Streets Alive is an iconic event in Northern Tasmania which started in 1999.  It has huge support from the local community, state and federal governments.  Run from The Studio at Inveresk Railyards Streets Alive is a pulsating response to local creative talent and ideas that showcases a social inclusive community with the prime focus of making art.

Streets Alive Youth Arts Festival has successfully been held in  2010, 2006, 2003, 2001 and 1999. Each festival involves young people and artists reclaiming their space, expanding their skills in a huge variety of unique arts projects.

2010: The Streets Alive 2010 festival was programmed as a large scale Arts Trail that aimed to reclaim space and convert Launceston’s public spaces into a public gallery . The arts trail highlighted artwork made by local artists to engage and stimulate community participation in our public spaces. From Inveresk to the City Centre, on the streets, in the parks and laneways the Streets Alive Arts Trail included permanent sculptures, knit graffiti, interactive installations utilising textiles, large‐scale digital images, umbrellas, laughter, music, dance and performance art. With more than 35 projects ranging from installations to performances, projections, workshops and artworks, the 2010 festival worked with over 30 artists and over 2,000 volunteer participants!! It proved to be the third most engaging and participatory event for the Junction Arts Festival as ranked by the visiting delegates for Junction 2010.

2006: the 2006 festival explored Sub-Cultures and their relationship to the mainstream and questioned 'What makes up our community?' A major emphasis of the festival was linking with community groups and organisations such as the Migrant Resource Centre and the indigenous community to generate awareness and celebrate the growing diversity in the north of the state. This festival was included in the Launceston City Councils It's About Us 2006 celebrations. The festival was a huge success with 333 workshops, involving 4563 participants, employing 262 artists and had an audience of nearly 25,000. Highlights of the festival include the Harajuku Street Parade and Party, transforming Launcestons CBD into neo Tokyo with 550 young people dressed in Harajuku and dancing.

2003: The 2003 Festival, with the theme of 'Empowerment', saw the expansion of the festival to include an extensive theatre program, as well as Car Park Cinema, Carnivale and the Treasure Hunt program.

2001: The 2001 festival theme was Positive Image and the program of events was partnered with the inaugural 10 Days on the Island international arts festival. This Streets Alive cemented the core of the on-going program, with projects such as Shop@rt, the workshop program, Urban Beat and several forums really coming to the fore.

1999: The Streets Alive youth arts festival began in 1999 with the primary aim of offering young people a new way to voice their culture and be seen and heard in a positive and reflective community festival. It transformed Launceston into an active and responsive series of spaces by encouraging the integration and increased awareness that a creative arts culture offers. Highlights from the first Streets Alive included the Light Up, with Lighting Designer Efterpi Soropos illuminating public spaces, the Night Block, a 'block parade' by Stompin' Youth Dance Co., and a performance by the James Morrison Quartet.