Arcadia London cancelled

<s>Arcadia London</s> - CAN.. 2019 - Arcadia Show — Photo credit: Karen Williams

Arcadia London - CANCELLED 2019

Saturday 4th to Sunday 5th May 2019
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, Greater London, E20 2ST, England MAP
£85 both days; £47.50 per day

Arcadia London, which was due to take place at London's Queen Elizabeth Park for the 2nd time on the bank holiday weekend of Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th May 2019 has been cancelled.

A message posted on Arcadia's facebook reads as follows:-

After planning for last year’s Arcadia 10th anniversary event to be a one off celebration, we received such strong feedback that we hoped to creatively evolve the event for a second year with a host of innovative new performance elements.

As we stand, we aren’t confident of hitting the targets that would allow us to develop that new experience and the pressures of a difficult market would risk serious knock on effects to Arcadia’s other commitments; especially Glastonbury. Taking these factors into consideration, it is with great regret that Arcadia London will not be going ahead in 2019

A vast new project is taking shape at Glastonbury that will lay the foundations for a new site-specific landscape and an evolving show in the sky over the next five years. Arcadia’s priority must be to honour the support that Glastonbury have shown over this past decade.

Huge thanks to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for helping make last year so special – and for being so understanding and supportive this year.

We're sorry if we've let anyone down. We have made this decision now to minimise impact. The London festival has ceased to trade and we have spoken with all ticket outlets who will be processing refunds. Please contact the outlet through which you purchased your tickets if you have any specific questions.

Huge thanks for all your support. LWE look forward to welcoming you to one of their other London events and Arcadia will be announcing 2019 international tour dates soon

discuss this news on the Festival Forums