Published: January 20, 2019
In its first year out of Hobart, Mona’s summer festival brings glitter and colour – and a gooseflesh-raising set from Courtney Barnett
You’ve got two kinds of Australian festivals, roughly speaking: camping festivals that take place among nature, and those that infiltrate a city or town. Gigs in the bush just make me anxious for the animals. I prefer the town takeovers.
One of the best things about the two festivals run by Tasmania’s Mona – Dark Mofo (winter, Hobart) and Mona Foma (summer, Launceston) – is that its curators are very good at sourcing lesser-known venues as fresh meat for shows. There have been some extraordinary coups, such as the active freemasons lodge at last year’s Welcome Stranger parties in Hobart.
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