Tasmania's MONA FOMA summer event, a major music and arts festival, has been cancelled and will not return. The founder, David Walsh, stated that this year's festival was poorly attended and that he is seeking permanence and focusing on other projects.
Another major Australian music and arts festival has fallen by the wayside. Tasmania ’s
owner and founder David Walsh confirmed that the recent FOMA was the last. Walsh said this year’s FOMA was an “artistic triumph” — but poorly attended. “ website reads. “Maybe the end started at COVID. “Maybe it’s because the last festival was a poorly attended artistic triumph. “But those aren’t the reasons I killed it. “I know that we live for experience but, more and more, I seek permanence, a symbolic immortality. “At
FOMA for the final time,” he wrote, prompting an outpouring of disappointment from fans. “Sad news!” one person wrote. “Thanks for the memories,” said another. “Noooo devastating. Thank you for all the incredible summers,” wrote a third.
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