Australian music insiders take aim at ‘tick-a-box’ government funding for festivals
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The Australian company behind Splendour has a rich parent – so why does it need millions in public money?
March 2024
First Groovin the Moo, now Splendour: why are Australia’s music festivals falling over?
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Splendour in the Grass music festival cancelled for 2024 due to ‘unexpected events’
July 2023
Splendour in the Grass 2023 – in pictures
No mud, just fans, fashion and good tunes as the 2023 Splendour in the Grass music festival kicks off in Byron Bay. Getty Images photographer Matt Jelonek captures the Friday fun
March 2023
Lizzo to headline 2023 Splendour in the Grass a year after festival chaos
News of the Grammy award-winner’s performance comes weeks after organisers apologised again for how wild weather and traffic were handled last year
August 2022
Splendour in the Grass attenders told to monitor for symptoms of meningococcal disease after Sydney man’s death
Music festival organisers say they are notifying patrons after two infections reported in people who visited Byron Bay site
July 2022
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Splendour in the Grass 2022 fiasco was foreseeable and ‘just plain dangerous’, local councillors say
Splendour in the Grass 2022: bus chaos, noxious mud and public urination at an ‘unbelievably awful’ time
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Australia records 102 Covid deaths – as it happened
‘Be patient, kind and safe’: Splendour in the Grass revellers make most of muddy conditions
Camping areas under water at Splendour in the Grass festival 2022 – video
Splendour in the Grass chaos: first day of music festival cancelled amid wild weather
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Splendour in the Grass: claim organisers didn’t know about under-18s rule contradicted by NSW authorities