Dark Mofo Announces 2026 Dates
The organisers of Dark Mofo, Australia's mid-winter solstice festival, have confirmed that the 2026 edition will be held in Lutruwita/Tasmania from Thursday 11 to Monday 22 June.
Alongside the festival’s large-scale public art installations, live performances and exclusive musical acts, Dark Mofo 2026 will include familiar rituals: Winter Feast, Night Mass, the Ogoh-Ogoh burning and the Nude Solstice Swim as the sun rises after the longest night of the year.
While the full festival program will be announced next year, organisers have revealed that a strictly limited first release of tickets to Night Mass—Dark Mofo's labyrinthine late night takeover of Nipaluna/Hobart’s CBD—will go on sale at 10am on Wednesday 5 November to those who have pre-registered via the Dark Mofo website.
Dark Mofo’s Artistic Director Chris Twite said: ‘Mark your calendars. It’s exciting to share Dark Mofo’s 2026 dates today as we take our first steps towards next year’s festival where we’ll once again bathe the streets in red, feast by firelight and indulge in a smorgasbord of art, music and performance. With plenty of surprises in store, revellers have an opportunity this week to access an early release of tickets to Night Mass and get a head start on planning their winter debauchery.’
Following a one year hiatus, the return of Dark Mofo in 2025 attracted over 50,000 interstate and overseas visitors to Tasmania and delivered over $67million in economic benefit to the state.
‘We’re so grateful for the continued support from David Walsh, and that of the Tasmanian Government, not to mention Tasmanian businesses, residents and visitors—all of whom enable us to continue celebrating the dark’, Chris Twite adds.
Minister for Tourism, Hospitality and Events, Jane Howlett, said: ‘Dark Mofo is an iconic Tasmanian event, which drives visitation to the state during the off season and one that is recognised as a world-class winter festival. The Tasmanian Government is a proud supporter of this event.
‘Dark Mofo has something for everyone and we know how important it is to our tourism and hospitality sector during the quieter months. Visitors to Tasmanian events stay longer than the average visitor, and stays have grown, now 2.5 nights longer than they were in 2019, coinciding with significant government investment support.’
The full Dark Mofo 2026 festival program will be announced early next year. Subscribe to the Dark Mofo website for updates.
Dark Mofo will take place in Lutruwita/Tasmania, 11–22 June 2026.
Dark Mofo is a project of the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona), supported by the Tasmanian Government through Events Tasmania, with additional support provided by the City of Hobart.
Images: Night Mass.
About Dark Mofo
Dark Mofo is Tasmania’s midwinter festival celebrating the dark through large-scale public art, food, music, fire, light, and noise. Each year, Dark Mofo delves into centuries-old rituals to explore the links between ancient and contemporary mythology, humans and nature, religious and secular traditions, darkness and light, and birth, death and renewal.