Music Festivals Already Known to Be Cancelled for 2024 or Bringing Their Event to an End

Barn On The Farm. Has announced it will be trying to return in 2025.

Leopallooza. Made its 2023 edition its final event.

Bluedot Festival. Has said itʼs taking a ‘fallow yearʼ for 2024.

Nozstock The Hidden Valley. Has announced 2024 - its 26 edition - will be the last event, citing rise in supply chain costs as its reason for reluctant closure.

Field Maneuvers. Has announced its 2024 edition will be its last in its current form.

NASS Festival. After its 2023 edition it announced it will not return.

Escape Into The Park. Festival will not take place due to 'increase in supplier and artist costs'

Bingley Festival. No plans for festival to return. 'Production costs have gone through the roof'

Nibley. Announced 2024 will be their last festival. Cite increasing costs against a backdrop of cost of living crisis.

Togfest. No plans for festival to return. Loss of core team and some venue issues given as reason.

Detonate Festival. Cancelled for 2024 due to costs.

Takedown Festival. Postponed until 2025. Building works and trading conditions given as reason for postponement.

Smoked and Uncut. Festival cancelled. No reason given.

Spring Classic. Festival cancelled due to costs.

Standon Calling. Festival postpones until 2025.

110 Above. Rising costs mean no festival in 2024 and no plans for a future edition.

Connect. Festival will not go ahead this year. No reason given. Suggests it may return in 2025.

Ampthill. Festival cancelled unable to cover costs. company goes into administration.

Hayloft Live. Cancelled due 'to unforseen circumstances'

Wild Fields. A new festival for 2024 is cancelled due to costs

Love Fit. Festival cancelled and company goes into liquidation.

Splendour. No event in 2024 due to tender and procurement issues. Festival hopes to return in 2025.

Doonhame. Rising costs force cancellation of festival

Camp Quirky. Taking a fallow year. Cite challenges of running an independent festival.

Neighbourhood Weekender. No event planned for 2024. Said they will return in 2025

Lowedefest. Bought to an end after 13 years

Tunes On The Bay Festival . Has been postponed until 2025

Shindig. Have announced this year's event will be its last. Cite venue changes and challenges of running an independent festival.

Askambury Festival. 'It's time we took a break'.

Clun Green Man. Cancelled due to weather. Will return in 2025

Illusive Festival. Have announced their 2024 edition will be the last.

Penn Fest. Cancelled due to trading conditions and increased costs. May return in 2025.

Meadowfest. Couldn't reach agreement with landowner. 'Never say never but it would be difficult to bring the event back once it has been pulled like this."

ND Festival. 'Due to investment and sponsorship changes the festival is no longer viable'

Heartwood Festival. "Festivals have lifecycles that rely on the humans that facilitate them, and whilst we’re only in our 4th year our circumstances and aspirations for the future personally, professionally and geographically, won’t allow us to pour the love into Heartwood that it requires"

We Are Fstvl. Festival cancelled over safety concerns.

Riverside Festival. "lower-than-expected sales and increased infrastructure, staff, transport and artist costs"

List of Music Festivals Cancelled in 2023

In 2023 AIF tracked news of music festival cancellations - events that were on sale but did not make it to open their gates.

We found 36 events that cancelled. The primary reason was for economic conditions - with events citing the rise and terms in supply chain costs. The second reason was weather related (ie heavy rain following strong periods of dry weather slowing site build). If you believe we've missed any events, or made any errors, please contact us.

Alfresco - Audio Farm - Beacon Festival - Beyond Festival - Cambridge Rock Festival - Chagstock - Cowley Road Carnival - Creation Day - Detonate - Doune The Rabbit Hole - English Riviera - Exodus Festival - Farm Fest - Fresh Ayr Festival - Geronimo Festival - Glas Denbury Gwen - Gwen Kidwelly - Hideaway Festival - Highrise Festival - In Between Days - Kaleidoscope Festival - Lechlade - Loosefest - Midnight Sun Weekender - Mugstock Festival - New Quay Music Festival - No Bounds Festival - On Kilter - One Love Reggae Festival - Otherlands Perth - Out East Festival - The Kirkstyle Stomp - Tiree Music Festival - Tokyo World - Tolpuddle Festival - Warm Up Festival

List of music festivals lost to the pandemic.

This is a list of music festivals that were active in 2019 but did not make it through to 2023. Some tried to roll over or planned events in 2022 but did not emerge back by 2023. This list is not exhaustive. There is not a comprehensive list of UK Music Festivals. This came from research conducted by AIF during Spring 2023. We estimate that 1 in 6 music festivals did not survive the pandemic. If you believe we have missed any events or made any errors please contact us.

A Perfect Day - Always The Sun - Asparafest - Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival - Beyond Festival - Bigfoot - Bilston Blues, Rhythm & Rock Festival - Blissfields - BluesFest - Brentwood Festival/Evoke Festival - Burnham-on-Sea Folkfest - Camden Rocks - Camp Good Life - Carfest North - Chalgrove Festival - Chewton Glen - Chilled In A Field Festival - Chislehurst Rocks - Cleethorpes Blues, Rhythm & Rock Festival - Cocoon In The Park - Cornbury Festival - Croissant Neuf Summer Party - Dartford Festival - Doune the Rabbit Hole - Drown U Out - Dundee Summer Sessions - FarmFestival - Festival of Europe - Fleetwood folk and blues weekender - Fling Festival - Folk on the Dock - Folk on the Quay - Free Harmony Festival - Futurama Festival - Gateways Festival - Giants Of Rock - Glas-Denbury - Glasgow Summer Sessions - Great British Folk Festival - Greenwich Music Time - GuilFest - Happy Days Festival - Havering Show - Head for the Hills festival - Heretic Fest - Hideaway Festival - Holifair Festival - House of Fun Weekender - I Am Next - Innervisions - Jam On Rye - Kaya Festival - L Fest - Larmer Tree Festival - Leamington Peace Festival - Lechlade Festival - Live at Chelsea - Liverpool International Music Festival - Liverpool Loves - London Summer Jam - Looe Live! - Lovebox - Merthyr Rising - Middle of Nowhere Festival - Music Mania Festival - Music On The Marr - Neverworld - North Yorkshire Music Festival - Pulse of the Maggots Festival - RedFest Bristol - Rockin the Bowl - Forged in Fire / Set in Steel - Sacred Vibrations Festival - Signals Festival - Skankfest - Somerfest - South Central Festival - South West Four Weekender - Southport Sixties Weekend - SW4 - The Acoustic Festival of Britain - The Funk & Soul Weekender - The Great British Alternative Music Festival (Oct) - The London Mela - Throwfest - TogFest - True North - Truefest - Tusk festival - Unlocked Fest - Village Green - Walthamstow Garden Party - Walton Folk Festival - Watchet Live Music Festival - Waves - You Are Not Alone Festival