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TAS:Thousands grin and bare it for swim at crack of dawn

Wearing nothing but a red swimming cap, hardy souls have taken a brisk river dip for an annual winter solstice celebration as part of Dark Mofo festivities.

AAP · Jun 22

Thousands grin and bare it for swim at crack of dawn

Wearing nothing but a red swimming cap, hardy souls have taken a brisk river dip for an annual winter solstice celebration as part of Dark Mofo festivities.

AAP · Jun 22

Tassie's red AFL stadium? Never say never for Dark Mofo

Often-subversive winter festival Dark Mofo has officially opened and will feature spandex adult website streaming, a new ferry, light shows and robot dogs.

AAP · Jun 11

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Dark Mofo: 2026 festival to show Willem Dafoe film that can only be watched by one person at a time

Regular events at the Tasmanian festival, including the Winter Solstice Nude Swim and the Night Mass party, joined by Australian and international musicians and artists in a program dominated by Latin American art

The Guardian - AU · Mar 26

Primal moment: nudes brave icy waters for solstice swim

Thousands of souls have taken a nude sunrise plunge into Hobart's River Derwent, as Antarctic expeditioners also mark the winter solstice with a sub-zero dip.

AAP · Jun 20, 2025

At Dark Mofo, I joined thousands to watch an artist stage a car crash – months after I was in one

Brazilian artist Paula Garcia practiced stunt driving for years for Crash Body, a tense 20-minute ballet of chrome and rubber culminating in a violent end

The Guardian - AU · Jun 9, 2025

He’s been hanged, stabbed and cut in galleries – now artist Carlos Martiel is being buried alive

The Afro-Latinx artist pushes his body to the extreme in performances taking on racism, colonialism and police brutality. He’s heading to Tasmania’s Dark Mofo festival to be buried in sand

The Guardian - AU · Jun 4, 2025

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Reinvigorated Dark Mofo ready to fire at full strength

An often controversial music, food and arts event will soon return at top capacity, a year after running a reduced offering to get its books in better shape.

AAP · Jun 2, 2025

Tasmania’s Dark Mofo is back with a bang – and a car crash: festival announces 2025 program

After a year off, the often controversial art festival returns in 2025, having signed a new three-year funding deal with the state government

The Guardian - AU · Apr 3, 2025

'We're back': Dark Mofo to return at full steam in 2025

Dark Mofo has announced it will make a fully fledged comeback in 2025 after the winter festival ran a reduced event amid financial headwinds.

AAP · Nov 1, 2024

'Don't overthink it': thousands take nippy solstice dip

A record 3000 people have taken a naked plunge in Hobart's River Derwent to mark the winter solstice.

AAP · Jun 20, 2024

Size matters as Dark Mofo cracks open nude swim entries

There is one less excuse for not stripping naked and plunging into the wintry River Derwent after Dark Mofo upsized its nude solstice swim.

AAP · Apr 11, 2024

Dark Mofo has a laugh with launch of comedy festival

The team behind Tasmanian midwinter arts event Dark Mofo is launching a comedy festival, despite cancelling Dark Mofo for 2024.

AAP · Nov 13, 2023

Afternoon Update: Australia reacts to Murdoch transition; Dark Mofo on hold for 2024; and another ex-employee sues Lizzo

Rupert Murdoch, 92, steps down from leading his media empire, with his son, Lachlan, set to take over

The Guardian - AU · Sep 22, 2023

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AAP · Sep 22, 2023

Dark Mofo dims lights on 2024 but vows brighter rebirth

Organisers of Hobart winter festival Dark Mofo have announced the event will be put on pause in 2024 so it can reshape for the future.

The Guardian - AU · Jun 19, 2023

My fiance died unexpectedly last year. Could communal grieving help me heal?

Anthony Nocera went to Hobart to take part in a ‘shared mourning experience’ at Dark Mofo festival. He reflects on what happened

The Guardian - AU · Jun 11, 2023

The ominous allure of the teddy bear in art: ‘We all just want to be babies’

Two works at this year’s Dark Mofo festival recast children’s toys in a menacing light – a tradition that has a long history in pop culture

ABC News · Oct 9, 2022

Dark Mofo 2023 dates announced as Hobart arts festival head Leigh Carmichael steps down

After two years in which the festival has weathered controversy, founding director Leigh Carmichael will step down.

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The Conversation · Aug 22, 2022

'You get burnt together, you get wet together, you dance together': how festivals transform lives – and landscapes

Every year in lutruwita/Tasmania, tens of thousands of people journey to and meander through the island state and take in festivals such as Dark Mofo, Cygnet Folk Festival or Nayri Niara Good Spirit Festival.

ABC News · Jun 22, 2022

Nude swimmers in Hobart celebrate passing of the longest night and end of Dark Mofo

About 2,000 people run naked into Hobart's River Derwent to celebrate the passing of the longest night and the end of Dark Mofo.

AAP · Jun 21, 2022

Hobart solstice swimmers take nippy dip

More than 2000 people have stripped naked for a sunrise dip in Hobart, marking the winter solstice and end of the Dark Mofo festival.

The Guardian - AU · Jun 12, 2022

Burnt books and blackened stumps: Dark Mofo brings Tasmania’s ‘forest genocide’ indoors

At Mona, Fiona Hall and AJ King have built an immersive lament to the destructive forces of colonialism and male ego – but hope grows amid the wreckage

AAP · Mar 16, 2022

Dark Mofo reveals headline acts for 2022

Tasmania's controversial Dark Mofo festival has announced a "reincarnation" for 2022, with Kim Gordon among its headline acts.

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