Parklands bids to retain Falls and Splendour
North Byron Parklands hopes to keep two of Australia's biggest festivals with a $42m proposal to "further enhance this world-class cultural venue"
News By IQ | 16 January 2018
North Byron Parklands – the 650-acre greenfield site which has since 2013 been home to one of Australia’s leading music festivals, Secret Sounds’ Splendour in the Grass – is hoping to be granted permission for a permanent 50,000-cap.
festival venue, despite opposition from some councillors and local residents.
Parklands, which is also home to the Byron Bay leg of Falls Festival, submitted its A$42 million (US$33.4m) proposal before Christmas, which, if approved, would allow the site to host Splendour and Falls permanently, along with limited one-day concerts and smaller cultural and community events for up to 20 further days.
The application follows the end of a five-year trial period, which started in 2012, that required a series of trial events to be monitored and reviewed to test…
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