Taste of Summer

EVENT · ENDS 3 JANHobart CBD · Salamanca

Taste of Summer Hobart 2026-27 Music Program: Over 120 Live Performances, Sneaky Sound System on 27 December, Hot Dub Time Machine on 3 January (Hobart, TAS)

Constitution Dock and the Hobart city centre, a short distance from Princes Wharf (photographed in August 2014)

Taste of Summer’s music program has over 120 live performances across eight days at Princes Wharf No. 1 in Hobart, starting with Sneaky Sound System on the Main Stage at 8pm on Sunday 27 December 2026 and finishing with Hot Dub Time Machine at 8pm on Sunday 3 January 2027.

EVENT · ENDS 1 JANHobart CBD · Salamanca

Hobart New Year’s Eve 2026 at Taste of Summer: Gates 6pm, Fireworks at 9:30pm and Midnight, Space Cowboy Theme (Hobart, TAS)

Fireworks over Hobart at the Regatta (photographed in February 2022; not the New Year's Eve show)

New Year’s Eve at Taste of Summer is a separately ticketed party on the Hobart waterfront on Thursday 31 December 2026, with gates opening at 6pm, a fireworks display at 9:30pm and a second at midnight. The festival’s theme for the night is Space Cowboy.

EVENT · ENDS 3 JANHobart CBD · Salamanca

Taste of Summer Hobart 2026-27: 8 Days From 27 December, Open 12pm Daily, 5 Ways to Get to Princes Wharf No. 1 (Hobart, TAS)

Taste at Princes Wharf, Hobart (photographed in January 2015)

Taste of Summer runs for eight days at Princes Wharf No. 1 in Hobart, from Sunday 27 December 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027, and it opens at 12pm every day. The festival’s own page says it has been running since 1988.