The last day of the Junction Arts Festival was commemorated with stylish and colourful parades, as well as families celebrating Father's Day in the sunshine.
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The Tweed Ride and the Remade Parade stole the show on day five of the festival, with crowds gathering to watch the ride begin and see the creativity of artists featured in Remade.
Tamar Bicycle Users Group president Malcolm Reid, and co-organiser of The Tweed Ride, said the day had been fantastic, with the weather shining down on the event.
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"Over the years we have had a few dodgy days and last year we got really wet so the weather today has attracted a large crowd," he said.
The ride invited the community to throw on their best tweed outfits, get on a bicycle, and ride through the streets of Launceston.
"It's an important day because it's an opportunity to show Launceston our historic bike culture as well as our contemporary bike culture, and that people are riding more and more bikes around Launceston," Mr Reid said.
The ride attracted plenty of penny farthings and vintage bikes, as well as the contemporary style bicycle.
"The roads are for everybody and this is a fun way to get that message across," Mr Reid said.
The event was also a nice way for fathers and their children to celebrate the day of the year in the calendar dedicated to dads.
Plenty of families also stuck around for the Remade Parade which celebrated sustainable, but also wearable, art.
"We had a beautiful day and it's always great because we grabbed a lot of local crew from the park as we have lots of outfits," Remade Parade creative director Kim Schneiders said.
"[Through the parade] people are a bit more conscious of sustainability, being creative, and having fun and empowering people."
Ms Schneiders wore an outfit made of op-shop jumpers all combined into one jacket.
"[Remade is about] being creative, sustainable, and recyclable ... rather than disposable," she said.
Junction's executive producer Frith Mabin said the 10th anniversary of the festival exceeded all expectations and went off without a hitch.
"With 21 sold-out shows, stunning spring weather, and a park full of people, the team is declaring the 10th festival an overwhelming success," she said.
"Artists loved the opportunity to present work in a larger scale festival again."
The festival sold over 5200 tickets to festival-goers attending the ticketed events on the program.
"These numbers are staggering given the gathering restrictions in place, it shows just how popular Junction is, and the appeal of the festival programming," Ms Mabin said.
This year's festival was the last for creative director Greg Clarke and also for Ms Mabin. Their roles will be combined into the role of director which will be taken on by Paul Selwyn Norton for the 2022 Junction Arts Festival.
"I'll always cherish the years I've spent at Junction, and the lifelong friends I've made," Ms Mabin said.
"The future is bright for Junction, the dynamic festival staff and board are the best in the business and with the recently announced Events Tas funding great things are coming."
As to what the 2022 program holds, festival-goers will have to wait until next year to find out.
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