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Open your ears

If the weather is good, the music is outside in our container stage near the lawns. If it’s crap, it’s inside the Ether building nearby. In the museum, you might find musicians-in-residence performing live each day.

Upcoming

  • Fia Fiell

    Free with Museum entry

    14 June 10am–11.45am

    Sex + Death Dayspa

  • Black Sea Carnys

    Free with Museum entry

    14 June 12pm–12.45pm

    Sex + Death Dayspa

  • Q.E.

    Free

    14 June 1pm–1.45pm

    Mona Lawns

  1. Saturday 14 June 2025

    1. Fia Fiell

      AKA Carolyn Schofield. Ambient overload of sweet synths.

      • Free with Museum entry

      • 14 June 10–11.45am

      • Sex + Death Dayspa

    2. Black Sea Carnys

      A potent blend of post-punk, gothic, and industrial voodoo. Maybe mysticism.

      • Free with Museum entry

      • 14 June 12–12.45pm

      • Sex + Death Dayspa

    3. Q.E.

      Aphex meets pop, plus noise. 'Intelligible pop songs that are more primeval than poetic'.

      • Free

      • 14 June 1–1.45pm

      • Mona Lawns

    4. The Pits

      Ex-Queensland punks making music to get your mum pogoing.

      • Free with Museum entry

      • 14 June 1–2pm

      • Sex + Death Dayspa

    5. Boondall Boys

      Dark, paint stripping sludge rock.

      • Free with Museum entry

      • 14 June 2–2.45pm

      • Sex + Death Dayspa

    6. Bextexta

      Trip-hop, shoegaze and hints of Britpop through a dense wash of synth, guitar and beats.

      • Free

      • 14 June 2–2.45pm

      • Mona Lawns

    7. Sarah Mary Chadwick

      New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based singer-songwriter enchants us with her brutal and raw lyricism.

      • Free with Museum entry

      • 14 June 3–3.45pm

      • Sex + Death Dayspa

    8. The Gourds

      Gourdies from the inner rim of District XV.

      • Free

      • 14 June 3–3.45pm

      • Mona Lawns

  2. Sunday 15 June 2025

    1. PARKER

      Ambience and field recordings from a Tasmania composer-producer.

      • Free with Museum entry

      • 15 June 10–12pm

      • Sex + Death Dayspa

    2. Black Midi: A 7 Hour Recital

      Martin Blackwell presents Black Midi, a composition of music entirely 7 hours in length, comprised of 7 toccata + fugue, exhibiting structure, harmony + symmetries that can be perceived using mathematical principles, performed under James Turrell’s Amarna.

      • Free

      • 15 June 10–5pm

      • Amarna

    3. Baltimöre Charlót

      The saddest cowgirl in RnB.

      • Free with Museum entry

      • 15 June 12–1pm

      • Sex + Death Dayspa

    4. Elektronik Girl Epic

      HARDBASS SUPERSTAR!

      • Free with Museum entry

      • 15 June 1–2pm

      • Sex + Death Dayspa

    5. WÖOLWORTHS\\FLUSHOT

      FKA Hardcore Dog Penis. 'Indie thrash rap'.

      • Free

      • 15 June 1–1.45pm

      • Mona Lawns

    6. Nice House

      Your 'new-wave pop-rock neighbours in short shorts and sneakers, asking risqué questions over the scraggly fences of nipaluna / Hobart'. Vocal pizazz, synths, plenty of dancing.

      • Free

      • 15 June 2–2.45pm

      • Mona Lawns

    7. Chamberwoman

      Deep, aching balladry and swelling synth melancholy with a country twang.

      • Free with Museum entry

      • 15 June 2–3pm

      • Sex + Death Dayspa

    8. EWAH

      Guitar and vocals that vary from intimate to expansive, coloured with flecks of psychedelic folk, alt-country, and art pop.

      • Free with Museum entry

      • 15 June 3–4pm

      • Sex + Death Dayspa

    9. KIER STEVENS & STORMWORM

      Dobro/lap steel guitar riffage backed with electronic synth washes.

      • Free

      • 15 June 3–3.45pm

      • Mona Lawns

  3. Monday 16 June 2025

    1. Postponez

      Let a DJ from Sydney take you on a bit of an ambient journey.

