Splendour in the Grass cancelled for 2025 as organisers reveal if popular Byron Bay festival will ever return
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Splendour in the Grass will not be returning in 2025. Organisers have officially confirmed that the beloved Byron Bay music festival will not go ahead for the second year in a row. 'Hey gang, sorry it’s been so quiet, but we had a little holiday…finally,' a statement published on the festival's social media channels on Thursday began.
![[. Organisers have officially confirmed that the beloved Byron Bay music festival will not go ahead for the second year in a row]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/01/94416761-14315549-Splendour_organisers_posted_this_statement_to_the_music_festival-a-23_1737596590952.jpg)
'The rest of the festival team have still been busy cooking up some awesome new things for music lovers in Australia, but Splendour needs a little more time to recharge and we won’t be back this year.'. The 2024 Splendour festival, which was set to feature the likes of Kylie Minogue, G Flip, Tash Sultana, and Fontaines D.C., was axed less than a week after tickets went on sale, with organisers citing 'unexpected events' as the reason behind the last minute cancellation.
![[Social media reaction is mixed, with some fans begging for the festival to return and others saying big changes need to happen before they will buy tickets]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/01/94416759-14315549-image-a-21_1737596319357.jpg)
There is no guarantee that the festival is slated to return in 2026, however organisers asked music fans to 'Think of it as a breather so we can come back even bigger and better when the time is right.'. Splendour in the Grass will not be returning in 2025.
![[Live music fans and promoters had hoped that the tent pole festival would return this year, after 2024 saw a domino-effect of music festivals topple after Splendour made its cancellation]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/01/94416543-14315549-Live_music_fans_and_promoters_had_hoped_that_the_tent_pole_festi-a-22_1737596590944.jpg)
. Organisers have officially confirmed that the beloved Byron Bay music festival will not go ahead for the second year in a row. Social media reaction is mixed, with some fans begging for the festival to return and others saying big changes need to happen before they will buy tickets.
![['Splendour needs more time to recharge and won't be back this year,' Splendour in the Grass organisers announced]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/01/94416515-14315549-image-a-21_1737596590464.jpg)
The statement ended on a more hopeful note, with Splendour organisers saying there are 'lots of other huge events on the horizon.'. 'So keep an ear to the ground in the coming months – we can’t wait to share what we’ve been working on!' they added.
![[They went to say the Byron Bay festival will be back 'bigger and better' when 'the time is right']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/01/94416493-14315549-image-a-20_1737596286944.jpg)
