The Junction arts festival is a celebration of our vibrant local community and showcases art across a range of disciplines from Australia and beyond.
Get your copy of the festival program here
Participate in Haircuts by Children and test your courage by getting a haircut from a 10 year old; use our professional Writers in Café's to pen your letters and take a seat at the Couch and look at your world. Get provoked into hilarity and have your laughter recorded with Museum of Mirth, or discuss issues about life and culture in the Wiltja Wiltja or with the elders from meenah mienne in the CBD. Literary enthusiasts can create and print their own zines or read a blog about their festival experiences at our blog spot.
There are inspiring performances like the Tasmanian premiere of WeTubeLIVE: a living exhibition of 100 solos ripped from the internet and performed by a diverse group of young Tasmanians, a playful response to the video sharing site YouTube by Stompin, Sex Death and a Cup of Tea: four short plays by the Tasmanian Theatre company, Jane Franklin: a performance using music, narrative and images tracing Jane Franklin's life by Silkweed and Borders: an outstanding short opera work by IHOS.
The visual art exhibitions and thought provoking installations include the premier of the ambitious rrala manta manta by Design Centre Tasmania, an exhibition showcasing contemporary Tasmanian Aboriginal craft and design from across the islands of Tasmania, The Zero Project by acclaimed Indonesian architect Eko Prawoto: an installation created with a zero material budget and Landed: the transformation of one of Launceston's buildings by illumination artist Cindi Drennin (SA).
Set in the heart of the city the festival club, The Junc Room is the place to enjoy five days and nights of music, cabaret, dance, puppetry, circus, sideshow and much, much more.
So come to the Junction this winter and witness a vibrant Launceston transformed with art designed to interrupt the mundane and inspire the unexpected!
To get a copy of the program posted to you email us your details including name, address and post code (Australia only)
The artistic program is supported by funding from the Federal Government through the Australia Council for the Arts and the Tasmanian Government through Arts Tasmania.
