Under-18s who can’t find adult supervision for music festival scramble to resell tickets
On Monday, the festival’s organisers, Secret Sounds posted a message on social media, saying the “new rules” had been imposed by NSW police., passed through the NSW parliament two months after the last Splendour in the Grass event in 2019.“We were only informed of this late Thursday and we are very unhappy about these major changes being forced on the festival at such a late stage. We understand the impact it will have on many of our patrons.
“The condition for minors to be accompanied by a responsible adult was imposed by the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority to address the specific safety risks for a festival of this size and type, with a patron capacity of around 50,000 and bars and other outlets selling alcohol spread throughout the festival’s grounds,” the authority said in a statement.
“Generally, if there are subsequent changes to terms and conditions after purchase that would prevent the purchaser from attending the event, consumer protection laws should provide the impacted ticket holder to obtain redress,” they said. But on Tuesday it appeared some tickets were still being offered for resale through Moshtix, which has not responded to the Guardian’s request for comment.
Confusion reigned about how and when the rules would be applied, and suggestions were made about additional risks the new rules might pose for young concert goers, who were seeking adult “volunteers” from strangers online. A number of adult ticket holders were offering their services as “responsible adults” to minors on social media on Tuesday.
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