Wild in the Country cancelled

Wild in the Country cancelled

Credit crunch strikes again...


Stately Events Ltd is extremely disappointed to announce the cancellation of the Wild in the Country festival at Knebworth Park on Saturday 5th July.

The cancellation is due to lower than expected ticket sales and a key investor withdrawing at the last minute, leaving the event in an unsustainable position.

This is a very sad conclusion to our passionate efforts to develop an interesting and credible addition to the UK festival market. Unfortunately, Wild in the Country has become the latest in a series of festivals that have suffered from a unique and well-documented set of market forces this summer.

We did everything possible to make the event happen and would like to apologise to all those who have purchased tickets, and for the inconvenience this cancellation may have caused.

The Organisers will make every effort to ensure that ticket purchases will be refunded.

@ Nicky Mann - I'll just have the money for my birthday instead mate, cheers

thats near enough a carbon copy of the waxon live press release, shame if this is the genuine reason festivals like this are cancelled

No probs m8 i'll put it in your off shore account

Nightmare that like, I thought this would have been fine with the line up, for me it was the best uk festival line up by a mile.

Nightmare.

Theres a few going off here isn't there? Sam, Terry, Brid, Miller??? Gutted for yas bet you's have booked trains and hotels too

Cheers for the text Zoe

I'm totally gutted! Had tickets and hotel and everything . Good job we were just buying train tickets on the day like, but still so sad about it!

Cancelling it 2 days before is crazy, the the tents would have been up and everything!

Best festival of the year, ruined by the credit crunch!?? :spangled:


Boo hooo hooo

Any thing on in Newcastle instead?


Might come home for the weekend!! Pah, quite mad about this actually! :evil:

Absolutely fucking gutted about this :evil: Hotel booked however for some reason I'd put off buying the tickets until tomorrow!??!?!! Maybe I subconsciously knew it was doomed?

Road trip to Fabric anyone?!?! HAHA

I know, I didnt buy my train tickets either, the were the same price on the day so thought we'd just get them before we go....strange!! GUTTED!

Who's on at Fabric?

Craig Richards etc. Suppose there's a chance Sasha might just turn up seeing as he's got nowt else to do anymore!!!!

God I'm fuming!!!!

detox on saturday

theres loads that have canceled like - i read glasto had to pay an extra £140,000 extra just for diesel so add up all the extra bills it is possible

Glasto ran on wind, sun and vegitable oil did it not?

well some of it did

so many festival type events in the UK at the moment, some have to suffer

Exactly.

This year festival wise especially theres been a lot more on, all taking place within a few weeks of each other.

I dont see how these sponsors or events Directors know only 2 days before that the credit crunch has affected them? Surely if you are relying on funding from a major Bank they would have said yes or no months ago?

Which leads me to beleive its merely ticket sales, keeping the event open until the bitter end incase of a last minute surge of late buyers, then when they relised there wasn't.... blame the credit crunch & cancel the event.

not fancy a bit of dj ribbo at detox? x

Whatever next, people finishing with there wive's / girlfriends cos of the credit crunch, DJ's cancelling sets cos of the credit crunch?

I think it's just a lame excuse for an event which hasnt gone according to plan as originaly planned to be honest.

i think your right mate, the same thing probably happened with waxn live too,