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Welcome to Southern Tasmania, where our winter events come alive with fire, food, art, nude swims and music.
You might think winter is a time to huddle up and stay indoors, but here in Southern Tasmania, it’s the time to experience all things wild, arty and wonderful. We rug up, get out into the refreshing winter air, and immerse ourselves in all that’s happening throughout the region. Now’s the time to get your calendars out and save the date. Our southern Tasmania winter events calendar is just starting to fire up.
Dark Mofo will present the Winter Feast across two weeks at Princes Wharf 1 (PW1), from Thursday 5–Sunday 8 June and Thursday 12–Sunday 15 June, showcasing the best of the best Tasmanian food, wine and spirits.
Huddle by the warm winter fires, under our deserted Tasmanian sky and enjoy the bounty from the last harvest. Over 75 stallholders will provide the best of local produce, alongside a nightly program of music and performance, as we collectively dream of the birds returning in spring.
Dark Mofo returns in full for 2025 with an ambitious art and music program, alongside Dark Mofo rituals Winter Feast, the Ogoh-Ogoh, Night Mass and the Nude Solstice Swim. Dark Mofo 2025 will take place from Thursday 5 to Sunday 15 June with the Swim baring all on Saturday 21 June. The full program will be announced in April 2025.
Dark Mofo’s infamous Nude Solstice Swim returns for 2025. With an increased capacity, the event will take place at Long Beach at sunrise on Saturday 21 June, welcoming back the light after the longest night. Entry is free and via registration only. Visit darkmofo.net.au for details.
Get ready to embark on an unforgettable journey through the heart of Tasmania at the first-ever Tasmanian Highlands Gathering. This festival is set to be a grand celebration of Gaelic, Celtic, and Scottish heritage. Dust off your kilts, tune your bagpipes, and join us as we roll out the red carpet for the most passionate Highland enthusiasts. So, grab your dancing shoes, gather your friends, and help us make history at the inaugural Tasmanian Highlands Gathering.
Battery Point | Greater Hobart
At this intensive weekend blacksmithing course you’ll learn the fundamentals of hand-forging as you make tools for the kitchen with Pete Mattila.
This is a perfect primer for anyone interested in the craft of blacksmithing. We explore and practice a range of forging techniques, while deep-diving into a range of tools and processes that are specific to the iron vocabulary. Each participant will make a set of cooking tools that display a number of practical forging processes.
Since its inception in 2005, Festival of Voices has celebrated the joy and wellbeing benefits of singing. What began as a small group of music lovers gathered around a fire in the depths of Tasmania’s winter has grown to a 10-day festival featuring local, Australian, and international talent who compose, teach, perform and host our diverse event series. With choral, cabaret, classical, comedy, and contemporary, there’s something for every music lover, whether you want to attend, learn, or participate!
Nubeena | Tasman Peninsula
Lightwave is an annual winter arts festival celebrating ‘people and place’ across Turrakana Tasman Peninsula. Lightwave fosters community connection and collective warmth in the darkness of winter by taking the phenomenon of light as the catalyst for the festival’s multi-artform programme.
Grove | Huon Valley
We’re re-living the spirit of the Willie Smith’s Mid-Winter Festival in 2025!
Experience the folklore and spirit of Willie Smith’s Mid-Winter Festival, Huon Valley, through four unique immersive events curated with festival themes each Saturday night during July.
Uplands Vineyard | Coal River Valley
Hosted at Uplands’ transformed wine shed and garden, this event offers a five-course menu crafted from premium Tasmanian ingredients by chef Paul Willcock and his partner Sara. Guests can enjoy an intimate atmosphere with open flames, lanterns, and thoughtfully paired wines, creating a cozy and immersive winter dining experience.
Discover the best of Tasmania at the 2025 Tasmanian Tourism Showcase, held at Princes Wharf 1 in nipaluna/Hobart on Saturday July 26. This free event celebrates Tasmania’s rich tourism offerings, from iconic landmarks to hidden gems, encouraging visitors to explore and reconnect.
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Seven days of events are held in the north and south of the state covering diverse and engaging consumer events.
Over 40 distilleries attending events over 20 events, culminating in the flagship event, The Tasmanian Spirit Showcase will be held at PW1, Hobart on Saturday, 9 August.
Presented by Hadley’s Orient Hotel, the Hadley’s Art Prize, Hobart is an acquisitive Australian landscape prize, which offers $100,000 to the winning entry.
Hadley’s Orient Hotel has a long history with art starting with art-loving landlords in the late 1800s. The Hadley’s Art Prize contributes to the art community, celebrates excellence in contemporary landscape art, promotes cultural tourism in Tasmania, and restores art to the historic walls of Hadley’s Orient Hotel through a landscape prize similar to the competition won by Howard Hadley in 1895.
The Heritage and Bullock Festival is a must attend event that celebrates and preserves our heritage. Immerse yourself into the rich tapestry of traditions, craft and culture. The street parade brings history and culture to life as it moves down High Street, with dynamic displays of music, dance, steam engines, vintage cars, machinery, trucks and of course the bullock display.
Beaker Street Festival is a week-long celebration of science in Lutruwita/Tasmania each August. Now approaching it’s ninth year, Beaker Street Festival promises a mix of wonder, flavour, and scientifically proven fun. The Festival invites adults from all walks of life to delve into today’s hottest topics with a packed program of science-infused entertainment and discussions, while experiencing the best of Tasmanian environments and culture.
Grandvewe | D’Entrecasteaux Channel
A Celebration of Blues, Brews and Blue Cheese.
Get ready for the most unique culinary experience of the year – where artisanal blue cheese meets soulful blues music in a perfect harmony of taste and sound!
Experience the Magic of Blue
Immerse yourself in the world of premium blue cheese with our exclusive guided tasting journey featuring four distinctive artisanal blues, perfectly paired with our craft spirits selection.
We acknowledge the Tasmanian Aboriginal people and their enduring custodianship of lutruwita / Tasmania. We honour 40,000 years of uninterrupted care, protection and belonging to these islands, before the invasion and colonisation of European settlement. As a destination that welcomes visitors to these lands, we acknowledge our responsibility to represent to our visitors, Tasmania’s deep and complex history, fully, respectfully and truthfully.
We acknowledge the Aboriginal people who continue to care for this country today. We pay our respects to their elders, past and present. We honour their stories, songs, art, and culture, and their aspirations for the future of their people and these lands. We respectfully ask that tourism be a part of that future.
Tasmanian Travel and Information Centre
16-20 Davey St, Hobart TAS 7000
(03) 6238 4222
bookings@hobarttravelcentre.com.au
hobarttravelcentre.com.au
