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“Splendour in the Mud”:
Climate breakdown and car dependency put an end to commercial drive-in music activitiesA “report found 85% of festivalgoers had been affected by either floods, storms, heatwaves or the threat of bushfires at an event they had attended in the past 12 months.”
The “Splendour in the Mud” festival left tens of thousands of motorists bogged and stranded in torrential rain. Extreme heat from greenhouse gas emission is also eliminating the ‘drive-in’ model for outdoor mass gatherings.
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/30/climate-crisis-could-kill-off-australian-music-festivals-report-warnsThe end of the car dependent music festival? >>
https://news.griffith.edu.au/2024/08/26/train-in-vain-the-end-of-the-car-dependent-music-festival/
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