Sydney Beachside Festival Axed For 2016

Sydney's Bondi Beachfest was to return this November for its second installment, however management have officially announced today that the event, set to be headlined by ICEHOUSE, will not be going ahead due to financial reasons.

"Putting a stage on Bondi Beach is difficult to manage and an expensive process to deliver," promoters said in a statement.

"We'd love to put the show on but it's just not financially viable so we have made the decision not to proceed with the festival in 2016.

"The Bondi Beachfest surf lifestyle brand is key to us. Our plan was and is to establish an 'on-the-beach' ecofriendly music event so the last thing we wanted to do was to cancel the show or push ahead with anything less than an amazing event.

"Decisions like this are really tough to make and we have spent a long time considering all of our options. We had to consider our costs to date as well as our patrons and their experience, and felt we wouldn't be able to deliver an event that would represent the Beachfest brand properly."

Promoters have insisted that today's announcement is not the end of the festival and that they plan to come back "bigger, better and more impressive in the very near future".

Punters seeking refunds can do so via place of purchase.

Head to the festival website for more details.