{"id":152576,"date":"2025-11-25T08:11:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T08:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/152576\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T08:11:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T08:11:06","slug":"one-love-music-festival-cancels-2026-show-due-to-tough-economic-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/152576\/","title":{"rendered":"One Love music festival cancels 2026 show due to tough economic climate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sPFaqtujRFrTgah\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cBecause of these factors, along with unforeseen developments behind the scenes, our team has had to make the heartbreaking decision to place the One Love festival on hold for 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sPFaqtujRFrTgah\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis has been a difficult process for us because we want nothing more than to deliver One Love at the standard our community deserves. Sadly, that simply isn\u2019t possible for 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sPFaqtujRFrTgah\" style=\"display:none\">Organisers planned to hold a scaled-back version of the festival, however decided against it because it \u201cwouldn\u2019t be true to what One Love represents\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sPFaqtujRFrTgah\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe festival has always been about the experience &#8230; and a watered-down version wouldn\u2019t honour that legacy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The 2024 One Love music festival at the Tauranga Domain with Julian Marley playing on the main stage. Photo \/ Maryana Garcia \" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The 2024 One Love music festival at the Tauranga Domain with Julian Marley playing on the main stage. Photo \/ Maryana Garcia <\/p>\n<p class=\"sPFaqtujRFrTgah\" style=\"display:none\">The organisers also addressed \u201crecent conversations\u201d involving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/rotorua-daily-post\/news\/pato-alvarez-loses-final-bid-for-name-suppression-after-sex-crime-convictions\/ADAQQMZLCFA2RPNPVONYJVFZMI\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/rotorua-daily-post\/news\/pato-alvarez-loses-final-bid-for-name-suppression-after-sex-crime-convictions\/ADAQQMZLCFA2RPNPVONYJVFZMI\/\">former owner Pato Alvarez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sPFaqtujRFrTgah\" style=\"display:none\">In 2023, he was found guilty of the indecent assault and attempted unlawful sexual connection of a woman hired as a babysitter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sPFaqtujRFrTgah\" style=\"display:none\">He was sentenced to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/rotorua-daily-post\/news\/leading-entertainment-figure-sentenced-for-sexual-assault-related-charges\/NE7AFWGPDZHQ7CNYZ6CRHUSU7Q\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/rotorua-daily-post\/news\/leading-entertainment-figure-sentenced-for-sexual-assault-related-charges\/NE7AFWGPDZHQ7CNYZ6CRHUSU7Q\/\" target=\"_blank\">12 months\u2019 home detention<\/a> on November 10, 2023, and finished serving that sentence late last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sPFaqtujRFrTgah\" style=\"display:none\">One Love organisers said Alvarez sold the music festival in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sPFaqtujRFrTgah\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAs part of the sale, Pato had a number of obligations to complete under the contracted handover process. These were fully met and finalised.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sPFaqtujRFrTgah\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe want to reassure you all he is not involved with One Love festival in any capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sPFaqtujRFrTgah\" style=\"display:none\">The organisers added they were navigating \u201cimportant structural changes behind the scenes, including upcoming shifts in ownership and directorship\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sPFaqtujRFrTgah\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWhile these transitions are significant, they\u2019re all focused on restoring the festival\u2019s legacy,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sPFaqtujRFrTgah\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAs we take this pause, please know that we are continuing to work diligently on what comes next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sPFaqtujRFrTgah\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cBecause of these factors, along with unforeseen developments behind the scenes, our team has had to make the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2246,115,33759,28721,23159,4442,48901,5910,10668,51691,5131,2882,157,111,43,139,69,5270,46930,13109,1305,101582,37865,61,13983,21419,6923],"class_list":["post-152576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-2246","tag-calls","tag-cancel","tag-cancels","tag-challenging","tag-climate","tag-decided","tag-due","tag-economic","tag-edition","tag-festival","tag-love","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-one","tag-pointing","tag-several","tag-show","tag-situations","tag-taurangas","tag-to","tag-tough","tag-towards","tag-what"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}