The Byron Bay institution will close just three years after record attendance in 2022, highlighting the challenge to music promoters from rising costs.
Already a subscriber?Byron Bay Bluesfest will end next April after 35 years, in another hammer blow to Australia’s music festival sector following the cancellation of Splendour In The Grass and several other major festivals.
“I hope this is a wake-up call to the government, and to the people on the couch watching Netflix, that if you don’t support the Australian music industry then eventually you won’t have one.”more from the pandemic than most events, with both its 2020 and 2021 editions cancelled – the latter by decree of the NSW government the day before it was due to open, following one case of COVID-19 in the Northern Rivers region, and despite a detailed mitigation plan.
“They’re holding inquiries into festivals, but there are still plenty of good Australian-owned live music businesses out there that need the help now.” Mr Noble hoped the withdrawal of Bluesfest after 2025 would encourage young promoters to innovate a sustainable replacement.“People will still pay for something they really want to see, look at the Taylor Swift and P!nk tours. So work together as an industry to deliver it,” he said.
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