Inquiry into music festivals. Photo: Arthur Edelmans, Unsplash.
As news of the cancellation of the Splendour in the Grass festival has spread, the long-term repercussions of repeated blows to the music festival sector have become immediately very real.
The new has come ahead of Creative Australia’s research report ‘Soundcheck: Insights into Australia’s music festival sector’, which will be tabled on 9 April.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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