Bluesfest Reschedule ‘Likely’ While Other Aussie Fests Cancel

Byron Bay Bluesfest
Courtesy Byron Bay Bluesfest – Byron Bay Bluesfest
Byron Bay Blues Fest.

A week after a report that its last minute COVID-due cancellation in April 2021 cost the New South Wales (NSW) and Australian economies A$181.2 million ($133. 2million), Bluesfest Byron Bay advised ticket holders “a reschedule of our October (1—4) event is becoming ever more likely.

“The COVID-situation in NSW is at large, once again. This time with a strain that has increasingly been more difficult for state governments to contain.” An official decision is expected next few weeks.
In its third cancellation due to COVID in two years. It is understood it will reschedule in 2022 to its traditional April spot on the Easter break to a capped16,500 a day at Byron Events Farm (formerly Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm).
Meantime, Sydney’s extended lockdown saw “light, music and ideas” Vivid and Sydney Fringe, in September, going dark for a second year citing “ongoing uncertainty”. 
In 2019, Vivid drew 2.4 million attendees, with a 19% growth in international patrons, mostly from the US, India and South Korea. In 2019 the Fringe injected $11.9 million ($8.75 million) into the Sydney economy, with $660,000 ($485,341) going to artists.
The lockdown in Queensland affected two Gold Coast events. Bleach* (August 12-22), which drew 90,000 in 2019 with an economic boost of A$12 million ($8.8 million), rescheduled to 2022.
The inaugural Springtime (Sept. 3—5), held by Major Events Gold Coast on beaches and streets to welcome spring, was postponed.