Music and arts festivals around the world are collapsing and being cancelled, and it is not different in Tasmania. But a fledgling festival in the states northwest that started out as a couple’s first wedding anniversary celebration is positive about its future.
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00:00Music is a huge part of Harry Badcock and Charlotte Grey's lives.
00:11From their kitchen table in Tasmania's North West, the couple is planning their third music
00:15festival, which will be held at the Burney AgriPlex in January.
00:19We love music and we've got a young family so we wanted to create something that's safe
00:26and all ages.
00:28Throughout Australia, it's harder than ever to successfully stage music festivals.
00:32Multiple big events have been cancelled in recent years, including in Tasmania.
00:37Still, Harry and Charlotte are confident they know what will entice an audience.
00:42Our demographic now, we've got the data and most of our ticket sales are for people over
00:4630.
00:47So we're not trying to pigeonhole that, but think about the families, what do they want.
00:52The rising cost of living is making it harder to attract people to live music events.
00:57While staging them is getting more expensive.
00:59Insurances are up, security's up, production's up, the cost of the band themselves are up.
01:07Burney singer Jacqueline Ward wants kids to be taught to value live music from a young
01:12age.
01:13If we really want to build up the music industry in Australia and the performing arts industry,
01:19then it needs to happen in education.
01:21A federal government inquiry is now examining the recent rash of festival cancellations
01:26and venue closures, with the aim of finding ways to keep live music a valued and accessible
01:31part of Australian culture.
01:34Harry and Charlotte want regional Tasmania to be a part of that.
01:37We're pretty nervous, but we're confident that the north west coast and broader Tasmania
01:41will back us.