[2][3][4][5] The West Coast Wilderness Railway was involved in the 2012 celebrations, with a re-enactment of transporting victims to the Queenstown cemetery.
[6] The festival partnered with Hobart-based Inflight ARI, to commission five site-specific contemporary artworks around Queenstown and Linda.
It was triggered when a man with the Delta variant escaped from hotel quarantine and was moving about in the community, before police located him the next day.
[23] As with previous festivals, it included site-specific art and performances that engaged with Queenstown's distinctive landscape and mining history.
[25] Artistic director and chief executive Travis Tiddy stepped down from their position in 2024 after 15 years working with the Queenstown Heritage and Art Festival and Unconformity.