The cancellation of the Caloundra Music Festival has reignited debate over the level of government and audience support for such events and the role they should play in the community.“Rising costs, falling ticket sales and uncertainty in the music festival industry were felt to be too great a risk in the current climate,” mayor Rosanna Natoli said.
Amid widespread concern for the future of live music venues and event-based businesses, the state government this month set aside funds for a new Night Life Economy Commissioner to advise on a possible rescue plan. “There is money that is being brought into the region, but is it money that is turning over in businesses that are in Caloundra year-round? Or is it money that is largely going through the event itself?”Natoli said the event generated money in the local economy “but to our council there was great risk that if we were unable to sell enough tickets and with the cost-of-living crisis that everyone is facing, we did not know what the cost could blow out to, for our community”.
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