The music festival has been held in Pyalong each year since 2013, but last month Mitchell Shire Council refused to grant permission amid concerns about drugs, alcohol use and traffic offences.

The Elmore Events Centre confirmed on Thursday the event would be held at the site in Rosaia Road from November 23 to 27.

Earthcore festival director Spiro Boursinos said they were really excited to be coming to Elmore and to work with an established venue.

“We’re rapt,” he said. “The committee at Elmore was unanimous in its decision in us being there.”

Mr Boursinos said, as the events centre was an established venue, it already held a place of assembly permit – the permit the Mitchell Shire Council refused to grant.

A spokesperson for the Shire of Campaspe said the event would still require a Public Place of Entertainment (POPE) occupancy permit to be lodged with the council, but as yet nothing had been received from either the events centre or the festival organisers.

Mr Boursinos said applying for a POPE permit was standard practice and organisers were working on it now.

The Earthcore Summer Dreaming festival is described as “Australia’s pioneering outdoor music, arts, culture, lifestyle experience” on its website.

The 2016 event at Pyalong was marred by the death of one festival-goer, a Melbourne woman in her 40s.

The cause of death is yet to be determined, and is still under investigation by the Coroners Court of Victoria.

A Victoria Police spokeswoman said the death was not suspicious and festival organisers said she may have had an existing medical condition.

Despite being concerned by the presence of drugs, a police spokesperson said Victoria Police was pleased with the general behaviour of the crowd.

Nineteen drug diversion notices were handed out, 28 people were cautioned for possession cannabis, four people were interviewed for possessing a drug of dependence, two people were interviewed for possession of a weapon and 32 were detected drug-driving.

In 2015, five people were arrested for drug possession.