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Unexpected Encounters

This is Beaker Street Festival at its most experimental — a program of weird, wild, and why-the-hell-not experiences designed to surprise, delight, and occasionally shock (in the best possible way).

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Remember the time you did an ice plunge in a whiskey barrel on the Hobart waterfront in the middle of winter, and then sweated it out with a bunch of strangers in a Finnish sauna? Yeah, us too. This collection of oddities offers an escape into science-backed weirdness. Visit a water cremation facility, a mushroom farm in an abandoned railway tunnel, or a bar serving up conversations about death. There’s even a live dating show and a fabulously queer and kinky night club.

Weird and wonderful

ANYTHING GLOWS: A FLUORESCENT WALKING TOUR

MULTIPLE DATES
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DEATH OVER DRINKS

Sat 16 Aug 3:00 PM
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DISSOLUTION: WATER CREMATION

Sun 17 Aug 4:30 PM
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SEISMIC DANCE PARTY

15 + 16 Aug 9:00 PM
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AFTER HOURS

15 + 16 Aug 10:30 PM
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MUSHROOM WORKSHOP AT Tunnel Hill

17 + 24 Aug 12:00 PM
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RELAXATION BREATHWORK + SAUNA / PLUNGE

Fri 15 Aug 12:00 PM
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FINNISH SAUNA SESSIONS

MULTIPLE DATES
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POLAR PLUNGE AND SAUNA

MULTIPLE DATES
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SHOT IN THE DARK: ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY IN THE FIELD

16 + 23 Aug 6:30 PM
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SEA FOREST BEHIND THE SCENES

Sun 17 Aug 11:00 AM
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HUMAN LOVE QUEST: YOUR CHEMICAL ROMANCE!

Thu 14 Aug 7:30 PM
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SENSORY SPIRITS: A JOURNEY IN YOUR GLASS

Sun 17 Aug 4:45 PM
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ACTIVATION BREATHWORK + SAUNA / PLUNGE

Sun 17 Aug 9:00 AM
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SENSORY WINES: A JOURNEY IN YOUR GLASS

Thu 14 Aug 5:30 PM
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