LAUNCESTON WEEK ENDING 10 SEPTEMBER 2017
Launceston – Week Ending 10 September 2017
The Junction Arts Festival sets off this week from Wednesday to Sunday at Prince’s Square, Frederick St., Launceston.
The PRINCE’S PALACE (the main event tent) will hold award-winning performances from Michael Griffiths, Adam Page, Shep Huntly Shepard plus local legends Fresh Comedy and late night drinking and dancing at #Nightcap complete with Abel Gin and Hellyers Road Distillery.
Tickets available to all shows from the Box Office (open today-Sunday), with pre-booked tickets available at www.junctionartsfestival.c
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Friday 08 September
TASMANIAN OUTDOOR BOAT & CARAVAN SHOW
See the Silverdome transformed with over 40 exhibitors, live demonstrations, and interactive activities! Come and see the huge range of cars, 4WDs, caravans, boats, and all things outdoors. There really is something for everyone!
CLAIRE ANNE TAYLOR
7pm | Fountain Bar – Prince’s Square – FREE
Claire Anne Taylor brings her soulful folk to the Fountain Bar with vivid storytelling, colossal vocals
and a captivating stage presence. www.junctionartsfestival.c
Saturday 09 September
HARVEST MARKET
8.30am-12.30pm | Cimitiere St. Car Park – MAP
1pm | Rosevears Hotel, Rosevears
HIGH TEA – STONESTHROW
2pm-4pm | 55 Sandown Rd., Norwood See Map
High Tea @ Stonesthrow Café – take in the idyllic views whilst enjoying a fabulous assortment of sweet & savoury foods. Bookings required 03 6344 3691
- $25 per person includes a selection of sweet & savoury items, with self-serve (unlimited) coffee & tea or a juice/milkshake/hot choccie/chai latte
- $30 per person includes a selection of sweet & savoury items, with a sparkling wine & self serve (unlimited) coffee & tea
NIGHTLIGHT: STOMPIN’
6.30pm-9.30pm | Prince’s Square
A group of budding young Northern Tasmanian dance and performance artists will present a showcase of self-devised site-specific performance works developed in a choreographic and mentorship project with nationally and internationally recognised dance artist Liesel Zink. NOTES: To set out on your journey purchase a Hanky Map for a gold coin donation from the Prince’s Square Box Office. Your Hanky Map is a specially printed handkerchief that features a map of the art walk. www.junctionartsfestival.c
Sunday 10 September
SOUPS, STEWS & BREWS – WINTER’S END
3pm | Sporties Hotel, Charles St. – FREE EVENT
- Live Music from Billy Bennett
- Irish Coffee
- Hot Choccie & Baileys
- Espresso Martinis
- Comfort desserts // Nutella Doughnuts & Churros
- Home style cooking, Soups n Stews with fresh breads + more
ACOUSTIC PICNIC – MUSIC TASMANIA
12pm-4pm | Fountain Bar & outside stage, Prince’s Square, Charles St.
Don’t miss Music Tasmania’s Acoustic Picnic – a relaxed musical feast for the ears, featuring a diverse range of talented singer/songwriters from all over Tasmania. This is a FREE EVENT.
Grab your picnic rug, some friends and family, and come along for the perfect wind- down to the Junction Festival weekend. You can buy tasty food and beverages from the Festival vans and bars, and celebrate a perfect Sunday in the park. The Acoustic Picnic is the ideal way to laze away the last day of the Festival.
Featuring: Seth Henderson and the Beautiful Chains, Madelena, Sundaze & Tom Fowkes.
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Monday 04 September
MAD MAX (1979) – CINEMA ON DEMAND
6.30pm-8.30pm | Village Cinemas, 163 Brisbane St.
Wednesday 06 September
JUNCTION ARTS OPENING NIGHT – CALYPSO SPACE PARTY
7.30pm-11pm | Fountain Bar, Prince’s Square, Charles St.
Enter the retro future world of Junction’s space garden as the awesome Mighty Duke & The Lords take you on a journey into their wild world of tropical calypso dance beats. The smash hit of last year’s Backyard Bands return for Junction’s opening night party. Comprising members from The Melbourne Ska Orchestra, The Suitcase Royale, NO ZU and The Lucksmiths, Mighty Duke & The Lords never fail to bring their tropical cyclone of mad calypso rhythm and rum-soaked tomfoolery to the dance floor. With special guests; cabaret sensation Michael Griffiths and DJ Geordie. Guests are invited to dress-up for this tropical space trip – think Barbarella meets Lost in Space on the Love Boat! Cost $15 – BOOK TICKETS – www.junctionartsfestival.c
Thursday 07 September
NIGHTLIGHT: STOMPIN’
6.30pm-9.30pm | Prince’s Square
A group of budding young Northern Tasmanian dance and performance artists will present a showcase of self-devised site-specific performance works developed in a choreographic and mentorship project with nationally and internationally recognised dance artist Liesel Zink. NOTES: To set out on your journey purchase a Hanky Map for a gold coin donation from the Prince’s Square Box Office. Your Hanky Map is a specially printed handkerchief that features a map of the art walk. www.junctionartsfestival.c
BAD BEEF
9pm | Fountain Bar, Prince’s Square
Bad Beef are back with their mix of reggae and ska, filling the Fountain Bar with loud and beefy grooves you’re sure to recognise. Come and get down to their progressive sound, and see why this 10-piece are a hot favourite on the Tassie tour circuit! www.junctionartsfestival.c
Our railcar is on the move!
11am-1pm | Brickfields Reserve, Frederick St.
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