Island Escape Winter Festival
Highlights
- Savour Tasmania's finest winter produce at the Island Escape Winter Festival, delighting your taste buds in Launceston's vibrant Inveresk Precinct.
- Explore captivating art installations from emerging artists, enriching your experience with creativity and culture throughout the festival.
- Warm up beside glowing fire pits while enjoying live music, creating a cosy atmosphere that transforms winter nights into unforgettable memories.
- Join family-friendly workshops and storytelling sessions, ensuring a fun-filled experience for all ages in a welcoming environment.
Island Escape Winter Festival fires up Launceston’s Inveresk Precinct for three unforgettable days celebrating Tasmania’s music, food, art, and winter spirit.
This bold new festival brings together iconic headline acts, local musicians, celebrity chefs, and creative trailblazers for a program that’s as diverse as it is exciting. Feast on Tasmania’s finest winter produce, warm up beside glowing fire pits, explore art installations from leading and emerging artists, or dance the night away in the igloo silent disco.
Families can dive into kids’ workshops, storytelling, and games, while food lovers indulge in culinary showcases and regional feasts celebrating Northern Tasmania’s flavours. As the sun sets, the precinct lights up with music, fire, and light shows, turning winter’s chill into a celebration of everything hot, hearty, and homegrown.
From major acts to intimate fireside moments, Island Escape Winter Festival transforms Launceston into Tasmania’s ultimate winter playground, where the State’s best food, music, and creativity come out to shine.
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Dates & times
- Next occurrence: reoccurring
Features
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Staff are trained in disability awareness.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
- Website meets <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/" target="_blank">WCAG 2.0</a> accessibility standards
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- Accessible seating areas in theatrette
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
- Wheelchair accessible transport options available in the general vicinity (provide information on name of the operator, phone and website link to individual providers for private vehicles, community transport train, mini vans, hire cars, buses, taxis, ferry, tram, light rail etc in their access statement).
Physical – High support needs
Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person.
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