Underage Festival 2012 cancelled
Story by Jack Foley
IT IS with great sadness that the organisers of this year’s Underage Festival have announced that it will no longer be taking place this year on Friday, August 31, 2012.
Due to The Olympics, event organisers were forced into moving from their usual date and home in Victoria Park to a later date and new location in Shoreditch Park.
Despite a positive start to the site move from Victoria Park and repeated assurances that production levels would be suitable for a festival of this kind, they now find themselves in a situation where they have no choice but to cancel the event.
A statement issued on Friday (July 27) said: “Unforeseen circumstances with our site hire contract mean we are no longer able to meet production levels and we do not want to risk the safety and smooth running of an event for 13-18 year olds.
“After the amount of work we have put in over the last six years to make Underage Festival the successful event it is today, it is incredibly sad that we have to make this decision, and one that has not been made lightly.
“We would like to thank everyone that has been involved with the festival this year and supported us, from the artists to the production team, and would like to offer our apologies to those that have bought tickets. Full refunds for all ticketholders will be made at point of purchase.”
Please visit www.underagefestivals.com for full information.
This year’s event was to have featured acts including Maverick Sabre and Pulled Apart By Horses.
The statement does add: “We are already looking to 2013 when we will back in Victoria Park on our own terms once again and bigger and better than ever before.”