Waveform festival is cancelled

<s>Waveform</s> - CANCELLED 2013 - around the festival site — Photo credit: Karen Williams

Waveform - CANCELLED 2013

Friday 6th to Monday 9th September 2013
secret location in Somerset, Somerset, England
£99

Daily capacity: 5,000

This summer's Waveform have been cancelled. The eco-friendly festival, which focuses on predominantly Psy-dance, dance and electronica was due to be held at a new site in Somerset over the weekend of Friday 6th until Sunday 8th September 2013.

A statement from the organisers of Waveform says:

" It is with the deepest regret that we have to inform you that Waveform is postponed this year. The main reasons are the increased regulations for obtaining a licence, which have been incredibly prohibitive this year. The cost of ticking all the council boxes is just too restrictive for us to run an event such as Waveform, and despite employing our best tactics we are unable to comply and still maintain any sensible budget. We also believe that it would be very likely that first day licensing check issues would lead to a problem in opening up to the public at all.
In addition, we are feeling more and more uncomfortable with all the personal infringements required, from searching, to justification on all levels in order to gather a few thousand like-minded people in a field.

For those who purchased tickets directly from Waveform, right now we can only guarantee a percentage of your money back, but please bear with us as we are working on several options to help you.

The organisers have lost a substantial amount of money, and we felt it was important to communicate the postponement as soon as possible, while we work on alternatives for all ticket buyers. A sad day for all involved.

Please email info@waveformfestival.com for further information on all options."

The full eclectic line up was set to includeThe Orb Soundsystem and Dr. Alex Patterson, Astralasia, Orangafruup, Zetan Spore, Infinite Collective, System 7, OOOD, CJ MacKintosh, Kalchakra, Axis Mundi, Chad Jackson, Colin Dale, Graham Gold (TBC), Flutatious, Daft Monk, Suns of Arqa, Buck Fillington vs Melc, Astralasia, Mirror System, Sephira, Lunarsonic, Nova, Suns of Arqa, DJ Ruby(Malta), Sally J, Disruptive Influence, Mechanimal, Neuroplasm, Re-Creation, Crystal Monkey, Peak, Occular, Orchid Star, Markie B (Erb & Remedy), Lebrosk, B-Sub-Lime, Wiggzaro, Wadada & Angel-I (Suns of Arqa) present Stranger Music, Pete Ardron, Chillion, Globular, Dymons, Flooting Grooves, Cosmosophy, Toulliche, Bez23, Red Earth, PTE, Paul von Goulding, Autolump, Graeme Park, and more.

Weekend tickets were priced at £99, with children aged 5 to 12 years tickets are priced at £30, a teen (aged 13-15) ticket is priced at £50 and live in vehicles are priced at £30, with a car parking ticket priced at £15.

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