Splendour in the Grass

A major queue of cars waiting to get into the campgrounds formed on Thursday afternoon as recent heavy rainfall across the Northern Rivers caused the festival ...

“It’s so unsafe to be camping here. We made up a very uncomfortable bed onto our Eskys in the tray of the ute,” she said. Get it here. After this experience I’ll likely never go again,” she said as her line-up time clicked over to 15 hours. Artists due to be performing on Friday told The Age and the Herald they were concerned about how they were going to get into the site on Friday in time to perform. Splendour in the Grass festivalgoers are calling for refunds after thousands of patrons were told to turn around from the North Byron Parklands campgrounds after waiting in line for 15 hours and being forced to sleep in their cars overnight.

The first Splendour in the Grass festival in three years has been derailed by wet and muddy conditions, with punters sharing wild footage from the flooded ...

Unfortunately for festivalgoers, the less-than-ideal weather is set to continue. The township of Byron Bay is expected to receive to be hit with rainy and windy conditions during the entirety of the festival. The campsites weren’t much better. And there’s more bad weather on the way, with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting a 100 per cent chance of rain on Friday and a high chance of showers on Saturday in the Byron Bay region. The conditions at the festival at deteriorating rapidly, with people now calling for the event to be cancelled. People arriving for the four-day festival yesterday were faced with 12 hour queues just to get into the camping grounds, with organisers forced to extend the entry hours to try and get people into the festival.

Punters are starting to share their experiences of Splendour In The Grass, particularly of the weather conditions and muddy festival site.

♬ original sound – ESOSA ♬ original sound – frankie 🙂 Other TikToks show attendees in their campsites under a gloomy sky.

The festival posted on social media that the heavy rain and flooding around Byron Bay meant campers and vehicles could no longer be accepted at North Byron ...

"We thank you for your patience here and big shout out to our staff who are working around Mother Nature to get you in here safely," the festival organisers said. There will be free buses between Byron Events Farm and the festival at Parklands for patrons. People still travelling to the festival are asked to head to Byron Events Farm at 35 Yarun Road, Tyagarah.

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.

Heavy rain has meant festivalgoers are now being diverted away from the main campground as many report being stuck in queues for up to 12 hours.

I’m ready to get filthy today." Please be kind and patient, " part of another Facebook post from organisers read. "Gonna be muddier than Woodstock 94." "Beach conditions in these areas could be dangerous and people should stay well away from the surf and surf exposed areas," the Bureau said. "Sunshine would be nice," he said on Twitter. "I've done Glastonbury plenty of times in the mud and it’s always amazing. One attendee said they are still determined to get to the final destination, describing the four-day event as "Squalor in the Mud".

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.

town of Byron Bay. · Some festival attendees have expressed their disappointment in the cancellation, with one music lover describing the move as "pretty ...

People camping at the festival have slammed organisers for what they said was a lack of communication as many queued for hours yesterday before being told the main campsite was closed due to flooding. Festivalgoers have described the campsite and festival like the "Queensland floods"after heavy rain flooded the area and caused knee-high mud. Many music lovers had already arrived at the festival for the first day of the three-day event.

Festival organisers said they had decided to “err on the side of caution” and “cancel performances on the main stages today only,” noting it was “in the ...

Get some gum boots, get absolutely lit and solider on.” “We were one of the first 10 cars in and they put us in the back corner forcing us to drive through this mud,” she wrote on Facebook. “We are now all flooded in and we have not seen a staff member since 2pm Wednesday to monitor the area.” ”To find out all the main performers are cancelled, completely understand it’s a safety risk but for all the effort and struggle we’ve put in it’s a joke and a half,” she said. Festival organisers said they had decided to “err on the side of caution” and “cancel performances on the main stages today only,” noting it was “in the interest of patron safety and in consultation with all relevant emergency services”. It comes after heavy winds and rain created havoc for patrons attempting to settle in and set up camp over the past two days with the event dubbed “Splendour in the Mud” and “Splendour in the Lake” across social media, with some saying it had become a “survival of the fittest”.

Splendour in the Grass attendees are furious after the three-day festival devolved into a chaotic mess of mud, long queues and cancellations.

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. The couple were already deflated after waiting to see The Boys on stage only to experience a no-show. Anger is spreading on the ground at Splendour in the Grass after news of Friday’s cancellation spread.

Ankle-deep mud and widespread campground flooding has plunged festival goers into chaos. Written by Maya Skidmore Friday 22 July 2022.

Organisers released a statement saying that the weather and staff shortages had been much worse than expected. Despite festival organisers saying that the show would go on, “ rain, hail or shine”, some attendees are asking for a refund on their tickets after having to wait on the road in a queue of thousands on Thursday afternoon. Day one of the festival has been cancelled, with organisers announcing that due to an extreme wet weather system currently sitting on the East Coast, all performances on the main stage will not be going ahead today.

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.

After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, Splendour In The Grass was meant to come back with a bang but wet ...

A group of friends sit in a tractor pulling the shuttle to get to the festival from Byron Events Farm. More attendees walk through the mud ridden festival site just hours before day one of the event was cancelled due to the extreme weather. Day one of the festival was cancelled after the event began this morning so many attendees had already arrived. The entrance to Splendour In The Grass is saturated with mud as attendees visit the festival despite all of the music acts being cancelled. In this photo you can see the entrance to the festival and stalls surrounded by puddles of water and mud. Festival-goers flocked to Splendour In The Grass in Byron Bay but soon were sent marching after day one was cancelled.

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

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.

Punters are being urged to show up for Splendour in the Grass today, after wild weather caused absolute chaos and cancellations on Friday. 3 min read.

“Update: 2:30am we have decided to give up and sleep in the back of the car while still in our queue position that hasn’t moved in the last 2-3 hours. Back to the pub I think. “We have been this queue for HOURS – since 4pm. Cars running out of petrol. We have been this queue for HOURS - since 4pm. Mass confusion at the BB bus transfer for— Karen Atherton (@KazzaJA) #SITG22as 100s q.

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.

Festival organisers said Saturday's performances will go ahead after the first day was cancelled due to heavy flooding in the site.

I’m ready to get filthy today." "The site is weather affected! "Gonna be muddier than Woodstock 94." One attendee said they were still determined to get to the final destination, describing the four-day event as "Squalor in the Mud". On Friday the organisers said the decision to cancel the performances on the main stages was "to err on the side of caution" as heavy rain drenched the campsite and flooded the site's grounds. Organisers of the Splendour in the Grass music festival in Byron Bay have confirmed the second day of performances will proceed after the first day was cancelled due to difficult weather conditions.

The wet weather hasn't deterred festival goers as they brave the muddy conditions at the North Byron Parklands for the second day of the Splendour in the ...