Same family friendly festival, new gorgeous home!
3 Days of amazing experiences
October 3rd, 4th, 5th.
Full Day Festival - Saturday
Big Stage. Incredible Tasmanian Original bands. Comedians. Local Beer, Wine and Spirits. Epic Food Trucks
Recovery Session - Sunday
Drinks and more great food on the deck at Panorama Hotel with a Vintage Car show to wander.
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October, 2025
The Main Event
- Festival Site - 277 Ansons Bay Road, St Helens
- 12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
LIVE ORIGINAL ARTISTS
The Embers
The Embers have become one of Tasmania’s most sought-after live bands attracting a diverse crowd not often seen in the same room together. The 5 piece blends a heady mix of reggae, funk and dance all wrapped up in a kicking high tempo live show. It doesn’t matter who you are or what floats your boat, if you catch the group’s live show then you’re going to find something to connect to. burgeoning talents.
The Night Garden
Festival favourites from George 2024, The Night Garden bring a frenetic energy to their three piece punk set. Mixing it up this year with a couple of original songs thrown in to showcase their burgeoning talents.
The Labcoat Fiasco
Straight outta Launny, The Labcoat Fiasco are the five-piece sonic experiment you didn’t know you needed. Blending moody punk energy with anthemic pop hooks and just the right amount of chaos, these genre-bending rockstars are quickly building a reputation for their explosive live shows.
Born from basement jams and late-night lyric dumps, The Labcoat Fiasco came together over a shared love of big riffs, dark humour, and that sweet spot between heavy and heartfelt. . They’re loud. They’re loose. And their live set is an unpredictable, high-energy ride that leaves crowds buzzing.
The Labcoat Fiasco aren’t just a band — they’re an experiment gone wonderfully wrong. Catch them at A Festival Called George.
Jaye Christopher Hanson Trio
Jaye Hanson is an original guitarist and songwriter based in lutruwita, Tasmania. His original trio features bassist Charles Longey, drummer Konrad Park and himself on vocals and guitar. The trio performances reflect a wide variety of influences and a huge dynamic range, from powerful rock riff anthems to haunting ballads. Jaye Hanson’s vocals sail above the rock intensity of this trio, giving audiences a familiar sound, with moments of surprise. The trio continues to stretch the musical possibilities of the rock trio. Jaye Hanson Trio looks forward to being part of this uniquely Tasmanian festival and to give you a dose of “home brew” rock n roll!
Spooky Eyes
Erupting through the streets of Launceston comes Spooky Eyes, the loudest band in Tasmania/Lutruwita, punishing ears with their eclectic brand of amplified psychedelic blues.
Beginning in 2022 with the release of Leaves, Spooky Eyes started as a solo recording project of vocalist/guitarist and lead songwriter Jude Hastings and quickly morphed into an exhilarating live show, swapping out jangly chords and synthesizer for fuzz laden riffs and a thumping rhythm section.
Joined by childhood friends Jaxon Bassett on drums and partner in crime Piper Rayner on bass guitar, Spooky Eyes have become a staple in the Launceston and Hobart gigging scene, regularly found on local festival line-ups and launch parties and have supported acts such as Ruby Fields, Battlesnake and Bananagun.
Dusty Rusty
A modern day troubadour who will spirit you away on a journey of storytelling. Blending the art of a good yarn with incredible musical talent, Dusty Rusty is the worlds next massive artist… the world just hasn’t realised yet.
Crowd funding with a difference
Help us build a bigger brewery!
We don’t like traditional crowd funding. We flipped the model on its head. We bring the crowd to us, throw them a banger of a party and all proceeds go towards our brewery build.
Manchild Brewing have operated in St Helens since 2020. Demand for our beer has quickly outgrown our ability to supply so we need to grow.
This year's Festival Called George is crowdfunding done right. All proceeds of the festival go directly towards the build of our new production facility.
10x the beer
We just need a shed
We have already secured all of the brewing equipment to 10x our production size. Now we need to get a shed build to make it operational
More Power
With great beer comes great power...requirements.
A large part of the brewery build cost is upgrading the power supply to the property. While you are at the concert you will see our old power pole. It needs to go and be replaced with all underground 3 phase power.
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