Ten Days on the Island is Tasmania’s statewide arts festival, with something for everyone.
The Festival is a wild and welcoming carnival of creativity, a confident celebration of our unique identity and our diverse island home.
Festival dates:
North West – 8 – 11 March 2019
North East – 15 – 17 March 2019
South – 22 – 24 March 2019
Past events
Experimenta Life Forms: International Triennial of Media Art
Exhibitions
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Centre for The Arts, Hunter Street
Terra Incognita: A duck-billed what? Milan Milojevic
Exhibitions
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145-151 Rooke St, Devonport TAS 7310
The Stance
Theatre + dance
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Elizabeth Street Mall, Elizabeth Street
Prosthetic Reality at BRAG
Exhibitions
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77-79 Wilmot Street, Burnie
Del Kathryn Barton: The Nightingale and the Rose
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145-151 Rooke St, Devonport TAS 7310
Dust
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Mill Lane, Glenorchy TAS
Women of the Island
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The Enchanted Island
Live music + concerts
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60 Clover Hill Road, Lebrina TAS
Super Night Shot
Theatre + dance
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57 Brisbane Street, Launceston
Peter and the Wolf
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Paul Grabowsky and Lior
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LOT 2 Rosny Hill Road, Rosny Park
Pandemic
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Centre for The Arts, Hunter Street
Nowhere
Theatre + dance
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2 Wellington Street, Launceston
mapali – Dawn Gathering
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41 Bluff Road, Devonport TAS
Lola Greeno – milaythina-nika waranta; waranta milaythina-nika. katina-mana mara
Exhibitions
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2 Bass Highway, Burnie
Intimate Epics
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67 Wellington Street, Longford TAS
In Pursuit of Venus
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Reeves Street, South Burnie TAS
Here She Is
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Stewart Street, Devonport TAS
Eyes as Big as Plates
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Salamanca Arts Centre, Salamanca Place
Dark Rituals
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2-4 Invermay Road, Invermay TAS 7248
Compassion
Live music + concerts
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Federation Concert Hall, Davey Street
Bushland – outdoor audio experience
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Breathtaking
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Baba Yaga
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57 Brisbane Street, Launceston
Acoustic Life of Sheds
Live music + concerts
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Out of Chaos
Theatre + dance
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77-79 Wilmot Street, Burnie
Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra – Hobart
Live music + concerts
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1 Davey Street, Hobart
Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra – Launceston
Live music + concerts
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Albert Hall Launceston, Tamar Street
Michael Schlitz: light memory, dark ground
Exhibitions
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27 Tasma Street, North Hobart
Burnie Print Prize 2017
Exhibitions
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77-79 Wilmot Street, Burnie
Market in the Meadow
Art + design markets
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3866 Channel Highway, Birchs Bay
Ode to Nellie Melba
Live music + concerts
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77-79 Wilmot Street, Burnie
The Frock
Theatre + dance
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77-79 Wilmot Street, Burnie
Paris Combo – Burnie
Live music + concerts
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77-79 Wilmot Street, Burnie
Track
Exhibitions
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555 Freestone Point Road, Triabunna
The Silver Lining
Exhibitions
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Burnie City Council, Tasmania
Jane Elizabeth
Exhibitions
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Oak Lodge, Bridge Street
The Patterdale Project
Exhibitions
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183 Uplands Road, Deddington
Strata: tracing the past
Exhibitions
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563 Hobart Road, Breadalbane
Sentiment
Exhibitions
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160 Cimitiere Street, Launceston
Revference [sic]
Exhibitions
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91 Murray Street, Hobart
Remanence
Exhibitions
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Domain House, Glebe
Nearly 50 Useful Things
Exhibitions
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Gallery Parnella, Cecilia Street
Proof of Life: The Homesickness Project
Exhibitions
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Salamanca Arts Centre, Salamanca Place
Light memory dark ground
Exhibitions
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27 Tasma Street, North Hobart
Islands – A Speculation
Exhibitions
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2 Invermay Road, Invermay
kanalaritja: An Unbroken String
Exhibitions
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Full Void
Exhibitions
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Imagining food: Art, Aesthetics and Design
Exhibitions
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2-4 Invermay Road, Invermay TAS 7248
GASP All Night
Exhibitions
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Glenorchy Art & Sculpture Park (GASP!), Hobart
Extreme
Exhibitions
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3718 Cradle Mountain Road, Cradle Mountain
