COVID Refunds Still Pending for Drop Festival Ticketholders

0:00It's April 21st, welcome to Sydney News Today, powered by AI. Six years after COVID shut down, the Drop Music Festival's 2020 shows in spots like Manly, Cooling Gata, Torkey, and Bustleton, ticket holders. Are still chasing refunds. Organizes promise full payouts by the end of 2024 after failed reschedules in places like Cobb's Harbor and Bondi Beach, but nothing's happened. The company's Australian business number went inactive in January 2025, and managing director Ken O'Brien hasn't responded to recent. Outreach folks like Eloise, who was 19 when she dropped $115.80 on a Torkey ticket and is now 26, feel. Straight scammed, while Matt's out $351.16 for group tickets. Many have linked up in a Facebook group to vent and push back. Eventbrite washed their hands, saying they paid out the cash already, and consumer rules from the ACC-C note, COVID bands might nix automatic refunds.

1:04But advocates urge hitting organizers hard to avoid them ghosting for good. Keep that pressure on, because folding now is exactly what they bank on. Stay loud, and maybe those dollars come home.