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Music Festival Postponed Due To Qld Border Restrictions: 'We Refuse To Be Defeated By COVID'

The festival was scheduled to take place this month.

The 2021 Airwaves Festival has been postponed today due to the current Queensland border restrictions. 

With the state restrictions to remain in place until 31 January, the Sunshine Coast event originally scheduled for the Australia Day weekend will now go ahead from 27-28 March.

Airwaves, which had just announced a sell out of first release tickets, will aim to feature the same line-up in March which boasts big acts like Sneaky Sound System, Boo Seeka, The Beautiful Girls and Ash Grunwald.


“It’s certainly not something that’s easy to digest, especially given the cancellation of our big sister event, Buskers by the Lake last October and the third night of Airwaves – The Drive-In Music Festival back in July," event director Cindy Jansen said.

“But as promoters we feel a natural responsibility to continue to support our industry, fans and partners and we refuse to be defeated by COVID!”

For more details, head over to theGuide.