Must-see entertainment in Tasmania

  • The Ship That Never Was

    Cradle Country & The West

    Billed as Australia's longest-running play (it celebrated its 25th anniversary in Strahan in January 2019), this 1¼-hour, two-actor performance tells the…

  • Republic Bar & Café

    Hobart

    The Republic is a raucous art-deco pub hosting live music every night (often with free entry). It’s the number-one live-music pub around town, with an…

  • State Cinema

    Hobart

    Saved from the wrecking ball in the 1980s, the 11-screen State (built in 1913) shows independent and art-house flicks. There’s a great cafe and bar on…

  • Theatre Royal

    Hobart

    This venerable old stager is Australia’s oldest continuously operating theatre, with actors first treading the boards here back in 1837 (the foundation…

  • Rektango

    Hobart

    Some of Hobart’s best live tunes get an airing every Friday night in the Salamanca Arts Centre Courtyard, best reached off Woobys Lane. It’s a free…

  • Blundstone Arena

    Hobart

    Hobart's home of cricket and football is across the Derwent River from the city in Bellerive. The AFL's North Melbourne Football Club plays four home…

  • York Park

    Launceston

    If you’re in town during the Australian Football League (AFL) season (April to August), come here to see the big men fly. Melbourne-based AFL team…

  • Brisbane Hotel

    Hobart

    The bad old Brisbane has dragged itself up from the pit of old-man, sticky-carpet alcoholism to be reinvented as a progressive, student-filled live-music…

  • Playhouse Theatre

    Hobart

    This vintage city theatre (1864 – a former church) is home to the Hobart Repertory Theatre Society (musicals, Shakespeare, kids’ plays). Book online.

  • Princess Theatre

    Launceston

    Built in 1911 and incorporating the smaller Earl Arts Centre out the back, the old Princess stages an eclectic schedule of drama, dance and comedy.

  • Music Bar

    Hobart

    Something about this new music room doesn't quite gel – it all feels a bit fly-by-night and temporary. We hope we're wrong, because it's one of the few…

  • Homestead

    Hobart

    This old pub has been here forever under myriad names: never a particularly successful or enduring business venture. But the rambling Homestead seems to…

  • Franklin Palais

    The Southeast

    This curious old hall harks back to 1911, when Franklin was a much less soporific kind of place. Stick your head in the door (or call ahead) and see what…

  • Wrest Point Casino

    Hobart

    This 17-storey octagonal tower on the Sandy Bay waterfront opened in 1973 as Australia's first casino, and has been the subject of many a postcard from…

  • Irish Murphy’s

    Hobart

    Pretty much what you’d expect from any out-of-the-box Irish pub: crowded, lively, affable and dripping with Guinness. Free live music of varying repute…

  • Jokers Comedy Club

    Hobart

    Live weekly stand-up comedy at Hobart's Polish Club, just north of the main North Hobart strip. Cheap drinks and big laughs from Australian and overseas…

  • Peacock Theatre

    Hobart

    This intimate theatre (around 150 seats) is inside the artful Salamanca Arts Centre, along with a handful of other small performance spaces. Hosts theatre…

  • Derwent Entertainment Centre

    Hobart

    Tasmania's biggest indoor arena is the 'DEC', which puts 5400 bums on seats for everything from touring rock bands to circuses, the Wiggles to the Harlem…

  • Federation Concert Hall

    Hobart

    Welded to the Hotel Grand Chancellor, this concert hall resembles a huge aluminium can leaking insulation from gaps in the panelling. Inside, the…

  • 7D Cinema

    Hobart

    Something new for Hobart: quick-fire, short 3D film 'rides' where you sit on a moving simulator. No scheduled ticketing – just turn up and jump on the…

  • Centertainment

    Hobart

    City-centre booking office for all kinds of stuff around Hobart and beyond: rock gigs, theatre shows, musicals, festivals etc.

  • Grand Poobah

    Hobart

    This versatile bohemian city bar doubles as a music venue with everything from live bands to DJs, dance, cabaret and comedy.

  • Village Cinemas

    Launceston

    Escape your present reality with Hollywood blockbusters and the saliva-stirring aroma of popcorn.

  • Village Cinemas

    Hobart

    An inner-city multiplex screening mainstream releases. Popcorn and sugary fizz galore.