City of Hobart offering a free Taste of Summer
Published on 07 October 2022
At a glance
- The City of Hobart’s sponsorship funding will be used for Tasmania’s Taste of Summer community day.
- The community day will see free entry on New Year’s Eve up until 4pm.
- The Hobart City Council has committed $50,000 in sponsorship and about $380,000 worth of in-kind support for the Taste of Summer.
The City of Hobart will continue its long association of making Tasmania’s premier summer food and beverage event available to everyone by sponsoring a free community day at this year’s Tasmania’s Taste of Summer.
The Hobart City Council recently committed a $50,000 sponsorship to support the Taste of Summer for the 2022-23 event.
As part of this sponsorship, there will be free entry to the Taste of Summer on December 31 until 4pm when the event starts New Year’s Eve preparations.
Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds said it was great to be a part of this new Taste of Summer festival and urged locals to back the event this year.
“There is no better place in Australia during the summer than Hobart and the Taste of Summer is one of the big highlights at this time of year,” Cr Reynolds said.
“Hobart really shines when our waterfront is alive with people and entertainment. One of the silver linings out of the last few years is that we’ve broadened the partnerships and found a sustainable way to deliver a great food and wine festival into the future.
“And now to be able to help bring a free community day to everyone on New Year’s Eve is just the rich, juicy Tasmanian cherry on top.”
Taste of Summer creative director Jo Cook said this day was all about making it accessible for families.
“The Taste of Summer is a fun, affordable, family-friendly festival that celebrates everything that’s great about Tasmania,” Ms Cook said.
“We’re looking forward to working with the City of Hobart to make the Family Day really special and provide a unique day out for families.
“We’d like to thank the City of Hobart for their ongoing support for the Taste and for sharing our vision to make the Taste a great place to catch up with friends, and to enjoy time with family."
The Council also agreed to in-kind support to waive fees for equipment, civic banners, road closures, parking bays and venue hires to the value of approximately $360,000.
Additional costs to City of approximately $20,000 will also be allocated to cover the installation equipment, provision of plants from the nursery and installation of temporary kerb ramps.
Council knows from first-hand experience how beneficial these sorts of events are for Hobart and Tasmania’s economy.
A 2018-19 economic impact report showed the Taste of Tasmania returned an overall value of approximately $47 million to the gross regional product for the state and, of that total, the benefit to the local Hobart economy is estimated at $27 million.
More than 80 stalls will offer the best Tasmanian produce while entertainers of all kinds will make the Taste the perfect destination for thousands of festival goers.
The Taste of Summer had to face Covid challenges in its debut last summer, but now with the support of the City of Hobart and significant investment from the Tasmanian government, it will have the chance to blossom and become another truly great Tasmanian event.
The Taste of Summer will run from 27 December 2022 to 2 January 2023, at Hobart’s Princess Wharf.
To learn more visit: tasteofsummer.com.au