The Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival and Bendigo Swap Meet are both scheduled to take place on the weekend of Saturday, 14 November and Sunday, 15 November, 2020.

Organisers of both events are confident of coming to a resolution that would see the events take place on separate weekends, as agreed upon in 2016.

Earlier this week, a meeting took place between representatives from the Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival, Bendigo Swap Meet and the City of Greater Bendigo to devise a plan to resolve the double up.

Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival director Colin Thompson said he was confident the date clash would be rectified soon.

"We've only had the one meeting with the Swap Meet people so far, but it's been acknowledged that they've moved their event onto our weekend without having consulted and we're hopeful they can find a way to move it back to the weekend they advised us of in writing back in 2016," Mr Thompson said.

The organising committees from the two events came together in 2016 to agree upon separate dates in November to stage their events, through to 2025.

The 10^th Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival is scheduled to take place from Thursday, 12 November 2020 until Sunday, 15 November 2020 according to Mr Thompson.

The Bendigo Swap Meet website lists the 2020 event as taking place on Saturday, 14 November 2020 and Sunday, 15 November 2020.

Federation Veteran Vintage and Classic Clubs oversees the Bendigo Swap Meet.

President Neil Athorn said the event has become renowned in the international historic vehicle movement and has been held on the same weekend for 44 years.

"We are investigating moving the Swap by one weekend," Mr Athorn said.

"We use a lot of local businesses in the running of the Swap and need to make sure they can make the move as well," he said.

Mr Athorn said the Swap Meet has 1200 volunteers and catering by local charities, using funds raised to support the community.

The impact of the two events being staged concurrently on local accommodation and hospitality businesses would represent a missed opportunity, according to Mr Thompson.

"It's much better to have them on separate weekends," Mr Thompson said.

"It's also a better experience for visitors to town.

"Cafes, restaurants and pubs, particularly in the CBD, can do a better job of keeping up with demand if the crowds for both events are split across separate weekends," he said.

Both events enjoyed successful stagings in 2019, with Mr Thompson acknowledging the 2019 Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival was the best attended yet.

"We gave punters from all over the opportunity to discover more great music in a single weekend than they're able to do anywhere else at any time of the year," Mr Thompson said.