Live Performance Australia, a national body representing event producers and promoters, said the advertised warehouse party had all the hallmarks of a fake event. 'Tickets that have been sold for unauthorised events are refunded in full.' Do your research Sometimes there are fake tickets on there. 'While we enable anyone to create an event and sell tickets for it through our platform, we have a dedicated fraud team that reviews reports of concerning events and transactions,' an Eventbrite spokesperson said. Compare Eventbrite and Afton Tickets based on features, pricing, verified reviews, integrations & more. Tickets for that event were sold through online booking platform Eventbrite, the same website used to advertise the Circus of Light warehouse party at the Cairns Showgrounds.Įventbrite told the ABC it had 'unpublished' the Cairns warehouse party event, and that it had 'reached out to the organiser to give them a chance to present their side of the story as part of the verification review'. On New Year's Eve, more than 100 people in Adelaide were left high and dry when a boat party, for which they had bought tickets, failed to eventuate. Last month the Queensland government advised consumers to avoid a business that had promoted a festival with animatronic dinosaurs, after 30 ticket holders complained they had bought tickets for events that had been repeatedly postponed. The Cairns Show Association complained to Eventbrite about this event, which was falsely advertised as being at the showgrounds.

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