Festival Cancellation #3: Days Like This!
News posted Thursday, September 9 2010 at 10:00 AM.
Related: Festival, Days Like This!.
Are festival cancellations the new festival announcements? Following BAM!’s demise and Homebake’s postponement, comes news that Days Like This! will not be taking place in January as planned.
No specific reasons have been given for the festival’s postponement, but at least organisers didn’t resort to metaphysical drivel about the planets not being aligned. Days Like This! has taken place at Sydney’s Moore Park in early January for the past two years. Last year's event saw performances by the likes of Pivot, teenagersintokyo, Cat Power, The Cat Empire and Method Man.
Cloud Control and Washington couldn't be reached for comment, but here's a full statement from organisers:
After a stellar debut in 2009 and follow up in 2010, Niche Productions and Waterfall Entertainment have decided that January 2011 will not be brightened by Days Like This!
After much deliberation, soul searching and many sleepless nights, we have decided to postpone the 2011 festival and look at a new date option for the festival’s return.
In January 2009, Days Like This! was launched as an alternative for the Sydney music followers and featured the likes of Fat Freddy’s Drop, Public Enemy, Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings as well as many more local and international names.
January 2010 saw the festival’s spectacular follow up featuring Roots Manuva, Method Man & Redman, The Cat Empire and Cat Power. Heralded as a breath of fresh air for festival-goers, Days Like This! is a boutique festival, featuring a hand crafted line up, gourmet food and world class facilities.
In what has been a busy year for Niche Productions, including shows from hip hop legends A Tribe Called Quest, the decision to postpone was made with a heavy heart.
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*Days Like That.
we're shutting down festivals we didn't even know about it.
internet hate industry.
let's not get complacent though
BDO next, then glasto
Nobody told me there'd be Days Like This
Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Chinese New Year, you're next!
This mebsite wisgusts de...
And I think we can hijack the Food and Wine Festival and make it ours.
if it wasn't always raining then there'd be Days Like This. :(
If this trend continues, it won't be long until flag-cape-wearing bogans are forced to wander the suburbs looking for church fetes and baby showers to ruin.
Genius!
Wow.
First they came for Homebake,
And I didn't speak up because Powderfinger are balls
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maybe there are two many festivals in the summer period and some of them are finding the pinch
maybe there are two many festivals in the summer period and some of them are finding the pinch. making it two hard to compete with others
Gold, gold, gold for Australia!
NEEDS MORE TRIBLYS
Less festivals, more shows at pubs.
There are some ripper courtyards around Melbourne that should be utilised for daytime summer gigs.
Fuck pubs, more shows in closets with home brew and dogs humping.
Pubs fuck dogs in brew closets with more humping home.
brothels and pizza parlours
Bimbos provides both those services.
never heard of this one before! tenzenmen - out of unnecessary loops!
Fuck pubs, more shows in closets with home brew and dogs humping.
Closets brew more dog shows, fuck humping in pubs, home!
Shows in closets will be RAD!
how can you have a hand crafted line up? how does that even make sense? what are all the other ones created by industrial lineup creating machines? or with feet? stupid.
the death of summer winds started the trend
Lol @ regi. You have a point.
Mama said there'd be Day's Like This!
Lying bitch.
And she doesn't understand where apostrophes should go
Worlds Funniest Island has also been cancelled.
i think we should take credit for it.
The Al Qaeda of forums.
''Last minute inability to secure sponsorship.'' So that means they ran out of money? I wonder how ticket sales were, it sounds like a fun event.
Information superhighway axis of evil.