Bluesfest forced to cancel at the eleventh hour
The news has prompted fresh calls for a government insurance scheme, which Live Performance Australia says is “now a matter of urgency”
News By IQ | 31 March 2021
Byron Bay Bluesfest 2021 has been cancelled by a public health order, a mere 24 hours before doors were due to open to the public.
The New South Wales (NSW) government announced on Wednesday (30 March) that Bluesfest would not be permitted to go ahead on its scheduled dates, Thursday 31 March to Monday 5 April, due to a new Covid case in Byron Bay.
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Bluesfest confirmed the cancellation in a statement published late afternoon on 31 March. “We are heartbroken that Covid-19 has spread…