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Hobart Events and Festivals
(Hobart, Tasmania - TAS, Australia AU)



Hobart, Tasmania, offers a number of lively festivals and events, which take place throughout the year, in and around Hobart city centre and other nearby areas of Tasmania. The residents of Hobart like to party and Hobart offers an diverse calendar of festivals and events. Local Hobart newspapers and leading magazines regularly publish information about the latest events and festivals in Hobart, and also contain many up-to-date listings of events nearby Hobart.

Hobart's helpful tourist information office is always a useful source for current events and festivals in Hobart. Many of the events and festivals in Hobart draw enormous crowds of both participants and spectators, and provide tourists and visitors staying in Hobart with a wide range of things to see and do.




National Public Holidays

• 1st January - New Year's Day
• 26th January - Australia Day
• Good Friday / Easter Monday March / April - Easter
• 25th April - Anzac Day
• 1st Monday in May - Labour Day
• 2nd Monday in June - Queen's birthday
• 25th December - Christmas Day
• 26th December - Boxing Day

Hobart Calendar of Festivals and Events 2009 / 2010 - Hobart, Tasmania (TAS), Australia AU

Hobart Events and Festivals in January - Hobart, Tasmania (TAS), Australia

• International Tasmanian Women's Open Tennis Tournament - tennis event held at the Domain
• Moorilla Open Air Concerts - January / February, a festival of concerts in the vineyards
• Cadbury Marathon-sailing event for small boats
• Bikes and Spikes Carnival - spectacular Christmas sporting carnivals where spectators enjoy a day of track cycling
• Cygnet Folk Festival - held at various locations in Cygnet, Tasmania, a popular music festival
• Great Tasmanian Bike Ride - January / February, over 400 cyclists compete in this 530 km / 331 mile race
• Kites out of Cupboards Festival- kite flying extravaganza

Hobart Events and Festivals in February - Hobart, Tasmania (TAS), Australia

• Royal Hobart Regatta, early February, a four-day event of boat races and aquatic carnival festivities
• Shakespeare in the Gardens - February / March, enjoy Shakespeare in the open air at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
• Symphony under the Stars - a concert by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra where the audience can bring their own picnics

Hobart Events and Festivals in March - Hobart, Tasmania (TAS), Australia

• Australian Three Peaks Race - late March at Sandy Bay, Tasmania, this Easter weekend features boat racing in Flinders Island, Coles Bay and Hobart
• City of Hobart Art Prize - popular annual art and craft exhibition
• Estia Greek Festival - 25th March, a two-week event celebrating Greek culture in Hobart

Hobart Events and Festivals in April - Hobart, Tasmania (TAS), Australia

• Targa Tasmania - April / May, at Battery Point, an open- road rally which is considered to be one of the biggest of its kind

Hobart Events and Festivals in August - Hobart, Tasmania (TAS), Australia

• Saxon Safari - exciting rally where The Australian National Rally Championship's
  Tasmania stage, known as the Saxon Safari, features Australian and New Zealand drivers

Hobart Events and Festivals in September - Hobart, Tasmania (TAS), Australia

• Tulip Festival - at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, annual Tulip extravaganza

Hobart Events and Festivals in October - Hobart, Tasmania (TAS), Australia

• Royal Hobart Show - late-October, agricultural event featuring Tasmania's industries, show jumping and lots of entertainment

Hobart Events and Festivals in November - Hobart, Tasmania (TAS), Australia

• Huon Valley Agricultural Show - featuring cattle, sheep and pet classes, agricultural machinery, local industries and wood chopping as well as side-show events
• Hobart Christmas Pageant - spectacular traditional street parade featuring Santa Claus
• Point to Pinnacle Run -popular half marathon race

Hobart Events and Festivals in December - Hobart, Tasmania (TAS), Australia

• Hobart Summer Festival- late December to mid-January, highlights include a New Year's celebration, regatta, street theatre and a week-long food and wine extravaganza
• Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race - celebrate the finish of the spectacular race at Hobart's waterfront

 
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