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The crowd on day one of the 2025 Bluesfest, which was said to have been its last ever.

‘It’s a clarion call’: Bluesfest boss delivers update on festival’s future

Things were looking grim for the much-loved music festival, with this year’s event set to be the last. But the fans responded.

  • Farid Farid

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Bluesfest numbers have swelled after two lean years.

Crowds flock to the ‘last ever’ Bluesfest

The iconic Byron Bay music festival has all but sold out this year. But some are frustrated that it was previously promoted as the final ever event.

  • Nick Galvin
Billy McFarland was handed a six-year term.

Fyre Festival 2 postponed with no new date set

Tickets ranged in price from $2206 to $1.7 million, with no acts confirmed. Now there’s no location.

  • Nell Geraets
Violinist Asmira Woodward-Page is launching the first-ever Megalong Valley Music Festival.

‘A crazy risk’: Why this new music festival is defying the odds

Music festivals across the country have gone under amid the cost-of-living crisis – but this performer is keen to buck the trend.

  • Linda Morris
Coachella fans in the crowd as Justice performed.

Gaga steals the show, White Lotus star parties and a rock legend is snubbed: This is Coachella

Every year this huge Californian rock festival produces iconic moments. Here are five of the first weekend’s highlights.

  • Cindy Yin
Splendour in the Grass 2023.

Splendour no more: Saul to sell Byron Bay’s premier festival site

The former home of the Splendour in the Grass festival is being sold by a conglomerate that includes arts events veteran Brandon Saul.

  • Carolyn Cummins
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Disappointed Esoteric festival-goer Trent Harris-Maher, pictured at another festival in 2017.

‘Could’ve gone to Europe instead’: Festival-goers’ Esoteric journey ends stranded in chaos

Trent Harris-Maher and his fiance spent about $5000 on a bush doof trip to regional Victoria that ended in shambles. They’re not alone.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Kneecap: Mochara, DJ Provai and Moglai Bap, in Melbourne.

Kneecap the latest act to play Fed Square, but they won’t be the last

The open-air space has become the city’s most happening venue for live music this summer, but it wasn’t by accident.

  • Karl Quinn
The 2025 Esoteric Festival, which features psychedelic music and art, has been cancelled after it was refused a permit.

‘Dance the pain away’: Cancelled festival offers consolation party in Melbourne

Fans of Esoteric festival, which was cancelled when Buloke Shire denied a permit at the last minute, have been invited to an alternative event on Sunday.

  • Hannah Kennelly
Amyl & The Sniffers in action in Melbourne on January 24.

A levy on tickets, discounts for young fans: Live music probe makes recommendations

A federal inquiry into Australia’s live music industry has tabled its final report, providing advice to government on how to support the struggling sector.

  • Karl Quinn

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