This Sydney Music Festival Won't Be Returning In 2016

After what was considered a very successful 2015 event, it has been confirmed that Sydney's boutique OutsideIn Festival will not be returning this year.

The news was confirmed in a statement posted to the OutsideIn Facebook page yesterday.

Festival co-director and managing director of artist management company Astral People, Vichara Edirisinghe, said the decision was made due to the success of his roster.

"Astral People begun first and foremost as an artist management company," Edirisinghe told theMusic.

"As our artists were still very much developing when we started, we decided to start an international touring arm to keep the business afloat and expanding. We're extremely proud that these once 'developing' local artists are now spreading their wings both locally and internationally, thus requiring a lot more attention and hours from the whole office here at Astral. 

"We're super excited to watch our management roster develop and extend the international touring arm, but eventually something had to give and that was OutsideIn Festival.

"It's great to see that, even in the absence of the festival itself, what once started as a unique event in the Sydney market has become the format of many festival programs. 

Though he could not confirm OutsideIn will return in 2017, Edirisinghe said he hopes the festival will reemerge in the "not too distant future".

Last year's acts included names such as Bilal, Big KRIT, GL and Kucka.