14th April 2020. The 30th running of the Larmer Tree Festival featuring national and international artists in music, outdoor theatre, live performances, arts and comedy has been cancelled. Ticket refunds will be made automatically and so far there has been no announcement about any dates for the event in 2021. The headliners were originally meant to include James, Frank Turner and Jack Savoretti. 

7th April 2020. The 50th running of the week-long festival of art, music and parties with togetherness and community has had to cancel this year's event. The event will run again next year 26th June to 3rd July 2021 and they will try to retain headliners including Taylor Swift and Deftones. Tickets already purchased will be valid for the 2021 event or customers can apply for a refund. 

26th March 2020. This popular local music festival famous has been re-scheduled to 5th and 6th September 2020 and the headliners remain with Ian Brown and Catfish and The Bottlemen. Tickets already purchased will be valid for the revised dates

8th April 2020. The famous World’s Festival due to take place in July 2020 has been cancelled. WOMAD 2021 has be scheduled for 2021 between 22nd – 25th July 2021 with the line-up mostly being kept intact. Ticket sales can be refunded or rolled over to 2021. 

17th April 2020. Europe’s longest running annual Jazz festival (53 years) in Montreux for July 2020 has been cancelled. Plans are in place to run the event between 2nd – 17th July 2021 with the line-up mostly being kept intact. The organisers will announce arrangements for ticket holders soon. 

1st April 2020. The famous Latin Music festival in its 20th year has been rescheduled to run later in 2020 from 4th September to 19th October. La Linea hosts global superstars and the very best emerging talent from across the Latin Music world in venues across Central London. Tickets already purchased will be valid for the new dates. 

11th March 2020. In its 20th year the famous US music festival in the desert has been rescheduled to later in 2020 now on the weekends of 9th – 11th and 16th –18th October. Tickets already purchased will be valid for the new dates.  

15^th April 2020. Europe’s biggest techno dance music festival has been cancelled for 2020. Tickets will roll over to next year’s event scheduled for 16^th – 18^th and 23^rd – 25^th July 2021. The lineup was to include Erci Prydz, Armin van Buuren, Carl Cox and Timmy Trumpet, There was no confirmation of the lineup for the 2021 festival.

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We Are Playgrounds – Blend Fest – 30^th April 2020 – New Online Event

16^th April 2020. The Dutch company that’s showcases and celebrates the creative image with events and workshops have announced their 2^nd Blend online fest to be streamed online (Facebook) in the evening of 30^th April. A free to attend event with online artist talks, panels and portfolio reviews.

27^th March 2020. One of London’s biggest music festivals has been cancelled for 2020 and the organisers are now looking at May 2021. The lineup was to include Massive Attack, Iggy Pop, A Certain Ratio, Johnny Marr, The Kooks and Kraftwerk 3D. Apparently the event will run in 2021 but there is no confirmed date yet. They are also in the process of organising ticket refunds.

26^th March 2020. The rock festival has been cancelled this year and will reappear next year from 4^th – 6^th June 2021. Tickets will be automatically transferred to the revised dates although if you can opt for a refund if required. There was no confirmation of the lineup for the 2021 festival, this year’s event was to feature KISS and Iron Maiden.

3^rd April 2020. This popular series of events held throughout the UK in stunning forest parks run by Forestry England have announced that all events this year will be cancelled. All 7 events have been cancelled and the orgnaisers have confirmed that ticket refunds will be made automatically. The events had scheduled popular acts including Jack Savoretti, Jools Holland, Kaiser Chiefs, Keane, Madness and Noel Gallagher among others.

23^rd March 2020. The event organisers have announced that this event will be cancelled. The TGE event was to feature over 290 artists with Aitch headlining including support from Tiffany Calver, DENO and Mae Muller. They hope to run the event on 12^th to 15^th May 2021, if you bought a ticket for this year’s event you can get a refund or carry it over to the 2021 event.

26^th March 2020. One of the UK’s largest festivals on the Isle of Wight has been cancelled. As with many other events you can choose to receive either a refund or carry over your ticket to the 2021 event which has been confirmed for 17^th – 21^st June 2021. Featured acts for the cancelled event included Happy Mondays, Lionel Richie, Lewis Capaldi, Primal Scream, Snow Patrol, Chemical Brothers Kaiser Chiefs and Duran Duran.

27^th March 2020. The Lovebox family announced with a heavy heart that this event will be cancelled. The headliners among the 83 acts included Khalid, Disclosure, Tyler the Creator and Fatboy Slim. Lovebox state that the event will now run on 12^th to 13^th June 2021, as is the case with most cancelled events if you bought a ticket for this year’s event you can get a refund or carry it over to the 2021 event.

31^st March 2020. The Easter weekend event has been re-scheduled to run from 12^th to 13^th September 2020. Tickets will be automatically transferred to the revised dates although if you want a refund you have to contact the organisers directly. They aim to keep the original line up that featured Disclosure, Fatima Yamaha and Floating Points.

20^th March 2020. There is confirmation from the organisers that this event is still taking place on the rescheduled dates 14^th – 16^th August 2020 from the original dates in May. The lineup remains intact and features Royal Blood, Gerry Cinnamon, Sam Fender, Blossoms and The Kooks. All tickets are automatically valid for the rescheduled dates.