PARKWAY DRIVE’s ‘Park Waves’ Festival Canceled Due To Rising Costs

Parkway Drive has made the difficult decision to cancel their first-ever Park Waves festival, originally set to take place across 11 cities in Australia this February. The band cited soaring touring costs as the primary reason for the cancellation.

With the goal of reducing expenses, Parkway Drive had assembled a lineup featuring mostly local talent, including fellow Australian bands The Amity Affliction, Northlane, and Alpha Wolf, alongside Story Of The Year.

In an emotional statement shared tonight, December 1st, Parkway Drive expressed their deep regret, revealing the festival’s cancellation months ahead of its scheduled start:

“THIS IS A MESSAGE WE NEVER IMAGINED WE’D HAVE TO WRITE, AND IT WEIGHS HEAVILY ON US. PARK WAVES AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. JUST WRITING THIS FEELS LIKE A KICK IN THE GUTS, BUT HERE WE ARE – ANOTHER FESTIVAL BEING CRUSHED BY THE RISING COSTS ACROSS OUR ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. IT HURTS TO BE ANOTHER CASUALTY IN THIS CHAPTER OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC SCENE. WE’VE TRIED EVERY POSSIBLE OPTION TO KEEP THIS DREAM ALIVE, BUT THE REALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WON’T ALLOW FOR IT. TO EVERYONE WHO BOUGHT TICKETS, AND TO EVERYONE WHO CONTINUES TO SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC IN THIS COUNTRY; THANK YOU. PLEASE KNOW THAT YOUR SUPPORT IS WHAT KEEPS THIS CULTURE ALIVE AND STANDING STRONG THROUGH THE WORST OF TIMES. ALL TICKETS WILL BE FULLY REFUNDED, AND TICKETHOLDERS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED VIA EMAIL.”

The Park Waves festival was initially scheduled to hit the following cities:

02/14 Perth, AUS – Langley Park
02/20 Adelaide, AUS – Adelaide Showgrounds
02/22 Geelong, AUS – Geelong Showgrounds
02/28 Scoresby, AUS – Caribbean Gardens
03/01 Bendigo, AUS – Bendigo Jockey Club
03/05 Wollongong, AUS – Thomas Dalton Reserve
03/07 Eastern Creek, AUS – Sydney Dragway
03/08 Maitland, AUS – Maitland Showgrounds
03/12 Toowoomba, AUS – Queens Park
03/14 Byron Bay, AUS – Cavanbah Centre
03/15 Sunshine Coast, AUS – Sandstone Point

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