More UK music festivals fell foul of the inclement summer weather this weekend.
Firstly promoters of the independent music festival Truck, due to take place in Oxfordshire, announced on Friday afternoon that they had been forced to pull their event at the last minute because parts of their site were under several feet of water.
Organisers issued a statement on their website alongside a picture of the flooded site, telling ticket holders: "Much of the site is under several feet of water and the Ginge Brook has completely overflowed its banks, leaving all the camping, parking and audience areas underwater and dangerous. We already have numerous acts on site as well as tshirts, programmes, CDs and the rest and we are only doing this as an absolute last resort".
The festival, due to feature the likes of Idlewild, Jack Penate and Lethal Bizzle, has been rescheduled and should go ahead on the weekend of 22 Sep.
Elsewhere the second day of Wakestock, a music and extreme sports festival in Wales, had to be cancelled after 36 hours of relentless rain left the site waterlogged and dangerous. Friday's events went ahead as planned, and some of Saturday's sporting events were staged, but the Saturday night music programme, set to feature The Enemy, Dirty Pretty Things and The Bravery, was cancelled and festival-goers were encouraged to leave the muddy campsites early. Organisers said on Saturday: "Due to the severe weather conditions which have been experienced in the last 36 hours, for the safety of everyone attending the event we regret we have had to cancel tonight's music festival".
As previously discussed, it remains to be seen if the continued rainfall causes any long term trouble for the festival industry, especially the independents, with the costs of rescheduling such events not unsubstantial. Some festivals will be insured for such postponements, of course, though that fact could force up insurance premiums in the sector, meaning the impact of the weather on a handful of events could have an impact on the wider festival industry. Hope not, I was kind of liking this vibrant festival scene.