By The latest festival news isn’t surprising, really. Snowbombing, in Austria, and Terminal V, in Scotland, have been cancelled due to the ongoing global pandemic. Both were due to take place in April. It’s the second time organisers have had no option but to pull the plug.
“After the cancellation of Snowbombing 2020, we were desperate to get back to Mayrhofen with you all,” said Snowbombing organisers in a statement. “We have been working hard behind the scenes to move mountains so that Snowbombing 2021 could take place, but it has become clear that the festival cannot go ahead.”
Snowbombing will now go ahead from 4th – 9th April 2022. Tickets and accommodation automatically roll over to next year. Refunds are also available. Organisers are guaranteeing to come “back with a bang” with a festival that’s “off the scale” in 2022. “We will be back with a celebration never seen before in any ski resort anywhere in the world. This is a promise right here to you.”
Push Back
Scottish festival Terminal V has pushed its Easter bash back until Halloween. Terminal V organisers are hopeful the two-day event will go ahead in October, pointing to the rapid vaccine roll-out in Scotland. Terminal V takes place at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, on the outskirts of Edinburgh. The Scottish government is currently using the venue as a Covid mass vaccination centre. According to Terminal V, Scotland hopes to have “the full adult population vaccinated by the start of autumn, paving the way for normality to resume”.
Again, tickets will roll over to the new date or refunds are available. Terminal V will announce the line-up for the Halloween festival later this month. Organisers said they’ve locked in a line-up “that stands shoulder to shoulder with the best worldwide”.
Monitoring Developments
The cancellation of this year’s Glastonbury Festival, announced in January, cast a shadow of uncertainty over the entire UK summer festival season. London Warehouse Events will make a call next month on whether their Junction 2 festival will go ahead in June.
“In light of Glastonbury’s recent cancellation, there’s understandable unrest about the likelihood of UK festivals going ahead this summer,” said LWE. “We are monitoring the developments carefully. We are continuing to proceed with our plans for the festival and are doing everything we can to deliver it safely.”
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