We have now announced 21 of the 25 acts. We will announce the remaining acts soon.
Tickets are live if you go to moshtix.com and type in HOBOFOPO, you’ll find them.
Friday 22/11,
Opening Party, it’s a ‘private function’ at a ‘secret location’ 5.30-9pm. Featuring; Samara Cullen, Impeach Churchill!, Crusty Fox and the Deadman’s Undies, Zac Henderson (band). If you bought a festival pass, get your name ticked off the list in return for a wristband that’ll get you into all of the gigs this weekend.
Republic Bar, 9.30pm-12.30am featuring; The Dead Peasants, Ragged Hollow, Operation Ibis
Twisted Lime late night club, 1-2am; Whiskey Dram
Saturday 23/11
2.30-10.30pm @ The Red Square (that’s the courtyard between Hobart Brewing Co and The Goods Shed), featuring; Captain O’brien’s Craic, Muttley, Hannah Morrell, Alegria, Poxxy Dog, Gusto Gusto, The Taxpayers, + an acoustic stage hosted by Samora Squid and featuring some open mic slots.
Twisted Lime late night club; 11pm ’til death; Billy Puntton, then tribute sets, then late night open mic.
Sunday 24/11
Preachers 2-4pm, featuring; sooze, The Crop Tops, The Sketches (acoustic) – this is a free entry gig too btw.
The Mayfair 4.30-9pm, featuring; Elkie Kershaw, Anthony Dang, BrodyGreg, The Stragglers, Quinton Trembath (band) + more. Then we do unplugged jams from 9pm til the bar closes at midnight.
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The hobos are back at it again and preparing for their eighth (or ninth if you count 2020’s semi-locked down version) annual gathering of all things folk-punk at HOBOFOPO 2024 (HOBart’s Original FOlk Punk Orgy).
For one weekend in November, nipaluna/Hobart is taken over by some of the finest acoustic punk, celtic rock, anti-folk, boozy bluegrass (and whatever other subgenre fits in between punk and folk) musicians.
Having hosted some of the biggest names in folk-punk over the last decade, including; AJJ, Days N Daze, Apes Of The State, Crywank, Pigeon Pit and Ceschi, this year is no exception, with the announcement of legendary act, The Taxpayers making their first visit to Australia.
The Taxpayers are a long-running experimental DIY genre-bending punk band that started in Portland, Oregon in 2007. And after an eight year hiatus, The Taxpayers are back and making their first trip down under, after selling out shows all across the USA.
Their acclaimed 2012 concept album about the rise and fall of a fictional baseball player, “God, Forgive These Bastards” was widely considered one of the best albums of the year, it features the song “I Love You Like An Alcoholic” and was even turned into a musical stage production.
Also on the HOBOFOPO first round announcement is;
Gusto Gusto will provide some lively and danceable manouche jazz and manic folk, Gusto Gusto are currently touring the UK, which includes performances at Glastonbury festival, and are preparing to be the best dressed band at a folkpunk festival.
The Stragglers will reunite from several states and countries for their annual HOBOFOPO serenade of boozy bluegrass and ratbag country folk.
Quinton Trembath will once again assemble a supergroup band to rock out with his posi-emo indie-folk-punk bangers that’ll have you toasting to life, and singing along.
Crusty Fox and The Deadmans Undies are abandoning trees-sits for the weekend to deliver some cheeky protest songs.
AlegrÃa will represent the Northern side of lutruwita/Tasmania, having been entertaining audiences at several local festivals and always getting their audiences dancing along to their lively folk-rock.
And The Dead Peasants return again like moths to a light, and we accidentally left the lights on and the front door open, again.
HOBOFOPO will take place 22-24th November, in various venues around Nipaluna/Hobart. Further artist announcements and ticketing is expected in August. Keep an eye on hobofopo.com and hobofopo socials to keep up to date.
