Following overwhelming community support, the Esoteric Music Festival is excited to announce that the local Buloke Shire Council has tonight voted in favour of holding this year’s event as scheduled this long weekend in Donald from Thursday 7 March to Monday 11 March.
After submitting the Planning Permit in September, festival organiser Sam Goldsmith commended the Council for approving the Planning Permit days out from the event and thanked the local community for throwing their support behind the event.
“This year will be the 8th year that the Esoteric Music Festival will be held in this small Victorian town, and we are so grateful for the local groundswell, the Buloke Shire Council and our beloved Esoteric community for their support in making it happen,” he said.
“Ensuring festival goers are safe is our number one priority and we have demonstrated for the better part of a decade our competency as a safe, compliant, and well-run festival. Now that we have Council planning approval, the festival build can progress, and the site will be ready for festival goers on Thursday when gates open and the party begins.
“Tickets are nearly sold-out and the local community who faced a nervous wait on this can get now go about their plans to prepare for the influx of tourists from all over the world.”
Since 2017 Esoteric Music Festival has been an important feature on the Victorian music festival calendar and injects more than $15 million into regional tourism in the state, the local community of Donald and surrounds. It is the single largest event in the Wimmera Mallee tourism region, which comprises 14 per cent of the state of Victoria.
More than 7,000 festival goers will descend on Donald this weekend and the festival continues to provide thousands of jobs to industry personnel and local contractors.
We continue to work closely with Buloke Shire Council and the relevant authorities on making this a sustainable event for future years. Subject to a further Place of Public Entertainment Permit being approved by the Municipal Building Surveyor in the coming days, the festival will proceed as planned.
Members of the public are encouraged to purchase a ticket to support the event sell-out. Tickets on sale here: https://esotericfestival.com.au/tickets/