The ABC’s youth broadcaster Triple J is bringing the One Night Stand event back to life in a push to support Australia’s ailing music and festival industry, which has been blighted by the cancellation of high-profile music festivals.. Organisers said the cancellation was due to “unexpected events” but ticket sales for the event had been muted. On Friday,One Night Stand, which ran from 2004 to 2019, takes some of Australia’s biggest musical acts to a country town.
The headline artists are yet to be announced but recently promoted head of Triple J, Double J and ABC Country, Lachlan Macara said he and his team were “busy working on an incredible line-up”. “We recognise the festival landscape in Australia has changed since the ABC and Triple J last put on One Night Stand,” he said.“The ABC is working with Support Act and Music Australia on how best we can best use this event to increase much-needed investment in the Australian music industry, while staying true to One Night Stand’s core mission of delivering a one-of-a-kind event, accessible to the public, based in regional Australia.