      • Free

      • 16 June 1–4pm

      • Mona Lawns

  4. Friday 20 June 2025

    1. Spike Mason

      Spike’s been playing the saxophone since before the internet was invented.

      • Free

      • 20 June 2–4pm

      • Mona Lawns

  5. Saturday 21 June 2025

    1. Handsome Molly

      Cello, guitar and banjo combine for a jaunt through folk, country and blues.

      • Free

      • 21 June 2–4pm

      • Mona Lawns

  6. Sunday 22 June 2025

    1. Trialogue

      Fully improvised one-song-per-set chamber jazz. Double bass, five-string violin, electric / acoustic guitar. No holds barred.

      • Free

      • 22 June 2–4pm

      • Mona Lawns

  7. Monday 23 June 2025

    1. Montz Matsumoto

      Japanese-born bluegrass banjo-er Montz teams up with North Carolinian Ross for acoustic blues and bluegrass (with Celtic and Japanese flavour).

      • Free

      • 23 June 2–4pm

      • Mona Lawns

  8. Friday 27 June 2025

    1. Shade

      Sizzling, original groove-driven jazz from a quartet inspired by neo-soul, nu-jazz and psychedelic influences.

      • Free

      • 27 June 2–4pm

      • Mona Lawns

  9. Saturday 28 June 2025

    1. Shade

      Sizzling, original groove-driven jazz from a quartet inspired by neo-soul, nu-jazz and psychedelic influences.

      • Free

      • 28 June 2–4pm

      • Mona Lawns

  10. Sunday 29 June 2025

    1. Denson/McEntee Quartet

      Pianist and composer Louise Denson joins trombonist Stevie McEntee as they team up with a cooking rhythm section to deliver melodious, groovy tunes.

      • Free

      • 29 June 2–4pm

      • Mona Lawns

  11. Monday 30 June 2025

    1. Billy Whitton

      Billy—a true stalwart of the Hobart music scene—does solo blues and Americana.

      • Free

      • 30 June 2–4pm

      • Mona Lawns

Accessibility

Getting on the ferry

The lower deck is accessible for mobility aids and prams, and includes a bar and accessible toilet.

Getting around

Mobility aids
Mona is mostly accessible for mobility aids (wheelchairs, walking frames and scooters), prams, and assistance and guide dogs. The museum has a ground-level entrance, including an information desk, cloaking and shop; and three subterranean floors: B1 nearest the top, then B2, and B3 at the very bottom. Three lifts operate inside the museum: the main lift takes you from the museum entrance down to B3 and B1; the internal lift shuttles between B3, B2 and B1, but does not exit the museum; and the Pharos atrium travels from B3 to B2, connecting the underground tunnel network. We recommend bringing your own mobility aids (there’s quite a bit of walking in the museum). Mona has some wheelchairs available to borrow, but these can’t be reserved in advance. Speak to staff at the museum entrance when you get here.

Some parts of the museum are not accessible with mobility aids: the Pausiris chamber, parts of the heritage-listed Round House building, and certain artworks such as James Turrell’s Unseen Seen, Richard Wilson’s 20:50 and Alfredo Jaar’s The Divine Comedy.

Taking a break
There are seats throughout the museum if you want to relax (just don’t sit on the art, the curators get sad when that happens, unless it’s an art seat). There’s even a bar. Settle in. Have a drink. If you need somewhere quiet for a break, try the parent and carer room on B3. Speak to gallery staff positioned throughout the museum if you need assistance.

Good to know
The museum can get a bit dark, noisy and sometimes smelly. Strobe lighting operates in some areas; check the map on your O. Be aware if you don’t like confined spaces. Ditto the feeling of getting a bit lost. It’s all part of your journey through Mona. Mona’s grounds are a bit hilly and mostly accessible via footpaths and ramps. Here you’ll find the mostly accessible Moorilla Wine Bar and Ether Building, which houses accommodation reception on the ground floor and the Source Restaurant and Cellar Door upstairs (accessible via lift).

Contact

If you have any questions or specific requirements, contact our Bookings and Enquiries team before your visit.

visit@mona.net.au

+61 (3) 6277 9978

And if you have any feedback on accessibility at Mona, please let us know by filling out this form.