FESTIVAL HUB AT THE HEDBERG

THE FESTIVAL IGNITES THE SPACES IN BETWEEN EVENTS

Creative sparks fly when gathering places come alive for whole days and nights with interesting ideas and art, abuzz with people having a great time joining in lively discussions about what we’ve just seen or experienced.

In 2023 in Nipaluna/Hobart we’re partnering with our good friends from the Theatre Royal and the University of Tasmania to create Ten Days on the Island’s Festival Hub at The Hedberg. Together we’ll ensure that every space, every foyer and every moment is packed with cool and compelling experiences, welcoming hospitality, in parallel with mind-blowing performances throughout the Festival.

Ten Days’ Festival Hub is your go-to place to meet friends before or after a show, take in a panel discussion or keynote, meet the artists you’ve just seen onstage, grab a snack, coffee or cocktail in between shows, catch a post-show Q&A or listen to a band. You’re welcome to stay with us all day!

For more information on the shows and talks happening at the Festival Hub at the Hedberg see here.

TEN DAYS @ QVMAG

NORTHERN LUTRUWITA/ TASMANIA’S PREMIER CULTURAL DESTINATION, EXPERIENCED IN A COMPLETELY NEW WAY

In 2023 Ten Days on the Island and QVMAG join forces to animate the Royal Park and Inveresk precincts in poetic, dynamic and thought-provoking ways. Join us for a long weekend of exhibitions, performances, discussions, music and activations across Launceston’s cultural hub. This Festival collaboration responds to QVMAG’s richly curated range of exhibitions. Visual art and photography collide pleasingly with digital music and acoustic performance from Baroque chamber music and traditional Persian sounds, to improvised contemporary soundscapes. Surprising and thought-provoking confluences continue with breathtaking and paradigm-shifting digital works expressing ancient stories of clashing cultures and concern for Earth’s endangered oceans. Experience the diverse and marvellous worlds of celebrated international and Tasmanian artists, up close and personal in and around the iconic galleries and spaces of Australia’s largest regional museum and art gallery.

For more information on the shows and talks happening within Ten Days @ QVMAG see here.

HIVE+

A CREATIVE FESTIVAL HUB IN ULVERSTONE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES

This 2023 Festival collaboration with Ulverstone’s HIVE is an exciting future-focused development in our region’s cultural identity and environment HIVE+ is a collection of activities that invites audiences to Ulverstone as a focal point for exhibitions, installations and discussions over the final weekend of the 2023 Festival. HIVE+ encourages visitors to experience interactive works designed to build local cultural capacity for young people and families, and to explore our creativity through environmental themes.

Highly accessible, impactful works like Lynette Wallworth’s magnificent planetarium creation Coral: Rekindling Venus and Patch Theatre’s Sea of Light contribute to a conversation on global sustainability, inviting us to reimagine how we engage with, view and experience our world. Local, Tasmanian and international artists are amongst the diverse voices joining the HIVE+ conversation. Look out for Festival artists Qwerin, Terrapin Puppet Theatre and Slipstream Circus with FREE events, talks and activities for all the family.

For more information on the shows happening at HIVE+ see here.