Crossroads
Exhibitions
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23-27 Albert Road, Moonah
Beneath the Waterline
Exhibitions
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6 Gloucester Avenue, Devonport
Backscatter – The Voyage of the Investigator
Exhibitions
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2 Bass Highway, Burnie
A decolonial geographic
Exhibitions
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145-151 Rooke St, Devonport TAS 7310
Sites of Love and Neglect
Exhibitions
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The Frock – Launceston
Theatre + dance
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57 Brisbane Street, Launceston
The Frock – Devonport
Theatre + dance
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145 - 151 Rooke Street, Devonport
The Frock – Hobart
Theatre + dance
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Salamanca Arts Centre, Salamanca Place
Fully Grown
Theatre + dance
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City Park, Launceston
Fragile Matter – Launceston
Theatre + dance
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57 Brisbane Street, Launceston
Fragile Matter – Moonah
Theatre + dance
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23-27 Albert Road, Moonah
Tin Shed Baroque
Live music + concerts
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555 Freestone Point Road, Triabunna
Martha Wainwright – Devonport
Live music + concerts
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145 - 151 Rooke Street, Devonport
Martha Wainwright – Hobart
Live music + concerts
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29 Campbell Street, Hobart
Sequenza – Deloraine
Live music + concerts
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2 Meander Road, Deloraine
Sequenza – Scottsdale
Live music + concerts
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11A King St, Scottsdale
Sequenza – Cygnet
Live music + concerts
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Mary Street, Cygnet
Ode to Nellie Melba – Zeehan
Live music + concerts
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Main Street, Zeehan
Ode to Nellie Melba – Launceston
Live music + concerts
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Albert Hall Launceston, Tamar Street
Ode to Nellie Melba – Hobart
Live music + concerts
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1 Davey Street, Hobart
The Rite of Spring
Live music + concerts
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1 Davey Street, Hobart
Sanctuary
Live music + concerts
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St David's Cathedral, Murray Street
FIRE – Franklin
Live music + concerts
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Palais Theatre Franklin Tasmania, Huon Highway
FIRE – Fern Tree
Live music + concerts
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8 Stephenson Place, Fern Tree
FIRE – Kettering
Live music + concerts
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2963 Channel Highway, Kettering
FIRE – Hobart
Live music + concerts
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Salamanca Arts Centre, Salamanca Place
Paris Combo – Hobart
Live music + concerts
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Wrest Point, Sandy Bay Road
Paris Combo – Devonport
Live music + concerts
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145 - 151 Rooke Street, Devonport
The God That Comes – Hobart
Live music + concerts, Theatre + dance
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The Playhouse, Bathurst Street
The God That Comes – Devonport
Live music + concerts, Theatre + dance
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145 - 151 Rooke Street, Devonport
Portraits in Motion – Franklin
Theatre + dance
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Palais Theatre Franklin Tasmania, Huon Highway
Portraits in Motion – Hobart
Theatre + dance
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Hobart Town Hall, Macquarie Street
Portraits in Motion – Deloraine
Theatre + dance
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2 Meander Road, Deloraine
Portraits in Motion – Swansea
Theatre + dance
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12 Franklin St, Swansea
Portraits in Motion – Flinders Island
Theatre + dance
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Patrick Street, Whitemark
FREEZE! – Birchs Bay
Theatre + dance
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Birchs Bay, Tasmania
FREEZE! – Lake St Clair
Theatre + dance
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Lake St Clair, Tasmania
FREEZE! – Strahan
Theatre + dance
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People Park, Strahan
FREEZE! – Sheffield
Theatre + dance
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Eagles Nest Retreat, Browns Road
FREEZE! – Stanley
Theatre + dance
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Highfield House, Stanley
FREEZE! – Bakers Beach
Theatre + dance
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Narawntapu National Park, Parks and Wildlife Service
FREEZE! – Bay of Fires
Theatre + dance
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Cosy Corner, Tasmania
FREEZE! – Port Arthur
Theatre + dance
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Port Arthur, Tasmania
Frida and Derek – Hobart
Theatre + dance
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Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Lower Domain Road
Frida and Derek – Claremont
Theatre + dance
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Claremont House, Lady Clark Avenue
Frida and Derek – Launceston
Theatre + dance
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Hatherley Birrell Collection, High Street
Frida and Derek – Moltema
Theatre + dance
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Villarett, Railton Road
RAWspace
Theatre + dance
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Sackville Street, Hobart
Facing North
Live music + concerts
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77-79 Wilmot Street, Burnie
Dance Interrogations
Theatre + dance
