Dark Mofo 2019: Got a question? We can answer it

Are you dazed and confused after trying to navigate the Dark Mofo website? See this weekend’s events and ask us a question about this year’s winter festival.

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.

Winter Feast is likely to be a highlight of Dark Mofo 2019.

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.

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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 [e-mail].

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

Ultimate Dark Mofo guide

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

HEART OF FESTIVAL IS READY

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

MONA’S NEWEST WING OPENS

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

CASSIL’S FIERY PERFORMANCE

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

WOULD YOU EAT CANE TOAD?

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

WOULD YOU EAT CANE TOAD?

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

MONA’S NEWEST WING OPENS

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

YOUR ULTIMATE GUIDE TO DARK MOFO 2019