A Splendour in the Grass festival co-founder addresses criticism of this year's weather-affected event, pledging it will 'definitely' be back in 2023.
Splendour in the Grass co-founder Jess Ducrou says the decision to push on with this year's festival was not motivated by money, and organisers "did the best we could" in difficult conditions.Jess Ducrou says patrons can expect refunds for cancelled events on FridayMs Ducrou pledged the festival will "definitely" be back in 2023 in an interview with Hack on Monday, after a tumultuous weekend at North Byron Parklands.
Friday's main events were then cancelled amid concerns more rain could smash the already soaked festival, before the bill ran as scheduled on Saturday and Sunday."We have insurance, we could have cancelled the entire event. So it wasn't a financial decision for us to go forward. She conceded telling festival-goers events would proceed on Friday morning was "perhaps not the right message".
Ms Ducrou said that information only reached organisers "after the fact", and that several buses booked by the festival did not show up as planned. At 3am on Friday, he and hundreds of others pitched their tents in the North Byron Parklands Day Car Park, which was converted to a campground at the last minute.
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