{"id":573660,"date":"2025-12-29T18:36:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T07:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/?p=573660"},"modified":"2025-12-30T12:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:51:33","slug":"aussie-festival-prices-are-rising-twice-as-fast-as-inflation-new-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/news\/aussie-festival-prices-are-rising-twice-as-fast-as-inflation-new-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie Festival Prices Are Rising Twice As Fast As Inflation, New Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Going to a music festival in Australia is starting to feel less like a rite of passage and more like a luxury item, with new research revealing that the average festival ticket price has exploded by 180% since 2004 <\/strong>– and it\u2019s still climbing faster than inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new study from Culture Kings has crunched ticket data from 11 of the country\u2019s biggest festies, finding that the average Aussie festival ticket has jumped from around $120 in 2004<\/strong> to $334 in 2025. <\/strong>That\u2019s more than triple the pace of inflation<\/strong> over the same period, and if current trends continue, punters could be staring down a $427 average ticket by 2030\u2026 and a downright spicy $546 by 2035.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When ticket prices rise faster than wages and faster than inflation, it risks turning a shared cultural experience into a luxury.\u201d<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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