Oz festival organiser goes into liquidation
Hand Picked Events and Marketing, the company behind Australia's Grass is Greener Festival, had debts of more than A$3m
News By James Hanley | 3 August 2023
The company behind Australia’s The Grass is Greener Festival has gone into liquidation with debts of more than A$3 million (€1.8m). Hand Picked Events and Marketing went bust last December and officially went into liquidation last month, reports 7News.
The company behind Australia’s The Grass is Greener Festival has gone into liquidation with debts of more than A$3 million (€1.8m).
Hand Picked Events and Marketing went bust last December and officially went into liquidation last month, reports 7News. Director Oliver Frost has cited “spiralling costs following Covid” plus “unforeseen extreme weather conditions” for the collapse.
First held in 2016, organisers cancelled Grass is Greener’s 2022 Geelong and Canberra legs last October due to the shows “selling slower than predicted” and concerns over adverse weather.…