Organisers of the town's annual Rhythm'n'Rail Festival have revealed a very real risk of permanent closure should more supporters not be found in time.
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Having taken over the position at the beginning of the year, new committee president Leasa Toll was tasked with pulling the pin on the 2019 festival, in the hopes of regrouping and re-establishing next May.
It was dwindling resources that forced the 2019 festival to be missed in March, although it was temporarily replaced in part by the Broadway Museum's 'Jewels of Junee' weekend.
But Ms Toll now says she has been faced with a "harsh reality" as member numbers decline and volunteers teeter towards burn-out.
"We're planning our AGM in August and if we don't get members, that will be the end of the festival," Ms Toll said.
"Already we have two positions vacant, and I know another two will be leaving [in August], so we have five members. We need a minimum of seven to fill the executive team."
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For the past decade, the festival has sat as a pinnacle calendar event, boasting upwards of 4000 guests.
"People go on about how much they love it, and how much it'll be missed, even how much it's been missed this year," Ms Toll said.
"But if we don't have the help and support it's in jeopardy of ending.
"We need hands to delegate the little jobs that help make things happen. It just takes a few people committing to a few hours to make it happen for the whole town.
"There would be many in the town, I think, who could offer just a little time to make it happen again."
Should the necessary groundswell rally by August, the 11th yearly festival will go ahead as planned on Mother's Day weekend in 2020.