| Title: |
Crisis or transition: Understanding the wave of Australian music festival cancellations |
| Authors: |
Whiting, S; Green, B |
| Publisher Information: |
Routledge |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
Griffith University: Griffith Research Online |
| Description: |
The Australian music festival market faces significant post-COVID challenges, with major events like Groovin’ the Moo and Splendour in the Grass cancelled due to rising costs, climate disruptions, slower ticket sales, and evolving youth interests. Compounded by inflation and shifting audience demographics, these issues threaten the sustainability of the sector. To stabilize and adapt, the industry may need new approaches such as government-backed insurance, climate resilience measures, and fiscal reforms. A federal inquiry into live music will provide critical recommendations for the future. ; No Full Text |
| Document Type: |
book part |
| Language: |
English |
| ISBN: |
978-1-00-349032-6; 1-00-349032-8 |
| Relation: |
Events and Economic Development: Bridging Theory and Practice; Whiting, S; Green, B, Crisis or transition: Understanding the wave of Australian music festival cancellations, Events and Economic Development: Bridging Theory and Practice, 2025, 1st, pp. 128-135; https://hdl.handle.net/10072/438438 |
| DOI: |
10.4324/9781003490326-19 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/10072/438438; https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003490326-19 |
| Rights: |
open access |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.4F5C8828 |
| Database: |
BASE |