Music
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Open your ears
Hours:
Friday to Monday, 10am–5pm
If the weather is good, the music is outside on the lawns. If it’s crap, it’s inside the Ether building nearby. In the museum, you might find musician-in-residence Dean Stevenson performing live each day, or see folks in action in our recording studio, Frying Pan.
Upcoming
Restless Leg
Free
Restless Leg
27 July 1pm–3pm
Restless Leg
Mona Lawns
Restless Leg
Free
27 July 1pm–3pm
Mona Lawns
Saturday 27 July 2024
Restless Leg
A long-lived Sydney outfit that formed at a backyard party in 2012 and never looked back. Lean, direct 'Antipodean indie'.
Free
27 July 1–3pm
Mona Lawns
Sunday 28 July 2024
Tapir
Tapir are a pair of herbivorous ungulates who steer a course between summoning up mirage-like soundscapes from some hidden world and pitching headlong into the deepest of grooves.
Free
28 July 1–3pm
Mona Lawns
Monday 29 July 2024
The Raccoons
Classic rockabilly unit who've based their sound on the tough, wiry energy of English Teddy Boy bands. Not actual raccoons.
Free
29 July 12–2pm
Mona Lawns
Friday 2 August 2024
Joshua Santospirito
Hypnotic, surprising guitar improv. Maybe some voice. Definitely loops.
Free
2 August 1–3pm
Mona Lawns
Saturday 3 August 2024
Handsome Molly
An acoustic cruise through folk, country and blues. Warm harmonies, cello, banjo, guitar, and a keen sense of fun.
Free
3 August 1–3pm
Mona Lawns
Sunday 4 August 2024
Liam & Co
Melbourne-based drummer Liam has snaffled some home-grown talent to take you through jazz standards and some of his own originals.
Free
4 August 1–3pm
Mona Lawns
Monday 5 August 2024
Dameza
Dameza spins on actual decks. None of this iTunes bullshit. Electronica, classic TV and film tunes, hip hop and seventies funk, skilfully smooshed together.
Free
5 August 12–2pm
Mona Lawns
Friday 9 August 2024
OM3
Boundary-breaking genre-bending local jazz / punk / hip-hop collective.
Free
9 August 1.30–3.30pm
Mona Lawns
Saturday 10 August 2024
Tasmanian Poetry Month Showcase
The Tasmanian Poetry Month Showcase returns to Mona, for some poetry (obvs), spoken word and hip-hop from lyrical luminaries Laura Panopoulos, Chloe Mayne, Daniel J Townsend (and others).
Presented in partnership with Red Room Poetry
Free
10 August 1–2pm
Mona Lawns
Grace Chia
Grace throws thoughtful, hard-hitting bars (over boom-bap beats) that speak—heart on sleeve—of political and social issues not normally touched by the mainstream.
Free
10 August 2–3pm
Mona Lawns
Sunday 11 August 2024
TEENS
Tight, driven, high-flying post-punk from some likely locals. Just released their debut album (on wax). They'll do stuff from the album, plus some 'absolute freshies' (new songs).
Free
11 August 1–3pm
Mona Lawns
Monday 12 August 2024
Ross Smithard and Up Jumped Trouble
Old-time Appalachian tunes (and originals) with a fiddle in the driver's seat. Banjo too, obvs.
Free
12 August 12–2pm
Mona Lawns
Friday 16 August 2024
Delsinki & The Two Coachmen
A 'shape-shifting uncategorisable post-colonialist'. Bit of a musical bowerbird, bit of a city-bound bush poet, singing songs of his environment.
Free
16 August 1–3pm
Mona Lawns
Saturday 17 August 2024
Charles Malovnek Trio
Energetic, expressive jazz and blues.
Free
17 August 1–3pm
Mona Lawns
Sunday 18 August 2024
Willow Nischler
Post-punk wrapped in a cloak of alt-folk.
Free
18 August 1–2pm
Mona Lawns
HALLUCIN8ER
Solo freak from Sydney. Their words, not ours.
Free
18 August 2–3pm
Mona Lawns
Monday 19 August 2024
Jody Sternberg and David Lewis
An eclectic mix of tunes from a couple of Paris-based Australians. French songs, jazz standards and originals for trumpet, flugelhorn and vocals.
Free
19 August 12–2pm
Mona Lawns
Friday 23 August 2024
Electrolyte Orchestra
Captivating, high-energy dance-friendly music from local composer, producer and drummer Jonathan. Let loose, go on.
Free
23 August 1–3pm
Mona Lawns
Saturday 24 August 2024
Aqrn
Generative longform ambient synth soundscapes.
Free
24 August 11–1pm
Mona Lawns
Matthew Magnus
Works for analogue synth and tape inspired by Hindustani classical music, the Coltranes and minimalist composers out of the US. There are worse things to draw from.
Free
24 August 1–3pm
Mona Lawns
Sunday 25 August 2024
Tasha Zappala
lutruwita / Tasmania-based alt-folk singer-songwriter who spends her time touring, making billypots of beans, drinking tea and capturing field recordings. The dream.
Free
25 August 1–3pm
Mona Lawns
Monday 26 August 2024
DJ Pressed
DJ. Digger. Producer. Master of the dark arts. Downtempo and lo-fi, dusty broken beats. Also a theremin, drum machine, and various FX.
Free
26 August 12–2pm
Mona Lawns
Friday 30 August 2024
Aphir
Lush, dreamlike electronic choral works from vocalist / producer / one-person choir Becki—expect everything from ambient soundscapes to words of devotion screamed into a wall of digital noise.
Free
30 August 1–3pm
Mona Lawns
Saturday 31 August 2024
Thelma Drive
Five-piece jazz funk crew who hope you'll enjoy their music as much as they enjoy playing it.
Free
31 August 1–3pm
Mona Lawns
Accessibility
Getting on the ferry
Getting on the ferry
The lower deck is accessible for mobility aids and prams, and includes a bar and accessible toilet. Upon arrival at Mona, you will disembark at the bottom of 99 stairs that lead up to the museum entrance.
Getting around
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
Contact
If you have any questions or specific requirements, contact our Bookings and Enquiries team before your visit.
And if you have any feedback on accessibility at Mona, please let us know by filling out this form.