Parklife releases world’s most expensive one-day festival ticket

12 September 2011

by Olivia Kim

Poking fun at the festival ticket price increase trend, Parklife has decided to release one Ridiculously Expensive Ticket for each Parklife show in Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, and Adelaide. The profits from the $7, 000 ticket will go to the charity Heaps Decent, an initiative committed to finding and nurturing the creativity of underprivileged and Indigenous young people and emerging artists.

The perks of the ticket were determined by a daily Facebook poll on the Parklife page, and 1,500 votes later Parklife’s Facebook fans have decided that the Ridiculously Expensive Ticket will get you:

• Slip-and-slide festival entry
• A personal drinks caddie (no more queuing)
• An “artist” cabin backstage with personal rider demands
• Portable VIP area with security entourage
• Coming to America style sedan chair transport
• Side of stage performance viewings
• Bespoke cocktail named in the purchaser’s honour and offered for sale on the day
• Personal welcome messages main stage video screen
• Adventure featured on the Parklife website
• Access to all of the More Expensive Ticket benefits + 10 x More Expensive Tickets for friends and/or lackies

Fuzzy Events’ John Wall is pleased the ticket has garnered so much attention, commenting: “It was never our intention to actually sell a Ridiculously Expensive Ticket, but due to the overwhelming response we had on Facebook, we decided to turn these crazy requests into reality...and help a good cause at the same time. Our More Expensive Ticket is already a huge hit with visitors to Parklife looking for that something extra. Now we’ve created a once-in-a-lifetime Parklife experience, the profits from which will help a fantastic charity that we’ve supported for some years now.”

If this ticket sounds like the type of decadent opportunity you have been waiting for, go forth and purchase.