Big Day Out 2015 Cancelled

[icyfroth]

The long-running Australian music festival Big Day Out will not be held anywhere in Australia in 2015, organisers have announced.

The American owners of the event, C3 Presents, have confirmed there will be no Big Day Out in Australia or New Zealand next year, with no set date for its return.

The promoter of the festival, AJ Maddah, is reported by Fairfax Media to have sold his share of Big Day Out to the American company.

"It takes rare skill & greed to wipe out a festival which, only 3?4? years ago used to sell out in hours. Gonna miss you #BDO," she tweeted.

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Evrything's franchised these days 😞

[durruticolumna]

The Australian couple who were running it had no problems keeping it viable. I think all that work got too much for them and they sold it off to some Americans. Not my cup of tea but it's a shame.Lots of teens and twenty somethings go and have a ball.I suppose for a lot of them it's an institution and they attend every year.Like me at Womad. I've been to 17 and not only is the festival enjoyable,but I usually catch up with old friends there.

[durruticolumna]

Back in 2016.

[cherry*135]

They had slow/low ticket sales in the last few years.. . Couldn't get (or afford?) bands/singers people actually wanted to see.

[chuk_77]

BDO wasnt what it once was. Something was lost along the line. I know of die hard BDO fans who have never missed one in Adelaide but the last couple of years complained about the lack of big names, lack of atmosphere, lack of good bands

dont know about the other states but futures and soundwave ended up being bigger than the BDO