{"id":37742,"date":"2025-08-01T15:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/37742\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T15:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:23:09","slug":"australias-harvest-rock-bounces-back-after-hiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/37742\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia&#8217;s Harvest Rock bounces back after hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adelaide\u2019s Harvest Rock has become the latest Australian festival to bounce back after taking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iqmagazine.com\/2024\/08\/harvest-rock-becomes-latest-aussie-fest-to-fall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cstrategic hiatus\u201d in 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The event debuted in South Australia\u2019s capital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iqmagazine.com\/2022\/08\/australia-secret-sounds-harvest-rock\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in November 2022<\/a>\u00a0and has welcomed acts such as Jack White, Sam Fender, Jamiroquai and Crowded House.<\/p>\n<p>The third edition of the festival will return to Rymill and King Rodney Parks on 25\u201326 October, with just local rock duo Teenage Joans confirmed so far.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 edition is presented by Live Nation and its subsidiaries Secret Sounds and Kicks Entertainment, in collaboration with the South Australian Government via the South Australian Tourism Commission (SATC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to see Harvest Rock return to its Adelaide home to deliver a festival that brings global stadium-sized artists to South Australia, while also championing the region\u2019s world-class food, wine and culture for interstate guests,\u201d says Harvest Rock festival director Ryan Sabet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarvest Rock is a festival that brings global stadium-sized artists to South Australia\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarvest Rock not only drives tourism and benefits local businesses, but offers a unique festival experience for all ages across the local community and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SA Minister for Tourism, Zoe Bettison, said the festival\u2019s return is \u201cmusic to the ears of festival lovers and our hospitality and tourism operators\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe beauty of this festival is that it combines what we do best in South Australia \u2013 offering premium food and beverages and delivering memorable events. Held in 2022 and 2023, Harvest Rock has contributed a combined $34.5 million to the State\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to see the impact major events like this deliver to our economy, while reinforcing our State\u2019s reputation as the ultimate destination for bucket-list events \u2013 whether you are a sports fan, art lover, foodie, or just enjoy a good festival.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iqmagazine.com\/2022\/07\/live-nation-secret-sounds-kicks-entertainment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Secret Sounds-owned<\/a> Kicks Entertainment has also announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iqmagazine.com\/2025\/05\/australias-spilt-milk-festival-roars-back\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">return of touring festival Spilt Milk<\/a>, as well as the launch of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iqmagazine.com\/2025\/07\/spilt-milk-team-to-launch-new-oz-country-fest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new multi-city country music event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The news adds fuel to hopes of a turnaround for Australia\u2019s festival sector, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iqmagazine.com\/2024\/02\/australian-festival-scene-in-crisis-cancellations-mount\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">plunged into crisis<\/a> last year, resulting in a slate of cancellations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Get more stories like this in your inbox by signing up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iq-mag.net\/iq-index\/#utm_source=IQ%20Post&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=Index%20Signup%20IQ%20Post\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IQ Index<\/a>, IQ\u2019s free email digest of essential live music industry news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adelaide\u2019s Harvest Rock has become the latest Australian festival to bounce back after taking a \u201cstrategic hiatus\u201d in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3443,64,63,34044,34045,44,34046],"class_list":{"0":"post-37742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-adelaide","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-harvest-rock","12":"tag-live-nation","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-secret-sounds"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}