POPULAR Adelaide festival CheeseFest has been cancelled this year because of the controversial $160m O-Bahn extension through the Adelaide Parklands.

The food and beverage festival, directed by Woodside Cheese Wrights manager and head cheesemaker Kris Lloyd, attracted 20,000 people to the Parklands over three days in October last year. The event would have celebrated its 10th anniversary this year.

As reported by The Advertiser in June, the Adelaide City Council said this year’s event would relocate to an unknown location. However, any solution was going to be “tricky” said Ms Lloyd, as organisers mulled the options. Instead of moving the weekend festival, they have decided to skip a year.

“Sadly our beautiful Rymill Park — Murlawirrapuka, the home of CheeseFest has been undergoing some major developments which have restricted us from hosting our event there this year,” organisers posted on the event’s Facebook page last night.

“With the park being such an important part of our festival, allowing for picnics and children to take part, we will save the event until next year. Thank you to all our amazing cheese lovers for being a part of CheeseFest for 10 brilliant years, we think we have grown into an amazing Festival and one that is loved by so many.

“See you in 2017 for a bigger, newer and better Festival.”