Sodden Mundi Mundi offers complimentary day as sun shines on Broken Hill festival

The Mundi Mundi Bash music festival, held near Broken Hill, continued its schedule despite significant rainfall that transformed the festival grounds into a muddy expanse. Heavy downpours restricted access to the campsite, forcing organizers to turn away thousands of ticketholders earlier in the week.

However, with drier conditions and sunshine gracing the final day of the event, organizers decided to offer complimentary entry. "The sun came out yesterday, it's out again today [and] any of those people who were turned away who are still hanging around Broken Hill, we're going to let them come in today," said Greg Donovan, the festival's founder and organizer.

Donovan explained that the site received approximately 75mm of rain over an 11-day period, which is about one-third of Broken Hill's average annual rainfall. This deluge caused many vehicles to become bogged down, rendering 25 to 30 percent of the campsite unusable and preventing an estimated 2,000 people from entering. Despite these challenges, the festival managed to fulfill its full program, featuring artists like Jessica Mauboy, Troy Cassar Daly, and The Teskey Brothers, with The Whitlams, Baby Animals, John Butler, and Jon Stevens scheduled for the final day.

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The sun came out yesterday, it's out again today [and] any of those people who were turned away who are still hanging around Broken Hill, we're going to let them come in today.