Artist fees, set up costs, weather insurance and round the clock safety assessments - how are musical festivals really making their cash, and what's the profit margins on big Australian festivals.

Greg Donovan is the founder and operator of the world's most remote musical festivals. Birdsville's and Broken Hill's Big Red Bash has hosted legends like Jimmy Barnes, Missy Higgins and Kate Ceberano. 

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