The director of a music festival that was canceled due to Covid restrictions has promised people will soon get their tickets back – four years after it was cancelled.
The Drop festival was due to be held in Sydney in March and April 2020, but was unfortunately scrapped due to the then emerging Covid restrictions.
Thousands of fans paid more than $100 for a ticket to the outdoor festival, headlined by popular Australian artists The Presets and Boy & Bear.
Other acts on the bill included DZ Deathrays, Kita Alexander, Graace and Egoism.
The festival hosts are said to have lost millions of dollars as the shows were canceled and have struggled to refund ticket holders.
The director of music festival The Drop, which was axed due to Covid restrictions, has promised people will soon get their tickets back – four years after it was canceled
Ticket holders were initially promised a refund in 2022 and then 2023 – and now the festival director has assured them their money will be refunded next year.
Festival director Ken O’Brien revealed in a statement that he is working to raise the money needed to pay ticket holders.
“We will be able to put together a plan in the coming weeks, which we will do, to work toward processing refunds over the course of 2024,” he said. Triple J.
“My priority now is to be part of some other business interests that will help me raise money to pay out the refund.”
Many people paid more than $100 for a ticket to the outdoor festival, headlined by popular artists The Presets and Boy & Bear
After four planned concerts in 2020 were canceled, ticket holders were initially promised a transfer to the then upcoming shows in 2022.
However, the 2022 shows were also canceled, leaving ticket holders empty-handed once again.
The cost of attending one of the scheduled concerts in 2020 was approximately $120, for more than eight hours of live music from popular Australian bands.
One cardholder called Kate told the ABC she was fed up with the company over-promising and under-delivering when it came to issuing refunds.
“The communication has been somewhat consistent as they keep promising the same thing but not delivering. It’s more than a joke,” she said.
Other acts on the bill included DZ Deathrays, Kita Alexander (pictured), Graace and Egoism
