Dark MOFO returns for 2026Tasmania, Australia

Winter in Tasmania is already a bit unhinged. Then Dark Mofo turns up and politely suggests you take your comfort zone, set it on fire, and maybe dance around it.

From 11–22 June, Hobart slips into something darker. Think art that stares back, music that rattles your bones, and performances that make you question… everything. This year, the whole thing spills across land and sea, with a hulking 48,000-tonne ship parked in the middle of the action like it’s just another gallery space. Super casual.

This year, the program is unhinged in the best possible way. There are robot dogs roaming through industrial chaos, dancers tangled up with computers in a digital fever dream, and a film so exclusive barely anyone on Earth has seen it in full. Elsewhere, bodies are pushed to their limits, borders are torn apart (literally and metaphorically), and somewhere in the mix, someone is probably hanging from something they shouldn’t be.

Music swings just as wildly, from hyperpop to black metal, with artists you won’t catch anywhere else in Australia. And when you need a break (you won’t), there’s the Winter Feast to thaw your insides, Night Mass to scramble your brain, and the Nude Solstice Swim to, well, get you into your birthday suit.

It’s strange, but that’s what makes it exactly the kind of trip worth taking. Just don’t expect to come back the same.

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