NSW Music Festival Postponed Due To Fires

Set to commence next week, New South Wales music festival Subsonic has been postponed due to “safety concerns”.

An email sent to ticketholders confirmed the Monkerai-based boutique festival would be pushed back from 6-8 December to early 2020 due to “ongoing fires in the area and critically low water levels in the Karuah River”.

“Despite our best efforts to work through the concerns of the event stakeholders, unfortunately we have been given no other option but to temporarily postpone the festival,” festival director Scott Commens said.

“We will shortly be announcing our exciting new venue location and a new date for this summer’s festival. We will also be announcing a whole swathe of wicked club shows for the weekend of December 6 - 8, so that our wonderful Subsonic ticket buyers will still get to see the artists they are excited about.

“We would like to offer our sincere apologies to all our patrons, artists, stallholders, staff and volunteers that are affected by the postponement. We were only advised of the unavailability of Riverwood Downs at very late notice and were unable to safely change the venue for next weekend.

“The collaboration between Subsonic and Riverwood Downs has been a great one, spanning many years. We hope that all our loyal and wonderful Subsonic ticket holders will support us in this transitional time.”

Subsonic had locked down more than 200 artists for next month’s bill, including Andy Garvey, Yeti, Ben Fester Bobby, Helena Hauff and stacks more.