Coming out of the pandemic years, Australia’s music festival industry was hoping liveentertainmentstarved patrons would snap up tickets to whatever they could get their hands on.

But after the cancellation of several major festivals and dozens of smaller ones in recent years, it seems clear that rebound has fallen flat. Will Murray takes a look at why our festivals are falling over.

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