Festival "Postponed" After Failing To Secure Venue Or Lineup

Lunar Electric Festival was due to take place next month, with some dates provided as Saturday and Sunday, 11 and 12 March, at Doug Jennings Beach, QLD.

The projected line-up included global superstar Doja Cat, US rappers 6ix9ine, NLE Choppa and Swae Lee, UK artists SwitchOTR and Russ Millions, and hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd and Jamaican singer Popcaan finishing off the line-up.

Yesterday, the Gold Coast Bulletin revealed that festival organisers hadn't secured the venue advertised on the ticketing partner's website, Oztix, or fully confirmed the line-up. 

Ticket sales were subsequently halted, which led to the announcement that Lunar Electric Festival has been postponed until September. Refunds are currently available. The Bulletin has reached out to Oztix for comment.

"Unfortunately we have had to make the difficult decision to postpone the March Lunar Electric tour until September 2023," yesterday's post on the festival's social media reads.

"We want to ensure we deliver the best line up and experience for you all and this just couldn’t be achieved at this time," they continued. "We apologise for the delay in communicating this to you and hope you’ll be there with us come September for what is going to be one huge Lunar Electric tour!"

Existing ticketholders have valid entry into the postponed yet-to-be-announced new date.

Some commentators on Facebook have shared their frustration (or sense of humour, in some cases), calling Lunar Electric Festival "another Fyre Festival".

In December 2021, the Newcastle leg of the Lunar Electric Festival was cancelled due to a health order from NSW Health following concerns about the Omicron variant of Covid-19. 

Festival representatives said that they had "done everything we could, and followed all government directives in the lead up to this event" at the time. The event went ahead in Queensland not long after.

At this stage, there's no word on the line-up or venues for this year's Lunar Electric Festival.