17/09/2026
Red Earth will not be participating in Smashed Avo Festival 2026–27.
We genuinely wanted this to work and invested considerable time, care and resources into preparing for the New Year period.
However, with just over three months remaining and no final contract or agreed scope in place, we no longer have the time and certainty required to deliver our production responsibly and to the standards we set for ourselves.
For us, putting the Red Earth name to an event means delivering our production with the quality and care our community, artists and crew expect from us. It means honouring our responsibility to them -and that is something we will never compromise.
This has been an incredibly difficult decision for us. Please take a moment to read our statement in full above.
If you purchased a ticket expecting Red Earth, Echo Valley or the Red Earth Sound System to be there and no longer wish to attend, please contact the festival organiser or ticket seller directly regarding a refund.
More information is available through the link in our bio. If you experience any difficulties after contacting the festival, please let us know.
We will not leave our community to navigate this alone.
We are working hard to ensure the time and creative energy already invested into the New Year period are not lost. We will share more when those plans are ready.
Please keep any discussion respectful towards the artists, independent crews and teams continuing with the festival. We truly wish them all the best.
Thank you for your trust and understanding.
Big luv,
your Red Earth Crew