Non Footy Chat Thread II

[hindy111]

Goodbye Bluefest. It's been a nice 35yrs but you really needed to have stronger line ups to survive.

Bluesfest announces the 2025 festival will be its last: 'It pains me to say this'

After 35 years of celebrating the best in blues, roots music, and beyond, the legendary festival that has brought world-renowned artists to Australia, as well as showcasing homegrown talent, will host its last event at the Byron Events Farm, just outside Byron Bay, NSW. As the final chapter of...

beat.com.au

 

[hindy111]

From 102,000 attendees in 2022, Bluesfest in 2024 slumped to just 60,000 through the turnstiles, highlighting the cost-of-living challenge for promoters following big rises in interest rates and inflation.

Bluesfest to end after 35 years in fresh blow to live music

The Byron Bay institution will close just three years after record attendance in 2022, highlighting the challenge to music promoters from rising costs.

www.afr.com

 

[Twizzle]

It's only half an hour from my place and I've never been once, you're right, their line ups are average.

It was a shame, though, as many people liked it and it was good for the local economy.

 

[the phantom menace]

Goodbye Bluefest. It's been a nice 35yrs but you really needed to have stronger line ups to survive.

Bluesfest announces the 2025 festival will be its last: 'It pains me to say this'

After 35 years of celebrating the best in blues, roots music, and beyond, the legendary festival that has brought world-renowned artists to Australia, as well as showcasing homegrown talent, will host its last event at the Byron Events Farm, just outside Byron Bay, NSW. As the final chapter of...

beat.com.au

And with a 35 year history like many things I guess, if the festival was run by one or a small group of people, the time comes for it to naturally end (unless other younger folk want to take it up or take over organising).

Kind of when someone retires from work after a 35+ year career of doing the one thing?

 

[hindy111]

And with a 35 year history like many things I guess, if the festival was run by one or a small group of people, the time comes for it to naturally end (unless other younger folk want to take it up or take over organising).

Kind of when someone retires from work after a 35+ year career of doing the one thing?

Inflation mate. Covid lockdown f**ked the economy and the government both present and past has sat on its bum twiddling it's thumbs.
I wonder how much funding went to Raygun to put on her shit show.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

It's only half an hour from my place and I've never been once, you're right, their line ups are average.

It was a shame, though, as many people liked it and it was good for the local economy.

It’s like bookshops and boutique fashion joints. It’s nice being able to walk past and look in the window, but it requires other merkins to go in and overpay for stuff while I go home and buy it cheap online.

 

[hindy111]

It’s like bookshops and boutique fashion joints. It’s nice being able to walk past and look in the window, but it requires other merkins to go in and overpay for stuff while I go home and buy it cheap online.

It's nothing like that at all.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Maybe it’s more like used car joints on Parramatta Rd when merkins stop giving a shit about Mitsubishi Cordias?

 

[the phantom menace]

Inflation mate. Covid lockdown f**ked the economy and the government both present and past has sat on its bum twiddling it's thumbs.

Bit of a world-wide problem it seems. Doesn't stop the richer get richer though... need to chase these global corporations and Gina Rinehart to pay bigger taxes.

I wonder how much funding went to Raygun to put on her shit show.

Apparently very little.

 

[the phantom menace]

I only went to Byron Bluesfest once back in my younger days. I think around 2003.

It was pretty good, saw a lot of people play festival sets... Ben Harper, G. Love & Special Sauce, Jack Johnson, Michael Franti/Spearhead, Ozomatli - stuff like that.

And Shane McGowan and Violent Femmes. There was this shit-hot American slide guitarist that blew the roof off the tent - Robert Randolph.

Plus some older dudes - Love, Eric Burdon/Animals. As well as aussie acts like Augie March, Backsliders (Rob Hirst), Cat Empire, Gyan (who had a late 80s hit song), Iota, Resin Dogs.

I was never going to be a repeat attendee though - prices and costs were too high, what with transport up there and staying somewhere etc etc.

 

[Twizzle]

Accommodation was always a premium at Byron for such a small place, its always in high demand.

Looking at that line up is typically why people wont travel to an event like that. Even if it were in a capital city it wouldn't get the crowds that a BDO, Soundwave, Knottfest or Good Things would get.

 

[Gronk]

Inflation mate. Covid lockdown f**ked the economy and the government both present and past has sat on its bum twiddling it's thumbs.
I wonder how much funding went to Raygun to put on her shit show.

There are plenty of new and existing music festivals.

Music Festivals 2024 Australia & NZ - Live Music Gig Guides

Music Festivals 2024 in Australia and New Zealand throughout the year all over. There are one day festivals to multi day camping festivals

livemusic.com.au

 

[Gronk]

Accommodation was always a premium at Byron for such a small place, its always in high demand.

Looking at that line up is typically why people wont travel to an event like that. Even if it were in a capital city it wouldn't get the crowds that a BDO, Soundwave, Knottfest or Good Things would get.

Nailed it on accommodation. The new STRA rules caps holiday lets to 60 days in 365. So investors are selling and owner occupiers (or people who are happy to leave their holiday houses empty) are buying in. This significantly reduces the rental pool.

Short-Term Rental Accommodation or holiday letting

Find out about regulations for short-term rental accommodation, also known as STRA or holiday letting. Changes to non-hosted STRA came into effect on 23 September 2024.

www.byron.nsw.gov.au

NSW approves 60-day short-term holiday rental cap in Byron Bay amid housing stress

Kiama and Blue Mountains mayors have expressed support for short-term rental limits in their own tourist hotspots

www.theguardian.com

 

[hindy111]

There are plenty of new and existing music festivals.

Music Festivals 2024 Australia & NZ - Live Music Gig Guides

Music Festivals 2024 in Australia and New Zealand throughout the year all over. There are one day festivals to multi day camping festivals

livemusic.com.au

No shit sherlock

 

[Gronk]

No shit sherlock

So stop whinging like a meteor is coming.

 

[hindy111]

So stop whinging like a meteor is coming.

You're just upset cause you backed the covid lockdown and it f**ked the economy like I predicted.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Nailed it on accommodation. The new STRA rules caps holiday lets to 60 days in 365. So investors are selling and owner occupiers (or people who are happy to leave their holiday houses empty) are buying in. This significantly reduces the rental pool.

Short-Term Rental Accommodation or holiday letting

Find out about regulations for short-term rental accommodation, also known as STRA or holiday letting. Changes to non-hosted STRA came into effect on 23 September 2024.

www.byron.nsw.gov.au

NSW approves 60-day short-term holiday rental cap in Byron Bay amid housing stress

Kiama and Blue Mountains mayors have expressed support for short-term rental limits in their own tourist hotspots

www.theguardian.com

We have an Airbnb on our street and it can get f**ked. One weekend it had a gang of blokes who must’ve been celebrating their asylum visas getting approved. When they got back from partying in town they brought some girls with them, a rival gang turned up, and there was a running battle in the street. There’s at least half a dozen families with children living here. We didn’t ask to live near a f**king hotel.

 

[hineyrulz]

You're just upset cause you backed the covid lockdown and it f**ked the economy like I predicted.

Gronkles has a history of backing the wrong horse.

 

[Gronk]

You're just upset cause you backed the covid lockdown and it f**ked the economy like I predicted.

Gronkles has a history of backing the wrong horse.

Save your RWNJ speeches for someone who cares.

 

[hineyrulz]

Save your RWNJ speeches for someone who cares.

You cared enough to reply snookems.