Releasing its full program of events on Monday, organisers have added more free sessions to the audience.

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Dark Mofo creative director Leigh Carmichael said the "sub-theme" for last year's festival was Death.

"When the festival was killed by Covid in March, we were left disoriented, confused and with a sense of loss for a program that was stillborn," he said.

"The subsequent isolation of lockdown caused further anguish.

"We, like the rest of the world, found ourselves in the midst of a long dark night. It seems that in moments of despair, when all else fails, we journey inward.

"A journey that is sometimes referred to as The Dark Night of the Soul.

"The darkness representing the fact that the destination is unknowable. The only light along the path is that which burns in the soul.

Patrons are set to be delighted by regular occurrences once more - signature events the Winter Feast, the ogoh-ogoh (The Purging and The Burning), and the Nude Solstice Swim are back again in 2021.

Alongside the popular favourites, a plethora of local, interstate and international performance pieces mark the week-long event in Southern Tasmania.

One inclusion is Dark Downtown, an after dark art path through Central Hobart - with a variety of venues hosting art exhibitions, live performances and intimate bars.

Popular public locations are set to be transformed with rituals, exhibitions and performance pieces. Spectra will return at its Mona home, while other artworks are being given their world premiere.

Musical performances are also set to be spotlighted - with venues including the Odeon Theatre, Federation Concert Hall and Altar hosting concerts and intimate shows.

Australian artists including Lucas Abela, {{black:rainbow}}, Confidence Man and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra feature.

Dark Mofo returns to Hobart and surrounds from June 16 - 22.

Full program information is available at darkmofo.com.au.

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