In shock news the organisers of Homebake festival have announced it won’t be returning for 2010. The festival, which has been running for 15 years issued this statement:
We’ve decided to go against the grain and as such – after much deliberation (& some procrastination) – we here at Homebake festival HQ have decided to take a break and postpone Homebake Music, Film & Arts Festival for this year only, 2010.
As we’ve not been able to have the ‘planets align’ to a standard we feel appropriate to the long standing reputation of Australia’s largest ‘locals only’ event, we’d rather focus on a positive future and are instead planning for a unique return version of Homebake to take place during the first week of December 2011.
The intention is for Homebake to return proverbially ‘bigger and better’ than ever, incorporating even more facets of the antipodean arts industries & with special incentives in
place for the few generations of thousands of loyal Homebake devotees whom have attended over the past 15 years.
We ask you to stay tuned for now as we commence preparations for what will be the 16th Edition – Homebake Music, Film & Arts Festival, 2011
Is Homebake the first casualty of the over-saturated festival market in Australia? Perhaps. And with new festivals seeming be announced every second week how many is too many?
