Country Profile: Indonesia

Following a volatile 2025, Indonesia entered 2026 from a position of renewed confidence. While audience appetite for concerts stayed resilient, the market faced mounting pressure last year from rising production costs, declining consumer expenditure, sponsorship uncertainty, and festival cancellations.

“This year, we felt that continuing as planned would mean compromising on that vision,” Ferry Dermawan, Joyland’s festival director and co-founder of local promoter Plainsong Live, told The Jakarta Post. “Rather than push forward with something that didn’t fully feel right, we…

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