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Arts & LiteratureStatewide Tasmania, TAS

Ten Days on the Island

Ten Days on the Island is Tasmania's statewide arts festival, held in March of odd-numbered years. Its defining idea is geographic: rather than concentrating in Hobart, the program deliberately spreads theatre, music, visual art and community projects into towns and venues across the whole island, from the north-west coast to the Huon.

Get there by bus →Ten days in March, odd-numbered yearsFree + ticketed

What to expect

Around 50,000 people attend across the ten days. For visitors it doubles as a designed itinerary, stringing the state's regions together with premieres and site-specific works you could not see anywhere else. It is Tasmania's own festival in the most literal sense: the island is the venue.

  • Arts & Literature
  • Regional Tourism

Getting there by bus

Tell us where you're starting from and we'll find coach options to Hobart.

Venues run across the state; Hobart and Launceston are the main coach-served hubs.

One-way trip

Fares and timetables are confirmed on the operator's site before you book.