Electric Garden - CANCELLED 2012

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Electric Garden Festival has been cancelled.

A statement from organisers says:

"It is with great regret that we announce the Electric Garden Progressive Rock Festival will not be taking place in May this year. As some of our mailing list will know, we were attempting to get a suitable venue for most of last year. When it looked as though a venue would not be found we put forward the idea of a live internet streaming gig which was in place for mid-May with bands arranged and most of the details in place.

At the eleventh hour a suitable venue came forward and we attempted to revert to the 2011 format of a regular festival plus streaming.

Unfortunately the date had to move forwards by a week and the band contracted for the original streaming gig could no longer perform on the new date.

We contacted several other bands and realised that it was going to be difficult to break even on our costs even if we sold out the festival.

The increased fees demanded by bands plus the usual overheads, coupled with the reduced time to market the festival has made the event untenable in its current form.

I mentioned on the blog surrounding the Nearfest cancellation that to run a festival of this kind required compromise from all parties. When you have 8-12 artists and 1 ticket, it is not a massive calculation to realise that for each band to receive some remuneration, then a reduction in fee has to be considered to make everything work.

During January we actively sought sponsorship to be able to run the festival and remunerate the artists. Sadly we were unable to secure any sponsorship but we did have dialogue with several organisations who were looking for a longer marketing period.

We are keen to keep the festival alive and we are looking at different options to run some kind of event later in the year.

Sorry to all the people who have contacted us with their support, and also to the bands who offered to play for expenses only. Please join the mailing list to be kept updated."

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Returning to the North West for a second year, The Electric Garden Festival is a progressive rock music festival taking place on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th May 2012and moves to a new venue in Blackpool.

Line-up

There are no acts confirmed yet for 2012.

Tickets

Ticket prices have not yet been announced.

The venue

The festival moves to a new venue this year, one which offers accommodation making it easier for fans to relax and enjoy the festival without having to leave the complex. Expect the building to be prog themed.

There are still plans to stream the event worldwide but also to have a regular format festival with tickets going to the first 200 applicants.

More information will be here when available.

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