The Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival has changed the dates its 2020 event following a clash with the Bendigo National Swap Meet.
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It will now take place on four days from November 5 to 8, allowing the Swap Meet to host its event on November 14 and 15.
The clash is the second one in four years with the blues festival changing dates in 2016 after both events were scheduled on the same weekend.
Festival director Colin Thompson said the date change was the right thing to do for the city. As part of the change the swap meet has also become an official sponsor of the 2020 blues festival.
"One of the two events needed to change dates, or the local tourism industry would've suffered unnecessarily," Mr Thompson said.
"It was more important to us to do the right thing by the city than continue to stand our ground based on the previous written arrangement.
"So we reluctantly agreed to bring our event forward by one weekend and the Swap Meet have become an official sponsor of BBRMF for 2020, which we thoroughly appreciate."
Neil Athorn, president of Federation Veteran Vintage and Classic Clubs (which runs the Swap Meet), said he was glad a solution could be reached.
"We had a couple discussions and we're going to a be a sponsor to help them out and advertise their 2021 event in our magazine," Mr Athorn said. "It's a good (result) for us to be on same weekend as we have been for 44 years. Leisurefest weekend is on after (us), which makes three events (in Bendigo) on separate weekends in November. That's good for town."
Mr Thompson said making the decision to switch dates before Christmas gave organisers more time to alter details.
"As disappointing as it is to have to alter our rhythm, at least we're onto it before Christmas, so we can make all the necessary changes that we need to before everyone 'switches off' for the holidays," Mr Thompson said.
"So far the venues we've liaised with are OK with the change of date, so it hopefully won't have the same negative financial impact as it did in 2016.
"Thankfully there are no shortage of venues wishing to host music as part of our festival and there is certainly no shortage of great acts wanting to be involved."
Next year's blues festival marks its 10th year. Mr Thompson said the event won't be too different to recent years
"The festival itself will be the celebration," he said. "We're just excited to put on the best BBRMF yet, then taking a rest and deciding how to move ahead post-2020. It's mostly down to fine-tuning what we've developed over the past nine years."