The 2024 event would have been Twite’s first time at the helm after taking over for Leigh Carmichael in May.
Festival organisers had been working with the state government to find ways to proceed with the festival next year,however they ultimately decided it required more time and space to reset and create a more sustainable model for the future.
“Dark Mofo has always been dedicated to enriching and transforming lives through ambitious art and ideas,” Twite said. “We want to make sure that we have a festival that continues to deliver incredible art and artists,that continues to expand its artistic boundaries and remains a beacon of creativity,innovation,and cultural significance.”
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The Winter Feast and Nude Solstice Swim – two of the festival’s biggest tourist drawcards – will still take place next year. These will coincide with the opening of a new major exhibition at Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art,Mona. The dates for these events will be announced shortly.
Dark Mofo is the latest casualty in a wave of cancelled Australian festivals. The Falls festival – which usually takes place over three days to ring in the New Year – wascancelled earlier this year following a breakdown in discussions over the festival’s new home. Its producer,Jessica Ducrou,issued a statement in May that said organisers were taking a break to “re-imagine how Falls will look in the future” and to “rest,recover and recalibrate”.
Earlier this month,the This That music festival,which takes place in Queensland and Newcastle,was cancelled for the second year in a row.