Festival organisers Peel Projects decided to forgo a fifth Rollercoaster festival for “various reasons”, despite a green light from the City of Mandurah for the event.

According to festival organisers there had been plans in the pipeline to lure big name acts The Presets and The Prodigy to the city along with Karnivool and Bliss n Eso but the general consensus steered toward not staging it this year.

However there are solid plans for the Rollercoaster festival to reignite on December 26, 2010.

“It’s not unusual for a big festival to take a break,” Peel Projects director Jeff Halley said.

“We were very close to doing one this year but in the end we’ve had four really strong years.

“Maybe Mandurah will have a good think about whether or not they want Rollercoaster back now.”

Depending on demand, the festival is looking to be bigger and better for Boxing Day of 2010.

While no acts have been confirmed, Peel Projects is looking to include a similar area to Big Day Out’s Boiler Room with a dance tent that will include music from Ministry of Sound, drum and bass and electro tunes.

“We’re really interested in the idea of having a dance tent next year so we can bring in quite a few Australian and international DJs,” Mr Halley said.

Mr Halley also expressed his interest in including a second rock stage at the event along with the main stage and the local music stage, totalling four music areas.

Peel Projects will also be looking into the viability and interest in more contemporary acts aimed at an older audiences in the future on the back of the highly successful Kasey Chambers concert that followed Rollercoaster in 2008.

“We’re remaining open minded about it all for the time being,” Mr Halley said.

Mayor Paddi Creevey expressed her disappointment at the annual Rollercoaster concert not going ahead but hoped to bring other events to our shores in future.