Splendour in the Grass

Attendees of the Byron Bay festival report long queues, flooded campsites and people sleeping in cars due to the downpour.

“Tow trucks were coming in and pulling cars out of the queue, and people were peeing on the side of the road. And once we entered the parklands we were immediately confronted with like, that wasn’t going to happen.” “It was about 9am when they told us to go to the new campsite. “There were literally cars breaking down, running out of fuel, people pulling over on the side of the road because their car’s battery has died,” he said. She was only admitted to the new campsite at 9.30am this morning. The Byron Bay grounds of Australia’s biggest music festival have been hit by torrential rain this week, with thousands of attendees arriving to find their campsites inundated with water.

The organisers of Splendour In The Grass have announced the cancellation of main stage performances for Friday due to harsh weather conditions.

“We’ve got a crew of about five or six members in the festival grounds and 30 to 40 altogether.” “Some things are just outside of our control and I think the actual volume of rain that we’ve had is way more than expected.” We ask for patience while we work through the refund process. It’s just still water and heavy mud”. “A significant weather system is currently sitting off the east coast and may reach land later today bringing more rainfall. However, no new attendees will be permitted into the festival grounds.

"We look forward to Saturday and Sunday programming moving ahead as planned," festival organisers said in a statement. Just In: Splendour in the Grass Has ...

And with more rainy weather due for the rest of the day, the fest's organisers have pulled the plug on all main stage gigs today, Friday, July 22. "A significant weather system is currently sitting off the east coast and may reach land later today bringing more rainfall. In fact, it has been so soggy that campsites have been flooded, lines to get in have taken all night, there's even more mud than usual and the past 24 hours have been filled with chaos.

The water and mud are ankle deep and many tents are inundated, but it will take more than that to dampen spirits at the first Splendour since the pandemic ...

This morning a lot of tents have blown over and flooded. But it's the first Splendour since the pandemic hit, and I think a lot of people are just excited to be here. When I arrived the tent was already set up.

Despite forecasts for more rain and the forced cancellation of the first day due to flooding, organisers have said the show will go on over the weekend.

“These promoters had to cancel Falls Festival due to wild bushfires a couple of years back, and now unprecedented rains have wiped out the first day of Splendour, always considered the biggest of them all. The cancellation of the first day left figures in the music industry reeling. “The good news is by Sunday, most of it should be gone.“ 1300 made it out onto the stage before being told by organisers the show wouldn’t be going ahead. Event organisers had begun turning away patrons on Friday, though they said that for those inside the venue some smaller stages would remain open. More rain is set to fall on Byron Bay on Saturday but will ease on Sunday.

Australia's biggest music festival has turned into a mud pit, forcing organizers to cancel the first day of acts as concertgoers complained of quagmires and ...

Others called for the festival to be canceled in the interest of public safety. Pictures and videos posted on social media showed pooling muddy water and dozens of festival goers dressed in ponchos braving heavy rain. A hell scape at Splendour," he said.

The organisers this afternoon cancelled all of Friday's major acts after hectic weather turned the Byron Bay festival site into a flooded bog. Major acts who ...

Please be assured that our event team is working very hard to provide the best experience possible under the current circumstances. I think it's horrible – everyone's paid $400 to see the Gorillaz. "In the coming week, Moshtix will be in contact with the ticket holders affected directly via the email address used to purchase their ticket for further information on refunds. "The two acts we just tried to see didn't even go on and they're not saying a thing – like tell us. "In the interest of patron safety and in consultation with all relevant emergency services, we have decided to err on the side of caution and cancel performances on the main stages today only – Amphitheatre, Mix Up, GW McLennan and Park(Land) Stages. The couple were already deflated after waiting to see The Boys on stage only to experience a no-show.

Splendour in the Grass organisers have begun diverting campers away from the site of the popular festival where heavy rain is causing havoc.

"The weather and staff shortages were all worse than expected. Hopefully they can find some inside once the main festival gates open. "I'm so thankful I brought my gumboots. "It's not Splendour in the Grass this year, it's Splendour in the Mud." Please be patient — we hear you," they wrote on Thursday night. "It was not moving, that's for sure.

Gorillaz were scheduled to headline the first day of the fest, which was also set to feature big artists like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kacey Musgraves, and DMA's.

Because of massive rainfall, the Splendour In The Grass organizers have had to shut down the first day of the festival. In a statement posted on social media, Splendour In The Grass organizers say that a “significant weather system” is about to make landfall, which will make already-heavy rainfall even worse. After three years of pandemic-enforced silence, Australia’s massive festival Splendour In The Grass was supposed to have its triumphant return today.

Organisers are confident day two of this year's Splendour in the Grass music festival will go ahead, despite events on the first day being cancelled, ...

Hundreds of people who turned up on the first day of the three-day event on Friday found themselves stuck in a car queue of up to eight hours to get in, only to be met with flooded campgrounds. Splendour in the Grass ticket holders are being urged to turn up today after the first day of the music festival was cancelled due to wet and muddy conditions. - The first day of Splendour in the Grass was cancelled amid heavier than expected rainfall

It is hoped the Byron Bay event will kick off on Saturday after festivalgoers endured flooded campsites, long queues and the cancellation of the first day's ...

Kayla Naugton and her friends had all their things flooded. “We’re also hoping that we can somehow get a full refund of the ticket due to the entire festival being ruined by the weather conditions and poor organisation.” “We arrived in the lineup to the festival at 5.20pm – didn’t enter festival grounds until 3.05am,” said Daniel Waters, who along with thousands of others, waited in line on Thursday evening to get in. “We have a gazebo and two tents attached, one of the tents is totally flooded, the other one is a bit luckier … but we won’t sleep in it,” Bourke said on Friday night. A maximum of 6mm of rain is set to fall on Byron Bay on Saturday but will ease on Sunday, with organisers saying the festival’s programming will now move “ahead as planned”. Revellers at Splendour in the Grass have tried to make the most of the muddy situation, partying and promising to see the festival out despite some sleeping in their cars for the second evening in a row.

After torrential rain caused the cancellation of the first day of Splendour in the Grass the festival's organisers have announced that day two will get ...

We will see less showers on Sunday and even fewer on Monday.” The forecast will be welcome news to Splendour in the Grass ticketholders and organisers, who were forced to cancel acts on all four main stages of the festival on Friday. “The winds will shift on Sunday and showers are expected to ease and shift towards the coastal areas.

An offshore low will move away from the coast, easing showers over north-east NSW, but another 4mm-6mm of r...

Moist onshore winds and showers are on the forecast for the rest of the NSW coast. Organisers had said their decision to cancel Friday's performances on the main stages was due to "a significant weather system" and they had "decided to err on the side of caution". Festival organisers are expected to forge ahead with the huge event on Saturday, despite the lingering wet weather that contributed to the eleventh-hour cancellation on day one.

Organisers say day two of this year's Splendour in the Grass music festival will go ahead today and are urging music fans to "put a smile on your face and ...

"There may be the odd burst of heavier rainfall depending on the exact movement of the low but, in general, rainfall totals are likely to be pretty moderate," she said. "It's a bit of a baptism by fire," she said of the weather. Music fans are looking forward to two days of live music after Splendour in the Grass organisers confirmed the music festival will go ahead today.