The festival, due to be headlined this year by Kylie Minogue, Arcade Fire and G-Flip, will not be going ahead in July
Splendour in the Grass, one of Australia’s oldest and largest music festivals, has been cancelled this year due to “unexpected events”, organisers have said.
The co-chief executives of the festival, Jessica Ducrou and Paul Piticco from Secret Sounds, did not elaborate on what the “unexpected events” were, and did not return Guardian Australia’s calls on Wednesday. Secret Sounds has staged the annual three-day festival under the umbrella of the US multinational entertainment company Live Nation since the latter bought a majority share of the Australian entity in 2016.
“The Australian music festival industry is currently facing a crisis, and the flow-on effects will be felt across the local communities, suppliers and contractors that sustain our festivals and rely on them to support their livelihoods,” he said. “The festival industry is under extreme pressure, and I am deeply worried about the health of the festival scene here in NSW,” he said.“The NSW government offered financial support to help the event proceed this year. We will continue to work with them and hope to see them return next year.”
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