Note, that we have moved, we are not in The Goods Shed, but have moved next door to The Red Square (the courtyard by hobart brewing co)

Note, there has been a double booking of the goods shed, so we have moved next door to the hobart brewing co beer garden, and pending licensing we will spread out in to the red square (red square is the courtyard between HBC and Goods Shed. so it'll be an outdoor stage next to hobart brewing co.

under 18 year old's are permitted if supervised by a parent or legal guardian. so if you are u18, you can get a cheaper ticket, but you need to make sure that you have a parent coming (and your parent will need to buy a ticket too).

Over the last 9 years HOBOFOPO has hosted all the big names of folk-punk; AJJ, Days N Daze, Crywank, Apes Of The State, Pigeon Pit, Sydney City Trash, Crooked Fiddle Band... the list goes on... but the question begs, what folk-punk band is left, who could they possibly get to match such calibre? Well we're pretty chuffed with our 2024 headliner, legendary genre-bending (yeah you'll hear swing/indie/ska/cacophony/blues/punk all mashed together) act The Taxpayers have come out of hiatus, and will grace our shores for their first ever show outside of USA/Canada.

The Taxpayers are a long-running experimental DIY genre-bending punk band that started in Portland, Oregon in 2007. After an eight year hiatus, The Taxpayers are back selling out shows all across the USA and watching their spotify stats snowball from 500k/monthly listeners to 1mil.

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.

HOBOFOPO will be the band's first stop on their whirlwind tour of Australia in November 2024.

Main support act will be Gusto Gusto (VIC) who have recently returned from Glastonbury festival and a UK tour to release a new album. They will deliver some lively and danceable manouche jazz and manic folk, and are preparing to be the best dressed band at a folk-punk festival.

Also on the bill are; local punk rockers Müttley, Celt-rock from Captain O'Brien's Craic, Hannah Morrell will pull together a folk band, Alegria have the lively and danceable folk-rock, magical songwriting from teenager Willow Nischler, and heaps more.

Plus an acoustic stage between bands with MC Samora Squid (including some open mic slots if you want to jump up), some cool artwork/decorations, merch tables, and all that kinda stuff you'd expect.

We have a noise curfew here (unfortunately there are apartments nearby), so we need to stop around 10.20pm, to have you all leaving around 10.30pm. But never fear, we will roll on to the late night twisted club and settle in for the evening (subject to capacity, and priority entry for HOBOFOPO festival pass holders).

Accessibility; The Red Square - we consider this venue accessible.

Wheelchair = access via ramps. Toilets = many easily accessible toilets. Chill/Overstimulation = quieter areas if you want to walk to the other end of the warehouse, or hang in the red square outside. Seated areas = we will put out chairs to provide a seated area with line of site to the stage.

We want HOBOFOPO to be a safe space. No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or any other general dickheadness. So if you see anything wrong tell someone, then tell someone else.

We are on stolen land, sovereignty was never ceded. We pay our respects to elders past present and emerging.