This June, Dark Mofo’s epic late night event Night Mass: Exstasia will break from the confines of the In The Hanging Garden precinct to use downtown Nipaluna/Hobart as a canvas.
With more than 13 stages across a sprawling 4500-capacity nightclub precinct across three city blocks over two weekends, the Night Mass audience will be endowed with many choices and paths; an array of experiences that feel exploratory, immersive and radical.
It will be a feast for the senses, offering art, music, performance, cocktail lounges, punk theatre, cinema cabarets, and junkyard raves colliding inside a sprawling metropolis dubbed District X, with fire beacons along with cosy spaces to eat and drink.
Night Mass: Exstasia
- Dark Mofo’s late night event Night Mass: Exstasia
- Friday 9–Sunday 11 June + Friday 16–Saturday 17 June 2023
- 13 stages across three city blocks
- Tickets on sale now
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“Extasia embraces the notion of radical entropy and exultation; that primordial desire to assume a Dionysic state. We want the Night Mass audience to journey through it being surprised, delighted, disgusted, aroused and alarmed,” said Night Mass: Exstasia curator Mason Browne.
A variety of themed precincts include Walpurgisnacht (occupying Bidencopes Lane, Underground Cinema, The Grand Poobah), The Boneyard (Watchorn Street and Car Park, Harrington Lane and Car Park), Urban Dystopia (Liverpool Street), Origins (Cathedral, In The Hanging Garden), Event Horizon (Odeon Theatre and its labyrinth) and Nachtlicker, a concept by Alex Podger (Altar, High Altar).
Within these iconic spaces, there will be immersive performances, cabaret, games arcades, tarot readings and plenty of intimate lounge spaces—to name a few.
Hundreds of artists including international stars, electronic producers, and roving performance artists across both festival weekends. Highlights include Desire Marea (ZAF), Marie Davidson (CAN), Pelada (CAN), dameeeela (AUS), OKENYO (AUS), Ms Boogie (USA), Prison Religion (USA), Sote & Tarik Barri (NL&IR), Moktar (AUS), Nooriyah (UK), SI Process (UKR), Varg2™ (SE),Violent Magic Orchestra (JP), Mahne Frame (AUS), Simona Castricum(AUS), Amnesia Scanner (FIN), and many more, with some surprise performances in the mix.
Full Night Mass: Exstasia lineup:
Amnesia Scanner
Aqueerius
Arcana
Arunya Lee Olive
Axon Breeze
Aya Gloomy
Ayebatonye
Bambii
Big Wett
Brixx
Buzz Kull
CaucasianOpportunities
Claire O’Brien
CORIN
dameeeela
Dane Blacklock & The Preacher’s Daughter
Debby Friday
Desire Marea
Elisabeth Dixon
Eris & The Disciples
Estée Louder
Fabian B
IN2STELLAR
Jacqui Cunningham
JLaw
Joey Labeija
Kangding Ray
Kasimyn
Kinder
Laurel Halo
Lips Service
Liquid Nails
L$F
Mahne Frame
Makeda
Marie Davidson
Mobiletti Giradischi
Moktar
Ms Boogie
Nabihah Iqbal (DJ Set)
Nooriyah
OKENYO
ONYX
Our Carlson
Pelada
Prison Religion
Real Lies
SI Process
Simona Castricum
SMB8
Sote & Tarik Barri
SOVBLKPSSY
Stev Zar
Stormworm
Sveta
The Riot
Tjaka
Trophie
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Varg2™
Violent Magic Orchestra
Vv Pete
Winternationale
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Dark Mofo takes place 8–22 June in Nipaluna/Hobart. Tickets and more information here.
