse
4–8.45pm (doors 3.30pm)
Altar
A Forest
Antony Hamilton Projects + Chunky Move
Cassils
Chris Henschke
Eric Demetriou
Jordan Wolfson
Meagan Streader
Marco Fusinato
Michael Candy
Paul McCarthy
Shilpa Gupta
Steven Rhall
5–10pm
A Forest
REVIEW: REAL VIOLENCE by JORDAN WOLFSON
Saeborg
5–10pm
Avalon Theatre
IS THIS DARK MOFO’S STRANGEST SHOW?
Kirsha Kaechele
Eat the Problem
Grand Feasts
5pm until late
Mona
The In Between
Michaela Gleave with Amanda Cole + Warren Armstrong
Selena de Carvalho
Nicola Gower Wallis
The Irresistible
Opening
6–10pm
Salamanca Arts Centre
Panopticon III
The Garden of Earthly Delights
6–10pm
Centre for the Arts
Jónsi (Sigur Rós) + Alex Somers + the TSO
Riceboy Sleeps
7–8pm (doors 6pm)
Federation Concert Hall
serpentwithfeet + Kelsey Lu
7–9.30pm (doors 6.30pm)
Odeon Theatre
KELSEY LU: WHY I PICKED A CELLO
Side Pony Productions + The Last Great Hunt
The Irresistible
8–9.15pm
Salamanca Arts Centre
WHAT’S ON SATURDAY
Jimmy Cauty
The Aftermath Dislocation Principle
Open 24-hours a day
In front of Hobart Town Hall, Macquarie Street
Julie Gough
Missing or Dead
Open 24-hours a day
Bushland, Queens Domain, Dark Path
Enclosure
10am–2pm
Sawtooth ARI, Cimitiere Street, Launceston
Julie Gough
Tense Past
10am–4pm
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
The In Between
Michaela Gleave with Amanda Cole + Warren Armstrong
Selena de Carvalho
Nicola Gower Wallis
The Irresistible
Times vary
Salamanca Arts Centre
Kirsha Kaechele
Eat the Problem
10am–5pm
Mona
Gorillas in Our Midst
10am–5pm
Mona
Simon Denny
Mine
10am–5pm
Mona
Siloam
Ai Weiwei
Alfredo Jaar
Oliver Beer
Christopher Townend
10am–5pm
Mona
Patrick Hall
If They Should Accidentally Fall
10am–10pm
Narryna Heritage Museum
Andrew Hustwaite
Only the Penitent Shall Pass
11am–5pm
Rosny Barn
Natty Waves
12–3pm
Murray St Pier
Tony Albert
Confessions
12–5pm
Contemporary Art Tasmania
Mike Parr
Towards a Black Square
Exhibition
12–6pm
The Old Mercury Building
MIKE PARR’S LATEST PERFORMANCE
¢ompo$t
¢ompo$t Aeration: Lecture Performances
2–4pm
Old Hobart Blood Bank & Merchant Store
¢ompo$t
2–8pm
Old Hobart Blood Bank & Merchant Store
Project X
Chris Watson + The Wired Lab
Hrafn: Conversations with Odin
Hobart ticket 2.15–9.20pm, Huon ticket 4.30–6pm
Hastings Caves, southern Tasmania
Paul Yore
It’s All Wrong But It’s Alright
3–8pm
Black Temple Gallery
Warren Ellis (Dirty Three) in Conversation with Zan Rowe (Double J)
4–5pm (doors 3.30pm)
Hobart Town Hall
Natty Waves
4–7pm
Murray St Pier
Andrew Hustwaite
Only the Penitent Shall Pass
Dance Performance
4–7.30pm
Rosny Barn
Jimmy Cauty
The Aftermath Dislocation Principle
With the Children of the Aftermath 4–10pm
In front of Hobart Town Hall, Macquarie Street
Dark Mofo + City of Hobart Winter Feast
4–11pm
Princes Wharf 1
The Purging
Ogoh-Ogoh
5–9pm
The Goods Shed, Macquarie Point
Julie Gough
Tense Past
5–9pm
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Chris Henschke
Demon Core
5–10pm
Queen Victoria Powder Magazine, Dark Path
REVIEW: DARK PATH FULL OF DELIGHTS
Saeborg
5–10pm
Avalon Theatre
A Forest
Antony Hamilton Projects + Chunky Move
Cassils
Chris Henschke
Eric Demetriou
Jordan Wolfson
Meagan Streader
Marco Fusinato
Michael Candy
Paul McCarthy
Shilpa Gupta
Steven Rhall
5–10pm
A Forest
All This Coming and Going
Terrapin + Teatret Gruppe 38 + Trickster-p
5–10pm, every hour on the hour
Regatta Grounds
Naomi Blacklock
Limbic Resonance
5–10pm
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Dark Path
Enclosure
5–10pm
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Dark Path
Tony Oursler Beyond the Spectrum
5–10pm
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Dark Path
Tony Oursler
6th
5–10pm
Beaumaris Zoo, Dark Path
Jónsi (Sigur Rós) + Alex Somers + the TSO
Riceboy Sleeps
