The organisers of the Big Sky Blues & Roots Festival, formerly known as Deni Blues & Roots Festival, have announced the cancellation of their 2015 event, which was to be held during the Easter long weekend next year, citing problems securing multiple headline artists for the event.
“Following several of the headline artists that were due to be touring next April cancelling their plans, we have made the decision not to proceed with the festival in 2015,” said promoter Michael Chugg in a statement.
“We’d love to put the show on with the great artists we have already secured, but it’s just not financially viable without the super line-up that we had always planned for. The Big Sky Blues & Roots Festival is a key event in our calendar and the last thing we want to do is push ahead with anything less than an amazing line up”.
“Decisions like this are really tough to make, we have spent a long time considering all of our options,” he continued. “We always try to consider our ticket buyers and their experience and felt we wouldn’t be able to deliver them the best possible event in 2015.”
“We also have to thank the great team of people that work hard to make these events happen and never want to take for granted what an incredible community spirit Deniliquin has shown us. The announcement today is by no means the end of the Big Sky Blues & Roots Festival, we will come back bigger, better and louder in 2016.”
Refunds are now available for all ticket holders. Those who purchased early bird and local tickets can obtain refunds from their place of purchase — directly from the Deni Play on the Plains’ office (Ph 03 5881 8259) — while online sales will be automatically processed to the credit card used for the original transaction.
The first lineup for the highly anticipated event was unveiled back in October and was set to feature the likes of Michael Franti & Spearhead, Zac Brown Band, George Clinton & Parliament, Funkadelic, Mavis Staples, Benny Walker, Dallas Frasca, Dale Winters, and Harry Hookey.
