Field Day takes on scalpers with exclusive resale site

Field Day festival has added its weight to the growing opposition to the secondary ticketing market in Australia by launching its own official resale facility.

The New Year Day’s dance music festival in Sydney, operated by Fuzzy, sold out months ahead of its 1st January staging, and has now joined Splendour In The Grass in creating its own exchange service.

Field Day’s resale facility will allow tickets to be bought and sold for their original price, with 25,000 music fans expected to attend the event.

Explaining the initiative, a Fuzzy spokesperson stated “do not purchase via third party sites such as Viagogo, Ticketmaster Resale, Gumtree, Facebook or eBay.

“We receive many reports of fake and cancelled tickets being sold via these sites at grossly inflated prices only to be turned away at the gate.

“Fuzzy will continue to try and drive scalpers out of this industry and ensure our customers receive value for money and a ticket we will guarantee is 100% real.

“We have no obligation to honour tickets purchased via unauthorised resellers and they will not be accepted at the event.”

Field Day’s announcement came as the NSW Parliament passed legislation which prevents tickets from being resold at more than 10% of face value. 

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