<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Big Red Bash, the self-proclaimed world's most remote </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/music-festivals" rel="" target="_blank" title="music festival"><span>music festival</span></a><span>, is scrambling to find another venue after a rare deluge hit outback </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="_blank" title="Queensland"><span>Queensland</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The three-day festival plays at the foot of the Big Red Dune in Birdsville, a town on the border with </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/south-australia" rel="" target="_blank" title="South Australia"><span>South Australia</span></a><span>, each year in July.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The likes of Missy Higgins, Hoodoo Gurus, Birds of Tokyo, Jessica Mauboy and Shannon Noll were set to play.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-weather-bundaberg-emergency-declaration-major-flood-news/03eebd3d-1e5a-445f-be19-f91fbe05b60d" rel="" target="" title="Bundaberg on alert for emergency flooding likened to 2010 disaster"><strong><span>Bundaberg on alert for emergency flooding likened to 2010 disaster</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But a tropical low has caused widespread rain over the town and flooding at the nearby Diamantina River. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Birdsville recorded 128.4mm of rainfall in just two days last week, which was almost the average 163mm of rainfall it receives in an entire year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Big Red Bash said the town has copped so much rain that locals do not think their venue will be dry in time for the festival.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/big-red-bash-music-festival-out-of-a-venue-after-rare-deluge-soaks-queensland-town-of-birdsville/c958083d-447a-4b2a-abe9-fdf3ee2db66f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Birdsville recorded more than its annual average rainfall in just a few days," organisers said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Stations north of Birdsville, however, have received up to four times their annual rainfall, and many locals have compared the scale of this event to the record floods of 1974.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/bali-scooter-crash-nsw-central-coast-mother-alivia-campbell-fighting-for-life/f26cd3fb-46eb-4b52-9958-bb9a4ff0ac00" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Aussie mum fighting for life after 'devastating' Bali truck crash</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What wasn't anticipated was the extent of the inundation at the Big Red Bash festival site. Based on current conditions and local advice, the site will not dry sufficiently by July to allow the event to be held safely in this location."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ticket sales have been paused as festival organisers work to secure another venue in the Birdsville region.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>If they fail to do so, the event will be cancelled and ticket holders will be refunded.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"At this stage patrons should continue planning their trip to Birdsville as normal while we assess relocation options," organisers said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We will provide further updates as soon as more information is available. 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