Overview
- Organisers announced Thursday that the July festival is off after flooding cut road access to a swamped Birdsville site.
- A patron survey with a 95% response rate showed limited appetite for a moved event, so organisers ruled relocation unworkable.
- Ticket holders can get an Oztix processed refund or transfer tickets to the 2027 Bash or to August’s Mundi Mundi Bash.
- The event was about 90% sold, with most booked artists pledging to return in 2027.
- Diesel prices near $3 a litre are already prompting trip cancellations across the outback, though organisers said fuel costs did not drive their decision.