16th April 2024 – Independent festival and ticketing businesses critical of multinational companies benefitting from government funding progams
10th April 2024 – Creative Australia report outlines role of music festival sector and the challenges it faces
2nd April 2024 – Bluesfest’s Peter Noble acknowledges Easter weekend festival success
27th March 2024 – Splendour in the Grass festival cancelled for 2024
22nd March 2024 – Uncertainty surrounds upcoming Pandemonium Rocks festival
10th March 2024 – Heatwave prompts cancellation of Pitch music festival as man dies from suspected drug overdose
7th March 2024 – FolkWorld announces cancellation of 2024 Fairbridge Festival
17th January 2024 – Office for the Arts announces latest live music grants to get festivals thriving
11th January 2024 – Australian Festival Industry Conference to break for 2024 before returning in 2025
28th December 2022 – Closed Sunshine Coast NightQuarter venue could owe more than $7 million
19th December 2012 – Sound Technology hailed in Caloundra Music Festival success
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