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"

Splendour 2017 © Chris Proud/Splendour in the Grass

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…

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