FULL LIST: Tasmania events cancelled due to Covid in 2021

A festival shaking up the state’s north this week has had its funding secured for another three years as the creative director and executive producer move onto new pastures. FULL LIST OF CANCELLED + GREEN LIGHT EVENTS >>

A festival shaking up the state’s north this week has had its funding secured for another three years as the creative director and executive producer move onto new pastures.

Junction Arts Festival is set to receive $1.35 million between 2022 and 2024 through the state’s $21.5 million iconic events fund, Hospitality and Events Minister Sarah Courtney has said.

“It is wonderful to see Junction Arts Festival return to Launceston and I encourage everyone to grab their mask, practice Covid-safe behaviour and support this fantastic event over the next three days,” Ms Courtney said.

“(Junction) features theatre, dance and musical acts, and art installations with something for people of all ages.”

Ms Courtney thanked the outgoing creative director Greg Clarke and executive producer Frith Mabin for building up the decade-old festival over the last five years.

The multi-arts festival is running September 1-5 at Princes Square, Launceston.

Acts include Chase City, Kudu Joy, and Sumner.

Tickets and program junctionartsfestival.com.au/program

Tasmania events cancelled due to Covid in 2021

Although Tasmania is free of the virus, Covid continues to wreak havoc on our tourism and events industry.

With limiting restrictions still in place for large outdoor gatherings paired with a lack of tourists due to interstate lockdowns many popular events that we know and love have been forced to cancel or postpone.

The annual Brighton Show drew larger than expected crowds in 2019. Picture: MATT THOMPSON

Just this week, organisers of both the Royal Launceston Show and Brighton Show had to call it quits for the second year in a row, blaming capacity restrictions with crowds currently capped to 5000.

Despite the looming Covid cloud, the organisers of Royal Hobart Show say it is full steam ahead for its 200th anniversary in October.

Tasmanians can also look forward to a number of exciting events kicking off in the months leading up to Christmas, with Hobart Council also confirming that planning for this year’s Christmas Pageant and New Year’s Eve fireworks are underway.

Fireworks at the waterfront in Hobart on New Year’s Eve 2020. Picture Chris Kidd

CANCELLED:

• Brighton Show – was scheduled for November 7
• Launceston Royal Show – was scheduled for October 6 – 7
• Tasmanian Chamber Music Festival – was scheduled for October 20 – 24
• Tulip Festival, Wynyard – was scheduled for October
• Latrobe Chocolate Festival – was scheduled for August

SET TO GO AHEAD

• Junction Arts Festival September 1 – 5
• Great Eastern Wine Weekend September 3 – 13
• The Unconformity, Queenstown October 15 – 17
• The Hobart Royal Show, October 20 – 23
• Tasmanian Craft Fair, Deloraine, October 29 – November 1
• Effervescence Tasmania, Launceston, November 5 – 7
• Hobart Christmas Pageant, November 13
• Bicheno Food and Wine Festival, November 20
• Festival of Roses, Longford, November 21
• Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race – December 26 – January 1 2022
• New Year’s Eve Fireworks, Hobart – December 31
• The Taste of Summer – December 28 – January 3 2022
• Enduro World Series April 2 – 3 2022

For more information about event restrictions head to Tasmania’s Coronavirus website.