Isn’t the normal complaint that bringing the artists is the most expensive part. No artists, where the money.
Comment on Punters 'unlikely' to see millions in ticket sales refunded as long-running festival shutters
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 days agoI’m guessing the festival already incurred costs with all sorts of staff and suppliers already, and the money will be going to them before any reaches ticketholders.
notgold@aussie.zone 2 days ago
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I would guess the artists will also need to get mostly paid with a cancellation as late as this. Three weeks out, the musical acts have spent money on travel costs, support staff, costumes, pyrotechnics, gear hire, etc., and they’ve also forgone booking other gigs for those dates.
Basically, everyone the festival would have paid, they’re going to need to pay a significant amount, or even the full amount, when they’re cancelling so late.
Add to that, they probably cancelled because they didn’t sell enough tickets, and so they don’t have that much cash laying around to begin with.
TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
That’s fucking lame, and a good recipe for losing all patronage for future events held by the company in question, assuming that it doesn’t declare bankruptcy before then. Who would pay for tickets for Bluesfest if there’s no guarantee that they don’t automatically lose 100% of their ticket’s value in the event of a cancellation?