Lift Off! is Tasmania’s only dedicated annual cultural festival for children and young people.
Staged each year as part of the national school holiday period, Lift Off! brings alive the cultural precinct in and around the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery’s waterfront site in Hobart, for a four-day and one-evening program of engaging, educational and inspiring activities, performances and workshops.
This year, the theme is ‘spring’.
Partnering with a wide range of allied organisations to activate this cultural precinct for families and children, Lift Off! is a dynamic festival program that attracts thousands of enthusiastic patrons.
Actively involving young people in the planning and delivery of the festival, Lift Off! is a platform for young people and children to explore new ideas and experiences through hands-on activities and inspiring presentations.
Festival Highlights
Highlights of the 2022 festival program will include:
- Small Stories Project artist residency, creating a large-scale ephemeral public artwork in Dunn Place
- Presentation of Patch Theatre’s Sea of Light in the atmospheric Bond Store Basement
- Workshops and talks from the 2022 Australian Children’s Laureate, Gabrielle Wang
- A rich program of hands-on museum-inspired activities, including activation of TMAG’s children’s gallery, mapiya lumi | around here.
When: 5–8 October 2022
Where: TMAG Dunn Place, Hobart
Info: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery | Lift Off! Children’s Festival
