Bluesfest ticket holders are calling for an investigation into the organisation’s collapse, along with a class-action lawsuit, after the festival was cancelled just 20 days before the event.
Ticket holders have been left thousands of dollars out of pocket after Bluesfest Enterprises Pty Ltd was put into liquidation on Friday, owing $5.7 million to creditors.
The collapse has been blamed on poor ticket sales, leaving stallholders and musicians also scrambling.
However, with the four-day $686 tickets still being sold right up until Thursday, ticket holders have questioned the timing of the festival’s collapse.
Last week, liquidation company Worrells sent an email to ticket holders informing them they would be “unlikely” to be…