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Caloundra Music Festival canned after rising cost of living pressures decimate live music landscape

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A popular Queensland music festival has been canned permanently after funding for the event was axed due to the rising cost of living. The Caloundra Music Festival was canned by the Sunshine Coast Council after they announced they had made the difficult decision to discontinue the event on Tuesday. “Patrons who attended the 2023 event were the lucky last to have experienced a Caloundra Music Festival,” the council said in a statement.

After a troubled few years for the festival, which was forced to pause during the COVID-19 pandemic and battle with rising operating costs and slower ticket sales due to climbing cost-of-living pressures, the latest economic reshuffle for council saw the final straw in the event. The cancellation is the latest in a long list of major music events across Australia which have also been affected in recent months.

 

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