Big Pineapple Music Festival to make 2024 comeback
A popular Sunshine Coast music festival has received an “overwhelming” response from music-lovers following the announcement the event would return in 2024.
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The organiser of a popular Sunshine Coast music festival has promised the event’s post-Covid comeback will be something to behold after a two-year hiatus.
Festival-goers were sent into a spin following a New Year’s Day post from the Big Pineapple Music Festival hinting a 2024 comeback was on the cards.
The Instagram and Facebook post on January 1 hinted the festival would return, with a cryptic caption saying “see you soon” and 2024 was “the year of the comeback”.
Festival organiser Mark Pico said the response from followers was “absolutely huge and overwhelming”.
“You can see people just can’t wait for it to come back,” Mr Pico said.
The festival has normally been held in May, but Mr Pico said this year’s event would be held in October instead.
“It has always been our dream to (hold it in October),” he said.
“When Covid came in and we had to cancel the May event in 2020, we then moved to November and it was really good.
“People said it was a better time of year.”
The festival was established in 2013 and became an annual fixture in the fields near Woombye’s giant pineapple landmark, featuring well-known Australian artists including Peking Duk, Bliss N Eso, John Butler Trio, and Birds of Tokyo.
Mr Pico said the time away from the festival had re-energised the team and allowed for a number of extra attractions to be added to the line-up.
“I’ve come back so much happier and so much more passionate to make it the best festival we’ve ever done,” Mr Pico said.
“All the team are so excited to be back. We are just going to make it a massive party this year.
“There is one secret thing we are bringing in. It is special and I have never seen it at a festival before. We will be putting a really big emphasis on the arts as well.”
As for the future of the Big Pineapple Music Festival, Mr Pico said he intended for the event to return to its annual schedule.
“It really is a festival like no other. The Big Pineapple is special, it’s just this iconic thing everyone knows about,” Mr Pico said.
Mr Pico said eager festival-goers could expect a line-up drop three months out from the big day in October.
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