Festivals and events in Tasmania in 2015 — lonelyplanet.com

The stellar rise of Tasmania comes as no surprise to ex-resident and Lonely Planet author, Charles Rawlings-Way. Here he tells shares his top tips for what to see and do in the very-happening Tasmania in 2015.  In decades past, the good burghers of Hobart often referred to their home town – the capital of Tasmania and now a burgeoning city of 218,000 – as ‘Slowbart’. There never seemed to be much going on here, much less anywhere else in the state. Local food and wine were mired in 1976; the arts scene danced a slow shuffle to the 'finding funding' blues; Tasmania was the laughing stock of Australian cricket; and – with the honorable exceptions of Dire Straits in 1986 and Faith No More in 1993 – no big-name international bands ever toured there. A listless malaise permeated the entire island: Tassie was, quite literally, a non-event.

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