Hobart Summer Festival

Australia, the land of beauty and festivity, is always there for you with its list of festivals and events. The Hobart Summer Festival is all there for you with its entire range of attractions. This Summer Festival exhibits the expertise of performers from Australia and abroad. Acknowledged as a main festival of Tasmania, the Hobart Festival with its typical traditional touch tells what Tasmania is all about.

Ushering the summer

Celebrating the arrival of summer with your friends and relatives, and in a complete festive mood of eating and drinking and merry making – the Hobart Festival is all that. The 11 days of festivity makes Hobart one of the most frequented capital cities of Australia.

How to go there?

Special arrangements for transportation are there for tourists. From 27 th December to 1 st week of January vehicular access to certain roads are denied so as to avoid confusion. Vehicles are not allowed to enter in areas of Waterman's Dock and Hunter Street. The Castray Esplanade Region is also kept closed for a few days. The metro services of Hobart are an easy way to access the land during the festive time. Free shuttle bus services operating between the Regatta Ground and Franklin Square can also be availed.

Attractions

In addition to enjoying the simplicity and the rustic nature of Tasmania that forms the core of celebrations of Hobart Summer Festival, you can enjoy a travel through the crystal blue waters from Rolex Sydney to the Hobart Yacht Race.

The waterfront near Salamanca bustles with a lot of activities as yachts and fishing boats frequent the place. You can enjoy seeing the fishing boats laden with Cray fish, squids and many others. Get amazed by the street theatres, buskers, and sports activities of the festival.

Children have a great time during the Hazell Bros Family Days on the Parliament House. The brilliant firework on the waterfront is a great fun to all.

Cuisine

Besides enjoying the colors of the festival get enthralled by the delightful cuisines over there. Enjoy the magic of the season with a glass of wine in your hand. The gourmet stalls give you a taste of Tasmania's world-class food and beverages.

Admission

Admission to the festival is free. No charges are required to be paid.