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MONA’s Dark Mofo festival returns to Hobart in 2021 with ‘some trepidation’ after COVID shutdown
Popular Tasmanian winter festival Dark Mofo has been put back on this year’s calendar, but organisers still fear for its future.
Key points:
- The festival was one of the first to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
- Organisers admit there is still some risk it will be cancelled
- The full program will be announced in April
Hobart’s Museum of New and Old Art (MONA) was one of the first to pull the plug on a major event in Tasmania last year due to coronavirus, announcing in March that the 2020 Dark Mofo would not go ahead.
Soon after, the Hobart City Council said it wouldn’t be funding Dark Mofo until at least 2022, also because of the pandemic.
But late on Thursday, MONA issued a statement announcing dates for a 2021 Dark Mofo festival,…
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