Fans are demanding their money back after several headliners were unable to perform at this year’s Pyramid Rock Festival. More than a thousand fans have already joined a Facebook group encouraging organisers to issue refunds.
Storms hit the Victorian New Years Eve show at 9 pm, but according to the Facebook page it took until 2 am before promoters cancelled the performers. At this point Empire of the Sun, Grinspoon, The Butterfly Effect, and Van She still hadn’t performed.
According to a statement made by organizers, “All effort was made to reinstate the appropriate and acceptable standard of stage production levels to the Main Stage area without success, prompting festival organisers arranging to relocate the four remaining Main Stage headline acts for the night from the Main Stage to the Pharaoh’s Annex tent.
“However with venue safety analysis ongoing, organisers and bands in conjunction with security and emergency services personnel decided that moving the acts to the Pharaoh’s Annex would be unsafe.”
While festival goers did enjoy several hours of good weather and fine music, I can understand their disappointment. Everyone knew bad weather was afoot, so I wonder why organisers weren’t better prepared for it.
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