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77 Salamanca Place, Battery Point
e-baby
Theatre + dance
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137 Patrick Street, West Hobart
Cello Napoletano – Hobart
Live music + concerts
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Hobart Town Hall, Macquarie Street
Cello Napoletano – Launceston
Live music + concerts
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2 Wellington Street, Launceston
The Season
Comedy, Theatre + dance
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29 Campbell Street, Hobart
White Snake – Launceston
Theatre + dance
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57 Brisbane Street, Launceston
White Snake – Hobart
Theatre + dance
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29 Campbell Street, Hobart
Axoum Duo
Live music + concerts
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LOT 2 Rosny Hill Road, Rosny Park
Babel
Theatre + dance
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16 Elizabeth Street, Hobart
Acoustic Life of Sheds – Cape to Cape
Live music + concerts, Theatre + dance
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Coastal Pods Wynyard, Goldie Street
#ComedyConcentrate
Comedy
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State Cinema, Elizabeth Street
You and Me and the Space Between – Hobart
Theatre + dance
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Salamanca Arts Centre, Salamanca Place
You and Me and the Space Between – Launceston
Theatre + dance
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57 Brisbane Street, Launceston
Design Tasmania Camp
Workshops + seminars
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555 Freestone Point Rd, Triabunna TAS 7190
Artists in conversation – composers
Workshops + seminars
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Princes Wharf No. 1, Castray Esplanade
Artists in conversation – Blue Angel
Workshops + seminars
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Princes Wharf No. 1, Castray Esplanade
Outside Thoughts
Exhibitions
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27 Tasma Street, North Hobart
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: A Taste of Italy, Latrobe
Live music + concerts
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Latrobe Memorial Hall, Latrobe
Release Date
Exhibitions
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Longford, Tasmania
Memento Mori: Art, Medicine and the Body
Exhibitions
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Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, Murray Street
Plato’s Cave at the Earl
Exhibitions
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57 Brisbane Street, Launceston
Undercurrents
Exhibitions
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Maritime Museum of Tasmania, Argyle Street
James Morrison – Inheritance – Devonport
Live music + concerts
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145 - 151 Rooke Street, Devonport
Indeco in the Making
Exhibitions
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Design Tasmania Centre, Brisbane Street
Drawing: Atmospheres of a Salient Landscape
Exhibitions
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University of Tasmania, Mooreville Road
Drawing – Maker’s Workshop
Exhibitions
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2 Bass Highway, Burnie
Paj Hoob (Flower Room) #2
Exhibitions
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71 Murray Street, Hobart
superslow
Exhibitions
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77 Salamanca Place, Battery Point
Stand Back
Exhibitions
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23-27 Albert Road, Moonah
Mad women in the attic?
Exhibitions
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Centre for The Arts, Hunter Street
Made in China, Australia
Exhibitions
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2 Wellington Street, Launceston
ReViewing
Exhibitions
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145-151 Rooke St, Devonport TAS 7310
Inside Out
Exhibitions
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2-4 Invermay Road, Invermay TAS 7248
back country
Exhibitions
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LOT 2 Rosny Hill Road, Rosny Park
Landscape is a conversation
Exhibitions
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8 Hunter Street, Queenstown
Colonial Afterlives
Exhibitions
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Salamanca Arts Centre, Salamanca Place77 Salamanca Place, Battery Point
Things I once knew
Exhibitions
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Habits and Habitat
Exhibitions
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2 Invermay Road, Invermay
Colin Lane Presents – Launceston
Live music + concerts
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57 Brisbane Street, Launceston
BODEN LURIGHI TANFIELD – Launceston
Live music + concerts
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57 Brisbane Street, Launceston
Claire Dawson – A Woman on the Edge – Launceston
Live music + concerts, Theatre + dance
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57 Brisbane Street, Launceston
Kaput – Tom Flanagan and Strut & Fret – Launceston
Live music + concerts, Theatre + dance
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57 Brisbane Street, Launceston
Le Gateau Chocolat – I ♥ Chocolat – Launceston
Live music + concerts, Theatre + dance
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57 Brisbane Street, Launceston
Beyond – Burnie
Live music + concerts, Theatre + dance
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77-79 Wilmot Street, Burnie
Yana Alana – Between the Cracks – Launceston
Live music + concerts, Theatre + dance
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57 Brisbane Street, Launceston
Burnie Print Prize 2015
Exhibitions
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77-79 Wilmot Street, Burnie
Tasmanian Guitar Trio – Touchdown in Kettering
Live music + concerts
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2963 Channel Highway, Kettering
The Cardinals – Hobart
Theatre + dance
