New Years Day Of Dance in Wollongong has been cancelled less than a week from the event.
As a result of the ongoing state-wide bushfire emergency, WIN Stadium and WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong are currently on standby to act as disaster recovery and emergency evacuation centres. Consequently, Venues NSW has decided that the New Year’s Day of Dance event at WIN stadium will not go ahead.
A spokesperson for co-promoters, Yours and Owls, said "throwing fun and safe events for our patrons is (and always will be) our passion, so naturally this is absolutely devastating news for us. However, we also acknowledge that there is a much bigger, and more important picture at play here. Our disappointment in this outcome pales in comparison to the anguish, loss, and grief that the victims of these fires in our local community (and beyond) are currently experiencing.
"Now is the time for us as a community to band together. Please consider making a donation to RFS. Unknown Records and Yours & Owls are working together to prepare a new show with 100% of ticket proceeds going to the RFS (stay tuned for this). We will be using the same line-up as Day of Dance, but due to circumstances venue will obviously change."
