Controversial festival heads for the hinterland

A controversial music festival, at which two people died last year, is set to be held in the Sunshine Coast hinterland after a late change in venue arrangements.

TWO revellers have died at a music festival on the Southern Downs. The two deceased, believed to be a male and female in their early to mid 20s, were found in a tent at the Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival at Cherrabah Resort In Elbow Valley, near Warwick. Emergency services are on the scene. MUST CREDIT 7news

THE controversial Rabbits Eat Lettuce music festival is set to be held in the Sunshine Coast hinterland after a late change in venue arrangements.

The festival made headlines in April last year when attendees Dassarn Tarbutt and Ebony Greening, from the Sunshine Coast, died from mixed drug toxicity.

Festival goers at the Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival on Queensland's Southern Downs. Picture: Instagram

The festival was being held near Warwick when the pair were found dead in a tent.

A post on the festival's Facebook page earlier this week said organisers could not get the support of local authorities to hold the event in NSW but had been welcomed by management of LandCruiser Mountain Park at Jimna.

The music, arts and camping festival is due to be held on the Easter long weekend.

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