Hevy Music Festival has been cancelled

The south-east's 5th Hevy Music Festival has been cancelled due to a licensing condition.

Hevy's original home Port Lympne Wild Animal Park has just announced on Wednesday 24th April, that Hevy, would not be held on the 600 acre estate this year.

Port Lympne Wild Animal Park said that festival organisers were in talks early in 2013, looking to rent the site for the fourth year in a row, however no agreement was reached and no contract was signed. Hevy organisers reveal they had a new site signed up but contractual obligations forced them to cancel this year's event, and full refunds will be offered to ticket holders.

A statement from Hevy says:

"Hevy was set to move venue this year and we found the perfect site! It gave us much more room, a more central location, more generous operating hours and it allowed us to drop the dreaded no re-entry rule. It was perfect! We were all lined up to announce our now home, when a well-hidden licensing condition was discovered that would need to be overruled for the site to host Hevy.

Unfortunately the appeal process would take 2 months and we didn't want to risk a last-minute cancellation if things went sour. So, rather than pursue an alternative and keep you guys hanging even longer, we've decided to shelve the camping set-up until 2014 - and instead put on a load of events with the bands already booked, including a new breed of Hevy Fest at Brixton Academy.

Current ticket holders will be offered a refund.

We are currently working on more events to be announced as soon as possible. Hevy would like to thank all the bands, agents and venues for their help in making these shows possible."

The line-up was set to feature Black Flag as a UK exclusive, plus Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, Comeback Kid, Horse The Band, Full Of Hell, American Me, Eyehategod, Give 'Em Blood, Liferuiner, More Than Life, Raein, Xerxes, The Catharsis Coliseum, Circle Takes The Square, and Code Orange Kids, all as UK Exclusives, and more.

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