Parklife organisers have announced that the Gold Coast is no place to hold a festival event.

Back in July, organisers sent word that the event - scheduled for September 25 - would break free from its Brisbane moorings and drift into the neon din of the Gold Coast for the first time. Reason being that the Brisbane location was widely considered no longer big enough to hold the occasion. The Gold Coast council approved the shift in late July.

Today comes news that the festival will in fact remain in Brisbane.

From the announcement: 

Parklife 2010 is returning to its old home at Brisbane’s beautiful Botanic Gardens & Riverstage on Saturday 25th September. The festival was scheduled to take place at Parklands Gold Coast but is being relocated.
 
Festival organiser and Fuzzy Director, Adelle Robinson says “Despite months of negotiation and the efforts of Parklands, Gold Coast City Council and Queensland Police, we have been unable to ensure that the event can deliver a completely top class customer experience in September at the Parklands venue, due to major road works around the venue and a number of other operational issues which risked reducing the quality of the event.”
 
“Construction to be carried out during September and October for the Gold Coast Light Rail and Gold Coast Hospital and road works on Olsen Avenue have foiled attempts to devise a sufficiently effective traffic management plan to guarantee the quick and safe arrival and departure of customers.   And it has become clear that Parklife will be a higher quality event for festival-goers if it’s held at the Botanic Gardens & Riverstage” she says.
 
Brisbane City Botanic Gardens has limited venue capacity, and Fuzzy have reduced the number of tickets being sold for Brisbane Parklife from previous years to ensure more space for festival-goers.  But this also means limited tickets are available for Parklife Brisbane, so Fuzzy recommends getting in quick to ensure you get a ticket.

They also add that transport will be organised for ticket-holders already bound for the Gold Coast:

John Wall, Fuzzy Co-director says “We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience the move causes to those who have bought tickets.  We will be providing a free shuttle bus right to the door of Parklife Brisbane from Surfers Paradise to ensure no-one who has bought a ticket misses out. We have also set up a dedicated email hotline parklifebrisbane@fuzzy.com.au. Festival-goers should email us with any queries about the event relocation or to register for the free shuttle bus to Brisbane from Surfers Paradise,” he says. 

The event, featuring Missy Elliott, Groove Armada and the Dandy Warhols amongst others, will now kick off in Brisbane on September 25 before moving around the nation.