With hip-hop/RnB icon Neneh Cherry, African pop renegade Nakhane, and the founder of Ethio-jazz Mulatu Astatke, as well as ex-Tasmanian critical darling Courtney Barnett, and Australian dance music stars Pnau, the headline billing on Mona Foma’s 2019 program was always set to impress.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
But just as critical has been the opportunities, and large-scale audience, the festival has offered to Launceston’s own arts scene.
From traditional arts spaces such as the Academy Gallery and Poimena Gallery, to very much non-traditional spaces such as the Workers Club and Dicky Whites Lane, in Quadrant Mall, the festival has drawn venues large and small into its influence.
About a third of Mona Foma festival-goers travel from outside of Tasmania, with a heavy Hobart contingent also travelling North for the celebrations.
These are our picks of the best shots from the Sunday from The Examiner photographer Scott Gelston.