Just buy a stein glass and enough alcohol to sink a ship. Have your own Oktoberfest in any month at home! 
After it was cancelled in April due to COVID-19 concerns in the Byron Bay area, Bluesfest will now held on October 1-4 this year, which is the Labour Day long weekend in NSW.
The entire Australian team was disqualified from the event because they were deemed close contacts of the three team members who tested positive.
One of those who contracted COVID, Charlotte Heath from Victoria, confirmed her diagnosis on Instagram, saying she was âbummed about not being able to competeâ in the US event.
Other members of the team have returned multiple negative PCR tests, including Australiaâs top-ranked female skateboarder, Poppy Olsen, who has already qualified for Tokyo.
Acting Victorian Premier James Merlino announced this morning that the whole state would go into 7 day âcircuit breakerâ lockdown from midnight AEST tonight. He said professional sport (e.g. AFL and horse racing) could continue during the period, but without crowds.
Also:
UPDATE 2: Supercars have postponed this weekendâs Supersprint race at Winton in northern Victoria.
UPDATE 3: The NBL has moved two matches between Cairns Taipans and Melbourne teams to Cairns Pop-Up Arena.
UPDATE 4: this weekâs VFL and VFLW matches, including those in Queensland, have been postponed.
Rising festival, which replaces White Night and only launched last night, had been suspended indefinitely due to Victoriaâs 7-day lockdown. It was due to finish on June 6.
âThere were 200 or so competitors that were registered from Victoria. If they havenât left the state yet, they canât come,â he said.
Trevor Long was referring to todayâs news that the Singapore F1 Grand Prix had been cancelled for the second year in a row due to the pandemic.
WA Premier Mark McGowan announced today that the Perth Royal Show would return in September after being cancelled last year due to the pandemic. Tickets will be discounted by 25% as part of an initiative aimed at helping the events industry to recover lost revenue.
Special measures for the SOO tonight:
Masks must be worn on arrival to Suncorp and especially on exit.
No masks while seated.
The Western Forceâs womenâs team have pulled out of the Super W rugby competition after just one round due to the COVID-19 outbreak in NSW. The team will have to complete two weeks of quarantine after returning to Perth.
Gold Coast marathon has been cancelled for the second year in a row.
Grand Prix canned.
Surely itâs a little early for them to be making that call? Itâs only July.
If theyâve decided that already presumably itâs because of the Australian Governmentâs attitude on international travel, failures with quarantine, and failure to vaccinate the population.
Didnât Morrison say Australia wonât be vaccinated and open up until 2022, and the GP is in March?
It sounds a bit close for F1.
Nope⌠a decision had to be made now.
Turns out it isnât about the 2022 GP but this yearâs GP, which was delayed until November, so yeah, definitely needed to be cancelled now.
The Victorian Government officially confirmed the Australian F1 and MotoGP had both been cancelled for this year. Also note the third last paragraph.