Looking overseas; the future of Australian music festivals
Festival season is well and truly underway in Australia, and with the rise of boutique festivals across every corner of our vast landscape, our festival world can now cater for a wider range of tastes and desires. But is this rise of Boutique festivals, and arguably demise of some of the larger, long standing festivals (think Big Day Out, Future and Park Life), a response to people experiencing what they consider bigger and better festivals overseas, or is this just an understanding of how people’s expectations are changing.