Sell-out shows, cult status line-up: How Dark Mofo catapults artists

Neo-soul artist Miss Kaninna says the "Tassie mob and a lot of fellas down here" will be "pissed" they missed out on tickets to her sold-out performance. (ABC News: Kate Nickels)

Dark Mofo's ability to attract "massive, massive" music industry names to Tasmania is helping local artists find new audiences.

Bruny Island Indigenous artist Miss Kaninna will perform in this year's festival at a sell-out show. Tickets to her headline act sold in just over an hour.

Miss Kaninna will launch her debut mixtape 'Blackprint' off the back of her Dark Mofo platform.

For rapper and songwriter Miss Kaninna, performing on the Dark Mofo stage in Hobart is a chance to connect with fans in her home state.

The proud Yorta Yorta, Dja Dja Wurrung, Kalkadoon and Yirendali sovereign woman grew up on Bruny Island, south of Hobart, and premiered her first single Blak Britney at the festival's 2022 iteration.

"Dark Mofo and MONA in general have been so supportive, probably one of the biggest supporters of my career," the hip-hop artist said.

"The fact that I'm from here and I've come back after three years of creating my career and it's sold out is so wild to me.

Tickets for Miss Kaninna's Dark Mofo show sold out in just over an hour. (ABC News: Selina Bryan)

Miss Kaninna went on to be named 2023 triple j Unearthed Artist of The Year, performed internationally and was the first Indigenous woman to be nominated for an ARIA Award for a debut single.

Her Dark Mofo show was the fastest of the festival's lineup to sell out — taking just over an hour.

"I was like, 'oh that's actually hectic' because I know that the Tassie mob and a lot of fellas down here, we don't get tickets 'til the day before, so they're going to be pissed," she said.

Miss Kaninna has announced her debut mixtape 'Blackprint' will be released in August. (ABC News: Kate Nickels)

It's a big week for Miss Kaninna, having announced her debut mixtape 'Blackprint'.

"The album is supposed to be the reclaiming of space and the reclaiming of our 'blakness' and not allowing the white lens to water down our culture or water down our anger as well," she said.

Tasmania's Dark Mofo festival is attracting international performers. (ABC News: Selina Bryan)

Miss Kaninna's Dark Mofo support act is Hobart-based experimental J-pop project エミエミ (emi emi), fronted by Emi Doi.

Emi Doi fronts experimental J-pop project エミエミ (emi emi). (ABC News: Selina Bryan)

The pair met in 2019 when Miss Kaninna's music career was starting.

"What surprised me so much about Emi was that she's just 100 per cent herself. Having Japanese pop