He said in the past, it had taken at least three or four weeks.
The success came down to managing to get a top line-up and proving they could "handle it", he said.
They [the organisers] were hoping to secure more capacity to be able to release a further 5000 tickets, however, there were already 7000 people on waiting lists for tickets, he said.
He believed people would likely head down to the Nelson Bay Dreams if they missed out.
They were in talks of creating another huge festival that could benefit the region, but details were to come, he said.