6–7pm (doors 5pm)
Federation Concert Hall
Anna Calvi
6–7.15pm (doors 5.30pm)
Odeon Theatre
Panopticon III
The Garden of Earthly Delights
6–10pm
Centre for the Arts
Side Pony Productions + The Last Great Hunt
The Irresistible
8–9.15pm
Salamanca Arts Centre
Nicolás Jaar†
Against All Logic†
8–10pm (doors 7pm)
MAC2
Natty Waves
8–11pm
Murray St Pier
Night Mass
10pm till late
Night Mass
WHAT’S ON SUNDAY
Jimmy Cauty
The Aftermath Dislocation Principle
Open 24-hours a day
In front of Hobart Town Hall, Macquarie Street
Julie Gough
Missing or Dead
Open 24-hours a day
Bushland, Queens Domain, Dark Path
Julie Gough
Tense Past
10am–4pm
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
The In Between
Michaela Gleave with Amanda Cole + Warren Armstrong
Selena de Carvalho
Nicola Gower Wallis
The Irresistible
Times vary
Salamanca Arts Centre
Kirsha Kaechele
Eat the Problem
10am–5pm
Mona
Gorillas in Our Midst
10am–5pm
Mona
Siloam
Ai Weiwei
Alfredo Jaar
Oliver Beer
Christopher Townend
10am–5pm
Mona
Simon Denny
Mine
10am–5pm
Mona
Patrick Hall
If They Should Accidentally Fall
10am–6pm
Narryna Heritage Museum
Andrew Hustwaite
Only the Penitent Shall Pass
11am–5pm
Rosny Barn
Natty Waves
12–3pm
Murray St Pier
Tony Albert
Confessions
12–5pm
Contemporary Art Tasmania
Dirty Three
1–2.30pm (doors 12.30pm)
Odeon Theatre
Side Pony Productions + The Last Great Hunt
The Irresistible
2–3.15pm
Salamanca Arts Centre
¢ompo$t
2–8pm
Old Hobart Blood Bank & Merchant Store
Project X
Chris Watson + The Wired Lab
Hrafn: Conversations with Odin
Hobart ticket 2.15–9.20pm, Huon ticket 4.30–6pm
Hastings Caves, southern Tasmania
Liminal Soundbath†
Jónsi (Sigur Rós) + Alex Somers
3–4.10pm (doors 2pm)
MAC2
Paul Yore
It’s All Wrong But It’s Alright
3–8pm
Black Temple Gallery
Natty Waves
4–7pm
Murray St Pier
Dark Mofo + City of Hobart Winter Feast
4–10pm
Princes Wharf 1
Jimmy Cauty
The Aftermath Dislocation Principle
With the Children of the Aftermath 4–10pm
In front of Hobart Town Hall, Macquarie Street
The Purging
Ogoh-Ogoh
5–9pm
The Goods Shed, Macquarie Point
Chris Henschke
Demon Core
5–10pm
Queen Victoria Powder Magazine, Dark Path
A Forest
Antony Hamilton Projects + Chunky Move
Cassils
Chris Henschke
Eric Demetriou
Jordan Wolfson
Meagan Streader
Marco Fusinato
Michael Candy
Paul McCarthy
Shilpa Gupta
Steven Rhall
5–10pm
A Forest
Naomi Blacklock
Limbic Resonance
5–10pm
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Dark Path
Tony Oursler Beyond the Spectrum
5–10pm
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Dark Path
Tony Oursler
6th
5–10pm
Beaumaris Zoo, Dark Path
All This Coming and Going
Terrapin + Teatret Gruppe 38 + Trickster-p
5–10pm, every hour on the hour
Regatta Grounds
Enclosure
5–10pm
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Dark Path
Saeborg
5–10pm
Avalon Theatre
Pagan
Grinding Eyes
Nunchukka Superfly
5–10.30pm (doors 4.30pm)
Altar
Panopticon III
The Garden of Earthly Delights
6–10pm
Centre for the Arts
Nicolás Jaar & Group†
7–8pm (doors 6pm)
Federation Concert Hall
Dirty Three
7–8.30pm (doors 6.30pm)
Odeon Theatre
Side Pony Productions + The Last Great Hunt
The Irresistible
8–9.15pm
Salamanca Arts Centre
Natty Waves
8–11pm
Murray St Pier
Liminal Soundbath †
Jónsi (Sigur Rós) + Alex Somers
9–10.10pm (doors 8pm)
MAC2
Candlemass†
11pm–12am (doors 10.30pm)
Odeon Theatre
Phurpa†
12–3am (doors 11.30pm)
Altar
Extra tickets released for Cold Chisel’s Hobart show
Around 100 extra tickets have been made available for Cold Chisel’s previously sold-out upcoming show in Hobart.
Warning: This hobby could become an obsession
A thriving Tassie festival will celebrate our beekeepers and world-renowned honey industry while highlighting dangers of introduced pests to the small but mighty heroes of our gardens and farms.