The Big Red Bash, Australia's most remote music festival, has been cancelled for 2025 with organisers saying they are "taking a breather".
The Outback Music Festival Group said it was not a decision it had taken lightly.
The iconic outback event draws thousands to Birdsville every year, more than 1,500 kilometres west of Brisbane, and injects millions of dollars into the western Queensland economy.
This year about 8,000 people attended the event, down from 11,000 the previous year.
Wet weather had also created challenges for organisers two years in a row.
Rain has made for muddy festivals the past two years at Big Red Bash. (ABC Western Qld: Peter Quattrocelli)
Festival founder Greg Donovan said the multi-day festival will be back in 2026.
"The spectacular desert location means we have no infrastructure on site, not even the basics of running water or electricity, so every year we effectively build and remove a mini city from scratch and spend six days looking after thousands of people," he said.
"It's a huge task, and one of the most logistically demanding events in the world to stage."
Big Red Bash founder Greg Donovan said the multi-day festival will be back in 2026. (Australian Story: Erin Semmler)
Mr Donovan said the organisers were "overdue a break to reset and recharge".
Diamantina Shire Council Mayor Francis Murray said it will have a massive impact not only on Birdsville but all the towns that lead there.
"It's going to be a very difficult tourist season next year," he said.
"We're very resilient people out here, the businesses were here before the bash. They'll survive."
Cr Murray said he was hopeful they would be able to spread out visitor numbers throughout the year, rather than across three days.
The music festival has been running since 2013, with a COVID-enforced break in 2020.
About 8,000 people attended the Big Red Bash this year. (Supplied: Matt Williams)
It is uncertain whether the Mount Isa Rodeo will go ahead next year after seeing a 45 per cent drop in ticket sales this year.
Isa Rodeo Ltd chair Rowena McNally revealed to the ABC they had asked the state government for a bailout of $500,000 which was denied.
Ms McNally said the rodeo committee will make a decision in the next week on whether the event, the biggest rodeo in the Southern Hemisphere, will go ahead next year.
"We've got enough in the bank to pay the bills we've currently got but I can't say that will be the case next week," she said.
"We're certainly looking closely at our finances and getting advice on what we need to do."