Juicy Fest Tauranga

As many as 15000 people were expected to attend the hip-hop and R&B event today.

The event will be rescheduled for later in the season. Tickets are not transferable to another event elsewhere. It is not an easy feat to get here.” But the family was trying to remain positive and instead said they would be playing songs from the artists on the line-up on Spotify and will have their own concert at the accommodation. The family was staying until Sunday and would “make the most of it” by spending the weekend exploring the region. It would have been nice to have had more notice of the cancellation and perhaps they could have received a refund for their accommodation and plane tickets, she said. The statement said the team was “heartbroken” and Meikle said the Tauranga event would have been one of the biggest shows on the Juicy Fest tour. Heavy rain watches for the western Bay of Plenty and Coromandel were upgraded to warnings, which were in place until midnight Friday with a chance of it being extended. It was the second Trustpower Baypark concert to be canned due to the weather this week, after “We have been forced into this decision but we know this is the right thing to do because we are prioritising the safety of our patrons, artists and crew. Juicy Fest promoter Glenn Meikle said in the release that with a heavy rain warning and strong winds in place for parts of the Bay of Plenty, including around Tauranga, it would be “irresponsible” to allow the event to go ahead. In a media release and in a post to its Facebook page about 8.20am, it said the cancellation was due to increasing safety concerns from potentially dangerous weather conditions.