Festivals

[Ghosttrain]

Have just heard Glastonbury Festival cancelled i think this will prompt most festivals in U.K. to follow.I have ticket for Fairport Convention's Cropredy Festival i can't see it going ahead now,it was to be my first outing for 3 years after various health issues..it's a shame,but understandable given the current crisis.Peoples health comes first....

[Zwartekster]

Here in Belgium, they still think to continue. Graspop en rock Werchter are also in June.But I am not shure if they will be: 80000 coming from around the world. We are all in lockdown light, what I think much better then England. For your prime ass Boris: lets get our people infected and mayby die.
Hopefully the band and you all stay save.

[Spudthemariner]

If you look over at the Efestivals Site, they have a page with a running list of cancellations / postponements and statements of intent.

You can find it here: https://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/coronavirus2020.shtml

Suffice to say, most events before June / July are either off or rescheduled. It's gonna be a long year I reckon...

[Red]

Bearded Theory has been postponed and the new dates are Sept 10th to Sept 13th

[Ghosttrain]

Fairport Convention have issued a statement saying the Festival will go ahead......i'm all for being up beat and positive but i think this is stretching it a bit too far.. ..

Cropredy cancelled...

[Tarsier]

Brutal Assault 5-8 August... Fingers crossed... But safety first, my friends

[Ghosttrain]

Beautiful Days added to list of cancellations.....sad,but expected..

[Master Ray]

Interesting article in The Guardian today about cancellations and refunds... I was wondering if anyone had any opinions or had been affected?

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/apr/25/coronavirus-refunds-fans-ticket-policies

[Spudthemariner]

Interesting article in The Guardian today about cancellations and refunds... I was wondering if anyone had any opinions or had been affected?

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/apr/25/coronavirus-refunds-fans-ticket-policies

From our point of view, its all about the size of the event / who runs (payrolls) it.
The two festivals that we had planned, Bearded Theory and Doune The Rabbit Hole are independently run and as such we have no issue rolling the tickets over (they'll both go under if they have to refund on mass). The same with 'most' of the gigs that we have tickets for, as they tend to be being held in smaller venues (again often independent) and aren't for the most part massive bands (there are only a couple of acts that I'll go 'stadium' for, if you know what I mean).
I was somewhat irritated by a couple of shows that were 'postponed' to next year at the Hydro (Glasgow) however...
I have to say though, kudos to Bon Jovi (never thought I'd say that...haha) for social responsibility!

[Ghosttrain]

Chagstock has just confirmed it is cancelled until next year....