Splendour in the Grass won’t return in 2025, showing a festival sector in crisis

Splendour in the Grass has confirmed it won't return again in 2025. Questions abound about the sustainability of the Australian festival sector.
Splendour in the Grass has confirmed it won't return in 2025.

In another blow to Australia’s troubling music festival calendar, Splendour in the Grass has cancelled its 2025 festival. It follows the festival’s cancellation in 2024, just a fortnight after announcing its line-up. 

In a statement shared on social media last week, festival organisers said, “Splendour needs a little more time to recharge and we won’t be back next year… Think of it as a breather so we can come back even bigger and better when the time is right. Lots of other huge events on the horizon so keep an ear to the ground in the coming months.”

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David Burton is a writer from Meanjin, Brisbane. David also works as a playwright, director and author. He is the playwright of over 30 professionally produced plays. He holds a Doctorate in the Creative Industries.