Twilight market joins those pulling pin

MORE Tasmanian events have joined the ever-growing list of those being cancelled or postponed.

With the future of Salamanca Market still in the air, the Hobart Twilight Market has suspended all future events effective immediately.

The market was set to take place on Friday alongside the launch of the inaugural Tasmanian Multicultural Festival, operations manager Justin Davies said.

“We understand that markets were not classified as static, however, with movie nights and tables for seating, it was felt that the market fell into this category of a static event,” he said.

Many stallholders expressed discomfort around participating in the market due to having young families or elderly parents.

The market’s season finale for Long Beach and the Tasmanian Multicultural Festival will be rescheduled, and will most likely take place on April 18. Brooke Street Pier operations are expected to resume on April 25.

But one of the state’s biggest sporting events, the Australian Supercars championship round at Symmons Plains, will go ahead. Officials will reveal this week if that is as scheduled on April 3-5 and whether or not to enforce a fan lockout.

The Multicultural Council of Tasmania has cancelled many of its Harmony Day activities and Tasmania’s oldest fun run, the City to Casino, has been cancelled for May 17.

Street Eats Franko will be closed indefinitely.

Dementia Australia’s Memory Walk and Jog scheduled for Sunday was also cancelled.