Victoria’s major events delivered an almost A$1bn (£545m/€618m/$666m ) boost to the Australian state’s economy in the second half of 2022. Across 2022, a record year of major events attracted 6.9 million attendees to sports, music, arts and cultural events in Victoria. A packed schedule of events last year also saw hotels boasting an occupancy …
Adelaide Fringe sells one million tickets in record-breaking year
Adelaide Fringe 2023 has announced a record-breaking year with one million tickets sold. It is also the first festival in Australia to sell one million tickets. Organisers announced that the festival hit the one million ticket mark at 10:01pm on the final night of the event, and that a total of 1,000,916 tickets were sold. …
Hospitality packages for Women’s World Cup secured by fans in 25 different countries
Football fans from 25 different countries have purchased hospitality packages for the upcoming FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. With four months to go, fans have already secured ticket-inclusive hospitality packages for the Women’s World Cup. Prices begin at A$250/NZ$275 (£204/$167/€154) and include a match ticket, food and drinks. Packages are still …
National Basketball League crowds break records
The National Basketball League (NBL) in Australia and New Zealand welcomed a record attendance for its five-game Finals Series between the Sydney Kings and New Zealand Breakers. The total of 67,811 fans is the most ever for a NBL Championship Series. The Sydney Kings faced the New Zealand Breakers across five games, with the Kings …
Major events bring sell-outs and tourism highs for Adelaide
Adelaide (pictured) is set to celebrate a busy April with tickets to major events selling out and hotel bookings hitting new highs. The Australian city is set to welcome capacity crowds for the opening match of the inaugural Australian Football League (AFL) Gather Round, with the number of sold-out matches reaching four out of nine. …
Ed Sheeran breaks Australian concert record
Ed Sheeran has broken an Australian concert record, with more than 107,000 tickets sold for his Friday show at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). The MCG concert is being produced by Frontier Touring and is part of the English singer’s ‘The Mathematics Tour’. Sheeran is also set to play the MCG on Thursday and has …
Australian music industry organisations unite to support NSW music
Australian music industry organisations and leaders launched a united plan yesterday (Monday), with the aim of supporting music in New South Wales. In the lead-up to the NSW election, the A$100m (£57m/€65m/$69m) plan calls for the government and opposition to commit to a strategic focus and significant investment in the development of music. APRA AMCOS, …
TodayTix expands into Perth – TheTicketingBusiness News
Theatre ticketing app TodayTix has launched in Perth, following its introduction to Brisbane in October last year. The app previously launched in Melbourne and Sydney in 2019 and offers affordable tickets to shows such as Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Mary Poppins and Moulin Rouge! The Musical through its ticket lottery. Brian Fenty, …
Singapore-based fans struggle with ticket scalpers
Singapore-based music fans have been struggling with ticket scalpers since the return of live music following the pandemic. One fan, Ms Kaethe Fok, told Channel News Asia (CNA) that she was attempting to buy tickets to watch K-pop group Mamamoo, but was faced with extortionate prices. Missing out on the initial sales, she turned to …
Record crowd for Australia’s Big Bash final
Australia’s KFC Big Bash League attracted a record crowd of more than 53,000 at this year’s Twenty20 cricket final at Optus Stadium in Perth. In figures released by organisers, more than one million people attended games during the course of the season. The average attendance of 16,725 was the highest since 2019-20, which finished just …