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FESTIVAL EPICENTRE
Fri
14
Fri 14 Aug 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM
MARKET PLACE
General Admission
Beaker Street Festival’s second weekend takes over Nipaluna/Hobart’s cultural precinct, with our Main Stage program at City Hall, our Roving Scientist Bar at the Hope & Anchor, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery After Dark, and our Market Place Street Party — a weekend long celebration for our 10th birthday!
Get amongst it. You’ll find the lineup below. Main Stage shows are ticketed. Everything else is free.
MARKET PLACE STREET PARTY
Friday 14 August – 5.00pm to late
Sandwiched between City Hall and the Hope & Anchor, you’ll find a laneway with fire pits, bars and food, raucous nerds, and a stage brimming with good things to watch and listen to. Live bands, Dinosaur Dance-Offs, off-the-cuff interviews, the ever-popular PowerPoint Karaoke, plus the magical Zak Pidd returns to host Beaker Radio.
 | Live Music: Blue Wren Sets between 5.00pm – 9.45pm Come have a dance to funk, soul, and jazz collective Blue Wren, led by the fabulous Andrina Rackett. |
 | Roving Scientist Bar 5.00pm – 9.00pm We’re taking over Australia’s oldest pub, putting a scientist at every table, and inviting you in for an outrageously nerdy night out. No bookings required. More Information |
 | Science Open Mic 6.00pm – 6.30pm Calling all scientists, science lovers, and nerds of the world! Have a pet theory, niche obsession, or a poem about tardigrade romance? Pop your name on the whiteboard, grab the mic, and wrap up within three minutes. Props welcome, but leave your conference slides at home. |
 | Power Point Karaoke 8.30pm – 9.00pm Test your scientific and comedic prowess. The rules are simple: Contestants take to the stage to convincingly present a deck of randomly assorted PowerPoint slides they have never seen before, giving a "talk" on a topic chosen by the audience. The stage will be open to anyone and everyone who thinks they've got what it takes. |
 | The Science Picture Show 10.00pm – 11.00pm Grab a warm beverage and relax into the flickering world of early scientific cinema. Enjoy a selection of classic short black-and-white films made more than a century ago, paired with live violin accompaniment by Charlie McCarthy. |
MAIN STAGE AT HOBART CITY HALL
 | Murder on Beaker Street: The Science of True Crime 5.30pm – 6.30pm Join Marta Dusseldorp and the A-team from Forensic Science Service Tasmania for a front-row seat to how criminal cases really come together. Book tickets |
 | The Beaker Street Debate 7.15pm – 8.15pm Should Over-16s be banned from social media too? Book tickets |
 | The Peer Revue: Science Comedy Hour 9.00pm – 10.00pm Rob Braslin hosts wildly overqualified people trying to be funny. Book tickets |
TASMANIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY
 | CoLab Exhibition 10.00am – 4.00pm and 5.30pm – 9.30pm What happens when you pair research scientists with high-school art students? More Information |
 | Science Photography Prize Exhibition 10.00am – 4.00pm and 5.30pm – 9.30pm Science through your lens, from the microscopic to the monumental. See the exhibtion of the Beaker Street Science Photography Prize finalists, and vote for the Peoples' Choice award. More Information |
 | TMAG After Dark 5.30pm – 9.30pm A night at the museum with live music, microscopy, a bar, and TMAG’s Scientific Team. More Information |
 | Video Games in the Basement 5.30pm – 9.30pm Grab a controller and join in on a couch co-op video game, then chat to game developers and gaming researchers. More Information |
