Dark Mofo, Mona’s midwinter festival in Tasmania, delves into centuries-old winter solstice rituals.
A festival in Hobart, Tasmania. 16–22 June 2021. Tickets on sale now.
Dark Mofo 2021 is a city-wide cultural festival offering one vibrant week of engaging public art, live music, performances, and heady nocturnal revelry, exploring the links between ancient and contemporary mythology, humans and nature, religious and secular traditions, darkness and light, and birth, death and renewal.
Signature events include the delectable Winter Feast on Hobart’s waterfront and the colourful community celebration of the Ogoh-Ogoh parade and burning.
Make it an annual pilgrimage, for the Nude Solstice Swim, with more than 1000 people dropping their clothes and inhibitions to welcome back the light after the longest, coldest night in the nation.
Each year offers new major art and music precincts around the city, dialling up the artistic noise, experimental rock, synthwave, black metal, psych-folk, and a lot more.
Seize the night.
Solstice banquet. Cooking with fire. Break the bread.
Wednesday 16 June, 4–10pm, $10
Thursday 17 June, 4–11pm, $20
Friday 18 + Saturday 19 June, 4pm–midnight, $20
Sunday 20 June, 4–11pm, free
Free after 9pm nightly, and for under 16s accompanied by a parent or guardian
Princes Wharf 1, Castray Esplanade Tickets on the door only
Capacity information:
Capacity restrictions will be in place at the Winter Feast, for obvious, pandemic-themed reasons. When you get here, please allow extra time to buy tickets and enter the site; there may be a queue. Everyone will need to check-in with the Tasmanian Government’s ‘Check in TAS’ app, individually or as a group. We suggest downloading the app before you get here to save time. Download it here: coronavirus.tas.gov.au/check-in-tas
Most visitors will need to be seated, except when browsing stalls and buying food and drink; additional seating will be available indoors and outdoors. Limited standing drinking and dancing will be permitted, but you may be asked to take a seat if things get too crowded.
Pass outs are unavailable at the Winter Feast this year. If you exit the venue, you will need to queue and purchase another ticket to re-enter (subject to capacity).
Venue accessibility:
All areas of this venue are accessible, with the exception of a small section of the Salamanca Lawns. Supervised accessible parking is available nearby in the Abel Tasman Car Park off Salamanca Place during event hours. For more information, contact Ticket Support on tickets@mona.net.au or +61 (3) 6277 9978.
