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Glade cancelled

By | Published on Thursday 13 May 2010

Glade Festival organisers have announced that this year’s event has been cancelled, blaming increased security costs stemming from restrictions placed on them by police and the local council.

In a statement, organisers said: “As many Glade fans will know, over the years we have fought hard to maintain the integrity of the event against steadily increasing restrictions imposed by local authority and police. The resulting compromises have led to increased costs, increased ticket prices and a throttling of the very essence of what we wanted to do. It led to us finally having to move from the lovely Wasing estate [to last year’s site, the Matterley Bowl near Winchester] due to late night noise restrictions and the police’s demands for an ever-increasing security and police presence at the event”.

They continued: “We have explored every way we can to keep the event going and, unfortunately, have been unable to find a solution. We have been unable to secure sufficient financial backing and scaling back the event, to a level where we can be confident we could pay all our bills, would mean losing smaller venues and the quirkiness that make up the heart and soul of the festival”.

Ticketholders should return to the point of sale to claim a refund. Anyone who bought their tickets via Ticketline will also be given the opportunity to swap their tickets for entry to this year’s Big Chill festival instead.



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