Are Australian festivals facing another year of misery?

With the fresh cancellation of a high profile festival, will this year be a repeat of the last?

News By Lisa Henderson | 23 January 2025

Splendour in the Grass was cancelled for 2024
Splendour in the Grass was cancelled for 2024
Hopes that the crisis-hit Australian festival business can reverse course on a turbulent couple of years have suffered a major blow after it was announced that Splendour in the Grass (SITG) will not return in 2025.Organisers of the long-running NSW festival, which was cancelled last year, confirmed it would not be returning this year as "it needs a little more time to recharge"."Think of it as a breather so we can come back even bigger and better when the time is right," the statement continues. "Lots of other huge events on the horizon so keep an ear to the ground in the coming months."According to the Australian Festival Associa

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