Hobartians are getting twitchy, wanting to get their gear off and make some weird art, but coronavirus has culled Dark Mofo this year. Here's your guide to your winter non-festival.
and grow like goose bumps on a naked backside.
"We have a lot of coastline, so surely it'd be possible to find a suitable spot for some socially distanced freezing dawn madness."The Winter Feast culinary heart will not be beating, nor will there be throbbing crowds at the Night Mass nightclub event for the hardcore partygoers. Laura Harper from Music Tasmania is taking heart that many festivals like Dark Mofo may in future concentrate on having local content.
Where else would you find an audience at 9:00am on a Sunday morning chewing over the threat of internet trolls or going head to head with an ex-jihadist? "Our concept for the upcoming festival was 'death'. Unfortunately, it's no longer a concept, which isn't as much fun as we'd hoped. So we are in mourning, for a festival we've lost and most likely for a festival that will never be the same. But, we won't be going gently into that good night. It's a time for a rebirth. I have a feeling that it won't be like it was.
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