In 2019 the festival launched a fundraiser campaign to support those affected by the 2018-2019 Australian bushfire season.[7] Later that year, organisers received site management related criticism amid extreme weather conditions during the event.[8] The festival's official website stated that the 2020 event won't take place between 28 Dec and 01 Jan 2021[9] and director Nicholas Greco has commented that it is being placed on hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] He has also admitted however, that the business has come to a "complete standstill" due to the circumstances.[11]
^Welby, Augustus (11 December 2019). "How Beyond The Valley moves with the times without losing its roots". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 27 October 2020. BTV has never been a minor festival – 2014's inaugural event included international headliners MØ, AlunaGeorge and Danny Brown plus Allday, Pond and Peking Duk
^John, Brandon (2 October 2017). "The story behind the meteoric rise of Beyond the Valley". The Brag Media. Retrieved 10 November 2020. Beyond the Valley – a name that already feels like an established brand in the Australian music scene, and one of the mainstays of our yearly festival calendar.
^Rychter, Tacey (30 December 2014). "Beyond the Valley 2014". Broadsheet. Retrieved 27 October 2020. ...Phillip Island's brand new summer festival.
^Lefevre, Jules (21 October 2020). "The Australian Music Festival Scene Is Hanging By A Thread". Junkee. Retrieved 27 October 2020. "We have come to a complete standstill and we legally cannot operate our businesses," Nicholas Greco, Director of Untitled Group, which runs events like Pitch (Music & Arts Festival) and Beyond The Valley.