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23 Murray Street, Hobart
The Cardinals – Launceston
Theatre + dance
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157 St John St, Launceston
Watermark
Live music + concerts, Theatre + dance
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55 Orr Street, Queenstown
dirtsong – Hobart
Live music + concerts
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1 Davey Street, Hobart
dirtsong – Launceston
Live music + concerts
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45 Tamar Street, Launceston
Reorder
Exhibitions
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555 Freestone Point Road, Triabunna
Calls Across the Island
Live music + concerts
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Tan Dun’s Wolf Totem
Live music + concerts
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1 Davey Street, Hobart
Pasaje – Hobart
Live music + concerts, Theatre + dance
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Wrest Point, Sandy Bay Road
Pasaje – Launceston
Live music + concerts, Theatre + dance
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57 Brisbane Street, Launceston
Pasaje – Devonport
Live music + concerts, Theatre + dance
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145 - 151 Rooke Street, Devonport
El Son Entero – Triabunna
Live music + concerts
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Triabunna, Tasmania
EPISODES – Stanley
Theatre + dance
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10 Church Street, Stanley
EPISODES – Ulverstone
Theatre + dance
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Crescent Street, Ulverstone
EPISODES – George Town
Theatre + dance
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29-67 Macquarie Street, George Town
EPISODES – Bridport
Theatre + dance
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Main Street, Bridport
EPISODES – St Helens
Theatre + dance
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41 Cecilia Street, St Helens
Alzheimer Symphony – Swansea
Theatre + dance
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Franklin Street, Swansea
Alzheimer Symphony – Devonport
Theatre + dance
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145-151 Rooke Street, Devonport
Alzheimer Symphony – Kempton
Theatre + dance
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89 Main Street, Kempton
Alzheimer Symphony – Huonville
Theatre + dance
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40 Main Road, Huonville
Alzheimer Symphony – Bruny Island
Theatre + dance
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5 Kellaway Road, Adventure Bay
TYO FIVE-O Celebration Concert
Live music + concerts
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77-79 Wilmot Street, Burnie
El Son Entero – Burnie
Live music + concerts
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77-79 Wilmot Street, Burnie
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: Essentially Elgar
Live music + concerts
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1 Davey Street, Hobart
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: A Taste of Italy, Burnie
Live music + concerts
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77-79 Wilmot Street, Burnie
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra: A Taste of Italy, Stanley
Live music + concerts
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10 Church Street, Stanley
Alzheimer Symphony – Deloraine
Theatre + dance
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17 East Barrack Street, Deloraine
52nd SPIRIT of INDIA
Live music + concerts
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29 Campbell Street, Hobart
Acoustic Life of Sheds
Exhibitions, Live music + concerts
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Wynyard, Tasmania
I Think I Can – Burnie
Theatre + dance
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77-79 Wilmot Street, Burnie
Hamlet, de los Andes – Burnie
Theatre + dance
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77-79 Wilmot Street, Burnie
Transgender Seeking
Theatre + dance
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57 Brisbane Street, Launceston
RAWspace
Theatre + dance
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29 Campbell Street, Hobart
Connected
Exhibitions
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146 Elizabeth Street, Hobart
The Body as a Riddle – Launceston
Theatre + dance
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71 Cimitiere Street, Launceston
Rising – Hobart
Theatre + dance
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29 Campbell Street, Hobart
Rising – Launceston
Theatre + dance
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57 Brisbane Street, Launceston
Swamp Juice – Deloraine
Theatre + dance
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17 East Barrack Street, Deloraine
Swamp Juice – St Helens
Theatre + dance
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41 Cecilia St, St Helens
Swamp Juice – Swansea
Theatre + dance
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Franklin Street, Swansea
Swamp Juice – Moonah
Theatre + dance
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23-27 Albert Road, Moonah
Swamp Juice – King Island
Theatre + dance
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21 George Street, Currie
Swamp Juice – Flinders Island
Theatre + dance
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Flinders Island, Patrick Street
I Think I Can – Hobart
Theatre + dance
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Elizabeth Street Mall, Elizabeth Street
Dementia 13 – Hobart
Live music + concerts, Theatre + dance
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410 Sandy Bay Road, Sandy Bay
Dementia 13 – Launceston
Live music + concerts, Theatre + dance
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57 Brisbane Street, Launceston
Hamlet, de los Andes – Hobart
Theatre + dance
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29 Campbell Street, Hobart
Blue Angel
Live music + concerts, Theatre + dance
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157 Macquarie Street, Hobart
