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
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…
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