âOutrageousâ: Disappointment turns to anger after Byron Bay Bluesfest axed
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Disappointment has turned to anger in Byron Bay after the NSW government cancelled Bluesfest and enforced new restrictions but only one locally acquired case of COVID-19 emerged connected to the recent Brisbane outbreak.
Some Sydneysiders who had come especially for the festival have packed up and left the popular tourist town because of the cancellation of what was to be Australiaâs first major post-pandemic music festival.
The popular Beach Hotel in central Byron was heaving on Good Friday afternoon.