One of the most commonly asked questions we get is whether we are going to put on an all ages event. Quite simply we would love to but people have to understand the difficulty of the situation of putting on an all ages event.
First of all, putting on an 18+ event anywhere in Australia isn't too tricky well at least for experienced event promoters, however an all ages event varies not just from city to city but from council to council. According to governments there's a whole stigma against the under 18 crowd, apparently they're seen as dangerous, irresponsible and shouldn't be out late. Then we've got the problem of venues, there's few venues that like the idea of having teenagers partying and on the other end, venues aren't really keen on putting on events when they can't make their money on alcohol.
There's a lot of work that gets put into an 18+ event, however there's an insane amount of work that gets involved before being able to put on an all ages event, let alone all the work that happens afterwards like with 18+ events.
Having said this, it is not something I'm completely keen on giving up on, I remember how frustrating it was not being able to attend events I thought were awesome when I was underage and wished that my favourite events were all ages events. So with that said, it is something we will look at and will investigate if there are any opportunities for us to do so. ^^
We'll also be doing a special promotional panel which includes talks on a variety of topics:
