Organisers announce focus shift, cancellation of summer music festival HAYDAYS

After just one year the organisers of a Hobart summer musical festival have announced plans to can it. Here’s why HAYDAYS will not go ahead in 2024 >>

HAYDAYS festival at Cornelian Bay on 27th December 2023. Picture: Linda Higginson

After making its debut last year, Hobart music festival HAYDAYS has been cancelled with the organisers turning their focus back to the long-running Party in the Paddock.

Event organisers Vibestown posted the announcement to social media on Wednesday morning after just one iteration of the festival.

Haydays festival at Cornelian Bay on 27th December 2023. Baltimore Charlot kicked off the lineup at Haydays. Picture: Linda Higginson

They said while HAYDAYS wouldn’t be going ahead this year, they were excited to make Party in the Paddock at Carrick “bigger and better than ever”.

“After careful thought, we’ve decided to shift our full attention back to Party in the Paddock for this summer,” Event organisers Vibestown posted to Instagram on Wednesday

HAYDAYS was a new endeavour for the Tasmanian events company, with the two-day non-camping music festival in Cornelian Bay debuting in December 2023.

Electro-pop sensation PNAU and indie-rock and dance-punk group Foals headlined the inaugural event.

Last year, its festival director Ryan Limb said it hoped to fill the gap Falls Festival left in the industry to “bring back the good times”.

Haydays festival at Cornelian Bay on 27th December 2023. Sisters Elise and Sass Queen made dedicated outfits for HAYDAYS. Picture: Linda Higginson

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