Festival organisers have stopped people from going into the North Byron Parklands on Friday afternoon, and it remains unclear whether any of the festival will go ahead.
In a statement posted on social media, the event’s organisers that all performances on the main stages stages) would be cancelled on Friday.
reported earlier that artists had been notified their performances would not be going ahead. Event organisers had begun turning away patrons on Friday, though they said that for those inside the venue the Global Village, Tipi Forest, Forum, Comedy and Science areas would remain open. They also said they expected Saturday and Sunday’s performances to go ahead as planned.up to eight hours to get into the campsite.
Confusion delayed the start of the festival on Friday. The first acts were set to be Korean-Australia rap crew 1300 at the Mixup Stage at 12.10pm and George Alice on the GW Mclennan Tent at 12.15pm, but patrons have been told the performances will be delayed by at least half an hour.1300 made it out onto the stage before being told by organisers the show wouldn’t be going ahead.
The cancellation of the first day of the festival has left figures in Australia’s music industry reeling. Splendour in the Grass is Australia’s biggest music festival, and this year capacity had increased from 40,000 to 50,000. It was seen as a barometer for the state of the industry following years of tour cancellations due to lockdowns and border closures.
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