Australia’s music festival crisis has deepened, with organisers of the latest event to pull the pin making clear that inflationary pressures “puts festivals like this in a precarious position”. Caloundra Music Festival last year attracted 16,000 people to Kings Beach on the Sunshine Coast over three days, pumping an estimated $4 million into the local … Read more
A new music festival set to tour Australia’s east coast later this month has been slammed by customers after it announced a drastically reduced line-up of artists less than two weeks before its first show. The reduced line-up comes two weeks after the organisers of Pandemonium Rocks — a new rock festival featuring acts including … Read more
Byron Bay Bluesfest has released a warning to music lovers after a number of scams impersonating the Australian festival have emerged online. The fake Facebook pages promised VIP tickets and live-streaming of the festival’s 35th anniversary event over the Easter long weekend, but Bluesfest organisers have advised fans not to click on the malicious links. … Read more
The future of Australian music festivals may be in the balance after Splendour in the Grass became the latest major event to call off its 2024 event. Organiser Secret Sounds issued a statement on Wednesday afternoon confirming the cancellation and promised refunds for ticketholders. “We know there were many fans excited for this year’s line-up … Read more
Splendour in the Grass has been cancelled — due to “unexpected events” — just days after tickets to the annual musical festival went on sale. The three-day festival — which was to be headlined by Kylie Minogue — won’t run in 2024, according to festival partner Triple J. Splendour was meant to begin on July … Read more
The organisers of a new music festival set to tour Australia’s east coast later this year have said it will go ahead with “alterations”. Rumours about the possible cancellation of Pandemonium Rocks — a new rock festival featuring acts including Blondie, Alice Cooper and Wheatus — began to circulate last week after a number of … Read more
A Palestinian music group has slammed music festival WOMADelaide for removing it from its 2024 line up because the festival said it was unable to present “a suitably safe environment”. The group, 47Soul, described as “deeply problematic” and “disheartening” the rescinding of its invitation to perform at the annual Adelaide Botanic gardens event. Coinciding with … Read more
The Groovin The Moo 2024 festival tour has been suddenly cancelled. “We are extremely disappointed to announce that the Groovin the Moo 2024 tour has been forced to cancel,” the festival organisers said in a statement. “Ticket sales have not been sufficient to deliver a regional festival of this kind. All tickets will be refunded … Read more
A music festival set to be held at a popular venue in Geelong, Victoria has been cancelled just four weeks out from the event. Tent Pole: A Musical Jamboree was slated for Saturday, February 17 at Mt Duneed Estate. On Monday, those who had bought tickets were informed the one-day event had been cancelled due … Read more
A mass drug overdose at a Melbourne rave last weekend was not cause by MDMA alone, with extreme heat and physical exertion also playing a role, Victoria’s health department revealed on Friday. Nine revellers were raced to hospital following suspected drug overdoses at the Hardmission festival last weekend. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Melbourne festival drug … Read more
