Dark Mofo Locks in 2026 Dates
The Tassie arts and culture festival will be back in June next year.
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Making its return with a full program this year, Dark Mofo has announced the dates for its 2026 festival.
The 12-day event kicks off on Thursday 11 June and ends on Monday 22 June with the Nude Solstice Swim. The full program will be released early next year.
“It's exciting to share Dark Mofo's 2026 dates today as we take our first steps towards next year's festival, where we'll once again bathe the streets in red, feast by firelight and indulge in a smorgasbord of art, music and performance,” said Dark Mofo's artistic director, Chris Twite.
In a first for the festival, a limited number of tickets for the Night Mass, the late-night takeover of Hobart’s CBD, will go on sale this Wednesday 5 November via the Dark Mofo website.
Along with the Nude Solstice Swim and Night Mass, the Winter Feast and Ogoh-Ogoh burning will make up the program that’s sure to include a diverse musical lineup and plenty of eye-raising art exhibitions and interactive displays.
Keep up to date with everything Dark Mofo here.
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After taking 2024 off, Dark Mofo return this year with a belter of a program headlined by a weird and wonderful collection of live music performances.
The first Dark Mofo under the guidance of new artistic director Twite featured international acts including American electro outfit Boy Harsher, weird jazz metal act Clown Core, Brooklyn rockers DIIV and singer-songwriter Jessica Pratt alongside Aussie artists including post-punk band Crime & The City Solution, singer-songwriter Thelma Plum, Gut Health, Methyl Ethel, The Peep Tempel, Divide and Dissolve and many more.
Dark Mofo 2026 runs from Thursday 11 June to Monday 22 June. The full Dark Mofo program will be released early next year. Sign up to the Dark Mofo mailing list for updates here.
