Southbound organisers have praised the response of ticket holders following the cancellation of the 2016 event, with patrons offering to forgo a refund in favour of helping the Waroona bushfire effort.

Hundreds of people messaged the event's Facebook page after the the cancellation was announced on Thursday evening, asking the organisers to keep the money from their ticket sales and donate towards the bushfire relief fund.

"Please keep the money from my ticket sale and donate it towards the fire relief fund. Also, if you were able to set up an online shop for other, less useful items, such as the Southbound stubby holders then I for one would purchase it to see the money donated towards the relief fund. Well done for making a difficult decision," one punter posted.

In a post to the event's Facebook page the organisers said they also had excess food on site for the three day festival which will be offered to help feed firefighters battling the blazes and residents who were affected by the fires.