Festival director Peter Noble says the team is confident the festival will be dry until the time Bluesfest starts in mid-April.
Byron Bay Bluesfest organizers have shown that this year’s event will continue next month, even though the festival site experienced flash floods that were delayed last month and returned this week.
“Some masses of parking lots and encampments have experienced flash flooding, but the water is rapidly decreasing,” festival director Peter Noble said on an earlier day (March 31).
Noble added that the team continues to load up on the festival site at Byron Events Farm (formerly known as Tyagarah Tea Farm), and that with really extensive sun forecasts for the coming weeks, organizers are confident that the floor will dry up and be in a position for visitors until such time as Bluesfest begins on April 14.
Heavy flooding has hit the northern rivers region of New South Wales again in recent days, just weeks after excessive weather hit the region in late February, prompting many artists and organisations to raise funds to alleviate the flooding.
At the time, Noble said that although the Bluesfest site was flooded, there was no major damage as a result.
Pedro Noble. Credit: Press
“Here at Bluesfest, we will support musicians in our domain who have lost their ability to make a living from play music,” Noble said earlier this month. “Right now, after two years of COVID that have already stopped their ability to play, it’s about getting them back and still betting on music.
“If we can beg him to do one thing, don’t let what happens stop him from coming to our area. He desires it. And one way to show your is by introducing yourself. this scenario and beyond.
“Simply visiting our domain and showing up buying business food, whether at the festival and locally on the domain, staying in a lodge and participating in all the other things our domain has to offer, will help many other people. “they go through this time.
There has also been flooding in other parts of Australia this year, adding in southeastern Queensland and recently on the southern coast of New South Wales.
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“With the amount of water that has fallen on Stuart Park over the past few weeks, the flash flooding we experienced at The Gong over the weekend and the forecast for the rest of this week, we simply can’t safely stop leveling this year’s event. ” the organizers said, commented in a statement on the cancellation of the festival.
Bluesfest will take place April 14-18, featuring celebrities such as Midnight Oil, Paul Kelly, Crowded House, Jimmy Barnes, Amy Shark, The Cat Empire, George Benson, The Teskey Brothers and many more.
Next month’s occasion will mark the first time Bluesfest has been held since 2019, after COVID-19 and subsequent restrictions led to festival postponements and cancellations for the next two years.